Star in the Hood is the debut 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...

 by Ghanaian British recording artist Tinchy Stryder

Tinchy Stryder

Kwasi Danquah III , better known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star In The Hood, is a Ghanaian British recording artist, music executive, A&R executive, and businessman...

. It was released on 13 August 2007 on Takeover Entertainment Ltd

Takeover Entertainment

Takeover Entertainment is an independent record label, talent agency, musician management company, producer, and publisher of music, currently based in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III , Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster...

, and was well received by the grime

Grime (music)

Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...

 scene.

The singles from the album are "Breakaway", which was released on 9 April 2007, "Something About Your Smile

Something About Your Smile (song)

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", released on 6 August 2007 and "Mainstream Money

Mainstream Money

"Mainstream Money" is a 2007 single by grime vocalist, Tinchy Stryder, which appears as track number 15 on his debut album Star in the Hood. It is a bonus track on his debut album Star In The Hood, and was chosen as the third single from the album, and released in November 2007.The song was written...

", released in November 2007. Due to the good reception received from the track, "Sorry, You Are?", featuring Chipmunk

Chipmunk (rapper)

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....

, it was added to the album at a later date as track #16, and it was also included on the 2008 debut Extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 (EP) by Stryder, Cloud 9 The EP.

Track listing

External links

• Star In The Hood At Rewind Magazine
  Rewind Magazine
  RWD Magazine is a British based magazine which features news, interviews and charts on hip hop, RnB, UK garage, Drum and bass and U.S. house music. It is released monthly, distributing 98,300 copies each time and is ABC certified...