Vagina Diner

Vagina Diner
Studio album by Akinyele
Released	1993
Studio	Power Play Studios, New York City, New York
Genre	Hip hop, dirty rap
Length	41:27
Label	Interscope • Atlantic
Producer	Large Professor [1]
Akinyele chronology
Vagina Diner (1993) Put It in Your Mouth (1996)

Vagina Diner is the debut studio album by American rapper Akinyele, released on Interscope Records in 1993. ^{[2] [3]} The album's single was "Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?" ^[4] The album did not receive much promotional backing from Interscope, but did manage to become a hit on college radio. ^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide	[7]
RapReviews	8.5/10 [8]
The Source	[9]

In a retrospective review, Spin wrote that Akinyele is "a gritty, X-rated joker with a uniquely bipolar flow—his set-ups are nimble wordplay, his punchlines are delivered in a low Oscar the Grouch croak." ^[10]

Track listing

• All songs produced by Large Professor.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Worldwide"	4:01
2.	"Outta State"	4:25
3.	"Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?"	2:50
4.	"Dear Diary"	3:04
5.	"Bags Packed"	3:36
6.	"The Bomb"	4:45
7.	"Beat"	0:26
8.	"Checkmate"	4:28
9.	"I Luh Hur"	2:42
10.	"You Know My Style"	0:20
11.	"Exercise"	3:22
12.	"No Exit"	3:54
13.	"30 Days"	3:34

Personnel

• Akinyele – vocals
• Large Professor – production
• Rob Swift – scratches
• Matt Noble – engineering
• Anton Pushansky – engineering
• Rob Sutton – engineering
• Dino Zervous – engineering
• Tar – photography
• The Pizz – illustration
• Kimberly Holt – art direction, design

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [11]	83

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 89.
2. "Akinyele | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. Bynoe, Yvonne (2006). Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 6.
4. "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 36. September 4, 1993. p. 20.
5. Brennan, Timothy (2008). Secular Devotion : Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz. Verso. p. 140.
6. "Vagina Diner Akinyele". AllMusic . Retrieved July 9, 2017.
7. MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 9.
8. Doggett, Tom (October 4, 2005). "Akinyele Vagina Diner". RapReviews. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
9. Kendall, Robert "Da Ghetto Communicator" (September 1993). "Akinyele: Vagina Diner". Record Report. The Source . No. 48. p. 82.
10. "'Til Infinity: The 50 Best Rap Albums From 1993, Hip-Hop's Other Greatest Year". Spin. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
11. "Akinyele - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard . Retrieved July 9, 2017.

External links

• Vagina Diner at Discogs (list of releases)