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- Artist: Swizz Beatz
- Rating:
- Release Date: December 10, 2002
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
The full-length debut for Ruff Ryders trackmaster Swizz Beatz is that rare thing in the rap world: a record with a single production style. Considering most mainstream rappers hire out two producers for every three tracks they release, hearing an entire LP with a uniform sound is as welcome as it is surprising. Still, Swizz Beatz' Kasseem Dean does vary his sound a bit, and experiments more than any you'd hear on a randomly selected 17 of his productions from other artists' albums. G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories finds him moving from quasi-acoustic soul (with the LL Cool J feature "Ghetto Love") to a few in the usual Ruff Ryders style (for Jadakiss on "Big Business" and Eve on "Island Spice") to a ragga track with Bounty Killer, but also introduces Ja Rule to Metallica for a heavy metal extravaganza called "We Did It Again." The highlight "Endalay" features Busta Rhymes livening up what would've been a comparatively bland production on its own, and Styles hits on all cylinders for "Good Times." Dean is actually a great rapper too, able to command the mic and the mixing board for three tracks here -- he should've given himself more. As it is, despite the great sounds and great features, too much of G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories finds one of the hottest producers in hip-hop resting on his laurels. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Start (Interlude) | Swizz Beatz | (1:47) | |
| Ghetto Stories (Lyrics) | Swizz Beatz | (3:38) | |
| Big Business | Jadakiss, Ronald Isley, Swizz Beatz | (4:34) | |
| Turn It Up (Interlude) | Swizz Beatz | (1:45) | |
| Endalay | Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz | (4:58) | |
| Shyne (Lyrics) | Shyne, Swizz Beatz, |
(4:31) | |
| Ghetto Love (Lyrics) | Swizz Beatz, LL Cool J, |
(5:06) | |
| Alien (Interlude) | Swizz Beatz | (2:13) | |
| Good Times (Lyrics) | Styles P | (4:25) | |
| Gone Delirious | Lil' Kim, Swizz Beatz | (4:27) | |
| N.O.R.E. (Lyrics) | N.O.R.E. | (4:18) | |
| Let Me See Ya Do Your Thing (Lyrics) | Swizz Beatz, |
(4:23) | |
| Island Spice | Eve | (4:27) | |
| Guilty | Bounty Killer, Swizz Beatz | (4:42) | |
| Salute Me [Remix] | Swizz Beatz, Nas, Cassidy, Fat Joe | (3:58) | |
| We Did It Again | Metallica, Ja Rule, Swizz Beatz | (4:44) | |
| Bigger Business [*] | Jadakiss, Cassidy, Snoop Dogg, Swizz Beatz, Diddy, |
(3:57) |
