Selling My Soul

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Selling My Soul
Selling My Soul cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 11, 2012 (2012-12-11)
Genre Hip hop
Length39:08
Label Nature Sounds
Producer
Masta Killa chronology
Made in Brooklyn
(2006)
Selling My Soul
(2012)
Loyalty Is Royalty
(2017)
Wu-Tang Clan solo chronology
Wu Block
(2012)
Selling My Soul
(2012)
Czarface
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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HipHopDX 3/5 [3]
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Pitchfork 5.2/10 [5]
Prefix7.5/10 [6]
RapReviews2.5/10 [7]
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Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Selling My Soul is the third solo studio album by American rapper Masta Killa. It was released on December 11, 2012 via Nature Sounds. Production was handled by Allah Mathematics, 9th Wonder, Blackinati, Dash, Inspectah Deck, Koolade, Mediate Souls, P.F. Cuttin', and Masta Killa himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Kurupt and Ol' Dirty Bastard.

Contents

Background

When asked about the album's direction, he stated:

Loyalty Is Royalty is more feature-oriented…it's the kind of material that my fans normally expect me to produce. The people will still get Loyalty Is Royalty. I just felt the need to give them some soul first. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Skit" Jamel Irief  0:49
2."Intro" Wu-Tang Clan Allah Mathematics 1:41
3."Soul & Substance"Irief Mediate Souls 2:47
4."R U Listening"Irief Inspectah Deck 2:57
5."Things Just Ain't the Same"IriefP.F. Cuttin'3:19
6."Part 2"Irief 1:25
7."Cali Sun" (featuring Kurupt)
Dash2:31
8."What U See" Koolade 2:17
9."Food"Irief 9th Wonder 3:23
10."Skit"Irief 0:58
11."All Natural"IriefAllah Mathematics2:38
12."Wise Words"Irief Masta Killa 3:34
13."Divine Glory"IriefMasta Killa2:33
14."Skit"Irief 0:26
15."Dirty Soul (Ol' Dirty Bastard Tribute)" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)Blackinati4:57
16."Wisdom" Allah Mathematics2:53
Total length:39:08
Notes

Personnel

References

  1. "Critic Reviews for Selling My Soul - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  2. Jeffries, David. "Selling My Soul - Masta Killa | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  3. Fairfax, Jesse (December 14, 2012). "Masta Killa - Selling My Soul". HipHopDX . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  4. Fromm, Dani. "Eine Naturgewalt der leisen Sorte". laut.de (in German). Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  5. Thompson, Paul (January 11, 2013). "Masta Killa: Selling My Soul". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  6. Fiander, Matthew (December 19, 2012). "Album Review: Masta Killa - Selling My Soul | Prefix". Prefix Magazine. Archived from the original on December 22, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012 via Wayback Machine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. Jones, Grant (March 19, 2013). "Masta Killa :: Selling My Soul – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  8. Quadrino, Peter (December 21, 2012). "Review: Masta Killa, Selling My Soul". Slant Magazine . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  9. Trunick, Austin (January 9, 2013). "Masta Killa: Selling My Soul (Nature Sounds)". Under The Radar . Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  10. Horowitz, Steven (October 22, 2012). "Masta Killa Announces New Album "Selling My Soul," Due December 11th". HipHopDX . Retrieved November 29, 2024.