Ghetto Blaster (Push Button Objects album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ghetto Blaster

| type = studio album

| artist = Push Button Objects

| cover = Ghetto Blaster (Push Button Objects album).jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2003|04|22}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|electronic}}

| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=22}}

| label = Chocolate Industries

| producer = Push Button Objects

| prev_title = Dirty Dozen

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ghetto Blaster

| type = studio album

| single1 = 360 Degrees

| single1date = {{Start date|2000}}

| single2 = Fly

| single2date = {{Start date|2002}}

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Ghetto Blaster is a studio album by American hip hop producer Push Button Objects. It was released on Chocolate Industries in 2003. It is the follow-up to Dirty Dozen.{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/he-said-he-said-6347618|title=He Said, He Said|work=Miami New Times|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=June 5, 2003|access-date=December 12, 2017}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ghetto-blaster-mw0000027187|title=Ghetto Blaster - Push Button Objects|work=AllMusic|first=Mark|last=Pytlik|access-date=January 30, 2015}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 7.2/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6522-ghetto-blaster/|title=Push Button Objects: Ghetto Blaster|work=Pitchfork|first=Rollie|last=Pemberton|date=September 4, 2003|access-date=January 30, 2015}}

| rev3 = Stylus Magazine

| rev3score = C+{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/push-button-objects/ghetto-blaster.htm|title=Push Button Objects - Ghetto Blaster|work=Stylus Magazine|first=Todd|last=Hutlock|date=September 1, 2003|access-date=January 30, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203237/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/push-button-objects/ghetto-blaster.htm|archivedate=March 4, 2016}}

| rev4 = XLR8R

| rev4score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/2003/07/ghetto-blaster/|title=Push Button Objects: Ghetto Blaster|work=XLR8R|first=Cameron|last=Macdonald|date=July 4, 2003|access-date=January 30, 2015}}

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Mark Pytlik of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "an admirable reinvention that should indoctrinate [Edgar] Farinas into the new school of bleeding-edge underground hip-hop producers." Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.2 out of 10, saying: "Surrounded by the highly polished sample fests of RJD2 and the ridiculously technical chop-a-thons of Prefuse 73, Push Button Objects is lost in the fold, regardless of his clear production prowess." Todd Hutlock of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of C+, writing: "Mostly, I found myself wishing that Farinas would just make separate rap and instrumental albums next time out."

It was ranked at number 19 on the CMJ "Hip-Hop 2003" chart.{{cite journal|title=Hip-Hop Charts 2003: The Year in Review - Hip-Hop 2003 (Covering 1/7/2003 to 12/9/2003)|journal=CMJ New Music Report|date=December 29, 2003|issue=846|page=20}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Hustlin

| length1 = 2:41

| title2 = 360 Degrees

| note2 = featuring Del the Funky Homosapien, Mr. Lif, and DJ Craze

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Fly

| note3 = featuring Akrobatik, Maintain, and Vast Aire

| length3 = 4:43

| title4 = Interlude

| length4 = 3:41

| title5 = 3 Doctors

| note5 = featuring Filkoe176, Illustrate, and ProVerbz

| length5 = 4:35

| title6 = Breakers Delight

| length6 = 4:58

| title7 = Air

| note7 = featuring Doseone

| length7 = 5:59

| title8 = Sleep

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = Shut Down

| note9 = featuring Aesop Rock

| length9 = 4:41

| title10 = Interlude

| length10 = 1:11

| title11 = Washington Ave

| length11 = 6:58

| total_length = 47:22

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References

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