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{{about|the Ludacris album|the general term|Red-light district|other uses|Red Light District (disambiguation)}}
{{about|the Ludacris album|the general term|Red-light district|other uses|Red Light District (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = The Red Light District
| name = The Red Light District
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[Ludacris]]
| artist = [[Ludacris]]
| cover = TheRedLightDistrictLudacris.jpg
| cover = TheRedLightDistrictLudacris.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = December 7, 2004 <small>([[United States|US]])</small>
| released = December 7, 2004
| recorded = 2003–2004
| recorded = 2003–2004
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[ Hip hop]]
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length = 65:22
| label = {{hlist|[[Disturbing tha Peace]]|[[Def Jam South|Def Jam]]}}
| length = 65:22
| producer = {{hlist|Craig King|[[DJ Green Lantern]]|[[DJ Toomp]]|DK All Day|Donnie Scantz|Heazy|Icedrake|[[LT Moe]]|[[Needlz]]|[[Organized Noize]]|[[Polow da Don]]|[[Salaam Remi]]|[[The Medicine Men]]|Tic Toc|[[Timbaland]]|Vudu}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Disturbing tha Peace]]|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]}}
| prev_title = [[Chicken-n-Beer]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Salaam Remi]]|[[DJ Green Lantern]]|[[Polow da Don]]|Donnie Scantz|Tic Toc|DK All Day|Icedrake|[[Timbaland]]|[[Organized Noize]]|[[DJ Toomp]]|[[LT Moe]]|Medicine Men|Craig King|Vudu}}
| prev_year = 2003
| prev_title = [[Chicken-n-Beer]]
| next_title = [[Release Therapy]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Release Therapy]]
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Red Light District
| name = The Red Light District
| type = studio
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Get Back (Ludacris song)|Get Back]]
| single1 = [[Get Back (Ludacris song)|Get Back]]
| single1date = November 9, 2004
| single1date = November 9, 2004
| single2 = [[Blueberry Yum Yum (song)|Blueberry Yum Yum]]
| single2 = [[Number One Spot]]
| single2date = December 9, 2004
| single2date = February 15, 2005
| single3 = [[Number One Spot]]
| single3 = [[The Potion]]
| single3date = February 15, 2005
| single3date = April 20, 2005
| single4 = [[The Potion]]
| single4 = [[Pimpin' All Over the World]]
| single4date = April 20, 2005
| single4date = June 14, 2005
| single5 = [[Pimpin' All Over the World]]
| single5 = Blueberry Yum Yum
| single5date = June 14, 2005
| single5date = August 17, 2005
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| title = Professional ratings for ''The Red Light District'' DVD
| rev1 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev1score = 5/10<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2006 |title=Ludacris: The Red Light District [DVD], PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/ludacris-redlightdistrictdvd-2495972389.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=[[PopMatters]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev2 = RapReviews
| rev2score = 5.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doggett |first=Tom |date=August 30, 2005 |title=RapReviews.com DVD Reviews - Ludacris: The Red Light District |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_08D_redlight.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=www.rapreviews.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Red Light District''''' is the fifth studio album by American rapper [[Ludacris]]. It was released on December 7, 2004, through [[Disturbing tha Peace]]/[[Def Jam South]]. The album's title refers to [[red-light district|an urban tourist district]] where the standard industry is [[prostitution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Red+Light+District |website=Dictionary.com|title=Red light district}}</ref> The CD is accompanied by a 41-minute [[DVD]] made by [[Decon]] of Ludacris visiting the red-light district, a [[cannabis]] grow-room, an adult 'cam-house' and the recording of the ''Red Light District'' CD/DVD promo concert in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]].<ref>Dante, PT. [https://www.self-hemployed.com/blog/10-ludacris-redlight.html "The Making Of" with Self-Hemployed], Amsterdam, 28 February 2005.</ref>

[[Hip hop production|Production]] was handled by [[Timbaland]], Craig King, [[DJ Green Lantern]], [[DJ Toomp]], DK All Day, Donnie Scantz, Heazy, Icedrake, [[LT Moe]], [[Needlz]], [[Organized Noize]], [[Polow da Don]], [[Salaam Remi]], [[The Medicine Men]], Tic Toc and Vudu, with Chaka Zulu and Ludacris serving as executive producers. It features [[guest appearance]]s from [[Bobby V]], [[DJ Quik]], [[DMX]], [[Dolla Boy]], Kimmi J., [[Nas]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[Sleepy Brown]], Small World, [[Trick Daddy]] and [[Doug E. Fresh]]. The album was supported with four singles: "[[Get Back (Ludacris song)|Get Back]]", "[[Number One Spot]]", "[[The Potion]]" and "[[Pimpin' All Over the World]]" and a promotional single "Blueberry Yum Yum".

