''Ghetto Street Pharmacist'' is the debut studio album by American hip-hop music producer

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. It was released in 1999 through Kingpin Records and re-released later the same year via Thump Street Records. Recording sessions took place at U'Neek's Workshop in

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. Production was handled by DJ U-Neek himself. It features guest appearances from The KingPin Family (Don Jagwarr, E.W.F., Gemini, L-Jay and Nyt Owl), Big Bone, Big Chan,

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, Lei Callaway, Lethal, Menenski, Sneek, Squeak Ru, Tamera Reed, Topp Notch and Virgil L. Davis Jr. The album peaked at number 63 on the

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chart in the United States.

Critical reception

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wrote that "like many albums by producers, it showcases style over content, trying a few too many things at once".

Track listing

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as recorded by Eightball. *Track "Now That I'm Over You" contains an interpolation of " Sun Goddess" written by

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. *Track "Woe Is I" contains a sample from "

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. *Track "Blaze" contains an interpolation of "Ahh... The Name is Bootsy, Baby" written by George Clinton, William Collins and

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. *Track "What Must I Do" contains interpolations of "If It Ain't Ruff" written by Andre Young and Lorenzo Patterson and "What People Do for Money" written by Richard Dowling and Michael Dowling. *Track "I Want Cha Lovin'" contains an interpolation of "

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, Charles Scruggs, Anthony Henderson, Eric Wright, Antoine Carraby, Yomo Smith, Mark Green, Stanley Howse and Steven Howse.

Personnel

*Tim "

" Middleton – producer, executive producer *Rhodri Davis – recording * Virgil L. Davis Jr. – recording *Aaron Connor – mixing *Tom Baker – mastering *Kris Solem – mastering *Madeleine Smith – clearances *Mark Spier – clearances *Leonard L. Bey – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 albums DJ U-Neek albums