Searching for Jerry Garcia

Searching for Jerry Garcia is the only studio album by Detroit rapper Proof of D12, released on August 9, 2005. It was the only solo album that Proof released on a major record label before his death. The album is named after Grateful Dead member Jerry Garcia. The album's release date, August 9, 2005, intentionally coincided with the ten-year anniversary of Garcia's death.

Searching for Jerry Garcia
Studio album by
Proof
ReleasedAugust 9, 2005
Recorded2002–2005
Genre
Length67:37
LabelIron Fist Records
Producer
Proof chronology
Grown Man Shit
(2005)		 Searching for Jerry Garcia
(2005)		 Hand2Hand: The Official Mixtape Instruction Manual
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Situation[2]
NME[3]
HipHopDX.com[4]
RapReviews.com[5]

Album title

Proof found inspiration in an unlikely person — the late jam rocker Jerry Garcia, saying to Rolling Stone Magazine: "I was watching Searching for Bobby Fischer and Mark Hicks (D12's manager) put in a Jerry Garcia documentary. In this movie, he talked about never doing the same show twice. I did that to D12 sets overseas. Plus, he didn't care about record sales — he just wanted to make fans happy."

The album was released August 9, 2005, the tenth anniversary of Garcia's death, on Proof's independent label, Iron Fist Records. "I called his estate, and I couldn't believe they gave me permission [to use the name]!" says the rapper. "They didn't ask for money. So I'm like a disciple, preaching the gospel of Jerry Garcia. The dude is phenomenal."

Besides Garcia, Proof also gives a shout-out to Nirvana's late frontman in Searching's closing track, "Kurt Kobain" [sic]. "The circumstances of Kurt's death are freaky to me. I don't think he killed himself," Proof says. "But I'm not trying to keep Elvis alive, and I'm not saying that Tupac is in Cuba."

Recording & composition

Songs included on this album had been recorded as early as 2002. The original version of "72nd & Central" was available to download for free under the title "1x1" that year on his official site along with "Violence" and "Yzark", the latter appearing on I Miss the Hip Hop Shop.[6] The original version "Clap Wit Me" was released in 2003 on a DJ Thoro mixtape. "Ali" was also released as a vinyl single in 2002 under the name "One, Two" with it also being included on The Electric Coolaid Acid Testing EP.[7]

Commercial performance

It debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Knice" (Intro) Eminem1:22
2."Clap wit Me" (featuring Brief Encounter)
Emile2:41
3."Biboa's Theme"
Nick Speed3:11
4."When God Calls..." (Skit)  0:29
5."Forgive Me" (featuring 50 Cent)
Witt & Pep4:12
6."Purple Gang"
  • Holton
  • Curtis Cross
  • T. Farris
  • L. Fisher
  • R.J. Rice, Jr.
  • M. Thomas
B.R. Gunna3:36
7."Nat Morris" (Skit)  0:34
8."Gurls wit' da Boom"
  • Holton
  • Cross
  • R.J. Rice, Jr.
Young RJ4:01
9."High Rollers" (featuring B-Real and Method Man)
B-Real3:40
10."Rondell Beene" (Skit)  1:20
11."Pimplikeness" (featuring Kuniva, Swifty McVay, Eminem and Bizarre of D12)
Fredwreck5:10
12."Ali" (featuring MC Breed)
Essman3:38
13."No. T. Lose" (featuring King Gordy)
Jewels3:30
14."Jump Biatch"
Ski3:34
15."M.A.D." (featuring Rude Jude)
  • Holton
  • Salam Nassar
Salam Wreck3:26
16."72nd & Central" (featuring Obie Trice & J-Hill)
Essman4:53
17."Sammy da Bull" (featuring Nate Dogg and Swifty McVay)
Dirty Bird4:48
18."Black Wrist Bro's" (featuring 1st Born)
  • Holton
  • C. Conley
  • C. Hurd
  • J. Myers
Jewels3:22
19."Slum Elementz" (featuring Kon Artis of D12, T3 and Mudd)
Mr. Porter3:57
20."Kurt Kobain"
  • Holton
  • Haynie
Emile4:50

Samples
  • "Clap wit Me" contains a sample from "Total Satisfaction" by Brief Encounter
  • "Forgive Me" contains a sample from "Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)" by 50 Cent
  • "High Rollers" contains a sample from LTD
  • "No. T. Lose" contains a sample from "Snowflake" by Tamita
  • "M.A.D." contains a sample from "W.A.S.P." by The Doors. It also references to "The Dope Show" by Marilyn Manson
  • "Black Wrist Bro's" contains a sample taken from the motion picture The Boondock Saints
  • "Kurt Kobain" contains a sample from "Blue Sky and Silver Bird" by Lamont Dozier

Notes
  • For a "limited time" this album shipped as a box set including "clean" and "explicit" album editions as well as a "special edition" DVD, containing interviews and other similar content.
  • On the clean / edited version of the album the track "Jump Biatch" was listed as "Jump B***ch".
  • The limited DVD contains unreleased footage from D12's European Tour, also included is a behind the scenes look at the making of Searching for Jerry Garcia.

Personnel

Chart history
Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 65
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 33
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[11] 16

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. The Situation review
  3. NME review
  4. HipHopDX.com review
  5. RapReviews.com review
  6. "Big Proof Forever". Bigproof.com. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  7. "Proof (3) - Electric Coolaid Acid Testing (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2002-12-10. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  8. "proof Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  9. "proof Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  10. "proof Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  11. "proof Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
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