Ghetto Life

~ Recording by Rick James

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Ghetto Life4:23Rick JamesStreet SongsRick JamesAlbum
  • US1981-04-07
GordyG8-1002M1
1.2Ghetto Life4:23Rick JamesStreet SongsRick JamesAlbum
MotownSTML 12153
1.2Ghetto Life4:22Rick JamesDance Wit’ Me / Ghetto LifeRick JamesSingle
Motown, Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue)310947
1.2Ghetto Life4:22Rick JamesStreet Songs / Throwin' DownRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
GordyGCD08012GD
1.9Ghetto Life4:25Rick JamesBustin’ Out: The Best of Rick JamesRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-05-17
Motown31453-0305-2
1.9Ghetto Life4:25Rick JamesBustin’ Out: The Best of Rick JamesRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
Motown530 305-2
1.11Ghetto Life4:20Rick JamesThe Ultimate CollectionRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-03-25
Motown31453-0559-2
1.2Ghetto Life4:24Rick JamesStreet Songs (20th anniversary deluxe edition)Rick JamesAlbum
  • US2001-09-25
Motown440 014 698-2
1.9Ghetto Life4:19Rick JamesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 6: Fever 105Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2002-10-29
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 87004
1.9Ghetto Life4:19Rick JamesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 6: Fever 105Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2002-10-29
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Rockstar GamesEPC 510060 2
6.9Ghetto Life4:19Rick JamesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City: Official Soundtrack Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • XE2002-10-29
Rockstar Games, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)5100642000, EPC 510064 2
1.2Ghetto Life4:23Rick JamesStreet SongsRick JamesAlbum
  • US2002-11-12
Motown440 064 023-2
1.6Ghetto Life4:19Rick JamesThe BusinessVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2005-09-01
1.2Ghetto Life4:23Rick JamesStreet SongsRick JamesAlbum
Motown
5.2Ghetto Life4:21Rick JamesThe Complete Motown AlbumsRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-07-08
1.38Ghetto Life4:20Rick JamesThe Complete Motown AlbumsRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-07-08
Motown[none]
1.9Ghetto Life4:25Rick JamesBustin’ Out: The Best of Rick JamesRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-11-23
1.2Ghetto Life4:21Rick JamesStreet Songs (deluxe edition)Rick JamesAlbumMotown
1.11Ghetto Life4:20Rick JamesThe Ultimate CollectionRick JamesAlbum + Compilation
Island Def Jam (clean up, see annotation)
Bootleg
6.7Ghetto Life4:19Rick JamesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Radio (Individual tracks from the stations)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • XW2002-10-29
Rockstar Games

Relationships

engineer:Bobby Brooks (US producer/engineer/remixer)
Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez
Tom "Super" Flye
producer:Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
background vocals:Melvin Franklin
Richard Street
Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
horn arranger:Daniel LeMelle
instruments arranger and arranger:Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
sampled by:In the Ghetto by Busta Rhymes featuring Rick James
In the Ghetto (Clean) by Busta Rhymes
In The Ghetto (Instrumental) by Busta Rhymes featuring Rick James
recording of:Ghetto Life

Ghetto Life

lyricist and composer:Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)