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 2008 Presidential Election |
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| The song "Politics (Obama Is Here)" from Ludacris' mixtape The Preview has caused controversy due to lyrics in the song criticizing Reverend Jesse Jackson (Now Jesse talkin slick and apologizin for what?/ If you said it then you meant it),McCain (McCain dont belong in any chair unless hes paralyzed), President Bush (Yeah
I said it, cuz Bush is mentally handicapped/ Ball up all of his
speeches and throw em just like candy wraps/ Cuz what you talkin I
hear nothin even relevant/ And you the worst of all 43 presidents), and insulting Hillary Clinton (Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant..) |
Discography |
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| Incognegro (2000), Back for the First Time (2000), Word of Mouf (2001), Chicken-n-Beer (2003), The Red Light District (2004), Release Therapy (2006), Theater of the Mind (2008) |
Filmography |
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| Film The Wash as a customer1 (2001), 2 Fast 2 Furious as Tej Parker (2003), Lil' Pimp as Weathers (2003), Crash as Anthony (2004), Hustle & Flow as Skinny Black (2005), The Heart of the Game narrator (2006), American Hustle as himself (2007), Fred Claus as DJ Donnie (2007), Ball Don't Lie as Julius (2008), RocknRolla as Mickey (2008), Max Payne as Jim Bravura (2008), Game (2009) Television Eve as a cab driver (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Darius Parker (2007), The Simpsons as himself (2007) Video Games [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam_Vendetta" title |
Early music career |
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| He worked as a radio presenter under the pseudonym DJ Chris Lova Lova at Atlanta hip-hop station 107.9WHTA. Producer/rapper Timbaland made an offer for Ludacris to work with him at the radio station. Ludacris performed on the track "Phat Rabbit" as Ludacris on Timbaland's 1998 album Tim's Bio. |
Back For The First Time (2000) |
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| Ludacris released his major label debut, Back for the First Time, in
November 2000. This album, which was actually a modified re-release of
the album Incognegro, was produced with the help of the underground
producer Sessy Melia, whom he also dated for a short while. The album
reached as high as #4 on the charts, and was a major success. Ludacris
made his mark on the industry with singles such as "Southern
Hospitality" and "What's Your Fantasy", which was heavily inspired by
rapper Too Short, along with his first ever single "Phat Rabbit", from
two years prior. Guest appearances included 4-Ize, I-20, Lil Fate,
Shawnna, Pastor Troy, Timbaland, Trina, Foxy Brown, UGK, and others. |
Word of Mouf (2001) |
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| Ludacris promptly completed his next album, Word of Mouf, and released
it at the end of 2001. The video for the lead single, "Rollout (My
Business)", was nominated for a 2002 VMA, and Ludacris performed it
live at the awards' pre-show. He also released singles "Saturday (Oooh
Oooh)" with Sleepy Brown, "Move Bitch" with Mystikal & I-20, and
"Area Codes" with Nate Dogg. Word of Mouf became Ludacris' best selling
album to date. Guest appearances included Nate Dogg, Mystikal, I-20,
Shawnna, Lil Fate, Three 6 Mafia, Twista, and Jagged Edge. |
Chicken-n-Beer (2003) |
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| During the spring of 2003, Ludacris returned to the music scene after a brief hiatus with a new single, "Act a Fool", from the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack. At around the same time, he released the lead single from his album Chicken-n-Beer, called "P-Poppin"
(short for "Pussy Poppin'"). Neither of his new singles were as
well-received by either the urban or pop audiences as his previous
songs had been, and both music videos received only limited airplay. Chicken-N-Beer opened strongly, but without a popular single, the album fell quickly. Guest appearances include Playaz Circle, Chingy, Snoop Dogg, 8Ball & MJG, Lil' Flip, I-20, Lil Fate, and Shawnna. Produced by Kanye West, "Stand Up" went on to become one of Ludacris's biggest mainstream hits to date, hitting the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 garnering heavy airplay on mainstream pop, rhythmic, and urban radio stations, |
The Red Light District (2004) |
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| Although not entirely different from the usual antics of the previous
albums, Ludacris had taken a more mature approach to this, his fourth
album. Sohail Khalid helped produce this album with various artists
such as T.I., Lil Flip and Bun B. Ludacris openly boasted that he may
be the only rapper able to keep the Def Jam label afloat on the opening
track. Ludacris filmed and recorded the single "Get Back" in which he
was featured as a muscle-bound hulk who was being annoyed by the media
and warned critics to leave him alone. He first appeared on the
long-running sketch show Saturday Night Live as a special guest performing with musical guest Sum 41 on a season 30 episode hosted by Paul Giamatti. He then recorded Get Back with Sum 41 to make a rock crossover single. The follow-up single was the Austin Powers-inspired "The Number One Spot". It was produced by New York City's Hot 97 personality DJ Green Lantern. |
Release Therapy (2006) |
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| In an issue of XXL, a hip-hop based magazine, Ludacris was placed in the number nine spot for the most anticipated albums of 2006, for Release Therapy. The album Release Therapy was released on September 26, 2006. Ludacris formatted the CD to have two sides: a Release side and a Therapy side on a single CD. With the Release side having songs that allow him to get everything off his chest and the Therapy side being just feel-good music, on the flip side it's extremely dark in mood. Guest appearances include Pharrell Williams, R. Kelly, Young Jeezy, Mary J. Blige, Field Mob, Bobby Valentino, Pimp C, C-Murder, & Beanie Sigel. "Money Maker" reached number one on the BET 106 & Park. It then went to become the rapper's second number one single after 6 years. His second single, "Runaway Love", soon peaked at number one on the
U.S. Rap Billboard and won Best Collaboration in the 2007 BET Awards. |
Release Therapy (2006) |
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| In an issue of XXL, a hip-hop based magazine, Ludacris was placed in the number nine spot for the most anticipated albums of 2006, for Release Therapy. The album Release Therapy was released on September 26, 2006. Ludacris formatted the CD to have two sides: a Release side and a Therapy side on a single CD. With the Release side having songs that allow him to get everything off his chest and the Therapy side being just feel-good music, on the flip side it's extremely dark in mood. Guest appearances include Pharrell Williams, R. Kelly, Young Jeezy, Mary J. Blige, Field Mob, Bobby Valentino, Pimp C, C-Murder, & Beanie Sigel. "Money Maker" reached number one on the BET 106 & Park. It then went to become the rapper's second number one single after 6 years. His second single, "Runaway Love", soon peaked at number one on the
U.S. Rap Billboard and won Best Collaboration in the 2007 BET Awards. |
Theater of the Mind (2008) |
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| Ludacris recently revealed to BET Weekly that he has collaborated with rock group Good Charlotte for his upcoming sixth solo album titled Theater of the Mind. Ludacris also divulged that he also wants to work with Eminem on the album. The Preview,
a mixtape to preview the album was released on the 28th of July 2008.
Theater of the Mind, is slated for release on November 24, 2008, and in
April 2008, a single named "Stay Together" appeared on xxlmag.com;
supposedly from the new album. Also, a song with Small World called
"Pinky Shinin'" might be on the album. Also, in an interview with Complex Magazine he states that Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and The Game will be on the album; The Game is featured in a track with Willy Northpole titled "Call Up the Homies" Swizz Beatz has also produced some songs for the album. T.I. will be on the album on a track called "Wish You Would". The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with 213,493 sold first week. |
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