Minority Large

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Minority Large | type = studio | artist = Deeder Zaman | cover = Deeder Zaman - Minority Large.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2008|1|28|df=y}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flat list | * Dub * electronic * hip hop * reggae }} | length = {{Duration|m=51|s=02}} (digital download edition) {{Duration|m=60|s=00}} (Japan edition) | language = English | label = {{flat list | * Simple Tings * Beat }} | producer = Deeder Zaman | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Pride of the Underdog | next_year = 2011 }}

'''''Minority Large''''' is the debut studio album by English rapper Deeder Zaman, released on 28 January 2008 by Beat Records.

==Composition and release== Deeder Zaman took on the roles of writer, programmer, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist on ''Minority Large''. The album features dub, hip-hop, electronica and reggae. It was released as a CD in Japan and on iTunes.<ref name="ethnotechno">{{cite news |author=Sreekanth|url=http://www.ethnotechno.com/deeder_minoritylarge.php|title=Deeder Zaman :: Minority Large|publisher=EthnoTechno|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>

==Critical response== Mat Ward of ''Green Left Weekly'' said, "Zaman's debut solo album, ''Minority Large'', switched his musical focus from Asia to Africa."<ref name="greenleft">{{cite news |last=Ward|first=Mat|url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/50030|title=Former Asian Dub Foundation frontman: From pop star, to activist and back again|publisher=Green Left Weekly|date=14 February 2012|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> Sreekanth of ''EthnoTechno'' said, "Seventeen tracks is an awful lot of time to keep someone's attention but somehow under Deeder Zaman's guidance, it does not seem long enough."<ref name="ethnotechno"/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = {{Duration|m=51|s=01}} | title1 = Minority Large | length1 = {{Duration|m=4|s=42}} | title2 = That's The Way It Is | length2 = {{Duration|m=4|s=01}} | title3 = Bobo Sec | length3 = {{Duration|m=4|s=03}} | title4 = Nah Go Stoosh | length4 = {{Duration|m=2|s=55}} | title5 = Fire Within | length5 = {{Duration|m=3|s=44}} | title6 = Peanut Butter | length6 = {{Duration|m=2|s=56}} | title7 = Brewing Storm | length7 = {{Duration|m=1|s=36}} | title8 = Two Rocks | length8 = {{Duration|m=4|s=05}} | title9 = Jam On Toast | length9 = {{Duration|m=3|s=07}} | title10 = Keep Right | length10 = {{Duration|m=1|s=44}} | title11 = Young Blood | length11 = {{Duration|m=4|s=01}} | title12 = Shenai | length12 = {{Duration|m=4|s=01}} | title13 = Stereotypes | length13 = {{Duration|m=3|s=00}} | title14 = Whirlwind | length14 = {{Duration|m=3|s=11}} | title15 = Barcelona | length15 = {{Duration|m=3|s=36}} }}

{{Track listing | headline = Japan edition | total_length = {{Duration|m=60|s=00}} | title16 = Two Rocks | note16 = Adrian Sherwood Mix | length16 = {{Duration|m=4|s=08}} | title17 = Tidal Wave | length17 = {{Duration|m=4|s=49}} }}

==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} ;Musicians and vocals *Dennis Rootical – bass *Deeder Zaman – guitar, keyboards, melodica, percussion *Louis Beckett – guitar, piano *Clotaire K – oud *P. Brooke – ukulele {{col-3}}

;Vocals *Deeder Zaman *Passion {{col-3}}

;Technical *Deeder Zaman – mix engineer (tracks 1 to 17) *Louis Beckett – mix engineer (tracks 2 to 17) *Brendan Lynch – mix engineer (track 1) *Al Scott – mastering engineer {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs release|release=1963057|name=Minority Large|type=album}} *{{itunes|gb/album/minority-large/id272043605|''Minority Large''}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minority Large}} Category:2008 debut albums Category:Deeder Zaman albums Category:Beat Records albums