Rebel with a Cause (album)

Rebel With a Cause is the debut album by Ghetts. It was released on 10 March 2014 through independent label Disrupt, following ten years' worth of mixtapes and singles. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 23.

Rebel With a Cause
Studio album by Ghetts
Released	10 March 2014
Recorded	2010-2014
Genre	Grime R&B British hip hop
Length	61:39
Label	Disrupt
Producer	Ghetts (exec.) Astrixx Chris Loco Jason Moe Let's Throw Shapes (also exec.) Nutty P Rapid Rawz Artilla Scholar & Stix Splurgeboys The Confect
Ghetts chronology
Rebel With a Cause (2014) Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament (2018)
Singles from Rebel With a Cause
"Rebel" Released: 4 February 2014 "Rude Boy" Released: 24 May 2014 "Gas Mark 9" Released: 11 August 2014 "Fire Burning" Released: 30 November 2014

The album earned Ghetts numerous accolades; including 3 MOBO nominations, a BET nomination, the award for 'Hardest Working Artist' at the AIM Independent Awards and 2 Urban Music Awards for 'Best Album' and 'Best Male'. "Rebel With a Cause" also draws influences from other genres such as rock, jazz, and reggae.[1]

Singles

"Rebel" was released as a promotional single with a video accompaniment, available for download when you pre-ordered the album from 4 February 2014 onward.[2] "Rude Boy" was released as the album's second single on 20 May 2014, gaining heavy airplay on BBC Radio 1Xtra. "Gas Mark 9" was released as the third single with a video accompaniment on 11 August 2014. Notably, the video version of the song is different to the album version, incorporating spoken word performance.[3] "Fire Burning" was released on 30 November 2014 as the album's fourth single. The release also contains a remix of "Man Like Me" featuring new verses from Chip, Devlin, and Kano.[4]

"Party Animal" (featuring Kano) was the only single that was not featured on the album (due to unknown reasons); but had been released in 2013 shortly after "Definition of a Rebel" & "The Cypher" had been released.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Justin Clarke	Rawz Artllla Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	4:16
2.	"Born & Raised"	Clarke	Astrixx Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	3:08
3.	"Rude Boy"	Clarke	The Confect Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	3:13
4.	"Rebel"	Clarke Nick Amour Gulzar Lally	Splurgeboys Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	4:01
5.	"Gas Mark 9" (featuring Giggs)	Clarke Nathaniel Thompson	Splurgeboys Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	3:39
6.	"Buck-I"	Clarke	Astrixx	3:00
7.	"Man Like Me" (featuring Rapid)	Clarke Prince Owusu-Agyekum	Rapid	3:09
8.	"Rags"	Clarke Moe	Jason "Jaymoezart" Moe Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	5:18
9.	"Ghetto No More" (featuring A.L.)	Clarke	Rapid	5:06
10.	"What I've Done" (featuring Cameron Bloomfield)	Clarke Cameron Bloomfield Scholar & Stix	Scholar & Stix	3:28
11.	"Times Change"	Clarke Nick Amour	Anton "Nutty P" Flanders Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	4:25
12.	"Fatherhood"	Clarke Moe	Jason "Jaymoezart" Moe Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	4:14
13.	"Broken Home" (featuring Folly Rae)	Clarke	Astrixx Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	4:15
14.	"Fire Burning" (featuring Kof)	Clarke	Astrixx Let's Throw Shapes^[b]	3:53
15.	"Pray"	Clarke Amour Lally	Let's Throw Shapes	4:37
16.	"These Words"	Clarke Alex Mills	Chris Loco	4:18
17.	"Stand On" (featuring Yana)	Clarke Yana	Scholar & Stix	3:46

Notes

• ^{^b} signifies an additional producer
• Let's Throw Shapes is Nick Amour and Gulzar Lally.

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	23
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[6]	5

References

1. "MOBO Album Review: Ghetts Rebel With A Cause".
2. "Ghetts – "Rebel" (Official Video)". Noisey. 2014-02-07.
3. "Ghetts Ft. Giggs – Gas Mark 9". YouTube. 11 August 2014.
4. "iTunes – Music – Fire Burning – EP by Ghetts". iTunes. 30 November 2014.
5. "Ghetts | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
6. "2014 Top 40 R&B Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 22 March 2014.