In the United States, the album debuted at number-one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart with 322,000 copies sold in its first week. On September 29, 2005, it received a double platinum certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for selling 2 million units.


==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| MC = 70/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-red-light-district|title=The Red Light District Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and more at Metacritic|website=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=March 19, 2012}}</ref>
| MC = 70/100<ref name="MC">{{Cite web |title=Critic Reviews for The Red Light District - Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-red-light-district/ludacris/critic-reviews |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=[[Metacritic]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |title=Ludacris - The Red Light District Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-red-light-district-mw0000307128 |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r719693|pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic review}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment.ie]]''
| rev2 = [[Cokemachineglow]]
| rev2score = 68/100%<ref name="CMG">{{Cite web |last=Sinacola |first=Dom |date=January 13, 2005 |title=Cokemachineglow.com :: Record Review / Ludacris :: The Red Light District |url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1147/ludacris |access-date=April 23, 2008 |website=[[Cokemachineglow]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423022317/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1147/ludacris |archive-date=2008-04-23 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=3663&subcat=CD |title=Entertainment.ie review |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192936/http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=3663&subcat=CD |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment.ie]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Andrew |date= |title=CD Reviews: Ludacris - The Red Light District |url=http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=3663&subcat=CD |access-date=September 27, 2007 |website=[[Entertainment.ie]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192936/http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=3663&subcat=CD |archive-date=2007-09-27 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>
| rev3Score = (C+)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,845649,00.html|title=Red Light District Review|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=December 10, 2004|page=93|accessdate=March 19, 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4 = ''[[HipHopDX]]''
| rev4score = 3.5/5<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryce |first=Jeff |date=December 19, 2004 |title=Ludacris - Red Light District |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.496/title.ludacris-red-light-district |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=[[HipHopDX]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/15/entertainment/et-record15.1 |title=Los Angeles Times review | first=Soren | last=Baker |date=December 15, 2004}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[HipHopDX]]''
| rev5 = [[laut.de]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.496 |title=HipHopDX review}}</ref>
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johannesberg |first=Stefan |title=Der Mario Basler des Rap wildert im Rotlichtmilieu. |url=https://www.laut.de/Ludacris/Alben/Redlight-District-7574 |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=[[laut.de]] |language=de}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''RapReviews''
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="LAT">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Soren |author-link=Soren Baker |date=December 15, 2004 |title=With wit and rhyme, Ludacris widens appeal |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-15-et-record15.1-story.html |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev6Score = (8/10)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_12F_redlight.html |title=RapReviews review}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev7 = ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|2|5|full=Noto Color- N.svg|empty=Blue square N.PNG|rating=N}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perlich |first=Tim |date=December 9, 2004 |title=NOW Discs {{!}} THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT: Ludacris (Def Jam South/Universal) |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-12-09/music_discs7.php |access-date=January 17, 2005 |website=[[NOW Toronto]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117162938/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-12-09/music_discs7.php |archive-date=2005-01-17 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>
| rev7Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/l/ludacris-redlight.shtml |title=PopMatters review}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8 = RapReviews
| rev8score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juon |first=Steve 'Flash' |date=December 7, 2004 |title=Ludacris :: The Red Light District – RapReviews |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2004/12/ludacris-the-red-light-district/ |access-date=November 11, 2023 |website=www.rapreviews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6644341/review/6660764 |title=The Red Light District : Ludacris : Review |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 15, 2004 | accessdate=March 19, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205001231/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6644341/review/6660764 |archivedate=December 5, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=December 15, 2004 |title=The Red Light District : Ludacris : Review : Rolling Stone |url=http://rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6644341/review/6660764 |access-date=January 31, 2009 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131230303/http://rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6644341/review/6660764 |archive-date=2009-01-31 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
''The Red Light District'' was met with generally favourable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 70, based on sixteen reviews.<ref name="MC" />


