Ghetto Pop Life [Extra tracks]

Jemini The Gifted One, Danger Mouse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Lex Records
• ASIN: B00009RAW9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,011 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Born-A-MC

2. Ghetto Pop Life (Intro)

3. Ghetto Pop Life

4. Omega Supreme

5. What U Sittin On?

6. The Only One

7. Take Care of Business

8. That Brooklyn Shit

9. Yoo-Hoo!

10. Copy Cats

11. Don't Do Drugs

12. Medieval

13. Bush Boys

14. Here We Go Again

15. I'ma DooMee (Love Letter)

16. Knuckle Sandwich

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed, but still an awe-inspiring listen, February 7, 2004

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E. J. Sawdey "sawdeye" (Galesburg, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghetto Pop Life (Audio CD)

Though OutKast recently took home 6 Grammy nods, including Album, Producer, and Record of the Year, it's easy to overlook the joys of indie-rap. And while Jemini is certainly a very good lyricist, he's no Aesop Rock, but when J fails to bring the heat (rarely, mind you), it's Danger Mouse who delivers some of the freshest beats you'll hear entering 2004.

DM drops a layered, complex, almost Basement Jaxx "Kish Kash"-era collage of sounds to the shifting, changing productions. "Born-A-MC" is filled with rising string and creshendos, "The Only One" using an early 70's guitar riff for a club-pulsating beat, while the sexy electro-funk of "Here We Go Again" sits nicely with the near-ballad of a song "I'ma DooMee".

Yet, when the heat clicks, jaws are dropped. "Copy Cats" is a brilliant sample-based satire, the dangerously underrated "Bush Boys" a thought-provoking yet still-hilarious take on the current state of affairs in America, while the comedic "Don't Do Drugs" and album highlight "Medieval" simply need to be heard to be believed. Production & lyrically - new watermarks for indie rap.

And any song that is as brilliant, short, and funny as the "Ghetto Pop Life (Intro)" garners two stars right there.

This is surprisingly accessible, yet also incredibly relistenable. Not a modern-day "Labor Days" or "Fantastic Damage" by any means, but this will no doubt be rocking off socks for years to come.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums released over the past few years!, March 18, 2006

By 

London Boggs "M I N D" (El Paso, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghetto Pop Life (Audio CD)

Dangermouse did not impress me in the least bit with his Jay-Z meets The Beatles trip. HOWEVER, when I popped in 'Ghetto Pop Life' I instantly became a fan. His production is addictive and at times gorgeous [RJD2 watch ya nuts!!]. Jemini, not the most infectious lyricist ever to grace a mic, but the combination of his tough voice and Mouse's free base soundscapes provides us with one of the best combos and albums completed in the past 2-3 years. I loved it [minus a few filler tracks] and still play it on a constant basis. Cant wait for their next release.

This is a PERFECT album for a NEWBIE to the underground hip hop scene.

Cop it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What hip hop's about, October 6, 2003

By 

Adam P Boots (Valley Village, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghetto Pop Life (Audio CD)

This album is just what hip-hop's about. It's got great cuts, good Mc's (including the cameo's) and is just a great package. I bought it kind of accidentally and I don't see it getting out of my cd player any time soon. (Except that there's a new Hieroglyphics album coming out on 10/7, which could put this album on a temporary backburner).

Realistically, this is the best new sound I've heard in a long time. Don't waste time reading reviews, buy this album. It will not disappoint.

This review was written before the phenonmenon known as the "Gray Album" existed and is based on the ORIGINAL Digipak CD, that has now become "out of print" and from what I've heard, is starting to become in short supply. I don't know anything about the "new" tracks, but I know they were available on LP as well as on an extra's disc that was sold through the label (and has like... 4 other songs on it...).

On an additional note, this CD has yet to "grow old" on me, and I stand by my original review, but would like to add that I have grown to love the song "Here We Go," and can also say that as a political song, "Bush Boys" is both intelligent and funny.