Rebel with a Cause (album)

Rebel With a Cause is the debut album by Ghetts. It was released on 10 March 2014 through independent label Disrupt, following ten years' worth of mixtapes and singles. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 23.

Rebel With a Cause
Studio album by
Ghetts
Released10 March 2014
Recorded2010-2014
Genre
Length61:39
LabelDisrupt
Producer
  • Ghetts (exec.)
  • Astrixx
  • Chris Loco
  • Jason Moe
  • Let's Throw Shapes (also exec.)
  • Nutty P
  • Rapid
  • Rawz Artilla
  • Scholar & Stix
  • Splurgeboys
  • The Confect
Ghetts chronology
Rebel With a Cause
(2014)		 Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament
(2018)
Singles from Rebel With a Cause
  1. "Rebel"
    Released: 4 February 2014
  2. "Rude Boy"
    Released: 24 May 2014
  3. "Gas Mark 9"
    Released: 11 August 2014
  4. "Fire Burning"
    Released: 30 November 2014

The album earned Ghetts numerous accolades; including 3 MOBO nominations, a BET nomination, the award for 'Hardest Working Artist' at the AIM Independent Awards and 2 Urban Music Awards for 'Best Album' and 'Best Male'. "Rebel With a Cause" also draws influences from other genres such as rock, jazz, and reggae.[1]

Singles

"Rebel" was released as a promotional single with a video accompaniment, available for download when you pre-ordered the album from 4 February 2014 onward.[2] "Rude Boy" was released as the album's second single on 20 May 2014, gaining heavy airplay on BBC Radio 1Xtra. "Gas Mark 9" was released as the third single with a video accompaniment on 11 August 2014. Notably, the video version of the song is different to the album version, incorporating spoken word performance.[3] "Fire Burning" was released on 30 November 2014 as the album's fourth single. The release also contains a remix of "Man Like Me" featuring new verses from Chip, Devlin, and Kano.[4]

"Party Animal" (featuring Kano) was the only single that was not featured on the album (due to unknown reasons); but had been released in 2013 shortly after "Definition of a Rebel" & "The Cypher" had been released.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"Justin Clarke
  • Rawz Artllla
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
4:16
2."Born & Raised"Clarke
  • Astrixx
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
3:08
3."Rude Boy"Clarke
  • The Confect
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
3:13
4."Rebel"
  • Clarke
  • Nick Amour
  • Gulzar Lally
  • Splurgeboys
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
4:01
5."Gas Mark 9" (featuring Giggs)
  • Splurgeboys
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
3:39
6."Buck-I"ClarkeAstrixx3:00
7."Man Like Me" (featuring Rapid)
  • Clarke
  • Prince Owusu-Agyekum
Rapid3:09
8."Rags"
  • Clarke
  • Moe
  • Jason "Jaymoezart" Moe
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
5:18
9."Ghetto No More" (featuring A.L.)ClarkeRapid5:06
10."What I've Done" (featuring Cameron Bloomfield)
  • Clarke
  • Cameron Bloomfield
  • Scholar & Stix
Scholar & Stix3:28
11."Times Change"
  • Clarke
  • Nick Amour
  • Anton "Nutty P" Flanders
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
4:25
12."Fatherhood"
  • Clarke
  • Moe
  • Jason "Jaymoezart" Moe
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
4:14
13."Broken Home" (featuring Folly Rae)Clarke
  • Astrixx
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
4:15
14."Fire Burning" (featuring Kof)Clarke
  • Astrixx
  • Let's Throw Shapes[b]
3:53
15."Pray"
  • Clarke
  • Amour
  • Lally
Let's Throw Shapes4:37
16."These Words"
  • Clarke
  • Alex Mills
Chris Loco4:18
17."Stand On" (featuring Yana)
  • Clarke
  • Yana
Scholar & Stix3:46

Notes

  • ^b signifies an additional producer
  • Let's Throw Shapes is Nick Amour and Gulzar Lally.

Chart performance
Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 23
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[6] 5

References
  1. "MOBO Album Review: Ghetts Rebel With A Cause".
  2. "Ghetts – "Rebel" (Official Video)". Noisey. 7 February 2014.
  3. "Ghetts Ft. Giggs – Gas Mark 9". YouTube. 11 August 2014.
  4. "iTunes – Music – Fire Burning – EP by Ghetts". iTunes. 30 November 2014.
  5. "Ghetts | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  6. "2014 Top 40 R&B Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 22 March 2014.


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