[[Soren Baker]] of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote: "Ludacris includes thoughtful rhymes on "Child of the Night" and "Hopeless", but his humour is still his biggest asset and the reason he commands respect".<ref name="LAT" /> [[Rob Sheffield]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named it "his most inventive album yet".<ref name="RS" /> Dom Sinacola of [[Cokemachineglow]] wrote: "so, Ludacris is still a distance from a definitive, unmatched hip hop statement, but I'm content with his glaciered pace and middling "a-a-a-a-b-b-b-b-etc" frame. It's just too much damn fun to pass up".<ref name="CMG" /> In mixed reviews, [[AllMusic]]'s Andy Kellman wrote: "Luda hasn't slipped into the complacent lap of luxury as deeply as some of his fellow platinum contemporaries, but it's evident that he's not as hungry as he once was".<ref name="AM" />
'''''The Red Light District''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] from [[United States|American]] hip hop recording artist [[Ludacris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Red-Light-District-Ludacris/dp/B00065JTAQ/ |title=The Red Light District: Ludacris: Music |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-06}}</ref> The album was released on December 7, 2004, through [[Disturbing tha Peace]] and [[Def Jam Recordings]], and was eventually certified double platinum by the [[RIAA]]. It debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart with 322,000 copies sold in its first week. The album's title refers to a district in Amsterdam where [[prostitution]] is common; [[red-light district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Red+Light+District |website=Dictionary.com|title=Red light district}}</ref> The CD is accompanied by a 41-minute DVD<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ludacris-Red-Light-District/dp/B0009JXMW0 |title=The Red Light District DVD: Ludacris: Music/DVD |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2015-01-06}}</ref> made by [[Decon]] of Ludacris visiting the red-light district, a [[cannabis]] growroom, an adult 'cam-house' and the recording of the Red Light District CD/DVD promo concert in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]].<ref>Dante, PT. [https://www.self-hemployed.com/blog/10-ludacris-redlight.html "The Making Of" with Self-Hemployed], Amsterdam, 28 February 2005.</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= The Red Light District |year= 2004 |type= booklet |publisher= [[Disturbing tha Peace]], [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]}}</ref>
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= The Red Light District |year= 2004 |type= booklet |publisher= [[Disturbing tha Peace]], [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]}}</ref>
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| collapsed =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| headline = Standard edition
| title1 = Intro
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ludacris|Christopher Bridges]]|[[Timbaland|Timothy Mosley]]}}
| total_length = 65:22
| extra1 = [[Timbaland]]

| length1 = 1:25
| title1 = Intro
| title2 = [[Number One Spot]]
| note1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ludacris|Christopher Bridges]]|[[Timbaland|Timothy Mosley]]}}
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[DJ Green Lantern|James D'Agostino]]|[[Quincy Jones]]}}
| extra1 = [[Timbaland]]
| extra2 = [[DJ Green Lantern]]
| length1 = 1:25
| length2 = 4:34
| title3 = [[Get Back (Ludacris song)|Get Back]]

| writer3 = {{hlist|Bridges|Craig Bazile|[[KLC|Craig Lawson]]|O'Dell Vickers|Dominic Bazile}}
| title2 = [[Number One Spot]]
| extra3 = {{hlist|[[The Medicine Men]]|Tic Toc}}
| note2 =
| length3 = 4:30
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[DJ Green Lantern|James D'Agostino]]|[[Quincy Jones]]}}
| title4 = Put Your Money
| extra2 = [[DJ Green Lantern]]
| note4 = featuring [[DMX]]
| length2 = 4:34
| writer4 = {{hlist|Bridges|Michael Guy}}

| extra4 = Icedrake
| title3 = [[Get Back (Ludacris song)|Get Back]]
| length4 = 4:13
| note3 =
| title5 = Blueberry Yum Yum
| writer3 = {{hlist|Bridges|Craig Bazile|Dominic Bazile|[[KLC|Craig Lawson]]|O'Dell Vickers}}
| note5 = featuring [[Sleepy Brown]]
| extra3 = {{hlist|The Medicine Men|Tic Toc}}
| writer5 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Sleepy Brown|Patrick Brown]]|[[Rico Wade]]|Ray Murray|[[Future (rapper)|Nayvadius Wilburn]]}}
| length3 = 4:30
| extra5 = [[Organized Noize]]

