Post by dawyked on Nov 27, 2005 2:05:54 GMT 1
Category R&B, Rap, Rock/Pop, Urban Soundtrack, East Coast Rap
Label Ruffhouse
Orig Year 1998
CDU Part# 1090401
All Time Sales Rank 21227
Catalog# 69516
Discs 1
Street Date Oct 27, 1998
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Guest(s) Ol' Dirty Bastard; Mya; Wyclef Jean; Canibus; Lenny Kravitz; Mostwanted; Mack 10; The Product; Free
1. Hallelujah
2. Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
3. 1st Phone Interlude
4. What'cha Wanna Do
5. Blue Angels
6. Can't Stop The Shining (Rip Rock Pt. 2)
7. Get Your Groove On
8. Frowsey (Pt. 2)
9. Dirty Cash
10. For The Love Of This
11. Wha' What Wha' What
12. 2nd Phone Interlude
13. Lowriders
14. Yeah 'Eh Yeah 'Eh
15. Murder Dem
16. 3rd Phone Interlude
17. Amazing Grace
18. Final Interlude
Initial pressings of GHETTO SUPASTAR include a 4 track bonus disc titled REFUGEE CAMP NAVY SEALS. Personnel: Pras Michel, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mya, The Product, Mostwanted, Mack 10, Reptile, Canibus, Free (rap vocals); Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz (guitar); Women, Tyrone Myrie (background vocals). Producers: Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, Jerry Duplessis, Salaam Remi. Engineers include: Warren Riker, Chris Theis, Phil Blackman. Recorded at The Cric Studios, New York, New York. "Ghetto Supastar"was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group. While this GHETTO SUPASTAR's album is full of house-rockin beats, infectious tracks and displays of verbal might, one of the most immediately arresting aspects of Pras' recording is his clever use of samples from classic songs, over which he builds his raps. He utilizes source material like Culture Club's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," for example, not as a superficial effect thrown into the mix, but as an integral part of the rhythm track, simultaneously supporting and energizing the rest of the song. It's this studio ingenuity, coupled with his inimitable wise-guy lyrics and irresistible party atmosphere, that makes GHETTO SUPASTAR a triumph for this talented rapper.
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REVIEW
CMJ (11/23/98, p.3) - "...the commerical success of this record as a party-down staple shines brighter than a mirrorball..." Entertainment Weekly (10/30/98, p.116) - "...Although it sounds like he's got one ear glued to the No Limit catalog...and the other to Puff Daddy, SUPASTAR yields enough lowbrow kicks to keep hardcore heads bobbing until the next Fugees disc." - Rating: B- Vibe (12/98, 1/99, p.198) - "...more than one song is guaranteed to make you do the Humpty Dance....This crowd-pleasing approach just might confirm Pras as the ghetto superstar he doesn't know he already is."
