Gangland (album)

Gangland
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released	August 28, 2001
Recorded	July 2000-May 2001
Genre	Funk/R&B
Length	59:41
Label	Eagle Music Group
Kool & the Gang chronology
State of Affairs (1996) Gangland (2001) The Hits Reloaded (2004)

Gangland is the twenty-first studio album by the band Kool & the Gang, released in 2001 following a five-year gap between albums. The album was a compilation of rappers backed by Kool and the Gang remaking some of the band's songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
USA Today

With a 2.5 out of 4 star rating, Steve Jones of USA Today wrote "Years before Kool rode vocalist James 'J.T.' Taylor's voice to pop success with songs such as Celebration, Cherish and Fresh, they were Hollywood-swinging with such street-oriented anthems as Jungle Boogie and Let the Music Take Your Mind. It's a freshened-up version of the latter funk-fueled jams that propel this new, hard-grooving set. The fusion of rap, jazz and R&B finds the band -- led by founding brothers Robert "Kool" Bell on bass and saxophonist Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell) -- joining an engaging pool of young talents."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bigg Thangs"	Bayyan	4:09
2.	"Mo Bigg Thangs"	Bayyan	3:55
3.	"Blow Up"	Smith	3:32
4.	"Where da Boogie At?"	Kool & the Gang	3:38
5.	"Turn It Out"	Bayyan, Bell	3:33
6.	"Jungle in My House"	Bayyan, Brown, JAM Bell, Kool & the Gang	4:35
7.	"Money Makes the World Go Round"	Bell, Griffin, Irving, Moore, Rhodes	3:53
8.	"Ballin' in Chilltown"	Bell, Brown, Irving	4:24
9.	"That's Right"	Bell, Griffin, Irving	3:58
10.	"All My Time"	Bell, Brown, Hill, Irving, Moore, Young	5:19
11.	"Early in the Morning"	Simmons, Taylor, Wilson	3:20
12.	"Cherish"	Bell, Kool & the Gang, Taylor	4:47
13.	"Hit Me on the Hip"	English, Furusawa, Goddard, Ladawn, Peterson, SX4	3:49
14.	"Goody Goody"	Andrews, Cardwell, Peoples, Smith, Williams	3:23
15.	"Concrete Jungle"	G'Poetic, Bayyan, Kool & the Gang	4:28
16.	"Funk Done Gone Hip Hop"	Rivers, Scott, Shider, Shider, Thomas	4:14
17.	"Jazziacs at the Kool Jazz Café"	Bell, Kool & The Gang	6:13

Personnel

• Robert "Kool" Bell - Bass guitar
• Khalis Bayyan - Tenor sax, background vocals
• Curtis Williams - Keyboards
• George "Funky" Brown - Drums, background vocals
• Dennis "D.T." Thomas - Alto Sax, background vocals
• Charles Edward Smith - Guitar
• Rick Iantosca - Guitar, keyboards
• Jimmy Macon - Guitar
• Clifford Adams - Trombone
• Larry Gittens - Trumpet
• Skip Martin - Trumpet

• Devon - Performer
• G'Poetic - Performer
• Female - Performer
• FM - Performer
• The Juice - Performer
• The Nep-Tunes - Performer
• Nova Banda - Performer
• R.O.C. - Performer
• Rachid - Performer
• Reign - Performer
• Thunder - Performer
• Shawn McQuiller - Background vocals
• Felicia Moss - Background vocals
• Carla - Background vocals
• Kian Smith - Background vocals

Production

• Don Tittle - Engineer
• Kendal Stubbs - Mixing
• Duncan Stanbury - Mastering
• Khalis Bayyan - Mixing, Producer
• Bill Irving - Programming, Mixing, Producer
• Hakim Bell - Programming, Mixing, Producer
• George "Funky" Brown - Programming, Producer
• Rick Iantosca - Producer
• Kool & the Gang - Executive Producer
• Ronnie Wright - Photography

References

• "Kool & the Gang: Gangland at AllMusic