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Zion I Zion I was an American hip hop project founded by MC and producer Baba Zumbi (real name Stephen Gaines) in Oakland, California. K-Genius and Amp Live were also project members. Career Originally formed as a group, Zion I released the debut s ...

. It was released by Raptivism Records in 2003. It peaked at number 49 on the ''

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'' Independent Albums chart.

Critical reception

Scott Thill of

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gave the album 2 out of 5 stars, writing, "This Berkeley-based (big ups, Cal Bears!) underground hip-hop duo's sophomore effort is chock-full of their usual lyrical hooks and flows, but as with much product released by those looking to make their way in the bling-bling marketplace, it suffers somewhat in the production department." Thomas Quinlan of ''

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'' wrote, "Even now, when people are becoming more open to experimentation in hip-hop, it's rare to see such a diverse album still easily identified as hip-hop." Nathan Rabin of ''

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'' praised "a heightened sense of political consciousness."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

Zion Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Na ...

(Zion I) – vocals, berimbau (12), flute (15) * 418 Hz Productionz (Zion I) – production * DJ Fuze – turntables (1) * Queen Jahneen – vocals (1) * Tef the Traktitioner – co-production (2), keyboards (2) * DJ J-Period – turntables (2, 5) *

Pep Love Pep Love is a hip hop artist and a member of the Oakland, California-based hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. Personal life Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Pep Love relocated with his family to Oakland, California as a teenager. Di ...

– vocals (3) * Jog9 – vocals (3, 9) * Susie Suh – vocals (4, 5) * Dust – vocals (4, 12) * B'nai Rebelsfront – guitar (4) * Errol Cooney – guitar (4) * Vernon Hall – bass guitar (4) * Josh Jones – drums (4) * Deuce Eclipse – vocals (5, 12) * The Grouch – vocals (6) *

Goapele Goapele Mohlabane (; born July 11, 1977), is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. Her name means ''to move forward'' in Setswana, a Southern African language. Early life Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled po ...

– vocals (6, 11, 13) * Ajai Jackson – piano (6), electric piano (6), string arrangement (11) * Steve Hogan – upright bass (6) * Max MacVeety – drums (6) * Vin Roc – turntables (6, 9, 14) * Mike Tiger – synthesizer (7), guitar (14) * Paris King – guitar (8) *

Aceyalone Edwin Maximilian "Eddie" Hayes, Jr. (born September 30, 1970), better known by his stage name Aceyalone, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team. He i ...

– vocals (9) * Martin Luther – vocals (9) * Killa Kela – human beatbox (10) * DJ D-Sharp – turntables (10) * Robert Thompson – violin (10) * Quincy Griffin – flute (11) * Betsy London – viola (11) * Jeff Watson – cello (11) * Willie Maze – turntables (12) * Blak Lion – guitar (13) * Jason Moss – mixing * Justin Weis – mastering * Theo Rodrigues – art direction, layout * Martin Aranuado – art direction, layout * Victor J. Brunetti – additional layout * Robin Twomey – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 albums Zion I albums