Zig Zag (Tha Mexakinz album)

Zig Zag
Studio album by Tha Mexakinz
Released	May 17, 1994 (1994-05-17)
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Trax Recording Studio (Hollywood, CA) Track Recording Studio Kitchen Sync Studios (Hollywood, CA) Skip Saylor Recording (California)
Genre	Latin hip hop
Length	59:07
Label	Wild West Mad Sounds
Producer	Bird Morris Taft QD3 Sinful
Tha Mexakinz chronology
Zig Zag (1994) Tha Mexakinz (1996)
Singles from Zig Zag
"Phonkie Melodia" Released: December 1993 "Extaseason" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Zig Zag is the debut studio album by Latin hip hop duo Tha Mexakinz. It was released on May 17, 1994 via Wild West Records and Mad Sounds Recordings. Recording sessions took place at Trax Recording Studio and Kitchen Sync Studios in Hollywood, at Track Recording Studio and at Skip Saylor Recording. Production was handled by member Sinful, as well as Morris Taft, Bird and Quincy Jones III. It features cameo appearances from Mr. Nice Guy, Scrap Dog, Chili & Bean.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A Little Sumthin'"	Rudy Archuleta Rodrigo Navarro	Sinful	3:47
2.	"Welkum 2 da Hood"	Navarro Archuleta	Sinful Morris Taft (co.)	4:40
3.	"Cok Bak da Hamma!"	Navarro Archuleta Morris Taft	Sinful Morris Taft	4:31
4.	"Da Joint"	Navarro Archuleta	Sinful Morris Taft Intellek (co.)	5:44
5.	"Interlude, Pt. 1" (featuring Mr. Nice Guy and Scrap Dog)	Navarro Archuleta Darryl Coyle Peek Scrap Dog		3:43
6.	"Buckwhyle Style"	Navarro Archuleta	Sinful	3:29
7.	"Phonkie Melodia (Remix)"	Archuleta Navarro Quincy Jones III	QDIII	3:59
8.	"Da Method"	Navarro Archuleta	Sinful	4:28
9.	"Extaseason"	Navarro Archuleta Taft	Sinful Morris Taft (co.)	4:11
10.	"Interlude, Pt. 2" (featuring Mr. Nice Guy and Scrap Dog)	Navarro Archuleta Peek Scrap Dog		3:07
11.	"Murdah"	Archuleta Navarro Lamont Holbdy	Bird Morris Taft	4:35
12.	"Push Up n da Wrong 1"	Navarro Archuleta	Sinful	3:53
13.	"It'z On"	Archuleta Navarro Holbdy Taft	Bird Morris Taft (co.)	3:40
14.	"Phonkie Melodia"	Archuleta Navarro Holbdy	Bird Morris Taft (co.)	4:00
15.	"Epilogue" (featuring Mr. Nice Guy, Scrap Dog, Chili & Bean)	Navarro Archuleta Peek Scrap Dog Chili & Bean		1:38
Total length:				59:07

Sample credits

• Track 2 contains a sample from "Covert Action" (written by Wilton Felder) as recorded by The Crusaders.
• Track 4 contains portions of "DWYCK" (written by Keith Elam, Christopher Martin, Greg Mays and Daryl Barnes).
• Track 8 contains a sample from "Funktion at the Junktion" (written by Frederick Long, Edward Holland, Jr. and Lamont Dozier) as recorded by Ramsey Lewis.
• Track 11 contains a sample from "Get Retarded" (written by Craig Mack and Teddy Lee) as recorded by M.C. EZ & Troop.
• Track 12 contains samples from "Faith" (written by S. Lawrence and Teddy Riley) as recorded by Wee Papa Girl Rappers, "Slow Down" (written by Maxwell Dixon, Lorenzo Dechalus and Derek Murphy) as recorded by Brand Nubian, and "6 Minutes of Pleasure" (written by James Todd Smith and Marlon Williams) as recorded by LL Cool J.
• Track 13 contains a sample from "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (written by Louis Freese, Senen Reyes and Lawrence Muggerud) as recorded by Cypress Hill.
• Track 14 contains a sample from "Night Moves" (written by Michael Franks and Michael Small) as recorded by Michael Franks.

Personnel

• Rodrigo "Sinful" Navarro – vocals, programming, producer, arranger, mixing
• Rudy "I-Man" Archuleta – vocals
• Darryl Coyle "Mr. Nice Guy" Peek – vocals (tracks: 5, 10, 15)
• Scrap Dog – vocals (tracks: 5, 10, 15)
• Chili & Bean – vocals (track 15)
• Rodney Lee – keyboards
• Morris Taft – producer, arranger, mixing, executive producer
• Lamont "Bird" Holbdy – producer, programming, mixing
• Quincy Jones III – producer
• Intellek – co-producer
• Stevo Theard – programming, arranger, mixing
• Sean Freehill – engineering, mixing
• Pete Magdaleno – engineering
• Aaron Connor – engineering
• Vini Cirilli – engineering
• Louie Teran – engineering
• Mitch Tobias – photography

References

1. Huey, Steve. "Tha Mexakinz - Zig Zag Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

External links

• Tha Mexakinz – Zig Zag at Discogs (list of releases)