Black Hollywood Explained

Black Hollywood
Type:studio
Artist:Camp Lo
Cover:Blackhollywood.jpg
Released:July 24, 2007
Recorded:2006–2007
Genre:Hip hop
Label:Good Hands
Producer:Ski Beatz
Prev Title:Let's Do It Again
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Another Heist
Next Year:2009

Black Hollywood is the third album by hip hop duo Camp Lo, released on July 24, 2007, on Good Hands Records. It was the duo's first album in five years. The album was produced by long-time collaborator Ski, who had produced the majority of the group's first two albums, Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again. The album features guest appearances from Ski and Jungle Brown, who appeared on the duo's debut. The album's first single was "Black Hollywood".

The album's original title was A Piece of the Action, a reference to the Sidney Poitier-Bill Cosby film A Piece of the Action. The group's previous albums were also named after films starring Poitier and Cosby. "Ganja Lounge" contains a sample from the voiceover at the beginning of the 1995 film Friday.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that the album "reinvigorates the rappers' long-standing penchant for alliteration and blaxploitation."[1]

Track listing

TitleProducer(s)Performer (s)
1"Posse From the Bronx"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
2"82 Afros"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba, Ski
3"Soul Fever"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
4"Pushahoe"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
5"Suga Willie's Revenge"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba, Jungle Brown
6"Jack n' Jill"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
7"Material"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
8"Money Clap"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
9"Ganja Lounge"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
10"Black Hollywood"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
11"Zoom"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba
12"Sweet Claudine"Ski BeatzGeechi Suede, Sonny Cheeba

Notes and References

  1. News: Richards . Cliff . A weekly playlist for the listener with a one-track mind . The Washington Post . 24 July 2007 . C5.