Zingalamaduni

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 a truncated form of a Swahili phrase meaning "the beehive of culture."^[12] 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^[13] and at number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[14]

Zingalamaduni
Studio album by Arrested Development
Released	June 14, 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Transmedia Studio (Georgia)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	54:25
Label	Chrysalis/EMI
Producer	Speech
Arrested Development chronology
Unplugged (1993) Zingalamaduni (1994) Best of Arrested Development (1998)

Professional ratings

Initial reviews (in 1994)
Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	A[1]
NME	8/10[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Select	[4]
Smash Hits	4/5[5]
Spin	[6]
The Village Voice	C+[7]

Professional ratings

Retrospective reviews (after 1994)
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Speech, except where noted.

Zingalamaduni track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"WMFW (We Must Fight & Win) FM" (Intro)	Speech Baba Oje	1:55
2.	"United Minds"		5:17
3.	"Ache'n for Acres"		2:39
4.	"United Front"		4:39
5.	"Africa's Inside Me"	Speech Fulani Faluke	3:11
6.	"Pride"		5:38
7.	"Shell"	Speech Kwesi Asuo	3:25
8.	"Mister Landlord"		2:54
9.	"Warm Sentiments"	Speech Headliner	4:11
10.	"The Drum" (Instrumental)		1:57
11.	"In the Sunshine"		4:31
12.	"Kneelin' at My Altar"		2:33
13.	"Fountain of Youth"		3:21
14.	"Ease My Mind"		4:12
15.	"Praisin' U"		4:02

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.

Singles from the album

"Ease My Mind"
Single by Arrested Development
from the album Zingalamaduni
Released	1994
Studio	Transmedia Studio (Georgia)
Genre	Hip-hop
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Arrested Development
Producer(s)	Speech
Arrested Development singles chronology
"Natural" (1993) "Ease My Mind" (1994) "United Front" (1994)
Music video
"Ease My Mind" on YouTube

"Ease My Mind"

This song was the lead single from the album and was produced by member Speech. In the United States, the song peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 44 on the Radio Songs, number 14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 13 on both the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and the Rhythmic Airplay, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 5 on the Dance Singles Sales charts. It also reached number 11 in New Zealand, number 33 on the UK singles chart, and number 43 in Australia.

It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, but ultimately lost to Salt-N-Pepa's "None of Your Business".

Charts

Chart performance for Zingalamaduni

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15]	34
Canadian Albums (RPM)[16]	40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19]	31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	30
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	16
US Billboard 200[13]	55
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14]	20