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Ghetto Supastar
It's difficult to tell whether Pras's debut, Ghetto Supastar (riding on the infectious 1998 summer jam of the same name), is intended as an 18-track infomercial for the newest rap collective, the Refugee Camp (star campers include Canibus, Most Wanted, and head counselor Wyclef Jean) or an elaborate parody of self-proclaimed rap prodigies. The album opens with a "Hallelujah" chorus, closes with "Amazing Grace," and stuffs the middle with weak Dolly Parton interpolations, weaker rhymes ("Two guns blazing / Purple hazing" on "For the Love of This"), and not one, but four separate tracks chock full of shamelessly scripted shout-outs from a horde of bizarre star supporters. (Donald Trump? Mike Tyson? Sting? You haven't heard this many hard-up celebrities since New York City cabs started talking.) There are a lot of reasons this album fails, but the most flagrant is this: for all the effort expended here to raise himself up as the next great Hip-Hop Hope, between the Refugee Camp agenda and the sea of guest vocalists, Pras's presence is nearly invisible. --Todd Levin
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Tracks| 1 | Hallelujah | | 2 | Ghetto Supastar That Is What You Are - Mya, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Pras | | 3 | 1st Phone Interlude | | 4 | What'cha Wanna Do - Free, Pras, | | 5 | Blue Angels - Pras, | | 6 | Can't Stop the Shining [Rip Rock Pt. 2] - Canibus, Free, Pras | | 7 | Get Your Groove On - Pras, | | 8 | Frowsey, Pt. 2 | | 9 | Dirty Cash | | 10 | For the Love of This | | 11 | Wha' What Wha' What | | 12 | 2nd Phone Interlude | | 13 | Low Riders - Pras, | | 14 | Yeah 'Eh Yeah 'Eh - Mack 10, Pras, | | 15 | Murder Dem | | 16 | 3rd Phone Interlude | | 17 | Amazing Grace | | 18 | Final Interlude | | 19 | What's Clef [*] | | 20 | Right One | | 21 | Another One Bites the Dust | | 22 | Here We Go |
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