Dirty Harriet

Dirty Harriet
Dirty Harriet
Studio album by Rah Digga
Released	April 4, 2000
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	66:00
Label	Flipmode; Elektra;
Producer	Busta Rhymes (also exec.); Nottz; DJ Shok; Megahertz; DJ Premier; Pete Rock; Rockwilder; Dave Atkinson; Mr. Walt; DJ Scratch; Knobody;
Rah Digga chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[2]
NME	^[3]
RapReviews	8/10^[4]

Dirty Harriet is the debut album by American hip hop recording artist Rah Digga.^[5]^[6] It was released via Flipmode/Elektra in 2000.^[7] The album went on to sell over 396,000 units in the United States and another 321,000 copies sold worldwide.^{[citation needed]} The album reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[8]

Critical reception[]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Dirty Harriet's production dream team ... takes a head-spinning tour through rap regionalism, from Southern booty bumps to East Coast Wu-Tangy coffin chillers."^[2] Exclaim! thought that the "gritty soundscapes are a potent backdrop to Digga's authoritative sandpaper-rough voice."^[9] The Washington Post wrote that "Digga is a punch-line MC who loves to draw out the final jab until it burns like a schoolyard taunt."^[10]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Knobody	2:49
2.	"Harriet Thugman"	Busta Rhymes	1:28
3.	"Tight"	Mr. Walt	3:14
4.	"What They Call Me"	Pete Rock	3:49
5.	"Do the Ladies Run This?.." (featuring Eve and Sonja Blade)	DJ Shok	4:02
6.	"Imperial" (featuring Busta Rhymes)	DJ Shok	6:24
7.	"Curtains"	Busta Rhymes	3:53
8.	"Showdown"	Nottz	3:34
9.	"The Last Word" (featuring Outsidaz)	Nottz	4:17
10.	"Break Fool"	Rockwilder	3:28
11.	"Straight Spittin', Part II"	Nottz	2:34
12.	"What's Up Wit' That"	Nottz	3:59
13.	"So Cool" (featuring Carl Thomas)	Dave Atkinson	3:22
14.	"Just for You" (featuring Flipmode Squad)	Nottz	4:59
15.	"Fuck Y'all Niggas" (featuring Young Zee)	Megahertz	2:56
16.	"Lessons of Today"	DJ Premier	4:55
17.	"Handle Your B.I." (bonus track)	DJ Scratch	3:08
18.	"Clap Your Hands" (bonus track)	Megahertz	3:29
Total length:			1:06:00

Personnel[]

Rashia Tashan Fisher – vocals
Trevor George Smith Jr. – vocals (tracks: 6, 14), production (tracks: 2, 7), executive production
Roger McNair – vocals (tracks: 1, 14)
William A. Lewis – vocals (tracks: 1, 14)
Dewayne Battle – vocals (tracks: 9, 15)
Wayne Notise – vocals (tracks: 7, 14)
Rakeem Calief Myer – vocals (tracks: 9, 14)
Eve Jihan Jeffers – vocals (track 5)
Sonja Shenelle Holder – vocals (track 5)
Tyree Smith – vocals (track 9)
Aubrey King – vocals (track 9)
Brian Bostic – vocals (track 9)
Denton Dawes – vocals (track 9)
Jerome Derek Hinds, Jr. – vocals (track 9)
Salih Ibn Al Bayyinah Scaife – vocals (track 9)
Shakir Nur-al-din Abdullah – vocals (track 9)
Carlton Neron Thomas – vocals (track 13)
Leroy Jones – rapping (track 14)
Dominick J. Lamb – production (tracks: 8–9, 11–12, 14)
Michael Gomez – production (tracks: 5-6)
Dorsey Wesley – production (tracks: 15, 18)
Jerome Foster – production (track 1)
Walter V. Dewgarde, Jr. – production (track 3)
Peter O. Philips – production (track 4)
Dana Stinson – production (track 10)
Dave Atkinson – production (track 13)
Christopher Edward Martin – production (track 16)
George Spivey – production (track 17)

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[11]	18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[12]	3

Year-end charts[]

Chart (2000)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[13]	94

References[]

^ AllMusic review
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Dirty Harriet". EW.com.
^ "Dirty Harriet". September 12, 2005.
^ "Rah Digga :: Dirty Harriet :: Elektra". rapreviews.com.
^ "Flipmode Squad's Rah Digga Challenges Men At Their Own Game". MTV News.
^ "Rah Digga | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ "Rap & Hip-Hop". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 1999 – via Google Books.
^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 328
^ "Rah Digga Dirty Harriet". exclaim.ca.
^ Drumming, Neil (April 5, 2000). "Rah Digga's Gift for Gab" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
^ "Rah Digga Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "Rah Digga Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

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[1] AllMusic review

[auto-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Dirty Harriet". EW.com.

[3] "Dirty Harriet". September 12, 2005.

[4] "Rah Digga :: Dirty Harriet :: Elektra". rapreviews.com.

[5] "Flipmode Squad's Rah Digga Challenges Men At Their Own Game". MTV News.

[6] "Rah Digga | Biography & History". AllMusic.

[7] "Rap & Hip-Hop". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 1999 – via Google Books.

[8] Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 328

[9] "Rah Digga Dirty Harriet". exclaim.ca.

[10] Drumming, Neil (April 5, 2000). "Rah Digga's Gift for Gab" – via www.washingtonpost.com.

[ac_Billboard200_Rah_Digga-11] "Rah Digga Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Rah_Digga-12] "Rah Digga Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

[13] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

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