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Released
  
December 21, 1993

Artist
  
Jodeci

Label
  
MCA Records

Length
  
66:03

Release date
  
21 December 1993

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Recorded
  
July 1993 - September 1993

Studio
  
The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)

Producer
  
Tim Dawg (exec.) Andre Harrell (exec.) Jodeci (exec.) Steve Lucas (exec.) Mr. Dalvin DeVante Swing

Diary of a Mad Band (1993)
  
The Show, the After Party, the Hotel (1995)

Genres
  
Contemporary R&B, Soul music, Rhythm and blues, New jack swing

Nominations
  
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band or Duo

Similar
  
Jodeci albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Jodeci my heart belongs to you


Diary of a Mad Band is the second studio album from American R&B group Jodeci, released in 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.

Contents

Jodeci my heart belongs to you


Release and reception

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." 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. 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". 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."

Singles

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.

  • 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
  • Songs

    1My Heart Belongs To U5:03
    2Cry for You5:02
    3Feenin'5:11

    References

    Diary of a Mad Band Wikipedia