The Red Light District

The Red Light District
Studio album by Ludacris
Publication (s)	December 7, 2004
Label (s)	Disturbing tha Peace , Def Jam Recordings
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Down South , hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	16/17
running time	65:20 / 69:31
production	Ludacris ( Executive Producer ) Chaka Zulu (Executive Producer) Timbaland DJ Green Lantern Organized Noize Polow da Don among others
chronology Chicken-n-Beer (2003) The Red Light District Release Therapy (2006)
Single releases November 9, 2004 Get back February 15, 2005 Number One Spot April 20, 2005 The Potion June 14, 2005 Pimpin 'All Over the World

The Red Light District (English for. " The Red Light District ") is the fifth solo album of American rapper Ludacris . It was released on December 7, 2004 on the Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings labels .

production

Ludacris himself and Chaka Zulu served as executive producers on the album . Timbaland produced two songs on the album, while music producers DJ Green Lantern , Organized Noize , Needlz, Icedrake, DK All Day, LT Moe, Craig King, Vada Nobles, DJ Toomp, Heazy and Salaam Remi each contributed an instrumental. Other beats come from The Medicine Men, Tic Toc, Polow da Don and Donnie Scantz. The bonus song was also produced by the rock band Sum 41 .

Cover design

The album cover shows Ludacris dressed in red and white and wearing a red hat. He looks at the viewer and lights a banknote. In the lower part of the picture there are the words Disturbing tha Peace Presents , Ludacris and The Red Light District in red and gray. The entire cover has a gray frame.

Guest Posts

In addition to Ludacris, other artists are represented on eight or nine songs on the album. The rapper DMX is involved in the song Put Your Money , while the singer Sleepy Brown can be heard on Blueberry Yum Yum . The track Virgo is a collaboration with rappers Nas and Doug E. Fresh , and Small World and Dolla Boy have guest appearances on Who Not Me . Ludacris also works with DJ Quik and Kimmi J. on Spur of the Moment , while singer Nate Dogg supports him on Child of the Night . Furthermore, the rappers Bobby Valentino have guest posts on Pimpin 'All Over the World and Trick Daddy on Hopeless , and the rock band Sum 41 appears on the bonus track Get Back (rock version) .

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Intro		Timbaland	1:25
2	Number One Spot		DJ Green Lantern	4:34
3	Get back		The Medicine Men, Tic Toc	4:30
4th	Put your money	DMX	Icedrake	4:13
5	Blueberry Yum Yum	Sleepy Brown	Organized Noize	3:55
6th	Child of the Night	Nate Dogg	DK All Day	5:01
7th	The Potion		Timbaland	3:55
8th	Pass out		Needlz	4:21
9	Skit			0:55
10	Trace of the moment	DJ Quik , Kimmi J.	LT Moe	4:15
11	Who Not Me	Small World, Dolla Boy	Craig King	4:56
12	Large amounts		Vada Nobles	4:33
13	Pimpin 'All Over the World	Bobby Valentino	Polow da Don , Donnie Scantz	5:29
14th	Two miles an hour		DJ Toomp	4:45
15th	Hopeless	Trick daddy	Heazy	5:05
16	Virgo	Nas , Doug E. Fresh	Salaam Remi	3:28

Bonus song of the download version:

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
17th	Get Back (Rock Version)	Sum 41	Sum 41	4:11

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Red Light District   CH 91 12/19/2004 (1 week)   UK 98 12/18/2004 (1 week)   US 1 December 25, 2004 (42 weeks)

Singles

Get back   CH 48 03/20/2005 (6 weeks)   US 13 11/20/2004 (20 weeks) Number One Spot   UK 30th 05/21/2005 (3 weeks)   US 19th 03/05/2005 (16 weeks) Pimpin 'All Over the World   US 9 06/11/2005 (20 weeks)

The Red Light District entered the US album charts at number 1 on December 25, 2004 and stayed in the top 200 for 42 weeks. In the United Kingdom the album reached number 98 and in Switzerland number 91, whereas in Germany it was not able to place in the charts.

As singles , the songs were Get Back , Number One Spot , The Potion and Pimpin 'All Over the World decoupled.

Sales figures and awards

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	70%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

The Red Light District was certified double platinum in the United States for over two million units sold in 2005 . In addition, the singles Get Back and Number One Spot as well as the song Blueberry Yum Yum received a gold record in the USA for each more than 500,000 sales .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 2 × platinum	2,110,000

Main article: Ludacris / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
4. ↑ Rating: laut.de
5. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
7. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
8. ↑ US sales The Red Light District
9. ↑ US: 2 × platinum