Welcome to the Zoo is the debut album of Gorilla Zoe, an Atlanta rapper in the mold of Young Jeezy, whom he replaced in the Bad Boy group Boyz N da Hood.
It's a well-produced album featuring a few appearances by fellow group members Jody Breeze and Big Gee, along with Bad Boy hotshot Yung Joc (on "Take Your Shoes Off" and "Juice Box").
Unfortunately, Gorilla Zoe is an artless rapper whose best attribute is his resemblance to Jeezy: both Atlantans have raspy voices, slow flows, simple rhymes, and a shameless obsession with the illegal drug trade, in particular cocaine.
The difference is, Jeezy can be witty and adorns his raps with a signature array of ad libs.
Welcome to the Zoo's lead single, "Hood Nigga," is characteristic of the album, in terms of production and subject matter if not catchiness.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do Something | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Money Man | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | I Know | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 04:48 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Money Up | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Lil Shawty | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Last Time I Checked | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Hood Figga | Gorilla Zoe | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Tryna Make a Jug (feat. Big Gee) | Gorilla Zoe, Big Gee | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | C**** Muzik (This That Muzik) [feat. Jody Breeze] | Gorilla Zoe, Jody Breeze | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Battle Field (feat. Block & Big Gee) | Gorilla Zoe, Block, Big Gee | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Take Your Shoes Off (feat. Yung Joc) | Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Count on Me (feat. Breeze & JC) | Gorilla Zoe, Breeze, Jc | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Real Mother**** (feat. Boyz N da Hood) | Gorilla Zoe, Boyz N Da Hood | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Juice Box (feat. Yung Joc) | Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | You Don't Know Me (feat. D. Woods) | Gorilla Zoe, D. Woods | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 62 mins | 144 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sal "Lazyboi" Asad | Producer |
| 2 | Chris Athens | Mastering |
| 3 | Thomas Bennett "Tom Cat" | Engineer, Mixing |
| 4 | Big Gee | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Block | Additional Personnel, Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| 6 | Boyz N da Hood | Additional Personnel, Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| 7 | Jody Breeze | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 8 | Rico Brooks | Executive Producer |
| 9 | Elexia Cook | A&R |
| 10 | D.O.A. | Producer |
| 11 | Dana 'Bee Jay Dana' Ramey | Audio Production |
| 12 | Diddy | Executive Producer |
| 13 | Fatboi | Audio Production |
| 14 | Fatboy | Producer |
| 15 | Hughes "Yooggie" Felizor | Digital Editing, Editing |
| 16 | Canei Finch | Audio Production |
| 17 | Chris Flame | Audio Production, Producer |
| 18 | Flawda Water | Audio Production, Producer |
| 19 | Patrick Fong | Art Direction, Design |
| 20 | John Frye | Mixing |
| 21 | Christopher Gholson | Audio Production, Producer |
| 22 | Rob Gold | Art Manager |
| 23 | Gorilla Zoe | Primary Artist |
| 24 | J.C. | Primary Artist |
| 25 | Jody Breeze & JC | Primary Artist |
| 26 | Marc Lee | Engineer |
| 27 | Jay Mac | Audio Production, Producer |
| 28 | Daniel "Skid" Mitchell | Digital Editing, Editing |
| 29 | Gwendolyn Niles | A&R |
| 30 | Harve Pierre | Executive Producer |
| 31 | Alexander "Big A" Prado | Assistant Engineer |
| 32 | Dana "Dee Jay Dana" Ramey | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 33 | Dale "Rambro" Ramsey | Mixing |
| 34 | Tony Rey | Mixing |
| 35 | Willie "Chuck" Shivers | Audio Production, Producer |
| 36 | Russell "Block" Spencer | Executive Producer |
| 37 | Carolyn Tracey | Package Production |
| 38 | Zach Wolfe | Design, Photography |
| 39 | D. Woods | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 40 | Yung Joc | Additional Personnel, Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |