''Bashtown'' is the fourth

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, and eighth album overall, released by the

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hip hop recording artist Baby Bash. Released on March 22, 2011, it is the first of his albums to be released on Upstairs Records. Bashtown was produced by Jim Jonsin, Printz Board, Happy Perez, Mickaël, J. Lacy, & C-Ballin and has vocal guests E-40, Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Jay Rock, Marty James, The Jacka, Z-Ro, Krizz Kaliko,

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among others. According to Baby Bash, the album was recorded entirely in 2010, although many singles and the album were released in 2011.

Singles

The album has six singles in total, three of them being promotional and three official. The first promotional Single was "Buttakup" released on March 30, 2010. The song was produced by and featured J. Lacy and contained more of an R&B style. "Fantasy Girl", released on July 13, 2010, was a retro-dance influenced track featuring vocals by the

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singer Marty James who has worked with many artists such as

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, E-40 and Tech N9ne. The third promotional single "Good for My Money", features

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". The third official single is "Head Hunta", featuring the rap artists Z-Ro and

, and was released on March 22, 2011.

Reception

Reviews

The album received generally mixed reviews. Critics Jeremy Carmona from Yo! Raps said that the album is "club influenced" similar to his previous album, ''

''. David Jeffries from Allmusic described it as "his best effort since his major-label debut, ''

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Commercial performance

''Bashtown'' charted on ''

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'' peaking at #38 on the

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chart. In the second week, ''Bashtown'' fell to #61 on the same chart. Bashtown also charted on ''Billboard'' Independent albums at #31 and Top Rap Albums at #19. To date the album has sold 6,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

Confirmed by

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, Amazon, and writers by Allmusic, and producers from CD Inlay.

Personnel

By Allmusic. * Baby Bash: lead vocals, composer, executive producer * Chris Athens: mastering * C-Ballin: producer * Printz Board: drum programming, engineer, keyboards, producer, vocal engineer, performer * Todd Cooper: mixing * Steve Dang: producer * Howard "DJ Rex" Huang: mastering, mixing * Michael Denten: mastering, mixing * Happy P: mixing, producer * James Hoover: mixing * Chris Jackson: composer * Mario "Tex" James: composer * Marty James: performer, composer * Jim Jonsin: producer, composer * J. Lacy: mixing, performer * John Lopez: executive producer * Roy Mata: engineer * Z-RO: performer, composer * Jose Melendez: project manager * David Newton: composer * Ocies Groceries: producer * Sergio Peña: project coordinator * Lloyd Polite: performer, composer * Elvin Reyes: artwork * Manuel Rosenthal: composer * Marc Rustigian: mastering * Damon Sharpe: vocal engineer * Paul Wall: performer, composer * Adrian Sidney: photography * Slim Thug: performer, composer * Omar "O.C." Townsend: performer, composer * Jay Tee: performer, composer * Krizz Kaliko: performer, composer * Michael Zibi: engineer, mixing, producer * Dave Fore: mixing engineer * Phil Fuger: engineer

Chart positions

References

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