Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth

by 24-Carat Black

Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 May 1973
  • Label: Enterprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:26
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Masterminded entirely by producer Dale Warren, this singular concept album is an intensely dark, cinematic exploration of urban decay, poverty, and inner-city strife. The sweeping, melancholic orchestral arrangements and extended, suite-like funk grooves were a commercial failure upon release but later became an immensely influential, frequently sampled hip-hop cornerstone.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, conscious, rhythmic, theatrical, melodic, poverty, soulful, orchestral, social-commentary

Tracklist

  1. Synopsis One: In The Ghetto / God Save The World (8:39)
  2. Poverty's Paradise (12:43)
  3. Brown-Baggin' (6:47)
  4. Synopsis Two: Mother's Day (2:05)
  5. Mother's Day (9:44)
  6. Foodstamps (6:27)
  7. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (3:44)
  8. 24-Carat Black (Theme) (7:15)

Credits

  • 24-Carat Black - primary artist, written-by
  • Gregory Ingram - alto saxophone, arranged by
  • William Talbert - arranged by, organ
  • Larry Austin - bass
  • Barbara Thompson - cello
  • Vincent DeFrank - cello
  • Larry Shaw - creative director
  • James Talbert - electric piano

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