Tunin' Up & Cosignin' is a two disc set by N'dambi

N'dambi

-Biography:N'dambi is the ninth of eleven children born to a Baptist minister and missionary. Her father was a minister and singer in a quartet group. She got her professional start singing with Gaye Arbuckle, a local gospel singer, touring with Arbuckle for two years...

. It is her second effort. It focuses on a more jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

y sound with live instrumentation. The album contains many songs from her debut, re-worked to fit the environment of the album. Tunin' Up & Cosignin has a few skits with her and her band. It demonstrates, even further, the influence of jazz artist Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...

. The first track is a seven minute long tribute to her, simply titled, "Ode 2 Nina." N'dambi explores her jazz artistry with scatting

Scat singing

In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice.- Structure and syllable choice...

, among other things.

Many criticise the album because on some parts, she sings off-key, while fans argue that this is a characteristic of jazz music.

The tracks in italics are songs from her debut album that were re-worked.

Disc 1

1. "Ode 2 Nina"
2. "People"
3. "... R.C., what was u doing?"
4. "Day Dreamer"
5. "Do Mat Mare Ray"
6. "Call Me"
7. "Bitter Bitter Blue"
8. "Crazy World"
9. "See U In My Dreams"
10. "Y'all ready, fool?"
11. "Hot Pearl C"
12. "Black Star"
13. "Leave it Just Like That"

Disc 2

1. "Lonely Woman" / "Eva's Song"
2. "Soul From the Abyss"
3. "Soul... Day Dreamer"
4. "Deep"
5. "Blueprint 4..."
6. "Picture This" / "Can This Be Love"
7. "Lock, Playin' his own shi..."
8. "I Think 4 Sure"
9. "What's Wrong With U"
10. "The Sunshine"
11. "Broke My Heart"