Loyalty (Screwball album)

Loyalty
Studio album by Screwball
Released	June 26, 2001 (2001-06-26)
Recorded	2000–01
Studio	C Mo' Greens Studio (New York, NY)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:06:44
Label	Hydra Entertainment Landspeed Records
Producer	Jerry Famolari (exec.) Ayatollah DJ GI Joe F Bee Godfather Don Goodie Goodman Lee Stone Mike Heron Spkilla The Beatnuts
Screwball chronology
Y2K: The Album (2000) Loyalty (2001) Screwed Up (2004)
Singles from Loyalty
"Torture" Released: 2001 "Gorillas (Remix)" Released: 2002 "Too High, Too Low / Real Niggaz" Released: 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
RapReviews	6/10 [1]

Loyalty is the second studio album by American hip hop group Screwball. It was released on June 26, 2001, via Hydra Entertainment/Landspeed Records. Recording sessions took place at C Mo' Greens Studio in New York. Production was mainly handled by Godfather Don and Ayatollah. It features guest appearances from Black Attack, Complexion, Cormega, Kool G Rap, Matrix Bars, M.O.P., Nature, N.O.R.E. and Tragedy Khadafi. The album peaked at number 185 on the US Billboard 200. Its lead single, Lee Stone-produced "Torture", made it to #78 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #2 on the Hot Rap Songs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Intro"	Wilbur Bass Lamont Dorrell	Ayatollah	1:50
2.	"Like a Gangsta" (featuring Matrix Bars)	Bass Kenneth Lewis Dorrell	Ayatollah	4:42
3.	"Where You At?" (featuring Nature)	Lewis Fredrick Ivey Kyron Jones Jermain Baxter Rodney Chapman	Godfather Don	4:10
4.	"Live and Let Die"	Lewis Ivey Jones Dorrell	Ayatollah	3:54
5.	"Torture" (featuring M.O.P.)	Bass Lewis Ivey Jones Eric Murray Jamal Grinnage Lee Stone	Stone	3:06
6.	"Check the Resume"		DJ G.I. Joe	0:33
7.	"When the Sun Goes Down"	Bass Lewis Dorrell	Ayatollah	3:20
8.	"Turn It Up"	Bass Lewis Ivey Jones	F Bee	4:21
9.	"I Spit" (featuring Black Attack)	Ivey Jones Sean Boston R. Chapman	Godfather Don	4:08
10.	"Loyalty" (featuring Cormega)	Bass Lewis Cory McKay R. Chapman	Godfather Don	4:26
11.	"Real Niggaz"	Jones Dorrell	Ayatollah	4:19
12.	"Gorillas" (featuring Kool G Rap and Noreaga)	Bass Lewis Nathaniel Wilson Victor Santiago R. Chapman	Godfather Don	3:55
13.	"My Niggas"	Bass R. Chapman	Godfather Don	3:24
14.	"Too High, Too Low" (featuring Tragedy Khadafi)	Bass Lewis Ivey Percy Chapman Mike Herard	Mike Heron	3:20
15.	"Street Life"	Ivey R. Chapman	Godfather Don	3:50
16.	"The Booth"			0:59
17.	"The Bio"	Bass	Goodie Goodman	4:01
18.	"Gotta Believe" (featuring Complexion)	Lewis Edwin Almonte	SPK	4:04
19.	"Screwed Up"	Bass Lewis Ivey Jones Lester Fernandez	The Beatnuts	4:22
Total length:				1:06:44

Personnel

• Wilbur "The Poet" Bass – performer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12–14, 17, 19), associate producer
• Kenneth "KL" Lewis – performer (tracks: 2–5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19), associate producer
• Fredrick "Hostyle" Ivey – performer (tracks: 3–5, 8, 9, 14, 15, 19)
• Kyron "Solo" Jones – performer (tracks: 3–5, 8, 9, 11, 19)
• Matrix Bars – featured artist (track 2)
• Jermaine "Nature" Baxter – featured artist (track 3)
• Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – featured artist (track 5)
• Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – featured artist (track 5)
• Sean "Black Attack" Boston – featured artist (track 9)
• Cory "Cormega" McKay – featured artist (track 10)
• Nathaniel "Kool G Rap" Wilson – featured artist (track 12)
• Victor "Noreaga" Santiago – featured artist (track 12)
• Percy "Tragedy Khadafi" Chapman – featured artist (track 14)
• Complextion – featured artist (track 18)
• Lamont "Ayatollah" Dorrell – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11)
• Rodney "Godfather Don" Chapman – producer (tracks: 3, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15)
• Lee Stone – producer (track 5)
• Joseph P. "G.I. Joe" Rivera – producer (track 6)
• F Bee – producer (track 8)
• Mike "Heron" Herrard – producer (track 14)
• Goodie Goodman – producer (track 17)
• Edwin "S.P.K." Almonte – producer (track 18)
• The Beatnuts – producers (track 19)
• Max Vargas – mixing & recording (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7–9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18), engineering (tracks: 3, 10, 12, 13)
• Dino Z. – engineering (track 19)
• Duncan Stanbury – mastering
• Jerry Famolari – executive producer, A&R
• Robert "Bob" Perry – associate producer
• Trevor "Karma" Gendron – art direction, design & layout

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [2]	185
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3]	44
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [4]	8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [5]	11

References

1. Jost, Matt (April 2, 2013). "Screwball :: Loyalty :: Hydra Entertainment/LandSpeed". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
2. "Screwball Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
3. "Screwball Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
4. "Screwball Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
5. "Screwball Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

External links

• Screwball – Loyalty at Discogs (list of releases)