- Ghettomusick / Prototype
Infobox Single |
Name = Ghettomusick" / "Prototype
Artist =OutKast
from Album =Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
B-side =
Released =2003
Format = CD
Recorded = 2001-2003
Genre =Southern hip hop ,R&B
Length = 3:56 ("Ghettomusick") 5:26 ("Prototype")
Label =LaFace Records /Arista Records
Writer =OutKast
Producer =Andre 3000
Last single = "Roses" (2004)
This single = "Ghettomusick" / "Prototype" (2004)
Next single = "Mighty O " (2006)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = singles
Lower caption = "Ghettomusick" single"Ghettomusick" (also known as "Ghetto Musick") and "Prototype" are songs by the Hip Hop group
OutKast released in 2004 in their double album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below ". "Ghettomusick" can be found in Disc 1 ("Speakerboxxx") and "Prototype" can be found in Disc 2 "(The Love Below)". The song "Ghettomusick" is featured on theEA Sports 's2003 video game "NBA Live 2004 ".Chart performance
Out of the two songs, the more successful song was "Ghettomusick". "Ghettomusick" was also released as a separate single, where "She Lives in My Lap" was used as a b-side. "Prototype" managed to chart at #43 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, besting "Ghettomusick" at that chart ("Ghettomusick" peaked at #93).amples
"Ghettomusick" samples vocals from
Patti LaBelle 's "Love, Need and Want You ".Patti LaBelle also appears in the video lip syncing to her vocals.Chart positions
Both songs managed to chart at #43 on the Australian
ARIA Charts .Music videos
The music video for "Ghettomusick" featured Big Boi during his daily routine as a delivery boy for Fed Up, a deliberate reference to
FedEx .The video for "Prototype" has a white-haired Andre 3000 who, after landing on Earth with other interstellar travelers, falls in love with a woman in a park.
ee also
* Singles by OutKast
*Speakerboxxx/The Love Below External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhQM_Kl7-mA "Ghettomusick" music video]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l4-LihZmy8 "Prototype" music video]
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