| "Ghetto" | ||||
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| Single by Kelly Rowland featuring Snoop Dogg | ||||
| from the album Ms. Kelly | ||||
| Released | August 7, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Studio | Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Tank | |||
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"Ghetto" is a song by American recording artist Kelly Rowland, featuring vocals by rapper Snoop Dogg. It was written by Durrell "Tank" Babbs, Calvin Broadus, Lonny Bereal and Rowland, and produced by the former for Rowland's second solo album Ms. Kelly (2007). A mid-paced R&B ballad which was originally recorded for her shelved My Story album, "Ghetto" is influenced by the Crunk&B subgenre. Its instrumentation consists essentially of synthesizers and a drum machine rhythm and lyrically, finds Rowland, as the protagonist, singing sensually in her whistle register about becoming attracted to dangerous men.
One of Rowland's favorites on Ms. Kelly, "Ghetto" was released as the album's second single to US radios on August 7, 2007, while "Work" was serviced as the album's second international single. The song performed weakly on the Billboard charts, reaching number nine on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart only,[1] ranking it among Rowland's lowest-selling single to date.[1] An accompanying music video, directed by Andrew Gura, was shot in Los Angeles, California in August 2007. It features cameo appearances from rappers MC Eiht, Kam, and Soopafly and depicts hip hop fashion and ghetto fabulous aesthetics.