Loyalty (Soulja Boy album)

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Loyalty
Soulja Boy - Loyalty.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2015 [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length62:29
Label SODMG
Producer
  • 337Mayhem
  • B-Rackz
  • BeatPlugg
  • Bighead
  • Brandnew
  • Dranzition Music
  • Joseph DaVinci
  • MPC Cartel
  • Protege Beatz
  • Soulja Boy
  • Xay Scott
Soulja Boy chronology
King Soulja 3
(2014)
Loyalty
(2015)
Best To Ever Do It
(2018)
Singles from Loyalty
  1. "Hurricane"
    Released: January 2, 2015

Loyalty is the sixth studio album by American rapper Soulja Boy. It was released on February 3, 2015, by Stacks on Deck Entertainment. [1]

Contents

Background

On November 17, 2014, DeAndre Way announced via his Instagram that he signed a new label deal to Universal Music Group. He also revealed the title, cover art and the release date to his upcoming fourth studio album, titled Loyalty. He later announced the album would be released on December 2, 2014. [2] On February 3, 2015, Way announced that he would be releasing the album digitally on iTunes, and it would also be released independently on his label Stacks on Deck Entertainment. [1]

Singles

The album was preceded by only one single, "Hurricane". It was initially released on December 27, 2014 and as a single on January 2, 2015. Its music video was released on January 10, 2015, directed by HiDefinition.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hurricane"
MPC Cartel3:14
2."We Don't Fight"
  • Way
  • Christopher Cummings
BeatPlugg4:21
3."OG Gas" (featuring Rich the Kid)
Joseph DaVinci, Bighead3:54
4."Designer"
  • Way
  • Scales
MPC Cartel3:24
5."Don't Nothing Move but the Money"
  • Way
  • Rodriguez
Joseph DaVinci3:33
6."Gold Bricks"
  • Way
  • Demetrie Glover
Protege Beatz5:30
7."Panamera"
  • Way
  • Scales
MPC Cartel4:03
8."Backwoods"
  • Way
  • Brandon Ross
Brandnew4:08
9."Bankroll"
  • Way
  • Elijah Johnson III
  • Andrey Kitaev
Xay Scott, Dranzition Music3:15
10."Foreign Whip"
  • Way
  • Glover
Protege Beatz4:21
11."Rambo"
  • Way
  • Branden Brown
  • Scales
B-Rackz, MPC Cartel5:00
12."Hit It"
  • Way
  • Ross
Brandnew4:27
13."Still Whippin'"
  • Way
  • Scales
MPC Cartel6:17
14."Trap Party"WaySoulja Boy4:00
15."Drop Head Phantom" (featuring Wankaego)
  • Way
  • Theresa Runyon
  • Scales
  • Mytarius Thomas
MPC Cartel, 337Mayhem3:50
Total length:62:29

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