The Ghetto - Музыка

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Donny-Hathaway - Live

"The Ghetto" Is A Socially Conscious Mostly Instrumental Funk/soul Anthem Released As The First Single Off American Soul Singer Donny Hathaway's Debut Album Everything Is Everything Released As A Single In 1970 On Atlantic Records. The Song Was Co-Written By Hathaway And Leroy Hutson. The Song Was A Six Minute And Fifty Second Workout Which Built Upon A Cinematic Feel With Its Lengthy Instrumental Though It Did Feature Vocal Ad-Libs From Hathaway Who Played Electric Piano On The Song And Constant Chants Of The Song Which Had A Distinguished Afro-Cuban Sound With Congas. The Song Also Featured Additional Backgrounds Dialogue From What Sound Like Men Talking In A Street Corner And A Baby Crying Before Hathaway Ended The Song With Frenetic Hand Claps. When Originally Released In 1970 The Song Became A Modest Charted Single Peaking At Number Eighty-Seven On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number Twenty-Three On The Billboard Hot Soul Singles Chart. The Song Was Also Featured On Hathaway's Revered Live Album In Which Hathaway And His Musicians Played A Faster Version Of The Song And Later Featured Hathaway Getting The Audience Into It Singing The Final Chorus. Since Then The Song Has Been Covered In Hip-Hop Singles Most Famously Too Short's "The Ghetto" Which Featured Gerald Levert Re-Singing The Chorus. Personnel * Donny Hathaway All Vocals Spoken Dialogue Except For The Crying Baby Hand Claps And Electric Piano * Instrumentation By Assorted Musicians O Master Henry Gibson Conga O Morris Jennings Drums O Marshall Hawkins Bass O Phil Upchurch Guitar O Richard Powell Percussion * Written And Composed By Donny Hathaway And Leroy Hutson * Conducted And Arranged By Donny Hathaway * Produced By Donny Hathaway And Ric Powell