The Red Light District

• Artist: Ludacris
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• Release Date: December 09, 2004
• Type: Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rap

Review

Ludacris' never-ending run of guest verses rolled on through 2004 (for better or worse), as did the hit singles from 2003's Chicken -n- Beer. He still managed to find the time to come out with The Red Light District, an album with content that rarely reflects the illicit-sounding title. There's nothing as squalid as "Splash Waterfalls," for instance -- the low point of the MC's career, regardless of chart success -- and yet, at the same time, there's nothing as immense as "Stand Up," and there isn't anything quite as ferocious as "Southern Fried Intro/Blow It Out." Bragging, boasting, clowning around, getting high, dispersing words of wisdom -- these are the overriding themes. Ludacris is more relaxed than ever, his mix of off-the-wall wisecracks and lofty proclamations established immediately after the intro. No other MC could rattle off a stream of Austin Powers riffs without sounding corny, which he duly proves over Green Lantern's apt spin-cycle treatment of Quincy Jones' "Soul Bossa Nova": "Causin' lyrical disasters, it's the master/Make music for Mini-Mes, models, and Fat Bastards/These women trying to get me out my Pelle Pelles/They strip off my clothes and tell me, 'Get in my belly!'/Stay on the track, hit the ground running like Flo Jo/Sit back in time and never lost my mojo." Luda hasn't slipped into the complacent lap of luxury as deeply as some of his fellow platinum contemporaries, but it's evident that he's not as hungry as he once was. A handful of top-level productions help make up for this, such as the Medicine Men's sufficiently rowdy work on "Get Back," Timbaland's tribal/safari-like backdrop on "The Potion" (one of his most radical productions since Ms. Jade's "Big Head," with owl hoots and wild-bird caws in place of synth notes and percussion accents), and L.T. Moe's squirting/jingling loose-booty funk on "Spur of the Moment" (which could be mistaken for a DJ Quik track, especially since he MCs on it). ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Intro (Lyrics)	Tim Mosley, Chris Bridges	Ludacris	(1:25)
Number One Spot (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges, Q. Jones	Ludacris	(4:34)
Get Back (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	Ludacris	(4:30)
Put Your Money (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	DMX, Ludacris	(4:13)
Blueberry Yum Yum (Lyrics)	P. Brown, Chris Bridges	Ludacris, Sleepy Brown	(3:55)
Child of the Night	Chris Bridges, N. Hale	Nate Dogg, Ludacris	(5:01)
The Potion	Tim Mosley, Chris Bridges	Ludacris	(3:54)
Pass Out (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	Ludacris	(4:21)
Skit		Ludacris, Raybezzie, Rockell Minor	(0:55)
Spur of the Moment	T. Moore, Chris Bridges, D. Blake	DJ Quik, Ludacris, Kimmi	(4:15)
Who Not Me (Lyrics)	M. Morales, Chris Bridges	Ludacris, Dolla Boy, Small World	(4:56)
Large Amounts (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	Ludacris	(4:33)
Pimpin' All Over the World (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	Ludacris, Bobby V.	(5:29)
Two Miles an Hour (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	Ludacris	(4:45)
Hopeless	Chris Bridges	Trick Daddy, Ludacris	(5:05)
Virgo (Lyrics)	Chris Bridges	Nas, Doug E. Fresh, Ludacris	(3:31)

Credits

Leslie Brathwaite (Mixing), DJ Quik (Engineer), DJ Toomp (Producer), Jimmy Douglass (Engineer), Jimmy Douglass (Mixing), Doug E. Fresh (Beat Box), Brian Frye (Engineer), John Frye (Mixing), Charnessa Jones (Engineer), Craig King (Producer), Craig King (Engineer), Organized Noize (Programming), Organized Noize (Producer), Salaam Remi (Producer), Dave Robbins (Keyboards), Phil Tan (Mixing), TicToc (Producer), Timbaland (Producer), Kevin Crouse (Engineer), Kevin Crouse (Mixing), Rick Patrick (Creative Director), Scott Kieklak (Engineer), Jonathan Mannion (Photography), Deborah Mannis-Gardner (Sample Clearance), Sean Taylor (A&R), Sean Davis (Engineer), Marqueze Etheridge (Vocals (Background)), James M. Wisner (Engineer), Medicine Men (Producer), Medicine Men (Engineer), Glenn Schick (Mastering), Chris Brown (Assistant), Tia Johnson (Art Direction), Tia Johnson (Design), Joey P. (Engineer), DJ Green Lantern (Producer), Ludacris (Executive Producer), Mark Valentine (Engineer), Chaka Zulu (Executive Producer), Sleepy Brown (Keyboards), Donnie Scantz (Producer), Melinda Johnson (Vocals (Background)), David Jimenez Lopez (Engineer), Tity Boi (Vocals), Erica Novich (A&R Assistance), Demacio Castellon (Engineer), Needlz (Producer), Needlz (Engineer), Michael Fox (Marketing), Terese Joseph (A&R), Keri Hilson (Vocals (Background)), Icedrake (Producer), Bryan "B" Baldwin (Engineer), Josh Monroy (Engineer), Josh Monroy (Assistant), Dale "Rambro" Ramsey (Engineer), Kori Anders (Assistant), Katt Williams (Vocals), Noah McDonough (Logo Illustration), Erica Bowen (Recording Producer), Brolic D (Vocals), DJ Jaycee (Scratching), DK All Day (Producer), Dolla Boy (Vocals), Portia Kirkland (Marketing), L.T. Moe (Producer), Polow da Don (Producer), Wonder Arillo (Engineer), Kimmi (Performer), Small World (Performer), Raybezzie (Performer), Rockell Minor (Performer)

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