Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life LP (Green Vinyl,180g)

It's been 20 years since Danger Mouse & Jemini's cult thugged-out rap bangers of Ghetto Pop Life were released. Originally released on Lex Records in 2003 it has been out of print for a number of years and is now being re-issued to coincide with the release of Born Again. Featureing guest appearances from Tha Liks, J-Zone, Prince Po, and the Pharcyde

Danger Mouse's first official release on a record label, Ghetto Pop Life; was a bouncing rap spectacular which quickly became a critically acclaimed cult classic. Throughout the record, Jemini steps to the mic delivering a smooth yet intense lyric masterclass that fuses perfectly with Danger Mouse's already highly skilled production. As well as one of the finest rap records of the era, Ghetto Pop Life foreshadows Danger Mouse's later triumphs including The Grey Album, his production work for Gorillaz and A$AP Rocky, and collaborations with Cee-Lo as Gnarls Barkley, MF DOOM for DangerDOOM plus his most recent hip-hop offering, 2022's Cheat Codes alongside Black Thought. AllMusic gave the album * "Evocative without being pointlessly nostalgic and fun without being goofy, Ghetto Pop Life is a convincingly strong debut. Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of "A", calling it "not only one of the best albums of the year, but also possibly the strangest. Pitchfork placed it at number 37 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2003" list. The Guardian named it the 19th best album of 2003. In 2017, ThoughtCo included it on the "100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s" list.