Ghetto D Explained

Ghetto D
Type:	Album
Artist:	Master P
Cover:	Masterp11.jpeg
Released:	September 2, 1997
Recorded:	1996–1997
Length:	79:28
Prev Title:	Ice Cream Man
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	MP da Last Don
Next Year:	1998

Ghetto D is the sixth studio album by American rapper Master P, released on September 2, 1997^[1] on No Limit Records and Priority Records.

Chart performance

The album debuted at #137 on the Billboard 200.^[2] In Its second week the album then moved to #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums selling 260,000 copies in its second week.^[3] It was mainly on the strength of the two singles released; "I Miss My Homies" (US #25), "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" (US #22) became hit singles in the years 1997 and 1998.^[4] "Gangstas Need Love" samples Diana Ross's hit single "Missing You", while "I Miss My Homies" samples The O'Jays' song "Brandy" from the album So Full of Love. In 2008 "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" it ranked #26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. It ranked at #36 on Blender's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever"^[5] In 2008, it ranked #94 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. "Here We Go", featuring Fiend and Mystikal, was a b-side, released on the "I Miss My Homies" single. Though not a single, there was a video for the song Ghetto D that was aired on November 23, 1997, on both MTV & BET. The album was certified 3× Platinum on August 4, 2006, with 3,185,221 copies sold, according to SoundScan.^[6]

Track listing

10th Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks (2007)

1. Weed & Hennessy (feat. C-Murder & Silkk the Shocker)
2. Scream (featuring Silkk the Shocker)
3. Playa 4 Life (feat. Rappin' 4-Tay)
4. Make 'Em Say Ugh! (Instrumental)

Samples

• "Bourbons and Lacs"
  • "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye
• "Gangstas Need Love"
  • "Missing You" by Diana Ross
• "Ghetto D"
  • "Eric B. Is President" by Eric B. & Rakim
• "I Miss My Homies"
  • "Brandy" by The O'Jays
• "Make Em' Say Uhh!"
  • "Apache" by Sugarhill Gang
  • "Funkbox Party" by The Masterdon Committee
• Pass Me da Green
  • "Intro and Main Title" by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave
• "Stop Hatin'"
  • "Rumors" by Timex Social Club
• "Tryin' 2 Do Something"
  • "For the Love of You (Part 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Billboard 200^[7]	50
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	13

Chart (1998)	Position
US Billboard 200^[9]	47
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[10]	27

Singles

I Miss My Homies

Chart	Position
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	16
Hot Rap Singles	1
Billboard Hot 100	25

Make Em Say Uhh

Chart	Position
Hot Rap Singles	1
Hot Dance Music/Maxi SIngles Sales	3
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	6
Rhythmic Top 40	10
Billboard Hot 100	9

See also

• List of number-one albums of 1997 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1997 (U.S.)

External links

• Official Track Listing

References

1. Web site: Ghetto D . https://archive.today/20120714131746/http://musikgeist.org/release/25140/ . dead . July 14, 2012 .
2. Billboard 200 Chart. 2021-06-10. Billboard.
3. Web site: 'Ghetto D' Pushes Past 'No Way Out'. September 11, 1997. Los Angeles Times. November 18, 2019.
4. Web site: Master P - Chart history Billboard. www.billboard.com. August 17, 2017. en.
5. Web site: The 50 Worst Songs Ever! Watch, Listen and Cringe! - Blender . August 20, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101226224442/http://www.blender.com/lists/61412/the50worstsongseverwatchlistenandcringe.html?p=3 . December 26, 2010 .
6. Web site: Random Southern Soundscan Numbers [Archive] - Hip-Hop Music Community… . https://archive.today/20120918003949/http://www.wordofsouth.com/myblock/archive/index.php/t-25640.html . 18 September 2012 . dead.
7. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997. Billboard. April 14, 2021.
8. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997. Billboard. April 14, 2021.
9. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998. Billboard. April 14, 2021.
10. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1998. Billboard. April 14, 2021.