King of the North (EP)

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King of the North
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Released14 July 2017
Recorded2017
Genre
Length30:15
Label Ill Gotten
Producer
Bugzy Malone chronology
Facing Time
(2016)
King of the North
(2017)
B. Inspired
(2018)

King of the North is the third EP by UK grime rapper Bugzy Malone. The EP was released on 14 July 2017 by Ill Gotten Records, which is an independent record label set up by Malone.

Contents

The album consists of eight tracks and was released after Malone's Part 2 Fire in the Booth on BBC Radio 1 Xtra with Charlie Sloth. It was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), recognising it earning 60,000 album-equivalent units. The album had three charting singles, "Through the Night", "Memory Lane" and "Bruce Wayne", charting at numbers 92, 74 and 99, respectively.

The guest appearances for the album include Tom Grennan and DJ Luck & MC Neat with an uncredited appearance from Shola Ama. All songs on the album were classified as explicit. The main producers on the album were DJ Luck, Shift K3Y and Z.Dot. Others producers involved were Ali Karim, S-X and Toddla T. For the music videos uploaded for the album, the directors were Connor Hamilton, G.Kuba and Wayne Lennox.

Track listing

King of the North track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."King of the North" Aaron Davies ILL Gotten Records3:27
2."Aggy wid it"DaviesZdot3:26
3."Make or Break"
Toddla T 4:27
4."Through the Night" (featuring DJ Luck & MC Neat)
  • Zdot
  • DJ Luck
4:25
5."We Don't Play"Davies S-X 3:37
6."Memory Lane" (featuring Tom Grennan)
Shift K3Y 3:31
7."Bruce Wayne"DaviesAli Karim3:47
8."Sniper"DaviesIll Gotten Records3:35
Total length:30:15

Charts

Chart performance for King of the North
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [1] 22
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [3] 1
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [4] 1

Certifications

Certifications for King of the North
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

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