| length5 = 3:55
| title4 = Put Your Money
| title6 = Child of the Night
| note4 = featuring [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]]
| note6 = featuring [[Nate Dogg]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Bridges|Michael Guy}}
| writer6 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Nate Dogg|Nathaniel Hale]]|Damon McDaniels|[[Teena Marie|Teena Marie Brockert]]}}
| extra4 = Icedrake
| extra6 = DK All Day
| length4 = 4:13
| length6 = 5:01

| title7 = [[The Potion]]
| title5 = Blueberry Yum Yum
| writer7 = {{hlist|Bridges|Mosley}}
| note5 = featuring [[Sleepy Brown]]
| extra7 = Timbaland
| writer5 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Organized Noize|Rico Wade]]|[[Sleepy Brown|Patrick Brown]]|[[Organized Noize|Ray Murray]]|[[Future (rapper)|Nayvadius Wilburn]]}}
| length7 = 3:54
| extra5 = [[Organized Noize]]
| title8 = Pass Out
| length5 = 3:55
| writer8 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Needlz|Khari Cain]]}}

| extra8 = [[Needlz]]
| title6 = Child of the Night
| length8 = 4:21
| note6 = featuring [[Nate Dogg]]
| title9 = Skit
| writer6 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Nate Dogg|Nathaniel Hale]]|Damon McDaniels|[[Teena Marie|Teena Marie Brockert]]}}
| length9 = 0:55
| extra6 = DK All Day
| title10 = Spur of the Moment
| length6 = 5:01
| note10 = featuring [[DJ Quik]] and Kimmi J.

| writer10 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[DJ Quik|David Blake]]|[[LT Moe|Todd Moore]]}}
| title7 = [[The Potion]]
| extra10 = [[LT Moe]]
| note7 =
| length10 = 4:15
| writer7 = {{hlist|Bridges|Mosley}}
| title11 = Who Not Me
| extra7 = [[Timbaland]]
| note11 = featuring Small World and [[Dolla Boy]]
| length7 = 3:54
| writer11 = {{hlist|Bridges|Sheldon Bullock|[[Dolla Boy|Earl Conyers]]|Craig King|[[Prince Markie Dee|Mark Morales]]|[[Darren Robinson (rapper)|Darren Robinson]]|Damon Wimbley}}

| extra11 = Craig King
| title8 = Pass Out
| length11 = 4:56
| note8 =
| title12 = Large Amounts
| writer8 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Needlz|Khari Cain]]}}
| writer12 = {{hlist|Bridges|Matthew McAllister|[[Lionel Bart]]}}
| extra8 = [[Needlz]]
| extra12 = Vudu
| length8 = 4:21
| length12 = 4:33

| title13 = [[Pimpin' All Over the World]]
| title9 = Skit
| note13 = featuring [[Bobby V]]alentino
| note9 =
| writer13 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Polow da Don|Jamal Jones]]|Darnley Scantlebury}}
| music9 =
| extra13 = {{hlist|[[Polow da Don]]|Donnie Scantz}}
| extra9 =
| length9 = 0:55
| length13 = 5:29
| title14 = Two Miles an Hour

| writer14 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[DJ Toomp|Aldrin Davis]]|[[Curtis Mayfield]]}}
| title10 = Spur of the Moment
| note10 = featuring [[DJ Quik]] & Kimmi J.
| extra14 = [[DJ Toomp]]
| length14 = 4:45
| writer10 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[DJ Quik|David Blake]]|[[LT Moe|Todd Moore]]}}
| title15 = Hopeless
| extra10 = [[LT Moe]]
| note15 = featuring [[Trick Daddy]]
| length10 = 4:15
| writer15 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Trick Daddy|Maurice Young]]|Fred Stamand}}

| extra15 = Heazy
| title11 = Who Not Me
| length15 = 5:05
| note11 = featuring Small World & Dolla Boy
| title16 = Virgo
| writer11 = {{hlist|Bridges|Craig King|Sheldon Bullock|[[Playaz Circle|Earl Conyers]]|[[Prince Markie Dee|Mark Morales]]|[[Darren Robinson (rapper)|Darren Robinson]]|[[The Fat Boys|Damon Wimbley]]}}
| note16 = featuring [[Nas]] and [[Doug E. Fresh]]
| extra11 = Craig King
| writer16 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Nas|Nasir Jones]]|[[Doug E. Fresh|Douglas Davis]]|[[Salaam Remi|Salaam Gibbs]]}}
| length11 = 4:56
| extra16 = [[Salaam Remi]]

