Gangland (album)

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
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."

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