Zingalamaduni Explained

Zingalamaduni
Type:	studio
Artist:	Arrested Development
Cover:	Arrested Development- Zingalamduni - album cover.jpg
Released:	June 14, 1994
Recorded:	1993–1994
Genre:	Hip hop
Length:	54:25
Label:	Chrysalis/EMI
Producer:	Speech
Prev Title:	Unplugged
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Best of Arrested Development
Next Year:	1998

Zingalamaduni is the second album by American hip hop group Arrested Development, released on June 14, 1994 by Chrysalis Records. The album's title is Swahili for "the beehive of culture."^[1] Despite spawning three singles ("United Front", "Africa's Inside Me" and "Ease My Mind", the latter being the highest-charting single released from the album), it was considered a commercial disappointment compared to their previous album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of..., peaking at number 55 on the Billboard 200 chart and at number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Track listing

Japanese edition extra tracks

16. "Eggbeaters"
17. "Ease My Mind" (Premier's Remix)
18. "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 Brothers.
• "Africa's Inside Me" contains a sample of "In All My Wildest Dreams" by Joe Sample.
• "Warm Sentiments" contains a sample of "Look What You've Done for Me" by Al Green.
• "Kneelin' at My Altar" contains a sample of "Baby That's What I Need" by Joe Zawinul.
• "Fountain of Youth" contains a sample of "Tighten Up My Thang", written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
• "Ease My Mind" contains samples of "Open All Night Drums" by George Clinton and "Summer Breeze" by Ceasar Frazier.

Charts

Chart (1994)! scope="col"

Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[2]	40

Notes and References

1. Zingalamaduni . .
2. Web site: Top Albums/CDs - Volume 59, No. 24, 4 July 1994. 4 July 1994. 19 November 2022. RPM.