''Ghetto Pop Life'' is the debut collaborative studio album by

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and Jemini. It was released on

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in 2003. It features guest appearances from

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, J-Zone,

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, and

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. In 2004, a reprint of the album with three additional tracks was released in the United States. Lex Records also released three EPs with tracks (and remixes of tracks) from the album: ''Take Care of Business'', ''Conceited Bastard'', and ''26 Inch EP''. Moreover, there was a special promotional CD, titled '' 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.

Critical reception

Mark Pytlik of

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gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Evocative without being pointlessly nostalgic and fun without being goofy, ''Ghetto Pop Life'' is a convincingly strong debut." Dom Passantino of ''

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'' gave the album a grade of "A", calling it "not only one of the best albums of the year, but also possibly the strangest." ''

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'' placed it at number 37 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2003" list. ''

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'' named it the 19th best album of 2003. In 2011,

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named it the 48th best dance album of the 2000s. In 2017,

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included it on the "100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s" list.

Track listing

''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.

References

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