View from Masada | ||||
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Released | May 9, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999-2000 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Label | MCA [1] | |||
Producer | Just Blaze, Arabian Knight, Daddy Rose, LZA, Wiz, Buddah & Shamello | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
NME | [5] |
The San Diego Union-Tribune | [6] |
USA Today | [7] |
View from Masada is the second studio album by the rapper Killah Priest, released in 2000. [8] [9] The Enhanced CD portion contains a video of "What Part of the Game?", with Ras Kass.
The album peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard 200. [10]
Despite his affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan, none of its members appear on the album. [11] View from Masada was produced principally by Wiz and Just Blaze. [12]
Exclaim! wrote: "Now trying to mesh his spiritual allusions with party-rocking lyrics, Killah Priest predictably fails to do either very well." [11] The Hartford Courant deemed the album "an eclectic reflection of the everyday battle between heaven and hell." [13] The Boston Herald thought that "Priest confuses matters on View From Masada, adopting a part-time gangsta persona that allows him to play both sides of the street in a way that seems cynical, given his previous street-tough idealism." [14]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | LZA | 2:08 |
2. | "View from Masada" | Just Blaze | 4:07 |
3. | "Hard Times" | Just Blaze | 4:18 |
4. | "Maccabean Revolt (Interlude)" (featuring Goldie Mack) | Daddy Rose | 1:21 |
5. | "Maccabean Revolt" (featuring Maccabeez) | Daddy Rose | 3:53 |
6. | "Gotta Eat" | Just Blaze | 4:54 |
7. | "What Part of the Game?" (featuring Ras Kass) | Curt Gowdy | 4:18 |
8. | "I'm Wit That" | Buddah and Shamello | 3:22 |
9. | "Bop Your Head (Priesthood)" (featuring Canibus) | Q-Base | 3:58 |
10. | "Rap Legend" | Wiz | 3:38 |
11. | "Places I've Been" | Wiz | 3:46 |
12. | "When Will We Learn?" | Wiz | 4:17 |
13. | "Food for Thought (Interlude)" (featuring Daddy Rose) | LZA | 1:36 |
14. | "Live By the Gun" (featuring Kavalier and Black Rose Kartel) | Daddy Rose | 3:37 |
15. | "If I Die" (featuring Salla`udiin Rose) | Daddy Rose | 4:03 |
16. | "Outro" | LZA | 1:54 |
Single information |
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"Whut Part of the Game?" (featuring Ras Kass)
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"I'm Wit That"
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