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Shaq Fu: Da Return

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Released
  
November 8, 1994

Length
  
43:04

Release date
  
8 November 1994

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Recorded
  
1993 - 1994

Artist
  
Shaquille O'Neal

Label
  
Jive Records

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Producer
  
RZA, Redman, Erick Sermon, Warren G, Def Jef, The LG Experience, LoRider, Chyskillz, Meech

Shaq Fu Da Return (1994)
  
You Can't Stop the Reign (1996)

Similar
  
Shaquille O'Neal albums, Hip hop music albums

Shaq Fu: Da Return is the second studio album released by Shaquille O'Neal. It was released on November 8, 1994 for Jive Records and featured production from Redman, Erick Sermon, Def Jef and Warren G. The album was not as successful as his previous album, but it still found decent success, peaking at #67 on the Billboard 200 and #19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Contents

It also spawned two singles, "Biological Didn't Bother" (which discusses O'Neal's estrangement from his biological father, with whom he has expressed no desire for reconciliation) and "No Hook" which featured Wu-Tang Clan members, Method Man and RZA. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. The kanji 風—meaning 'wind'—is used on the cover, which can be pronounced as 'fu' in Japanese. It has no relation to the 'fu' (夫) in 'kung fu' (功夫) of which the album references its name.

Samples

Mic Check 1-2

  • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson
  • "Chill With That" by Ill Al Skratch
  • Freaky Flow

  • "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie
  • "Come Clean" by Jeru the Damaja
  • Biological Didn't Bother

  • "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
  • Nobody

  • "Nobody Can Be You" by Steve Arrington
  • "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" by Nice & Smooth
  • "It Ain't Hard to Tell" by Nas
  • (So U Wanna Be) Hardcore

  • "Machine Gun Funk" by The Notorious B.I.G.
  • Songs

    1No Hook3:17
    2Newark to CI3:59
    3Biological Didn't Bother5:08

    References

    Shaq Fu: Da Return Wikipedia