| length16 = 3:31
| title12 = Large Amounts
| total_length = 1:05:22
| note12 =
}}{{Track listing
| writer12 = {{hlist|Bridges|Matthew McAllister|[[Lionel Bart]]}}
| headline = UK iTunes edition
| extra12 = Vudu
| all_writing =
| length12 = 4:33
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title17 = Get Back (Rock Version)
| title13 = [[Pimpin' All Over the World]]
| note13 = featuring [[Bobby Valentino (American musician)|Bobby Valentino]]
| note17 = featuring [[Sum 41]]
| writer17 =
| writer13 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Polow da Don|Jamal Jones]]|Darnley Scantlebury}}
| extra17 =
| extra13 = {{hlist|[[Polow da Don]]|Donnie Scantz}}
| length13 = 5:29
| length17 = 4:13

| title14 = Two Miles an Hour
| note14 =
| writer14 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[DJ Toomp|Aldrin Davis]]|[[Curtis Mayfield]]}}
| extra14 = [[DJ Toomp]]
| length14 = 4:45

| title15 = Hopeless
| note15 = featuring [[Trick Daddy]]
| writer15 = {{hlist|Bridges|Fred Stamand|[[Trick Daddy|Maurice Young]]}}
| extra15 = Heazy
| length15 = 5:05

| title16 = Virgo
| note16 = featuring [[Nas]] & [[Doug E. Fresh]]
| writer16 = {{hlist|Bridges|[[Nas|Nasir Jones]]|[[Salaam Remi|Salaam Gibbs]]|[[Doug E. Fresh|Douglas Davis]]}}
| extra16 = [[Salaam Remi]]
| length16 = 3:31
}}

{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = UK iTunes edition
| title17 = Get Back (Rock Version)
| note17 = featuring [[Sum 41]]
| length17 = 4:13
}}
}}


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==Certifications==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2004|List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2004]]
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2004|List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2004]]
* [[List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2004|List of ''Billboard'' number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2004]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|93057|Ludacris – The Red Light District}}


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Latest revision as of 12:07, 5 December 2024

This article is about the Ludacris album. For the general term, see Red-light district. For other uses, see Red Light District (disambiguation).
The Red Light District
Studio album by
Ludacris
ReleasedDecember 7, 2004
Recorded2003–2004
GenreHip hop
Length65:22
Label
Producer
Ludacris chronology
Chicken-n-Beer
(2003) 		The Red Light District
(2004) 		Release Therapy
(2006)
Singles from The Red Light District
  1. "Get Back"
    Released: November 9, 2004
  2. "Number One Spot"
    Released: February 15, 2005
  3. "The Potion"
    Released: April 20, 2005
  4. "Pimpin' All Over the World"
    Released: June 14, 2005
  5. "Blueberry Yum Yum"
    Released: August 17, 2005
Professional ratings for The Red Light District DVD
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters5/10[1]
RapReviews5.5/10[2]

The Red Light District is the fifth studio album by American rapper Ludacris. It was released on December 7, 2004, through Disturbing tha Peace/Def Jam South. The album's title refers to an urban tourist district where the standard industry is prostitution.[3] The CD is accompanied by a 41-minute DVD made by Decon of Ludacris visiting the red-light district, a cannabis grow-room, an adult 'cam-house' and the recording of the Red Light District CD/DVD promo concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[4]

Production was handled by Timbaland, Craig King, DJ Green Lantern, DJ Toomp, DK All Day, Donnie Scantz, Heazy, Icedrake, LT Moe, Needlz, Organized Noize, Polow da Don, Salaam Remi, The Medicine Men, Tic Toc and Vudu, with Chaka Zulu and Ludacris serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Bobby V, DJ Quik, DMX, Dolla Boy, Kimmi J., Nas, Nate Dogg, Sleepy Brown, Small World, Trick Daddy and Doug E. Fresh. The album was supported with four singles: "Get Back", "Number One Spot", "The Potion" and "Pimpin' All Over the World" and a promotional single "Blueberry Yum Yum".

