Loyalty (Screwball album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Loyalty
| type = Studio album
| artist = Screwball
| cover = Loyalty (Screwball album).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|6|26}}
| recorded = 2000–01
| studio = C Mo' Greens Studio (New York, NY)
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=6|s=44}}
| label = {{hlist|Hydra Entertainment|Landspeed Records}}
| producer = {{hlist|Jerry Famolari (exec.)|Ayatollah|DJ GI Joe|F Bee|Godfather Don|Goodie Goodman|Lee Stone|Mike Heron|Spkilla|The Beatnuts}}
| prev_title = Y2K: The Album
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Screwed Up
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Loyalty
| type = studio
| single1 = Torture
| single1date = 2001
| single2 = Gorillas (Remix)
| single2date = 2002
| single3 = Too High, Too Low / Real Niggaz
| single3date = 2002
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = RapReviews
}}
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
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = The Intro
| writer1 = {{hlist|Wilbur Bass|Lamont Dorrell}}
| extra1 = Ayatollah
| length1 = 1:50
| title2 = Like a Gangsta
| note2 = featuring Matrix Bars
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bass|Kenneth Lewis|Dorrell}}
| extra2 = Ayatollah
| length2 = 4:42
| title3 = Where You At?
| note3 = featuring Nature
| writer3 = {{hlist|Lewis|Fredrick Ivey|Kyron Jones|Jermain Baxter|Rodney Chapman}}
| extra3 = Godfather Don
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Live and Let Die
| writer4 = {{hlist|Lewis|Ivey|Jones|Dorrell}}
| extra4 = Ayatollah
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Torture
| note5 = featuring M.O.P.
| writer5 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Ivey|Jones|Eric Murray|Jamal Grinnage|Lee Stone}}
| extra5 = Stone
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = Check the Resume
| writer6 =
| extra6 = DJ G.I. Joe
| length6 = 0:33
| title7 = When the Sun Goes Down
| writer7 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Dorrell}}
| extra7 = Ayatollah
| length7 = 3:20
| title8 = Turn It Up
| writer8 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Ivey|Jones}}
| extra8 = F Bee
| length8 = 4:21
| title9 = I Spit
| note9 = featuring Black Attack
| writer9 = {{hlist|Ivey|Jones|Sean Boston|R. Chapman}}
| extra9 = Godfather Don
| length9 = 4:08
| title10 = Loyalty
| note10 = featuring Cormega
| writer10 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Cory McKay|R. Chapman}}
| extra10 = Godfather Don
| length10 = 4:26
| title11 = Real Niggaz
| writer11 = {{hlist|Jones|Dorrell}}
| extra11 = Ayatollah
| length11 = 4:19
| title12 = Gorillas
| note12 = featuring Kool G Rap and Noreaga
| writer12 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Nathaniel Wilson|Victor Santiago|R. Chapman}}
| extra12 = Godfather Don
| length12 = 3:55
| title13 = My Niggas
| writer13 = {{hlist|Bass|R. Chapman}}
| extra13 = Godfather Don
| length13 = 3:24
| title14 = Too High, Too Low
| note14 = featuring Tragedy Khadafi
| writer14 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Ivey|Percy Chapman|Mike Herard}}
| extra14 = Mike Heron
| length14 = 3:20
| title15 = Street Life
| writer15 = {{hlist|Ivey|R. Chapman}}
| extra15 = Godfather Don
| length15 = 3:50
| title16 = The Booth
| writer16 =
| extra16 =
| length16 = 0:59
| title17 = The Bio
| writer17 = Bass
| extra17 = Goodie Goodman
| length17 = 4:01
| title18 = Gotta Believe
| note18 = featuring Complexion
| writer18 = {{hlist|Lewis|Edwin Almonte}}
| extra18 = SPK
| length18 = 4:04
| title19 = Screwed Up
| writer19 = {{hlist|Bass|Lewis|Ivey|Jones|Lester Fernandez}}
| extra19 = The Beatnuts
| length19 = 4:22
| total_length = 1:06:44
}}
Personnel
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- 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
{{div col end}}
Charts
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scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Billboard200|185|artist=Screwball|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 2, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|44|artist=Screwball|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 2, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|8|artist=Screwball|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 2, 2020}} |
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|11|artist=Screwball|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 2, 2020}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|102621|Screwball – Loyalty}}
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Category:Screwball (group) albums
Category:Hydra Entertainment albums
Category:Albums produced by Ayatollah