Ghetto Musick / Prototype

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"Ghetto Musick" / "Prototype"
Ghettomusick Prototype.jpg
Single by OutKast
from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Released
  • September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22) ("Ghetto Musick")
  • September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27) ("Protoype")
Genre
Length
  • 3:56 ("Ghetto Musick")
  • 5:26 ("Prototype")
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)André 3000
OutKast singles chronology
"Roses"
(2004) 		"Ghetto Musick" / "Prototype"
(2003) 		"Mighty O"
(2006)
Alternative cover
"Ghetto Musick" single, B-sided with "She Lives in My Lap"
"Ghetto Musick" single, B-sided with "She Lives in My Lap"

"Ghetto Musick" / "Prototype" is the fourth and final single to be released from hip-hop duo OutKast's fifth studio album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003). "Ghetto Musick" (also written as one word, "GhettoMusick") can be found on Disc 1 (Speakerboxxx) and "Prototype" (or "She Lives in My Lap") can be found on Disc 2 (The Love Below). "Ghetto Musick" was released as a CD single in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2003, and "Protoype" was serviced to US radio in September 2004. The double A-side version was issued in Australia in November 2004, and "Ghetto Musick" was added to US radio the same month.

Commercially, "Ghetto Musick" charted at number 55 in the United Kingdom in October 2003 while "Prototype" reached number 15 in Finland and was the higher-charting song on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, peaking at number 63 (as compared to "Ghetto Musick", which reached number 93 on the same listing as an album cut). In Australia, the two songs peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Song information[]

"Ghetto Musick" is found on Big Boi's disc Speakerboxxx. The song was released in the UK as the first single from the album. It peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart. It was later released elsewhere as a double A-side single with "Prototype". The song samples vocals from Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You". LaBelle also appears in the video lip syncing to her vocals. "Prototype" is found on André 3000's disc The Love Below, and was released as a double A-side single with "Ghetto Musick". It did not receive as much promotion as "Ghetto Musick", only being promoted with its double A-side single release and its music video.

A version of "Ghetto Musick" with edited lyrics is used on the soundtrack of NBA Live 2004.

Music videos[]

The music video for "Ghetto Musick" featured Big Boi during his daily routine as a "Delivery Boi" for Fed Up, a deliberate reference to FedEx. He eats lunch at Patti LaBelle's house, delivers packages to a sorority house—a group of gang members he evades a fight with and an attractive female who tries to sleep with him before her husband arrives with a bat. It's mostly comedic and meant to reflect a Southern environment, including fictional exaggerations of Southern culture such as a "Fish and Grits" restaurant. 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 played by model and actress Michelle Van Der Water in an idyllic rural area, ultimately leading to the two kissing inside a tent (and with Water’s alien becoming almost instantly full term pregnant because of it) and the two marry the next morning with a son already born.[1]

Remixes and freestyles[]

In 2005, under the moniker K Dot, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar did a remix with Punch on his mixtape, Training Day.[citation needed]

Track listings[]

UK CD1

  1. "Prototype" (radio edit) – 3:53
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (Hey Ya! radio edit) – 3:56
  3. "Prototype" (video CD-ROM) - 4:22
  4. "Ghetto Musick" (video CD-ROM) - 3:59

UK CD2

  1. "Prototype" (radio edit) – 3:53
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (Benny Benassi Club Mix) – 6:00
  3. "Spread" – 3:51
  4. "Unhappy" – 3:56

UK CD single

  1. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit) – 3:56
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (Benny Benassi Club Mix) – 6:00

UK 7-inch vinyl single

  1. "Prototype" (UK radio edit) – 3:53
  2. "Prototype" (instrumental) – 5:26

UK 12-inch vinyl single

  1. "Prototype" (radio edit) - 3:53
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit) – 3:56
  3. "Unhappy" – 3:56
  4. "Prototype" – 5:26

US 12-inch vinyl single

  1. "Ghetto Musick" (radio edit) – 3:56
  2. "Ghetto Musick" (Benny Benassi Club Mix) – 6:00
  3. "Ghetto Musick" (instrumental) – 3:56
  4. "She Lives in My Lap" (radio edit) – 4:11
  5. "She Lives in My Lap" (club mix) – 11:12
  6. "She Lives in My Lap" (instrumental) – 4:11

Charts[]

Chart (2003–2005) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2]
"Prototype" / "Ghetto Musick" 		43
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3]
"Prototype" 		15
Germany (Official German Charts)[4]
"Prototype" 		85
Scotland (OCC)[5]
"Ghetto Musick" 		70
UK Singles (OCC)[6]
"Ghetto Musick" 		55
UK R&B (OCC)[7]
"Ghetto Musick" 		15
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8]
"Ghetto Musick" 		93
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9]
"Prototype" 		63

Release history[]

Region Song Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom "Ghetto Musick" September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22) CD
[10]
United States "Prototype" September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)
[11]
Australia "Ghetto Musick" / "Prototype" November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22) CD [12]
United States "Ghetto Musick" Rhythmic contemporary radio [13]
November 29, 2004 (2004-11-29) Urban radio [14]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Vineyard, Jennifer. Outkast Tell Otherworldly Love Story in 'Prototype' Clip. MTV. Retrieved on May 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Outkast – Prototype / Ghetto Musick". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ "Outkast: Prototype" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Outkast – Prototype" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Outkast: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Outkast Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "Outkast Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ghetto Musick". Amazon. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1574. September 24, 2004. p. 21. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 22nd November 2004" (PDF). ARIA. November 22, 2004. p. 28. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  13. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1582. November 19, 2004. p. 21. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1583. November 26, 2004. p. 21. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
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