Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (180g LP)

Details

Commonly regarded as one of the first-ever concept records of the soul genre, this dark masterpiece combines the lush orchestral arrangements of Isaac Hayes collaborator Dale Warren with Blaxploitation-style funk grooves, resulting in a sound that would rocket it to cult-classic status among DJs and producers who have sampled it for tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Digable Planets, Dr. Dre, and many others. 

Tracklist

Side A 
A1. Synopsis One: In The Ghetto / God Save The World (8:34) 
A2. Poverty's Paradise (12:40) 
A3. Brown-Baggin' (6:45)

Side B 
B1. Synopsis Two: Mother's Day (2:04) 
B2. Mother's Day (9:46) 
B3. Foodstamps (6:26) 
B4. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (3:41) 
B5. 24-Carat Black (Theme) (7:15)

Features

• Features 180-gram vinyl cut at Ardent studios on the original Stax lathe and pressed in Memphis at Memphis Record Pressing. 
• Old-school style tip-on jacket with printed inner sleeve featuring new liner notes by Rob Bowman, GRAMMY® Award winning author of Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records.