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

| rev1score = 6/10{{Cite web|last=Jost|first=Matt|date=April 2, 2013|title=Screwball :: Loyalty :: Hydra Entertainment/LandSpeed|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_screwball-loyalty.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=www.rapreviews.com}}

}}

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
position

{{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

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