Imani Vol. 1

Imani Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Blackalicious. It was released on September 18, 2015, after a decade-long hiatus since their previous album, The Craft.^[1][2][3][4] The title of the album means "faith" in Swahili, and it is the first part of what was a planned trilogy of albums before Timothy Parker died of kidney failure in 2021.^[5] Work began on the album in 2012,^[6] with the making of the album being crowdfunded via the website Pledgemusic.^[7]

Imani Vol. 1
Studio album by Blackalicious
Released	September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	56:58
Label	OGM
Producer	Chief Xcel
Blackalicious chronology
The Craft (2005) Imani Vol. 1 (2015)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B[9]
The Guardian	[10]
Paste	7.3/10[11]
Pitchfork	7.2/10[12]
PopMatters	[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Faith" (featuring Amde of The Watts Prophets)	1:23
2.	"Blacka"	2:43
3.	"Ashes to Ashes"	3:28
4.	"On Fire Tonight" (featuring Myron of Myron & E)	2:40
5.	"Escape"	4:40
6.	"The Sun" (featuring Imani Coppola)	3:26
7.	"That Night" (featuring Vursatyl and Jumbo of Lifesavas)	5:54
8.	"Inspired By" (featuring Bosko)	3:29
9.	"We Did It Again" (featuring Danielle Flax)	3:55
10.	"I Like the Way You Talk"	2:30
11.	"Twist of Time"	3:12
12.	"The Blow Up"	4:01
13.	"Love's Gonna Save the Day" (featuring Fantastic Negrito)	3:13
14.	"Alpha and Omega" (featuring Lateef, Lyrics Born, Monophonics, and DJ D Sharp)	5:31
15.	"The Hour Glass"	3:22
16.	"Imani" (featuring Zap Mama)	3:31
Total length:		56:58

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14]	39
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[15]	28
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[16]	21