Because I Got High (album)

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Because I Got High
Afroman Because I Got High.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Recorded2000
Genre Hip hop
Length1:10:25
Label T-Bones
Producer Joseph "Afroman" Foreman, Loppy Octopus
Afroman chronology
My Fro-losophy
(1999)
Because I Got High
(2000)
Sell Your Dope
(2000)
Singles from Because I Got High
  1. "Because I Got High"
    Released: July 30, 2001
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Because I Got High is the second studio album by Mississippi-based rapper Afroman. The record was released on T-Bones Records in the year 2000. Although a Canada-exclusive [2] release, it was otherwise sold and distributed via live performances. [3] The title track of the record stands as Afroman's most popular and best-selling song. [4]

Because I Got High went to Number One on the New Zealand charts, where it stayed for four weeks, in 2000. [5] The songs "Because I Got High", "Mississippi", "Hush", "Tumbleweed", "She Won't Let Me Fuck", "Tall Cans" and "American Dream" would all later be used on The Good Times in 2001. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Because I Got High"5:10
2."Mississippi"5:58
3."Girls"4:23
4."You Ain't My Friend"6:05
5."Hush"4:39
6."Tumbleweed"4:39
7."Dopefiend"7:20
8."She Won't Let Me Fu*k"6:01
9."Tall Cans"7:11
10."Back on the Bus"5:43
11."Graveyard Shift"5:22
12."Because I Got High" (Radio Edit)4:20
13."American Dream"2:52
Total length:1:10:25

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