Dirty Harriet
Dirty Harriet is the debut album by American hip hop recording artist Rah Digga.[5][6] It was released via Flipmode/Elektra in 2000.[7] The album went on to sell over 311,000 units in the United States.[8] The album reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[9]
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Released | April 4, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
Genre | East Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 66:00 | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
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RapReviews | 8/10[4] |
Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Dirty Harriet's production dream team ... takes a head-spinning tour through rap regionalism, from Southern booty bumps to East Coast Wu-Tangy coffin chillers."[2] Exclaim! thought that the "gritty soundscapes are a potent backdrop to Digga's authoritative sandpaper-rough voice."[10] The Washington Post wrote that "Digga is a punch-line MC who loves to draw out the final jab until it burns like a schoolyard taunt."[11]
Track listing
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | Knobody | 2:49 |
2. | "Harriet Thugman" | Busta Rhymes | 1:28 |
3. | "Tight" | Mr. Walt | 3:14 |
4. | "What They Call Me" | Pete Rock | 3:49 |
5. | "Do the Ladies Run This?.." (featuring Eve and Sonja Blade) | DJ Shok | 4:02 |
6. | "Imperial" (featuring Busta Rhymes) | DJ Shok | 6:24 |
7. | "Curtains" | Busta Rhymes | 3:53 |
8. | "Showdown" | Nottz | 3:34 |
9. | "The Last Word" (featuring Outsidaz) | Nottz | 4:17 |
10. | "Break Fool" | Rockwilder | 3:28 |
11. | "Straight Spittin', Part II" | Nottz | 2:34 |
12. | "What's Up Wit' That" | Nottz | 3:59 |
13. | "So Cool" (featuring Carl Thomas) | Dave Atkinson | 3:22 |
14. | "Just for You" (featuring Flipmode Squad) | Nottz | 4:59 |
15. | "Fuck Y'all Niggas" (featuring Young Zee) | Megahertz | 2:56 |
16. | "Lessons of Today" | DJ Premier | 4:55 |
17. | "Handle Your B.I." (bonus track) | DJ Scratch | 3:08 |
18. | "Clap Your Hands" (bonus track) | Megahertz | 3:29 |
Total length: | 1:06:00 |
Personnel
- Rashia Tashan Fisher – vocals
- Trevor George Smith Jr. – vocals (tracks: 6, 14), production (tracks: 2, 7), executive production
- Roger McNair – vocals (tracks: 1, 14)
- William A. Lewis – vocals (tracks: 1, 14)
- Dewayne Battle – vocals (tracks: 9, 15)
- Wayne Notise – vocals (tracks: 7, 14)
- Rakeem Calief Myer – vocals (tracks: 9, 14)
- Eve Jihan Jeffers – vocals (track 5)
- Sonja Shenelle Holder – vocals (track 5)
- Tyree Smith – vocals (track 9)
- Aubrey King – vocals (track 9)
- Brian Bostic – vocals (track 9)
- Denton Dawes – vocals (track 9)
- Jerome Derek Hinds, Jr. – vocals (track 9)
- Salih Ibn Al Bayyinah Scaife – vocals (track 9)
- Shakir Nur-al-din Abdullah – vocals (track 9)
- Carlton Neron Thomas – vocals (track 13)
- Leroy Jones – rapping (track 14)
- Dominick J. Lamb – production (tracks: 8–9, 11–12, 14)
- Michael Gomez – production (tracks: 5–6)
- Dorsey Wesley – production (tracks: 15, 18)
- Jerome Foster – production (track 1)
- Walter V. Dewgarde, Jr. – production (track 3)
- Peter O. Philips – production (track 4)
- Dana Stinson – production (track 10)
- Dave Atkinson – production (track 13)
- Christopher Edward Martin – production (track 16)
- George Spivey – production (track 17)
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- AllMusic review
- "Dirty Harriet". EW.com.
- "Dirty Harriet". September 12, 2005.
- "Rah Digga :: Dirty Harriet :: Elektra". rapreviews.com.
- "Flipmode Squad's Rah Digga Challenges Men At Their Own Game". MTV News.
- "Rah Digga | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "Rap & Hip-Hop". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 1999 – via Google Books.
- Concepcion, Mariel (June 9, 2007). "A bad rap?". Billboard. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 328
- "Rah Digga Dirty Harriet". exclaim.ca.
- Drumming, Neil (April 5, 2000). "Rah Digga's Gift for Gab" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- "Rah Digga Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- "Rah Digga Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
- "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2020.