The Red Light District is the fourth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 from Def Jam recording artist Ludacris

Ludacris

Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...

. The album was released on December 7, 2004 and was eventually certified double platinum by the RIAA. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart with 322,000 copies sold in its first week. The album's title refers to a district in Amsterdam, where prostitution

Prostitution

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 is common: red-light district

Red-light district

A red-light district is a part of an urban area where there is a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, adult theaters, etc...

. This was the last album that saw Ludacris wearing his once signature cornrows. The album has sold over 2.1 million copies to date.

Track listing

Samples and interpolations

"Number One Spot

Number One Spot

For the Def Jam Recordings compilation album of the same name, see Number 1 Spot."Number One Spot" is the second single off rapper Ludacris' 2004 album The Red Light District...

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• "Soul Bossa Nova
  Soul Bossa Nova
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  " by Quincy Jones
  Quincy Jones
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• Austin Powers
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   theme

"Get Back

Get Back

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• Interpolation from “Fuck You Tonight” by Notorious B.I.G.

"Child of the Night"

• "Portuguese Love" by Teena Marie
  Teena Marie
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"Who Not Me"

• Interpolation from “Stick Em” by The Fat Boys
  The Fat Boys
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"Large Amounts"

• “Pick A Pocket Or Two” by Clive Reville

"Two Miles an Hour"

• "Little Child Runnin' Wild" by Curtis Mayfield
  Curtis Mayfield
  Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
  
  
• "Summertime
  Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince song)
  The single was DJ Jazzy and The Fresh Prince's most popular song, and is still played in rotation around the world, especially in the United Kingdom during the summer months....
  
  " by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums	1