The Red Light District [2 LP]

by Ludacris

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	12/06/2024
Label:	Def Jam
UPC:	0602465800968

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ludacris   Primary Artist,Rap
Kimmi   Primary Artist
Doug E. Fresh   Primary Artist,Beat Box
Dolla Boy   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bobby V   Primary Artist
Sleepy Brown   Primary Artist,Keyboards
Trick Daddy   Primary Artist
Small World   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
DMX   Primary Artist
DJ Quik   Primary Artist
Nas   Primary Artist
Nate Dogg   Primary Artist
Bobby Viera   Primary Artist
Rockell Minor   Primary Artist
Raybezzie   Primary Artist
Kimmi J.   Primary Artist
Dave Robbins   Keyboards
DJ Jaycee   Scratching
Brolic D   Vocals
Marqueze Etheridge   Vocals (Background)
Melinda Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Tity Boi   Vocals
Katt Williams   Vocals
Keri Hilson   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Heazy   Audio Production
DJ Toomp   Audio Production,Producer
Salaam Remi   Audio Production,Producer
DJ Green Lantern   Audio Production,Producer
Timbaland   Audio Production,Producer
Dale Ramsey   Engineer
J. D'agostino   Composer
Polow da Don   Producer
Nasir Jones   Composer
Salaam Gibbs   Composer
Maurice Young   Composer
Darnley Scantlebury   Composer
David Blake   Composer
Matthew McAllister   Composer
Sheldon Bullock   Composer
Craig Bazile   Composer
Damon McDaniels   Composer
Fred Stamand   Composer
Chris Brown   Assistant
D. Blake   Composer
Phil Tan   Mixing
Jimmy Douglass   Mixing,Engineer
Organized Noize   Producer,Programming
Demacio Castellon   Engineer
L.T. Moe   Producer
Donnie Scantz   Producer
Glenn Schick   Mastering
Kori Anders   Assistant
Khari Cain   Composer
Charnessa Jones   Engineer
Scott Kieklak   Engineer
Darren Robinson   Composer
Jonathan Mannion   Photography
Michael Guy   Composer
Needlz   Engineer,Producer
Aldrin Davis   Composer
DK All Day   Producer
Joey P.   Engineer
Nathaniel Hale   Composer
Josh Monroy   Engineer,Assistant
Raybezzie   Performer
Erica Bowen   Recording Producer
TicToc   Producer
Craig King   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Michael Fox   Marketing
Noah McDonough   Logo Illustration
Brian Frye   Engineer
T. Moore   Composer
James M. Wisner   Engineer
Deborah Mannis-Gardner   Sample Clearance
Medicine Men   Engineer,Producer
David Jimenez Lopez   Engineer
Rick Patrick   Creative Director
Sean Taylor   A&R
Erica Novich   A&R Assistance
Tia Johnson   Design,Art Direction
Bryan "B" Baldwin   Engineer
Portia Kirkland   Marketing
John McAllister   Composer
Rockell Minor   Performer
Wonder Arillo   Engineer
Terese Joseph   A&R
Carl Bazile   Composer
M. Morales   Composer
Damon Wimbley   Composer
Icedrake   Producer
Craig Lawson   Composer
Christopher Bridges   Composer
E. Conyers   Composer
R. Murray   Composer
R. Wade   Composer
Rico Wade   Composer
K. Cain   Composer
Dominic Bazille   Composer
Kevin Crouse   Mixing,Engineer
Douglas Davis   Composer
Leslie Brathwaite   Mixing
David "Blaks" Blake   Composer
Nayvadius Wilburn   Composer
T. Brockton   Composer
Craig S. Lawson   Composer
M. Guy   Composer
O. Vickers   Composer
Joe Jones   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Chaka Zulu   Executive Producer
Mark Morales   Composer
Darryl McDaniels   Composer
Sean Davis   Engineer
Ludacris   Executive Producer
Mark Valentine   Engineer
Quincy Jones   Composer
P. Brown   Composer
Todd Moore   Composer
John Frye   Mixing
Small World   Performer
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Lionel Bart   Composer
DJ Quik   Engineer
Kimmi   Performer