In the United States, the album debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 album chart with 322,000 copies sold in its first week. On September 29, 2005, it received a double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 2 million units.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Cokemachineglow68/100%[7]
Entertainment.ie[8]
HipHopDX3.5/5[9]
laut.de[10]
Los Angeles Times[11]
Now[12]
RapReviews8/10[13]
Rolling Stone[14]

The Red Light District was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on sixteen reviews.[5]

Soren Baker of Los Angeles Times wrote: "Ludacris includes thoughtful rhymes on "Child of the Night" and "Hopeless", but his humour is still his biggest asset and the reason he commands respect".[11] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone named it "his most inventive album yet".[14] Dom Sinacola of Cokemachineglow wrote: "so, Ludacris is still a distance from a definitive, unmatched hip hop statement, but I'm content with his glaciered pace and middling "a-a-a-a-b-b-b-b-etc" frame. It's just too much damn fun to pass up".[7] In mixed reviews, AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote: "Luda hasn't slipped into the complacent lap of luxury as deeply as some of his fellow platinum contemporaries, but it's evident that he's not as hungry as he once was".[6]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[15]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
Timbaland1:25
2."Number One Spot"
DJ Green Lantern4:34
3."Get Back"
4:30
4."Put Your Money" (featuring DMX)
  • Bridges
  • Michael Guy
Icedrake4:13
5."Blueberry Yum Yum" (featuring Sleepy Brown)
Organized Noize3:55
6."Child of the Night" (featuring Nate Dogg)
DK All Day5:01
7."The Potion"
  • Bridges
  • Mosley
Timbaland3:54
8."Pass Out"
Needlz4:21
9."Skit"  0:55
10."Spur of the Moment" (featuring DJ Quik and Kimmi J.)
LT Moe4:15
11."Who Not Me" (featuring Small World and Dolla Boy)
Craig King4:56
12."Large Amounts"
Vudu4:33
13."Pimpin' All Over the World" (featuring Bobby Valentino)
5:29
14."Two Miles an Hour"
DJ Toomp4:45
15."Hopeless" (featuring Trick Daddy)
Heazy5:05
16."Virgo" (featuring Nas and Doug E. Fresh)
Salaam Remi3:31
Total length:1:05:22
UK iTunes edition
No.TitleLength
17."Get Back (Rock Version)" (featuring Sum 41)4:13

Samples and interpolations

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"Number One Spot"

"Get Back"

"Child of the Night"

"Who Not Me"

"Large Amounts"

"Two Miles an Hour"

Chart positions

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[26] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Silver 60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[28] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[29]
Video 		Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ludacris: The Red Light District [DVD], PopMatters". PopMatters. January 25, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Doggett, Tom (August 30, 2005). "RapReviews.com DVD Reviews - Ludacris: The Red Light District". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Red light district". Dictionary.com.
  4. ^ Dante, PT. "The Making Of" with Self-Hemployed, Amsterdam, 28 February 2005.
  5. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for The Red Light District - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Ludacris - The Red Light District Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Sinacola, Dom (January 13, 2005). "Cokemachineglow.com :: Record Review / Ludacris :: The Red Light District". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved April 23, 2008 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ Lynch, Andrew. "CD Reviews: Ludacris - The Red Light District". Entertainment.ie. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved September 27, 2007 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ Ryce, Jeff (December 19, 2004). "Ludacris - Red Light District". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  10. ^ Johannesberg, Stefan. "Der Mario Basler des Rap wildert im Rotlichtmilieu". laut.de (in German). Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  11. ^ a b Baker, Soren (December 15, 2004). "With wit and rhyme, Ludacris widens appeal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  12. ^ Perlich, Tim (December 9, 2004). "NOW Discs | THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT: Ludacris (Def Jam South/Universal)". NOW Toronto. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved January 17, 2005 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (December 7, 2004). "Ludacris :: The Red Light District – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Sheffield, Rob (December 15, 2004). "The Red Light District : Ludacris : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved January 31, 2009 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ The Red Light District (booklet). Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam. 2004.
  16. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 172.
  17. ^ "ARIA Urban Chart – Week Commencing 7th March 2005" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (784): 17. March 7, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Pandora Archive.
  18. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  19. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  20. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  21. ^ "Ludacris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  22. ^ "Ludacris Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  23. ^ "Ludacris Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  24. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  25. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  26. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Music Canada.
  27. ^ "British album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". British Phonographic Industry.
  28. ^ "American album certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Recording Industry Association of America.
  29. ^ "American video certifications – Ludacris – The Red Light District". Recording Industry Association of America.
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