Released August 8,1989 Release date 8 August 1989 Label Atlantic Records | Artist Cool C Producer Steady B | |
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I Gotta Habit
(1989) Life In The Ghetto
(1990) Genres Hip hop music, Old-school hip hop, Golden age hip hop | ||
I Gotta Habit is the debut album by Philadelphia-based, old school rapper Cool C, released in 1989. The album reached #51 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart in 1989, and had a single, "Glamorous Life," that almost cracked the Top 10 Hot Rap Singles chart that same year (reaching #11).
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The music video for "Glamorous Life" was rumored to have an early appearance from a then-unknown Jill Scott. However, music video director Lionel C. Martin disputed the rumor, saying "People always ask if the young girl in the video is Jill Scott, but I’m 99 percent sure that it isn’t. She never mentioned when we worked together". DJ Tat Money, former DJ for fellow Philadelphia rapper Steady B, also disputed the rumor on Twitter in 2014, saying: "Short answer? Nope not her. This girl was from Jersey. Some random model chick".
Track listing
- "Enemy Territory" (Cool C, Warren McGlone, Lawrence Goodman) – 3:55
- "Takin' No Shorts (The Gambler)" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:25
- "Get Loose On" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:11
- "Mary Go Round" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:29
- "C Is Cool" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:27
- "I'm Not Impressed" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:33
- "I Gotta Habit" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:55
- "Glamorous Life" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:58
- "Juice Crew Dis" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:06
- "All Hell Freeze" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:06
- "Down To The Grissle" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:14
- "Hilltop Scope" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:15
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
Billboard (North America) - singles
Songs
1Enemy Territory4:01
2Takin’ No Shorts (The Gambler)4:27
3Get Loose On4:13