Ritual of Battle
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| Studio album by Army of the Pharaohs | |||||||||||
| Released | September 25, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Hip Hop | ||||||||||
| Label | Babygrande Records | ||||||||||
| Producer | Esoteric Celph Titled Aktone Vanderslice Ill Bill Sicknature DJ Kwestion Skammadix Beyonder JbL |
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Ritual of Battle is the second album by underground hip hop supergroup Army of the Pharaohs, released September 25, 2007 on Babygrande Records. The album features group members Vinnie Paz, Jus Allah, Outerspace, Chief Kamachi, Reef the Lost Cauze, Esoteric, Celph Titled, King Syze, Des Devious, Doap Nixon, Demoz and King Magnetic. Although he was prominently featured on the group's debut album The Torture Papers, Apathy does not appear on Ritual of Battle. While still a member of the group, he explains on a MySpace blog that he was recording with Styles of Beyond in Los Angeles during the Army's album recording sessions. The rapper recorded for one song, titled "A.O.T.P.", produced by Snowgoons, but it was not included on the album. This song was included on the Apathy compilation Hell's Lost & Found: It's The Bootleg, Muthafu@kas! Volume 2.
The album's first single will be "Bloody Tears", featuring Planetary, Doap Nixon, Demoz and Vinnie Paz [1] and based on the Castlevania tune of the same name[2]. The album was leaked onto the internet on September 16.
[edit] Chorus / Samples
"Time To Rock"
- "Rhyme Tyme" by Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo from the album "Rated XXX"
- "As The Rhyme Goes On" by Eric B. & Rakim from the album "Paid In Full"
- "Put It On" by Big L from the album "Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous"
- "Parental Discretion" by Big Pun from the album "Capital Punishment"
- "Mad Scientist" by Large Professor from the album "The LP"
"Dump The Clip"
- Theme tune from Godzilla vs. Gigan by Akira Ifukube
"Strike Back"
"Don't Cry"
- "Don't Cry, Baby" by Etta James from the album "The Second Time Around"
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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| 1 | "Swords Drawn" | Esoteric |
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| 2 | "Time To Rock" | Celph Titled |
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| 3 | "Dump The Clip" | Esoteric |
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| 4 | "Black Christmas" | Aktone |
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| 5 | "Blue Steel" | Vanderslice |
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| 6 | "Gun Ballad" | Ill Bill |
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| 7 | "Strike Back" | DJ Kwestion |
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| 8 | "Frontline" | Aktone |
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| 9 | "Through Blood By Thunder" | Skammadix |
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| 10 | "Murda Murda" | Esoteric |
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| 11 | "Bloody Tears" | DJ Kwestion |
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| 12 | "Seven" | Ill Bill |
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| 13 | "Drama Theme" | Aktone |
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| 14 | "Pages In Blood" | Beyonder |
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| 15 | "D And D" | Aktone |
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| 16 | "Don't Cry" | JbL |
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