''Life in the Streets'' is the debut album by

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recording artist

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and the third album by rapper

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. The album was released in 1994 for Ultraphonic Records and blended Prince Ital Joe's

with Marky Mark's hip hop. ''Life in the Streets'' was not released in the United States, but it was a success in Germany, where most of the album was produced in the Eurodance style. Four singles charted on Germany's

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: "Life in the Streets" (#12), " Happy People" (#4), "Babylon" (#17), and "United", which held the #1 position for five weeks. Songs "Life in the Streets", "In Love" and "United" appeared in the

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'', while "United" also appeared in ''

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Critical reception

'' Music & Media'' wrote, "United they made more impact then the two on their own. The album roughly follows the pattern of the hit single(s), which is Euro dance coupled with American rap know-how. Currently residing on Jamaica, the Prince throws in some reggae (To Be Important) for good measure, whereas Boston kid Marky takes care of the streetwise hip hop (In The 90's). Despite his job as a model for Calvin Klein, he's still very keen on staying real. It's the kind of reality, based on the certainty of a further string of hits engendered by this work of collaboration."

Track listing

#"Life in the Streets Intro" - 1:43 #"

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"- 4:02 #"Rastaman Vibration"- 3:35 #" Happy People"- 3:58 #"To Be Important"- 3:54 #"In Love"- 3:40 #"Babylon"- 3:54 #"Love of a Mother"- 3:38 #"Into the Light"- 3:56 #"In the 90's"- 3:16 #"Prankster"- 5:02 #"Life in the Streets"- 3:44

Credits

*Lyrics:

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(tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12),

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(tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12), Joe Paquette,

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(tracks: 1 to 5, 10, 12),

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(tracks: 1-7, 9, 10, 12) *Guitar: Thomas Schwarz *Producer:

(tracks: 1-7, 9, 10, 12),

(tracks: 1-7, 9, 10, 12), Fabian Cooke, Joe Paquette, Tyrone Downing (track 8), Fabian Cooke, MC Shan (track 11) *Solo Vocals: Melina Bruhn,

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, Linda Fields *Backing Vocals: Betsy Miller, Jane Commerford, Kelvyn Hallifax, The London Gospel Community Choir,

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References

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