Diary of a Mad Band

Diary of a Mad Band is the second studio album from American R&B group Jodeci, released on December 21, 1993 on Uptown Records and distributed through MCA Records. The album also featured the first ever album appearances from Timbaland and Missy Elliott (credited as Misdemeanor) and Sista two years before they became known in the music industry. New Jersey rapper Redman also makes a guest appearance on the album. It was Jodeci's second album to reach number-one on the R&B album chart where it stayed for two weeks. It spawned the #1 R&B hit "Cry for You"; the classic #2 R&B hit "Feenin'", and the Top 15 R&B hit "What About Us". Despite not being released as a single, the album's opening track, "My Heart Belongs To U", was also a hit. Song for song, this album is generally considered the group's best effort overall.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	^[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[5]

Dimitri Ehrlich of Entertainment Weekly wrote that at times bested the group's first, stating that the songs on their sophomore effort "often transcend the formulaic histrionics that marred their debut."^[5] AllMusic critic Ron Wynn deemed the record "jarring" and "mismatched", preferring its sentimental love songs to the sexually explicit, hip hop-influenced "come-on numbers", which he found to be in poor taste.^[1] Rohan B. Preston from the Chicago Tribune found the lyrics clichéd and Jodeci "certainly not as funky as H-Town nor as stirring as Boyz II Men at their best".^[3] Robert Christgau was even less impressed and assigned it a "neither" symbol in his Consumer Guide book, indicating an album that "may impress once or twice with consistent craft or an arresting track or two. Then it won't."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Heart Belongs to U"	Donald Earle DeGrate, Jr.	5:02
2.	"Cry for You"	DeGrate	5:01
3.	"Feenin'"	DeGrate	5:10
4.	"What About Us"	DeGrate Devell Moore	5:20
5.	"Ride & Slide"	DeGrate	4:57
6.	"Alone"	DeGrate Dalvin DeGrate	4:43
7.	"Lately"	Stevie Wonder	4:23
8.	"You Got It" (featuring Redman)	DeGrate Reginald Noble	5:56
9.	"Won't Waste You" (featuring Missy Elliott and Sista)	Cedric Renard Hailey Melissa Elliott	4:55
10.	"In the Meanwhile" (featuring Timbaland)	DeGrate Timothy Mosley	4:22
11.	"Gimme All You Got"	DeGrate Joel Hailey Cedric Renard Hailey Dalvin DeGrate	3:42
12.	"Sweaty" (featuring Sista)	DeGrate Dalvin DeGrate Elliott	5:54
13.	"Let's Go Through the Motions"	Dalvin DeGrate	4:17
14.	"Jodecidal Hotline"	Dalvin DeGrate	3:11

Jodeci-CD bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Success"	K-Ci Hailey Dalvin DeGrate	7:41

Chart history

Album

Chart (1994)^[6]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	3
U.S. R&B Albums	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions^[7]
Year	Single	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	U.S. Rhythmic Top 40
1993	"Cry for You"	15	1	5
1994	"Feenin'"	25	2	16
1994	"What About Us"	—	14	—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.^[8]

arranging – Dalvin DeGrate, Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, DeVante Swing
assistant engineer – Steve Fitzmaurice
creative director – Brett Wright
engineer – Lyndell Fraser
scratches - Timbaland
executive producers – Tim Dawg, Andre Harrell, Jodeci, Steve Lucas
guitar – Darryl Pearson
horn – Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander
mastering – Chris Gehringer
mixing – Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander, Bob Brockman, Dalvin DeGrate, Steve Fitzmaurice, Tony Maserati, DeVante Swing, John Wydrycs
multi-instruments – Dalvin DeGrate, DeVante Swing
talkbox - Mike "Funky Mike" Jackson
photography – Daniel Hastings
production – Mr. Dalvin, DeVante Swing
production coordination – Dean "Mr. Magoo" Moodie
vocal consultant – Kenny Hicks
backing vocals – Jodeci
guest appearances - Redman, Timbaland, Sista & Misdemeanor

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Wynn, Ron. "Jodeci – Diary of a Mad Band". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "8. Jodeci, Diary of a Mad Band - The 50 Best R&B Albums of the '90s". Damien Scott, Brendan Frederick, Craig Jenkins, Elena Bergeron, Justin Charity, Ross Scarano, Shannon Marcec of Complex. July 10, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
1 2 Preston, Rohan B. (February 10, 1994). "Diary of a Mad Band (Uptown)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
1 2 Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. pp. xvi, 150. ISBN 0312245602.
1 2 Ehrlich, Dimitri (1993-12-24). "MUSIC REVIEW: Diary of a Mad Band (1993) -fidello22 Jodeci". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
↑ "allmusic ((( Diary of a Mad Band > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
↑ "allmusic ((( Diary of a Mad Band > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
↑ "allmusic ((( Diary of a Mad Band > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

External links

Diary of a Mad Band at AllMusic
Diary of a Mad Band at Discogs

Jodeci
DeVante Swing JoJo K-Ci Mr. Dalvin
Studio albums	Forever My Lady Diary of a Mad Band The Show, the After Party, the Hotel The Past, The Present, The Future.
Other albums	Back to the Future: The Very Best of Jodeci Playlist Your Way
Singles	"Gotta Love" "Forever My Lady" "Stay" "Come and Talk to Me" "I'm Still Waiting" "Let's Go Through the Motions" "Lately" "Cry for You" "Feenin'" "What About Us" "Freek'n You" "Love U 4 Life" "Get On Up" "Nobody Wins" "Every Moment"
Featured artist	"Treat Them Like They Want to Be Treated" "Lisa Baby"
Related articles	Discography Swing Mob

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.