Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)
| "Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" | ||||
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| Single by Queen Latifah | ||||
| from the album Order in the Court | ||||
| Released | April 14, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Rap | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriters | Queen Latifah, Crapps, Peaks, Siskind | |||
| Producers | Queen Latifah, Lancelot H. Owens | |||
| Queen Latifah singles chronology | ||||
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"Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" is the first single from Queen Latifah's fourth studio album, Order in the Court (1998).[1] The track features New Jersey rapper Apache, a member of Latifah's Flavor Unit, as well as DJ Butta Fingers.[1] The song samples the Fugees "Fu-Gee-La". and was recorded at Soundtrack Studios and Chung King Studios in New York City.
Music videos
Two music videos were claimed to have been produced for this song.
Reception
In his 1998 review in Billboard magazine, critic Larry Flick said that Queen Latifah "comes out swingin', firing off rhymes with a dexterity befitting her experience".[1] In 2023, Vincent Anthony wrote in The 97 magazine that Queen Latifah "breathes fire on 'Bananas' alongside the late Flava Unit M.C. Apache.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Flick, Larry (May 23, 1998). "Queen Latifah: Bananas". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2025 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Anthony, Vincent (August 23, 2023). "97 Words: "Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" by Queen Latifah". THE 97. Retrieved August 30, 2025.