Dirty Harriet Explained

Dirty Harriet is the debut studio album by American rapper Rah Digga.^{[1] [2]} It was released via Flipmode/Elektra in 2000.^[3] The album sold over 311,000 units in the United States.^[4] It reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[5]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Dirty Harriets production dream team ... takes a head-spinning tour through rap regionalism, from Southern booty bumps to East Coast Wu-Tangy coffin chillers." Exclaim! thought that the "gritty soundscapes are a potent backdrop to Digga's authoritative sandpaper-rough voice."^[6] The Washington Post wrote that "Digga is a punch-line MC who loves to draw out the final jab until it burns like a schoolyard taunt."^[7]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[8]

Personnel

• Rashia Tashan Fisher – vocals
• Trevor George Smith Jr. – vocals (tracks: 6, 14), production (tracks: 2, 7), executive production
• Roger McNair – vocals (tracks: 1, 14)
• William A. Lewis – vocals (tracks: 1, 14)
• Dewayne Battle – vocals (tracks: 9, 15)
• Wayne Notise – vocals (tracks: 7, 14)
• Rakeem Calief Myer – vocals (tracks: 9, 14)
• Eve Jihan Jeffers – vocals (track 5)
• Sonja Shenelle Holder – vocals (track 5)
• Tyree Smith – vocals (track 9)
• Aubrey King – vocals (track 9)
• Brian Bostic – vocals (track 9)
• Denton Dawes – vocals (track 9)
• Jerome Derek Hinds, Jr. – vocals (track 9)
• Salih Ibn Al Bayyinah Scaife – vocals (track 9)
• Shakir Nur-al-din Abdullah – vocals (track 9)
• Carlton Neron Thomas – vocals (track 13)
• Leroy Jones – rapping (track 14)
• Dominick J. Lamb – production (tracks: 8–9, 11–12, 14)
• Michael Gomez – production (tracks: 5–6)
• Dorsey Wesley – production (tracks: 15, 18)
• Jerome Foster – production (track 1)
• Walter V. Dewgarde, Jr. – production (track 3)
• Peter O. Philips – production (track 4)
• Dana Stinson – production (track 10)
• Dave Atkinson – production (track 13)
• Christopher Edward Martin – production (track 16)
• George Spivey – production (track 17)

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flipmode Squad's Rah Digga Challenges Men At Their Own Game. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124154334/http://www.mtv.com/news/820530/flipmode-squads-rah-digga-challenges-men-at-their-own-game/. dead. November 24, 2020. MTV News.
2. Web site: Rah Digga | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Rap & Hip-Hop. Billboard. December 4, 1999. Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
4. Mariel. Concepcion. Billboard. June 9, 2007. A bad rap?. 24–25. Internet Archive. February 3, 2022.
5. Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 328
6. Web site: Rah Digga Dirty Harriet. exclaim.ca.
7. Web site: Rah Digga's Gift for Gab. Neil. Drumming. April 5, 2000. www.washingtonpost.com.
8. Dirty Harriet . 2000 . booklet . Flipmode, Elektra.
9. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000. Billboard. August 13, 2020.