Ghetto Classics
Ghetto Classics is Jaheim's third album with Warner Bros. Records. The album is the follow-up to his two well established platinum records. The album was released in February 2006, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 153,000 copies in its first week of release. Shortly after it quickly fell down the charts. Still, the album was the first R&B #1 album of the year (Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough and Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable were released in late 2005 and hit #1 in early 2006). The album has spawned the moderate hit "Everytime I Think about Her", featuring Jadakiss. Although the album stayed on the album charts for only thirteen weeks, it was certified Gold on March 21, 2006.
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Released | February 13, 2006[1] | |||
Recorded | 2004ā05 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | Divine Mill Records, Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Bink!, Scott Storch | |||
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Singles from Ghetto Classics | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (67/100) [2] |
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About.com | |
Allmusic | |
Entertainment Weekly | Cā [5] |
The Guardian | |
People | |
PopMatters | |
Rolling Stone | |
Stylus Magazine | B- [9] |
Uncut | |
USA Today | |
Vibe |
As with Jaheim's previous platinum selling albums, production & songwriting duties were handled by Super Producer and Jaheim's label owner Kaygee (formerly DJ of Naughty by Nature) & Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Darren Lighty & DJ Eddie F (formerly DJ of Heavy D & The Boyz) & Balewa Muhammad, as well as newcomers The Co-Stars.
Track listing
- "The Chosen One" (Bernard Belle / Keir Gist / Cliff Lighty / Balewa Muhammad / Frank "Sekay" Oliphant)
- "Everytime I Think about Her" (featuring Jadakiss) (R. Harrell / J.C. Phillips)
- "Daddy Thing" (Keir Gist / Balewa Muhammad, Frank "Sekay" Oliphant)
- "Forgetful" (Scott Storch)
- "Like A DJ" (Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney / Keir Gist / Eritza Laues / Darren Lighty / Balewa Muhammad / Frank "Sekay" Oliphant)
- "Fiend" (featuring Styles P) (Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney / Thom Bell / Keir Gist / William "Poogie" Hart / Balewa Muhammad)
- "I Ain't Never" (Jaheim / Balewa Muhammad)
- "125th" (Jaheim Hoagland / Melvin Lewis / Larry Roberts / Sylvia Robinson / Eric Williams)
- "Masterpiece" (Melvin Lewis / Eric Williams)
- "Conversation" (Jaheim)
- "Come Over" (Wesley Hogges / Harry Jordan / Eric Williams)
References
- Joseph, Mike (March 2, 2006). "Jaheim: Ghetto Classics". PopMatters. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- Critic reviews at Metacritic
- About.com review
- Allmusic review
- Fiore, Raymond (2006-02-17). "Ghetto Classics Review". Entertainment Weekly: 76. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- The Guardian review
- People review
- "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved 2013-04-04.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Stylus Magazine review
- USA Today review