''Bashtown'' is the fourth studio album, and eighth album overall, released by the American hip hop recording artist

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. Released on March 22, 2011, it is the first of his albums to be released on Upstairs Records. Bashtown was produced by

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, Happy Perez, Mickaël, J. Lacy, & C-Ballin and has vocal guests

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, Lucky Luciano and Lloyd among others. According to Baby Bash, the album was recorded entirely in 2010, although many singles and the album were released in 2011.

Singles

The album has six singles in total, three of them being promotional and three official. The first promotional Single was "Buttakup" released on March 30, 2010. The song was produced by and featured J. Lacy and contained more of an R&B style. "Fantasy Girl", released on July 13, 2010, was a retro-dance influenced track featuring vocals by the One Block Radius singer

who has worked with many artists such as Snoop Dogg,

and

Tech N9ne Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two ...

. The third promotional single "Good for My Money", features Lloyd, and was released on October 5, 2010. The first official single, "Go Girl", which features

, is a pop rap track and was released on November 30, 2010. Currently, "Go Girl" has been the most successful song on the album. The second single, "Swanananana", released on March 8, 2011, features

and Da Stooie Bros. This single is considered very similar to Baby Bash and T-Pain's 2007 hit " Cyclone". The third official single is "Head Hunta", featuring the rap artists

and Lucky Luciano, and was released on March 22, 2011.

Reception

Reviews

The album received generally mixed reviews. Critics Jeremy Carmona from Yo! Raps said that the album is "club influenced" similar to his previous album, '' Cyclone''. David Jeffries from Allmusic described it as "his best effort since his major-label debut, '' Tha Smokin' Nephew''".

Commercial performance

''Bashtown'' charted on '' Billboard'' peaking at #38 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In the second week, ''Bashtown'' fell to #61 on the same chart. Bashtown also charted on ''Billboard'' Independent albums at #31 and Top Rap Albums at #19. To date the album has sold 6,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

Confirmed by iTunes,

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, and writers by

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, and producers from CD Inlay.

Personnel

By Allmusic. * Baby Bash: lead vocals, composer, executive producer * Chris Athens: mastering * C-Ballin: producer * Printz Board: drum programming, engineer, keyboards, producer, vocal engineer, performer * Todd Cooper: mixing * Steve Dang: producer * Howard "DJ Rex" Huang: mastering, mixing * Michael Denten: mastering, mixing * Happy P: mixing, producer * James Hoover: mixing * Chris Jackson: composer * Mario "Tex" James: composer * Marty James: performer, composer * Jim Jonsin: producer, composer * J. Lacy: mixing, performer * John Lopez: executive producer * Roy Mata: engineer * Z-RO: performer, composer * Jose Melendez: project manager * David Newton: composer * Ocies Groceries: producer * Sergio Peña: project coordinator * Lloyd Polite: performer, composer * Elvin Reyes: artwork * Manuel Rosenthal: composer * Marc Rustigian: mastering * Damon Sharpe: vocal engineer * Paul Wall: performer, composer * Adrian Sidney: photography * Slim Thug: performer, composer * Omar "O.C." Townsend: performer, composer * Jay Tee: performer, composer * Krizz Kaliko: performer, composer * Michael Zibi: engineer, mixing, producer * Dave Fore: mixing engineer * Phil Fuger: engineer

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Baby Bash albums Albums produced by Jim Jonsin