
Zingalamaduni
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Zingalamaduni is the second album by American hip hop
group Arrested Development
, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music
). It spawned three singles ("United Front", "Africa's Inside Me" and "Ease My Mind"). In 1994 the album charted on the Billboard 200
, peaking at position #55; and on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, peaking at position #20.
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
group Arrested Development
Arrested Development (hip hop group)
Arrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.-History:...
, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music
1994 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
). It spawned three singles ("United Front", "Africa's Inside Me" and "Ease My Mind"). In 1994 the album charted on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, peaking at position #55; and on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
chart, peaking at position #20.
Track listing
All tracks written by Speech except where otherwise noted.- "WMFW (We Must Fight & Win) FM" [Intro] (Speech/Baba Oje) – 1:55
- "United Minds" – 5:17
- "Ache'n for Acres" – 2:39
- "United Front" – 4:39
- "Africa's Inside Me" (Speech/Fulani Faluke) – 3:11
- "Pride" – 5:38
- "Shell" (Speech/Kwesi Asuo) – 3:25
- "Mister Landlord" – 2:54
- "Warm Sentiments" (Speech/Headliner) – 4:11
- "The Drum" [Instrumental] – 1:57
- "In the Sunshine" – 4:31
- "Kneelin' At My Altar" – 2:33
- "Fountain of Youth" – 3:21
- "Ease My Mind" – 4:12
- "Praisin' U" – 4:02
Japanese Edition Extra Tracks
- "Eggbeaters"
- "Ease My Mind (Premier's Remix)"
- "United Front (Noise In My Attic Remix)"
Samples Used
- "United Minds" contains a sample of "Your Kite, My Kite," written by Toney Romeo.
- "United Front" contains a sample of "Footsteps in the Dark (Parts 1 & 2)" by The Isley BrothersThe Isley BrothersThe Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...
. - "Africa's Inside Me" contains a sample of "In All My Wildest Dreams" by Joe SampleJoe SampleJoseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
. - "Warm Sentiments" contains a sample of "Look What You've Done For Me" by Al GreenAl GreenAlbert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
. - "Kneelin' At My Altar" contains a sample of "Baby That's What I Need" by Joe ZawinulJoe ZawinulJosef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...
. - "Fountain of Youth" contains a sample of "Tighten Up My Thang," written by Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
and David PorterDavid Porter (musician)David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
. - "Ease My Mind" contains samples of "Open All Night Drums" by George ClintonGeorge Clinton (funk musician)George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
and "Summer Breeze" by Ceasar Frazier.