Ghetto Postage

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Ghetto Postage
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 28, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Gangsta rap
Length73:38
Label
Producer Master P (exec.), Donald XL Robertson (exec.), Carlos Stephens, Ke'noe, Myke Diesel, Sugar Bear, Ezell Swang
Master P chronology
Only God Can Judge Me
(1999)
Ghetto Postage
(2000)
Game Face
(2001)

Ghetto Postage is the ninth studio album by American rapper Master P. It was released on November 28, 2000, on No Limit Records and Priority Records in the United States. This is Master P's last album to be distributed by Priority. The album features Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker and Tamar Braxton. The album included the singles "Bout Dat" featuring Silkk the Shocker and "Souljas". The album was mostly produced by Carlos Stephens and Donald XL Robertson along with Myke Diesel.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly C+ [3]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
RapReviews6.5/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
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Ghetto Postage garnered mixed reviews from music critics, who were divided over the production and Master P's musical performance. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57, based on 6 reviews. [1]

Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews gave note of the album's in-house production providing catchy bangers, sparse list of guest artists and Master P adopting different personas and limiting his "guttural moan of ghetto pain" on each track, concluding that "P sticks to themes and with 19 songs on the album, he has more than enough chance to get hot; he catches that heat on more than half. It's not a risky or an innovative album, but the fans of the Tank will keep rollin." [5] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier felt the record had an overlong track listing with many duds but found it much better than Only God Can Judge Me , giving praise to "Bout Dat", "I Don't Give Ah What" and "Souljas" as highlights and the framing of Master P in a more likable role, concluding that "[T]his doesn't necessarily make for good music, but it's one of the album's nicer qualities." [2] Evan Serpick of Entertainment Weekly called the album an "overwrought gangsta package" for containing "stale rhymes and grooves", a lengthy hip-hop checklist, and all too brief bursts of humor to give the listeners relief from Master P's litany of lyrical assaults against former labelmates. [3] A writer for HipHopDX criticized the record's production team for creating underwhelming beats that lack the punch found in Ghetto D and Master P's performance feeling uninspired and only there for both the gimmicky title and name value, concluding that, "Although some fans will surely enjoy Master P's newest it seems more likely that Ghetto Postage will only cause his fanbase to dwindle even further than it already has. He must be kicking himself at about this time, if only he hadn't dumped his old producers." [4]

Commercial performance

The album found decent success with the single "Bout Dat" featuring Silkk The Shocker, which made it to number eleven on the US Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks.

Animation

The music video for "Souljas" was the first fully animated Hip Hop music video ever which became a huge success for No Limit.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro" (featuring Erica Foxx)1:41
2."Bout Dat" (featuring Silkk The Shocker)3:21
3."Don Is Back (Skit)"0:28
4."Doo Rags" (featuring Short Circuit)3:09
5."Bitch I Like"3:12
6."My Three Uncles (Skit)"1:17
7."Golds in They Mouth" (featuring C-Murder)4:15
8."Problems (Skit)"2:25
9."Poppin' Them Collars" (featuring Snoop Dogg)4:47
10."I Don't Give Ah What"2:41
11."Twerk That Thang"2:55
12."Life I Live" (featuring Slay Sean)4:14
13."Souljas"3:32
14."The Real Nigga (Skit)"1:42
15."Pockets Gone' Stay Fat (Big Tymers Diss)" (featuring Magic)3:41
16."My Babooski" (featuring Tamar Braxton)3:36
17."Still Ballin'" (featuring Krazy & Slay Sean)3:18
18."Soulja Boo" (featuring Erica Foxx)3:48
19."Hush" (featuring Krazy & Slay Sean)3:57
20."Roll How We Roll" (featuring Afficial)2:52
21."Would You" (featuring Suga Bear & Krazy)3:11
22."It Don't Get No Better" (featuring Black Felon)2:42
23."Always Come Back to You"3:45

Charts

Album

Singles

Bout Dat

Chart (2000)Peak
positions
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 12
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 10
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 1

Souljas

Chart (2000)Peak
positions
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 96
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 30
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 3

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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