It was released on June 6, 1998. Todd (VO): Lauryn is now literally insane and hasn't made an album in fifteen years. Movie. The dancefloor anthem Ghetto Superstar- Pras, O.D.B., Mya.. One of the most intriguing collaborations Canibus and African singer Youssou N Doir How Come , Some of the dirty south flava is represented on this disc with Witchdoctor and his blazing track Holiday/12 Scanner, Kill Em Live- Public Enemy , Run- … Ghetto Stories Movie. PRAS ft. Mya & Ol' Dirty Bastard - GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE)A one-hit wonder retrospective. Ghetto Supastar Written by Pras Michel (as P. Michel), Wyclef Jean (as W. Jean), Ol' Dirty Bastard (as R. Jones), Barry Gibb (as B. Gibb), Maurice Gibb (as M. Gibb), Robin Gibb (as R. Gibb) Performed by Pras Michel (as Pras Michel) featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard & introducing Mya (as MYA) Ghetto stories lil booise. Like I said, the Fugees love their cheesy pop hits, and "Ghetto Supastar" features their [clip of performance of...] cheesiest ever—Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers's 1983 country pop duet, "Islands in the Stream". In the 90s, that act was the Fugees. ... Ghetto Superstar (That's What You Are) Song. The album was released on October 27, 1998, through Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. You never heard it, and rightly so. Ghetto Supastar is the debut solo studio album by former Fugees member and American rapper Pras. Top 10 Best Black / Crime /Hood/Ghetto Movies by Liakot. It's basically yet another hip-hop movie about a tough-but-good-hearted street kid who's trying to go straight and make it big with his music, but keeps getting entangled in his hood past. Movies. Why couldn't he make the cut as a solo artist? The worst. And as for Pras solo, well, he never became a ghetto superstar like he wanted. As it turned out... Todd: ..."Ghetto Supastar" was his peak. Ghetto stories da movie. Todd (VO): He's perfectly passable as a rapper, but on film, he's just like this walking lump of cottage cheese. There's no real guidelines. The catchy beat and chorus by a then unknown Mya was irresistable, and the addition of Ol' Dirty delivering his famous weird rap flow was a good plus. Todd: That's actually a huge spoiler, Dirty. Todd (VO): You wouldn't think Ol' Dirty Bastard would have much in common with a rich, white politician, but it makes sense when you remember that, in the movie, Senator Bulworth is literally having a mental breakdown and says what he wants without caring what people think. The more obvious, the better. I think that the songs on the album Ghetto Supastar, matched that single. total of 20 tracks. Todd (VO): One of my favorite things about the song is the contrast between the hard, edgy rock beat, and the upbeat, simple melody sung with extreme sweetness by Mya. Her and him started a band with his cousin Wyclef. Yeah, I honestly like the beat to this one a lot, but with the guitar sound and everything, it's clearly an attempt to repeat "Ghetto Supastar", including the too-obvious sample. Todd (VO): For those who don't remember, the late Ol' Dirty Bastard spent the entirety of 1998 committing crime after crime. As a reader I felt the entire story was forced. Todd (VO): He did eventually head back to the studio and released a second album in 2005—seven years after his first. "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" is a song by American rapper Pras, featuring rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard and R&B singer Mýa. 1998Ruffhouse/ Columbia release. GHETTO SUPERSTAR single (from BULWORTH). Todd (VO): We had so much money to spend on rap videos back then. But if you remember what late 90s rap was about—[pictures of...] Ma$e, Puff Daddy, Master P—could we have used a couple more Pras songs? The man proclaimed himself a ghetto supastar. The hit single was included in the soundtrack for the film Bulworth. Closing tag song: Weird Al Yankovic - "Polka Power! That's not to say he doesn't have a few wack lyrics here and there, but he's still very much a part of the group. Todd (VO): Well anyway, this movie hitched its wagon pretty tightly to the big hit off its soundtrack, "Ghetto Supastar", and they even got the actors from the movie involved, which is why this is the one and only rap video featuring Oliver Platt; and Halle Berry, who fits in a little more; and of course, Warren Beatty. Well, Allmusic.com has a theory. But for the time being, they're still on good terms, and most of everything Pras released was related to Wyclef. Todd: What about Pras himself? [Clip of "Fu-Gee-La"] When they broke through to the mainstream in 1996, they changed how people perceived hip-hop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErAAeqChc7w, Top 6 Worst Songs of 2010 (I Didn't Already Cover), Top 5 Awful Moments From U2's "Rattle and Hum", We Are Young and Somebody That I Used to Know, Todd and Rap Critic Talk About "Accidental Racist", This Is What You Came For vs. Cheap Thrills, https://thatguywiththeglasses.fandom.com/wiki/Ghetto_Supastar?oldid=131415. Menu. Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. But ignore the plot. [Coming to him...] Like Dante! Todd (VO): She made her debut here and became a big name for a few years, at least. Todd: But it's basically unrecognizable here. But that one song looms large in my memory—one of the biggest hits in 1998, a gigantic crossover smash with actual hip-hop cred in the era of Puff Daddy and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It". 90's vs 00's vs 10's, Pras Feat. I get the feeling he didn't really wanna be solo at all because, and I can't emphasize enough, if you were trying to make your own name and you were trying not to be overshadowed... Todd: ...you would not be working with Ol' Dirty Bastard. Todd (VO): Like I said, Lauryn was immediately picked out as the star of the group. Todd: "Ghetto Supastar" has so many different elements at play that it's kinda difficult to get a hold on all of them, but I think I'd better start with the elephant in the room. I think it's clear he added a harder edge to the more spiritually and socially inclined other two. Pras featuring Mya & Ol' Dirty Bastard - Ghetto Superstar Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) features Halle Berry, Warren Beatty, Oliver Platt, and Joshua Malina. The album was released by Ruffhouse Records. Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects. Todd (VO): It's hard to tell watching the video, which actually had dialogue drowning out Pras's rapping. With Pras Michel, Ja Rule, Jason Statham, Vondie Curtis-Hall. Why wasn't that enough? We're Entertaining, Italian-Style, with Actress Debi Mazar & Gabriele Corcos! 230 movie search results for ghetto superstar . B." Ghetto suprême la suprématie dans le micro. Todd: Why didn't Pras become a bigger presence as a solo artist? The catchy beat and chorus by a then unknown Mya was irresistable, and the addition of Ol' Dirty delivering his famous weird rap flow was a good plus. Parts of Ghetto Superstar read like a Disney movie, which truly does not do it for me when reading an urban tale. Todd: And it's not surprising if you listen to anything he ever recorded. "Ghetto Superstar" became a top ten single in 1999, and the eighth most played single; it was received with critical acclaim and earned Pras a performance at the World Music Awards. Hell yes. 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