The Red Light District - Composition

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The Red Light District is the fourth studio album from American rapper Ludacris.[10] The album was released on December 7, 2004, through Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings, and was eventually certified double platinum by the RIAA. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart with 322,000 copies sold in its first week. The album's title refers to a district in Amsterdam where prostitution is common; red-light district.[11] The CD is accompanied by a 41-minute DVD[12] made by Decon of Ludacris visiting the red-light district, a cannabis growroom, an adult 'cam-house' and the recording of the Red Light District CD/DVD promo concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[13]

The Red Light District

Studio album by

Ludacris

Released

December 7, 2004

Recorded

2003–04

Genre

Hip hop

Length

65:22

Label

Disturbing tha Peace
Def Jam

Producer

Salaam Remi
DJ Green Lantern
Polow da Don
Donnie Scantz
Tic Toc
DK All Day
Icedrake
Timbaland
Organized Noize
DJ Toomp
LT Moe
Medicine Men
Craig King
Vudu

Ludacris chronology

Chicken-n-Beer
(2003)

The Red Light District
(2004)

Release Therapy
(2006)

Singles from The Red Light District

"Get Back"
Released: November 9, 2004
"Number One Spot"
Released: February 15, 2005
"The Potion"
Released: April 20, 2005
"Pimpin' All Over the World"
Released: June 14, 2005
"Blueberry Yum Yum"
Released: August 17, 2005

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment.ie	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
HipHopDX	[6]
RapReviews	(8/10)[7]
PopMatters	(favorable)[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Christopher Bridges Timothy Mosley	Timbaland	1:25
2.	"Number One Spot"	Bridges James D'Agostino Quincy Jones	DJ Green Lantern	4:34
3.	"Get Back"	Bridges Craig Bazile Dominic Bazile Craig Lawson O'Dell Vickers	The Medicine Men Tic Toc	4:30
4.	"Put Your Money" (featuring DMX)	Bridges Michael Guy	Icedrake	4:13
5.	"Blueberry Yum Yum" (featuring Sleepy Brown)	Bridges Rico Wade Patrick Brown Ray Murray Nayvadius Wilburn	Organized Noize	3:55
6.	"Child of the Night" (featuring Nate Dogg)	Bridges Nathaniel Hale Damon McDaniels Teena Marie Brockert	DK All Day	5:01
7.	"The Potion"	Bridges Mosley	Timbaland	3:54
8.	"Pass Out"	Bridges Khari Cain	Needlz	4:21
9.	"Skit"			0:55
10.	"Spur of the Moment" (featuring DJ Quik & Kimmi J.)	Bridges David Blake Todd Moore	LT Moe	4:15
11.	"Who Not Me" (featuring Small World & Dolla Boy)	Bridges Craig King Sheldon Bullock Earl Conyers Mark Morales Darren Robinson Damon Wimbley	Craig King	4:56
12.	"Large Amounts"	Bridges Matthew McAllister Lionel Bart	Vudu	4:33
13.	"Pimpin' All Over the World" (featuring Bobby Valentino)	Bridges Jamal Jones Darnley Scantlebury	Polow da Don Donnie Scantz	5:29
14.	"Two Miles an Hour"	Bridges Aldrin Davis Curtis Mayfield	DJ Toomp	4:45
15.	"Hopeless" (featuring Trick Daddy)	Bridges Fred Stamand Maurice Young	Heazy	5:05
16.	"Virgo" (featuring Nas & Doug E. Fresh)	Bridges Nasir Jones Salaam Gibbs Douglas Davis	Salaam Remi	3:31
Total length:				65:22

UK iTunes edition
No.	Title	Length
17.	"Get Back (Rock Version)" (featuring Sum 41)	4:13

Samples and interpolations

"Number One Spot"

"Soul Bossa Nova" by Quincy Jones

"Get Back"

Interpolation from “Fuck You Tonight” by Notorious B.I.G.

