| Anuthatantrum | ||||
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| Released | October 29, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
| Studio | KrossWire Studio (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 33:39 | |||
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| Producer | Jermaine Dupri | |||
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| Singles from Anuthatantrum | ||||
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Anuthatantrum is the second studio album by Da Brat. It was released in 1996 and went Gold in 1997. A single culled from the album was "Ghetto Love", which featured TLC member Tionne Watkins. The album peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C [3] |
| Muzik | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
| The Source | [6] |
AllMusic writer Steve Huey called it "a slight improvement" over her debut record Funkdafied , praising Dupri's beats for going into an "early-'80s urban funk direction" and Da Brat's lyricism being bereft of any "old-school quotes and obvious Snoop Dogg bites" and having more of a focused identity, concluding that, "[I]t's another brief album, but Anuthatantrum does show Da Brat making subtle progress, and Dupri's production is inviting once again." [1] J. D. Considine, writing for Entertainment Weekly , gave credit to the "funky foundation of [Jermaine] Dupri's tuneful, efficient backing tracks" for making Da Brat's "bluster than menace" gangster boasts come across as more tolerable. [3] Martin Johnson of the Chicago Tribune wrote that: "On her debut recording, her flow worked solely with basic George Clinton samples, but on the follow-up she rhymes in a variety of styles and her vocabulary has improved. Sadly, these skills are wasted on narrow and cliched subject matter, such as people who don't like her and people who don't respect her." [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anuthatantrum" |
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| 1:10 |
| 2. | "My Beliefs" |
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| 4:03 |
| 3. | "Sittin' on Top of the World" |
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| 4:16 |
| 4. | "Let's All Get High" (featuring Krayzie Bone) |
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| 3:44 |
| 5. | "Westside Interlude" | Dupri | 0:13 | |
| 6. | "Just a Little Bit More" |
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| 3:26 |
| 7. | "Keepin' it Live" |
| Dupri | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Ghetto Love" (featuring Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins) |
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| 3:21 |
| 9. | "Lyrical Molestation" |
| Dupri | 3:47 |
| 10. | "Live it Up" |
| Dupri | 2:32 |
| 11. | "Make it Happen" |
| Dupri | 3:30 |
Disc 1
Disc 2
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Anuthatantrum. [7]
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] | 90 |
| US Billboard 200 [9] | 20 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] | 5 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA) [11] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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