Saddam Hussein's gangsta rap album "I Shi'ite My Pants" is selling more copies than ever.

Hussein's gangsta rap album "I Shi'ite My Pants" was hovering near the bottom edge of the charts, but with the summary execution of the fallen Iraqi leader, sales for his record have begun to soar like scud missiles over the skies of Kuwait!

The ruthless dictator was better known for being a feared ruler, and a cold iron-fisted leader. But with the strength of the military, a stranglehold on the public, and complete control over the media, Saddam Hussein was able to modestly promote his creative work--when he wasn't crushing insurgencies.

The Persian ghetto album itself was only average, even derivative of other Iraqi rappers like DJ al-Hassan, Sunni D, and Muzzy Mus. But like many other artists' work, Lennon, Warhol, Tupac, it often appreciates in value posthumously, or after the artist has passed away.

Originally, Hussein's self-promoted "Iraq-paq" style failed to make an impression on angst and war-ridden Iraqi teenagers, and his violent, tough-talking misogynistic lyrics failed to convey a clear message about living in inner-city Baghdad. But with Saddam Hussein's death, people are rushing to the black markets to buy copies of the Arab album.

"I Shi'ite My Pants" is Saddam Hussein's second attempt at earning respect in the music world. His first album, "Taking A Ba'ath With My Friends", a collection of new age Persian chants released in 1979, was ill-received, and only reached gold after Hussein ordered his people to buy it upon pain of death. Critics likened Hussein's voice to "the strangling of a Kurdish goat". Those critics were never seen again.

Hussein's label, Authoritarian Records, intends to release a third "Greatest Hits" album, which is rumored to be just mostly various sound bites from a dozen political assasinations of those who opposed Saddam Hussein.

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