Vagina Diner

Vagina Diner
Studio album by Akinyele
Released	July 6, 1993
Recorded	1992-1993 Power Play Studios New York City, New York
Genre	Hip-Hop Dirty rap Jazz rap
Length	41:27
Label	Interscope/Atlantic Records 92236
Producer	Large Professor
Akinyele chronology
Vagina Diner (1993) Put It in Your Mouth (1996)

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Vagina Diner is the debut album released by emcee Akinyele. It was released on July 6, 1993, on Interscope Records and was produced by Main Source member Large Professor, with scratches by X-Ecutioners member Rob Swift. The album was not much of a commercial success, only making it to #83 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and producing two singles: "Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?" and "The Bomb," which made it to #29 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales. The album is now out of print.

Track listing

• All tracks produced by Large Professor

1. "Worldwide"- 4:01
2. "Outta State"- 4:25
3. "Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?"- 2:50
4. "Dear Diary"- 3:04
5. "Bags Packed"- 3:36
6. "The Bomb"- 4:45
7. "Beat"- :26
8. "Checkmate"- 4:28
9. "I Luh Hur"- 2:42
10. "You Know My Style"- :20
11. "Exercise"- 3:22
12. "No Exit"- 3:54
13. "30 Days"- 3:34

Personnel

• Akinyele: vocals
• Large Professor: production
• Rob Swift: scratches
• Anton Pushansky, Matt Noble, Rob Sutton, Dino Zervous: Recording and mixing engineers
• Tar: Photography
• Kimberly Holt: Art direction and design

Samples

Worldwide

• "Got to Have Brotherhood" by The Harvey Averne Band

Outta State

• "Psychedelic Shack" by Albino Gorilla

Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?

• "Little Green Apples" by Stanley Turrentine

Dear Diary

• "Deep Gully" by The Outlaw Blues Band

Bags Packed

• "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" by Gwen Guthrie
• "Cross Country" by Archie Whitewater

The Bomb

• "How Does It Feel (To Be in Love)" by LeBlanc & Carr
• "New World" by Woody Shaw
• "Mary Jane" by Rick James

Beat

• "Boysenberry Jam" by Moby Grape

Checkmate

• "Yesternow" by Miles Davis
• "North Carolina" by Les McCann
• "Maceo" by Maceo & All the King's Men

I Luh Hur

• "If There's a Will There's a Way" by Don Covay
• "Wah Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited

Exercise

• "Funky President" by James Brown
• "Free Soul" by John Klemmer

No Exit

• "The Sybil" by The Fourth Way
• "Down by the River" by Buddy Miles

30 Days

• "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex
• "Matrix" by Dizzy Gillespie
• "Don't Tell It" by James Brown

References