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the 24 carat black - ghetto: misfortune�s wealth - 4 men with beards - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Medley: Synopsis One: In The Ghetto/God Save The World
2. Poverty's Paradise
3. Brown-Baggin'
4. SynopsisTwo: Mother's Day
5. Mother's Day
6. Foodstamps
7. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth
8. 24 Carat Black (Theme)

"Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth" is an underground soul classic, a cohesive 8 song concept album about the hardship of black urban life, produced and arranged by classically trained Detroit song writer Dale Warren - now reissued - 180 gram vinyl !

Dale Warren was an orchestrator and arranger on the Isaac Hayes' albums Hot Buttered Soul, The Isaac Hayes Movement and ...To Be Continued among others. This album has been a hit among many samplers for decades including being used on these songs: Jay-Z - "Can I Live Pt 2", Dr. Dre - "Nas Is Coming", Eric B - "In The Ghetto", Digable Planets - "Cool Like Dat" and Naughty by Nature - "Poverty's Paradise".