Life of a Kid in the Ghetto

Life of a Kid in the Ghetto
Studio album by Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs
Released	April 30, 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Genre	Hip hop
Length	44:22
Label	PWL America/Mercury/PolyGram Records 848 326
Producer	Joe Mansfield Special K Teddy Tedd
Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs chronology
Life of a Kid in the Ghetto (1991) Roxbury 02119 (1993) Singles from Life of a Kid in the Ghetto "I Got to Have It" Released: 1991 "Be a Father to Your Child" Released: 1991 "Bug-a-Boo" Released: 1991

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Life of a Kid in the Ghetto is the debut album from Boston emcee Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs, released on April 30, 1991.

Track listing

1. "I'm Different" – 4:15
2. "Speak Upon It" (featuring Ace & Quan and Def Jef) – 5:00
3. "Feel Like a Nut" – 3:29
4. "I Got to Have It" – 3:24
5. "She Said It Was Great" – 3:42
6. "Dedicated to the Right Wingers" – 3:25
7. "Gotta Have Money (If You Ain't Got Money, You Ain't Got Jack)" (featuring Pure Blend) – 4:08
8. "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" (featuring Pure Blend) – 3:38
9. "Be a Father to Your Child" – 3:45
10. "Stop (Think for a Moment)" – 2:59
11. "Bug-A-Boo" – 3:13
12. "Life of a Kid in the Ghetto" – 3:24

Samples

• "I'm Different"
  • "Impeach The President" by The Honey Drippers
  • "Nothing but the Best" by The S.O.S. Band
  • "Ain't No Half Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane
• "Speak Upon It"
  • "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
• "Feel Like A Nut"
  • "Take Me To the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
  • "Uptown" by The Chambers Brothers
  • "Storm King" by Bob James
  • "Peter Paul Mounds" by Leon Carr and Lee Corday
• "I Got to Have It"
  • "Singing a Song for My Mother" by Hamilton Bohannon
• "She Said It Was Great"
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
  • "Haboglabotribin'" by Bernard Wright
  • "The Moment I Feared" by Slick Rick
• "Dedicated to The Right Wingers"
  • "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex
• "Gotta Have Money (If You Ain't Got Money, You Ain't Got Jack)"
  • "Trying to Make a Fool of Me" by The Delfonics
• "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy"
  • "Your Love" by James Brown
• "Be a Father to Your Child"
  • "Searching" by Roy Ayers
• "Stop (Think For A Moment)"
  • "Swept for You Baby" by The Sylvers
  • "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
  • "Manifest" by Gang Starr
• "Bug-A-Boo"
  • "Don't Let Love Get You Down" by Archie Bell & the Drells
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey
  • "Callin' Mr. Welfare" by Big Daddy Kane
  • "Dr.Funkenstein" by Parliament
• "Life of a Kid in the Ghetto"
  • "Knucklehead" by Grover Washington, Jr.
  • "The Big Payback" by EPMD

References

1. Allmusic review
2. RapReviews.com review

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