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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Because I Got High
| Type = Studio album | name = Because I Got High
| Artist = ] | type = studio
| Cover = Afroman Because I Got High.jpg | artist = ]
| Released = June 20, 2000 | cover = Afroman Because I Got High.jpg
| Recorded = | alt =
| Genre = ] | released = June 20, 2000
| Label = ] | recorded = 2000
| venue =
| Producer = Joseph "Afroman" Foreman<br>Loppy Octopus
| studio =
| Last album = '']''<br />(1999)
| genre = ]
| This album = '''''Because I Got High'''''<br />(2000)
| length = 1:10:25
| Next album = '']''<br />(2000)
| label = ]
| producer = Joseph "Afroman" Foreman, Loppy Octopus
| prev_title = My Fro-losophy
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = ]
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Because I Got High
| type = album
| single1 = ]
| single1date = July 30, 2001
}} }}
}}

{{Album ratings {{Music ratings
| rev1 = ] | rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r489414}}</ref> | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r489414}}</ref>
}} }}


'''''Because I Got High''''' is the second ] by ]. The record was released on ] in 2000. It is considered to be his breakthrough album, as it contained his most popular song, "]". The songs "Because I Got High", "Mississippi", "Hush", "Tumbleweed", "She Won't Let Me Fuck", "Tall Cans", and "American Dream" would later be featured on ] in 2001. '''''Because I Got High''''' is the second studio album by ]-based ] ]. The record was released on ] in 2000. Although a ]-exclusive<ref>{{Citation |title=Afroman - Because I Got High |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3482406-Afroman-Because-I-Got-High |language=en |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref> release, it was otherwise sold and distributed via live performances.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afroman Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/afroman-mn0000128681/biography |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> ] stands as Afroman's most popular and best-selling song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afroman |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/afroman/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

Because I got High went to Number One on the New Zealand charts, where it stayed for four weeks, in 2000. Nipple
''Because I Got High'' went to Number One on the New Zealand charts, where it stayed for four weeks, in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=charts.org.nz - Afroman - Because I Got High |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Afroman&titel=Because+I+Got+High&cat=s |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=charts.nz}}</ref> The songs "Because I Got High", "Mississippi", "Hush", "Tumbleweed", "She Won't Let Me Fuck", "Tall Cans" and "American Dream" would all later be used on '']'' in 2001.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Good Times |date=2001-08-28 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5WW91LUt9Oqkhzrg0Ao4K0 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
{{Track listing
#"]"
| title1 = ]
#"Mississippi"
| length1 = 5:10
#"Girls"
| title2 = Mississippi
#"You Ain't My Friend"
| length2 = 5:58
#"Hush"
| title3 = Girls
#"Tumbleweed"
| length3 = 4:23
#"Dope Fiend"
| title4 = You Ain't My Friend
#"She Won't Let Me Fuck"
| length4 = 6:05
#"Tall Cans"
| title5 = Hush
#"Back on the Bus"
| length5 = 4:39
#"Graveyard Shift"
| title6 = Tumbleweed
#"Because I Got High"
| length6 = 4:39
#"American Dream"
| title7 = Dopefiend

| length7 = 7:20
| title8 = She Won't Let Me Fu*k
| length8 = 6:01
| title9 = Tall Cans
| length9 = 7:11
| title10 = Back on the Bus
| length10 = 5:43
| title11 = Graveyard Shift
| length11 = 5:22
| title12 = Because I Got High
| note12 = Radio Edit
| length12 = 4:20
| title13 = American Dream
| length13 = 2:52
| total_length = 1:10:25
}}
<ref>{{Citation |title=Because I Got High - Afroman {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/because-i-got-high-mw0000068851 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>


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2000 studio album by Afroman
Because I Got High
Studio album by Afroman
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Recorded2000
GenreHip hop
Length1:10:25
LabelT-Bones
ProducerJoseph "Afroman" Foreman, Loppy Octopus
Afroman chronology
My Fro-losophy
(1999)
Because I Got High
(2000)
Sell Your Dope
(2000)
Singles from Because I Got High
  1. "Because I Got High"
    Released: July 30, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Because I Got High is the second studio album by Mississippi-based rapper Afroman. The record was released on T-Bones Records in 2000. Although a Canada-exclusive release, it was otherwise sold and distributed via live performances. The title track of the record stands as Afroman's most popular and best-selling song.

Because I Got High went to Number One on the New Zealand charts, where it stayed for four weeks, in 2000. The songs "Because I Got High", "Mississippi", "Hush", "Tumbleweed", "She Won't Let Me Fuck", "Tall Cans" and "American Dream" would all later be used on The Good Times in 2001.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Because I Got High"5:10
2."Mississippi"5:58
3."Girls"4:23
4."You Ain't My Friend"6:05
5."Hush"4:39
6."Tumbleweed"4:39
7."Dopefiend"7:20
8."She Won't Let Me Fu*k"6:01
9."Tall Cans"7:11
10."Back on the Bus"5:43
11."Graveyard Shift"5:22
12."Because I Got High" (Radio Edit)4:20
13."American Dream"2:52
Total length:1:10:25

References

  1. Because I Got High at AllMusic
  2. Afroman - Because I Got High, retrieved 2022-03-19
  3. "Afroman Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. "Afroman". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. "charts.org.nz - Afroman - Because I Got High". charts.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  6. The Good Times, 2001-08-28, retrieved 2022-03-19
  7. Because I Got High - Afroman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-03-19
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