The Red Light District

The Red Light District is the fifth 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]

This article is about the Ludacris album. For the general term, see Red-light district. For other uses, see Red Light District (disambiguation).
The Red Light District
Studio album by
Ludacris
ReleasedDecember 7, 2004
Recorded2003–2004
GenreHip hop
Length65:22
Label
Producer
Ludacris chronology
Chicken-n-Beer
(2003)		 The Red Light District
(2004)		 Release Therapy
(2006)
Singles from The Red Light District
  1. "Get Back"
    Released: November 9, 2004
  2. "Number One Spot"
    Released: February 15, 2005
  3. "The Potion"
    Released: April 20, 2005
  4. "Pimpin' All Over the World"
    Released: June 14, 2005
  5. "Blueberry Yum Yum"
    Released: August 17, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment.ie[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
Timbaland1:25
2."Number One Spot"
DJ Green Lantern4:34
3."Get Back"
  • The Medicine Men
  • Tic Toc
4:30
4."Put Your Money" (featuring DMX)
  • Bridges
  • Michael Guy
Icedrake4:13
5."Blueberry Yum Yum" (featuring Sleepy Brown)
Organized Noize3:55
6."Child of the Night" (featuring Nate Dogg)
DK All Day5:01
7."The Potion"
  • Bridges
  • Mosley
Timbaland3:54
8."Pass Out"
Needlz4:21
9."Skit" (removed from clean version)  0:55
10."Spur of the Moment" (featuring DJ Quik & Kimmi J.)
LT Moe4:15
11."Who Not Me" (featuring Small World & Dolla Boy)
Craig King4:56
12."Large Amounts"
Vudu4:33
13."Pimpin' All Over the World" (featuring Bobby Valentino)
5:29
14."Two Miles an Hour"
DJ Toomp4:45
15."Hopeless" (featuring Trick Daddy)
Heazy5:05
16."Virgo" (featuring Nas & Doug E. Fresh)
Salaam Remi3:31
Total length:65:22
UK iTunes edition
No.TitleLength
17."Get Back (Rock Version)" (featuring Sum 41)4:13

Samples and interpolations

"Number One Spot"

"Get Back"

"Child of the Night"

"Who Not Me"

"Large Amounts"

"Two Miles an Hour"

Chart positions

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[24] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[26] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[27]
Video 		Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. "The Red Light District Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and more at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  2. "AllMusic review".
  3. "Entertainment.ie review". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
  4. Dombal, Ryan (December 10, 2004). "The Red Light District". Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  5. Baker, Soren (December 15, 2004). "Los Angeles Times review".
  6. "HipHopDX review".
  7. "RapReviews review".
  8. "PopMatters review".
  9. 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.
  10. "The Red Light District: Ludacris: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  11. "Red light district". Dictionary.com.
  12. "The Red Light District DVD: Ludacris: Music/DVD". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  13. Dante, PT. "The Making Of" with Self-Hemployed, Amsterdam, 28 February 2005.
  14. The Red Light District (booklet). Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam. 2004.
  15. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 172.
  16. "ARIA Urban Chart – Week Commencing 7th March 2005" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (784): 17. March 7, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Pandora Archive.
  17. "Swisscharts.com – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  19. "Ludacris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  20. "Ludacris Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  21. "Ludacris Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  22. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  23. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  24. "Canadian album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Music Canada.
  25. "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.
  26. "American album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Recording Industry Association of America.
  27. "American video certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Recording Industry Association of America.



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