Muzical Madness

Muzical Madness
Muzical Madness
Studio album by Jimmy Z
Released	October 1, 1991
Recorded	1991
Studio	Audio Achievements (Torrance, CA)
Genre	Contemporary pop; acid jazz; funk; hip hop; rock;
Length	49:53
Label	Ruthless
Producer	Eazy-E (exec.); Dr. Dre; Jimmy Z (co.);
Jimmy Z chronology

Muzical Madness is the second studio album by American musician Jimmy Z.^[1] It was released on October 1, 1991 via Ruthless Records and was produced by Dr. Dre. This album is one of the few, if not the only album released by Ruthless Records that is not entirely hip hop based. The album was neither a commercial nor critical success, however the song, "Funky Flute", which featured Dr. Dre, gained some minor success.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prelude" (featuring Dr. Dre)	1:08
2.	"Whatever You Want"	4:24
3.	"Funky Flute" (featuring Dr. Dre)	4:45
4.	"Phone Sexxx" (featuring Oneida James)	4:44
5.	"Reeperbahn"	4:22
6.	"Reazons"	3:34
7.	"Who'z Leroy"	3:36
8.	"Crazy You"	3:29
9.	"Watching You" (featuring Dr. Dre)	3:50
10.	"Summertime"	4:25
11.	"Evil"	4:10
12.	"Hip Hop Harmonica"	4:22
13.	"Muzical Madness"	3:04
Total length:		49:53

Notes^[2]

"Funky Flute" sampled "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson (1967)
"Crazy You" is a cover of "Crazy You" by Prince (1978)
"Phone Sexxx" sampled "N.T." by Kool & the Gang (1971), "Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers (1974) and "Get Me Back on Time, Engine #9" by Wilson Pickett (1970)
"Evil" sampled "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic (1970)

Personnel[]

Jimmy "Z" Zavala – main artist, co-producer, vocals, backing vocals (tracks: 2, 9-11, 13), soprano saxophone (track 2), flute (tracks: 3, 6), saxophone (tracks: 4-5), harmonica (tracks: 5-6, 8-12), baritone saxophone (track 10)
Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – producer, vocals (tracks: 1, 3), backing vocals (tracks: 2, 9, 13), drum programming (tracks: 2-6, 9-13), keyboards (tracks: 2, 13)
Andre "L.A. Dre" Bolton – backing vocals (track 2), keyboards (tracks: 2-4, 9)
Cynthia Manley – backing vocals (track 3)
Oneida James – backing vocals (track 4)
Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims – guitar (tracks: 3-4, 6, 8, 11, 13), engineering
David Harvey – guitar (tracks: 3-5, 10), keyboards (tracks: 5, 11)
Colin Wolfe – backing vocals (track 13), bass (tracks: 4, 6, 13)
Teddy Andreadis – backing vocals (track 10), keyboards (tracks: 6, 10)
Brian Kilgore – percussion (tracks: 8, 10)
Worthy Davis – backing vocals (track 10)
Jewell Caples – backing vocals (tracks: 11, 13)

Technical

Donovan Smith – engineering, mixing
Brian Gardner – mastering
Eric "Eazy-E" Wright – executive producer
Gary Ballen – management
Bob Defrin – art direction
Margo Knesz – art direction
Aaron Rapoport – photography
Peter Dokus – photography

References[]

^ "Muzical Madness - Jimmy Z. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
^ "Jimmy Z on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2017-12-02.

External links[]

"Jimmy Z - Muzical Madness". Discogs.

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[1] "Muzical Madness - Jimmy Z. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-12-02.

[2] "Jimmy Z on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2017-12-02.

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