Blufunk Is a Fact

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Blufunk Is a Fact! was the first studio album by Keziah Jones which was released in 1992. This album was formative for Keziah's own style called Blufunk. The song "Pleasure Is Kisses Within" is sampled by Mike Posner on his track "Who Knows?" (feat Big Sean).

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Blufunk Is a Fact!
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 1992
Recorded 145 Studio – 1991
Genre Blufunk
Length43:57
Label Delabel
Producer Kevin Armstrong
Keziah Jones chronology
Blufunk Is a Fact!
(1992)
African Space Craft
(1995)

Track listing

  1. "The Wisdom Behind the Smile (Cash)" – 4:07
  2. "Walkin' Naked Thru' a Bluebell Field" – 3:31
  3. "Rhythm Is Love" – 4:18
  4. "Runaway (Slavery Days Are Over)" – 3:02
  5. "Where's Life?" – 4:50
  6. "The Funderlying Undermentals" – 4:07
  7. "Frinigro Interstellar" – 3:12
  8. "Free Your Soul" – 4:05
  9. "A Curious Kind of Subconscious" – 4:08
  10. "The Waxing + the Waning" – 2:47
  11. "The Invisible Ladder" – 2:53
  12. "Pleasure Is Kisses Within" – 3:00

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [1] 56

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References

  1. "lescharts.com > Keziah Jones dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-07-04.