Loyalty Is Royalty

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Loyalty Is Royalty
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Recorded2017
Genre Hip hop
Length43:27
Label Nature Sounds, Fontana
Producer 9th Wonder, Blocade, Chainsaw, Cruz, Dame Grease, !llmind, Masta Killa, P.F. Cuttin', RZA, True Master
Masta Killa chronology
Selling My Soul
(2012)
Loyalty Is Royalty
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX 3.8/5 [1]

Loyalty Is Royalty is the fourth studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Masta Killa. [2] [3] It was released on September 29, 2017, on Nature Sounds. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

HipHopDX wrote that Masta Killa "may not be the most animated in the Wu, but he arguably holds a place near the first spot if you want to rank the Wu champions of solo album consistency." [1]

Track listing

Loyalty Is Royalty track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" Jamel Irief Ming-Hsueh Lin0:51
2."Return of thee Masta Kill" (featuring Cappadonna and Young Dudas)
P.F. Cuttin'3:21
3."Loyalty Is Royalty (R.I.F. - Rapping Is Fundamental)" (featuring Aaron "A.B." Abernathy)
9th Wonder 2:37
4."Therapy" (featuring Method Man & Redman)P.F. Cuttin'3:05
5."OGs Told Me" (featuring Boy Backs and Moe Roc)
  • Irief
  • Maurice Clayton
Dame Grease 3:30
6."Wise Words by the RZA" (featuring RZA) Robert Fitzgerald Diggs RZA 1:38
7."Trouble"
  • Irief
  • Douthit
9th Wonder2:38
8."Skit"Irief True Master 0:55
9."Down with Me"
9th Wonder3:46
10."Tiger and the Mantice" (featuring GZA and Inspectah Deck)Blocade2:41
11."Real People" (featuring Prodigy and KXNG CROOKED)Chainsaw2:52
12."Flex with Me" (featuring Chanel Sosa)Irief
3:25
13."Calculated" (featuring Ra Stacks and Nick Guns)IriefWeirdo316544:42
14."Noodles, Pt. 1"Irief !llmind 3:28
15."Noodles, Pt. 2"IriefMasta Killa2:11
16."Outro"IriefMing-Hsueh Lin1:47
Total length:43:27

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References

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