State of Lunacy

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State of Lunacy
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2008
Genre Hip Hop
Length60:48
Label Rekabet Records
Producer Leatherface
S-Type
Budgie
Rhyme Asylum chronology
State of Lunacy
(2008)
Solitary Confinement
(2010)

State of Lunacy is the debut album by the British hip hop group Rhyme Asylum, released in 2008. It includes guest appearances from Diabolic, Copywrite and Reain.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Explorers of the Mind (Intro)" – 0:57
  2. "Ground Zero" – 3:37
  3. "Straight Jacket Part I" (featuring Reain) – 3:15
  4. "The Awakening (Skit)" – 0:58
  5. "Lost" – 5:05
  6. "Multiplicity" – 4:15
  7. "Smoke Screens & Pipe Dreams" – 3:23
  8. "Unreasonable" (featuring Diabolic) – 4:49
  9. "Poison Penmanship" – 3:22
  10. "Test of Faith" – 4:00
  11. "Stark Raving Genius" – 5:26
  12. "Attitude Problem" (featuring Copywrite) – 4:17
  13. "Straight Jacket Part II" (featuring Reain) – 3:03
  14. "Holding On" – 4:27
  15. "Shadow People (Skit)" – 0:54
  16. "Iller Instinct" – 4:45
  17. "Multiplicity" (remix) – 3:53

Credits

Production

Executive produced by Rhyme Asylum. All tracks produced by Leatherface except for

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