Ghetto Pop Life

Ghetto Pop Life
Studio album by Danger Mouse & Jemini
Released	9 September 2003
Recorded	2002/3
Genre	Hip hop
Length	68:09
Label	Lex Records
Producer	Danger Mouse
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link IGN (8.5/10) 9/28/2005 Pitchfork (7.8/10) 9/17/2003 Prefix (6.0/10) 9/9/2003 Stylus (A) 9/1/2003
Danger Mouse & Jemini chronology
Ghetto Pop Life (2003) Kill Your Heroes (2007)

Ghetto Pop Life is the debut album of producer Danger Mouse and rapper Jemini. It was released in 2003 on Lex Records and also featured Tha Alkaholiks, Cee-Lo, The Pharcyde, J-Zone and Prince Po from Organized Konfusion. In 2004 a reprint of the album with three additional tracks was released in the US. Lex Records also released three EPs with tracks (and remixes of tracks) from the album: Take Care Of Business EP, Conceited Bastard EP and the 26 Inch EP. Moreover there was a special promotional CD, the Ghetto Pop Mix, a mixtape with short remixes of the tracks from the album fading into each other, along with a couple of new exclusive tracks.

Track listing

1. "Born-A-MC" (Brian Burton, T. Smith) – 2:29
2. "Ghetto Pop Life Intro" (Burton, T. Smith, P. Clark) – 1:09
3. "Ghetto Pop Life" (Burton, T. Smith) – 4:23
4. "Omega Supreme" (Burton, T. Smith) – 5:03
5. "What U Sittin On?" (Burton, T. Smith, Rico Smith, James Robinson) – 3:58
   • starring Tha Liks
6. "The Only One" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:18
7. "Take Care of Business" (Burton, T. Smith, J. Mumford) – 3:38
   • starring J-Zone
8. "That Brooklyn Shit" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:35
9. "Yoo-Hoo!" (Burton, T. Smith) – 4:35
10. "Copy Cats" (Burton, T. Smith, Lawrence Baskerville) – 3:49
    • starring Prince Po from Organized Konfusion
11. "Don't Do Drugs" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:23
12. "Medieval" (Burton, T. Smith, Romye Robinson, Imani Wilcox) – 4:59
    • starring Pharcyde
13. "Bush Boys" (Burton, T. Smith) – 4:01
14. "Here We Go Again" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:50
15. "I'm a DooMee (Love Letter)" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:04
16. "Knuckle Sandwich" (Burton, T. Smith) – 2:07
17. "What U Sittin On? (DM's 26" Remix)" (Burton, T. Smith, R. Smith, J. Robinson, Thomas Calloway) – 3:28
    • starring Cee-Lo & Tha Liks
18. "The Sh!t" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:17
19. "Ghetto Pop Life II" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:53

Track 17–19 appear only on the 2004 US reissue of the album and were taken from the 26 Inch EP.

Related EPs

Ghetto Pop Mix

Cover of the Ghetto Pop Mix

There were two editions of this promotional mixtape CD: The original one, with eleven tracks, which was only available with the August 2003 issue of Hip-Hop Connection; and an extended version with a total of sixteen tracks.

1. Intro – 2:15
2. "Ghetto Pop Life" – 1:40
3. "Don't Do Drugs" – 1:12
4. "The Only One" – 1:13
5. (exclusive track) – 2:44
6. "That Brooklyn Shit" – 2:10
7. "What U Sittin On?" – 2:00
8. "Omega Supreme" – 3:38
9. "Bush Boys" – 1:35
10. (exclusive track) – 1:01
11. "Copy Cats" – 2:24
12. (exclusive track) – 1:57
13. "Brooklyn Kids" – 2:56
14. "Who Wanna Step II Dis" – 4:21
15. Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner" (DM Mix) – 1:59
16. Nas "It Ain't Hard To Tell" (DM Mix) – 3:13