"Child of the Night"

"Portuguese Love" by Teena Marie

"Who Not Me"

Interpolation from “Stick Em” by The Fat Boys

"Large Amounts"

“Pick A Pocket Or Two” by Clive Reville

"Two Miles an Hour"

"Little Child Runnin' Wild" by Curtis Mayfield
"Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15]	54
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	91
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	98
US Billboard 200[18]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19]	1
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[20]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Billboard 200[21]	22
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[22]	8

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Silver	60,000
United States (RIAA)[25]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[26] Video	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

"The Red Light District Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and more at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
"AllMusic review".
"Entertainment.ie review". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
Dombal, Ryan (December 10, 2004). "The Red Light District". Retrieved June 15, 2022.
Baker, Soren (December 15, 2004). "Los Angeles Times review".
"HipHopDX review".
"RapReviews review".
"PopMatters review".
Sheffield, Rob (December 15, 2004). "The Red Light District : Ludacris : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
"The Red Light District: Ludacris: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
"Red light district". Dictionary.com.
"The Red Light District DVD: Ludacris: Music/DVD". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
Dante, PT. "The Making Of" with Self-Hemployed, Amsterdam, 28 February 2005.
The Red Light District (booklet). Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam. 2004.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 172.
"Swisscharts.com – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
"Ludacris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
"Ludacris Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
"Ludacris Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
"Canadian album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Music Canada.
"British album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type The Red Light District in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
"American album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Recording Industry Association of America.
"American video certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Recording Industry Association of America.

v t e Ludacris
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Incognegro Back for the First Time Word of Mouf Chicken-n-Beer The Red Light District Release Therapy Theater of the Mind Battle of the Sexes Ludaversal
Compilations	Golden Grain Disturbing tha Peace
EPs	Burning Bridges
Mixtapes	DJ Drama Presents: The Preview
Singles	"What's Your Fantasy" "Southern Hospitality" "Area Codes" "Rollout (My Business)" "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)" "Move Bitch" "Fatty Girl" "Act a Fool" "P-Poppin" "Stand Up" "Splash Waterfalls" "Diamond in the Back" "Blow It Out" "Get Back" "Number One Spot" "The Potion" "Pimpin' All Over the World" "Georgia" "Money Maker" "Grew Up a Screw Up" "Runaway Love" "Slap" "Down in tha Dirty" "What Them Girls Like" "One More Drink" "Nasty Girl" "How Low" "My Chick Bad" "Sex Room" "Representin" "Rest of My Life" "Party Girls" "Good Lovin" "Vitamin D"
Featured singles	"One Minute Man" "Bia' Bia'" "Welcome to Atlanta" "B R Right" "Why Don't We Fall in Love" "Gossip Folks" "Holidae In" "Hot & Wet" "Yeah!" "Lovers and Friends" "Shake Dat Shit" "Oh" "Sugar (Gimme Some)" "Unpredictable" "Need a Boss" "Glamorous" "Get Buck in Here" "I'm So Hood (Remix)" "Rock Star" "How We Do It (Around My Way)" "Chopped 'n' Skrewed" "How Do You Sleep?" "Addicted to Money" "Bulletproof" "Regret" "Baby" "Break Your Heart" "All I Do Is Win" "Ride" "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley" (Remix) "Porn Star Dancing" "I Like" "Saturday Night" "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" "Welcome to My Hood" (Remix) "Country Shit" (Remix) "Little Bad Girl" "Wet the Bed" "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" "We in This Bitch" "All Around the World" "The Champion" "SexBeat" "Peaches" (Remix)
Other songs	"War with God" "Wish You Would" "Undisputed" "Still Standing" "Dirt Road Anthem" "Shake Señora" (Remix)
Related articles	Disturbing tha Peace WeMix

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[de] The Red Light District

The Red Light District (engl. für: „das Rotlichtviertel“) ist das fünfte Soloalbum des US-amerikanischen Rappers Ludacris. Es erschien am 7. Dezember 2004 über die Labels Disturbing tha Peace und Def Jam Recordings.

- [en] The Red Light District

[es] The Red Light District

The Red Light District es el quinto álbum del rapero Ludacris, lanzado en 2004.

[ru] The Red Light District

The Red Light District — пятый студийный альбом Лудакриса, выпущен 7 декабря 2004 года. Диск был сертифицирован дважды платиновым компанией RIAA. Он дебютировал на первой строчке в Billboard 200 с 322 000 проданными экземплярами за первую неделю.

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