Strength & Loyalty

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Strength & Loyalty
Studio album by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Released	May 8, 2007 (U.S.)
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Rap Midwest Rap
Label	Full Surface/Interscope
Producer	Swizz Beatz (exec.) Akon DJ Toomp Jermaine Dupri Mally Mall Neo Da Matrix Pretty Boy & Bradd Young Street Radio The Individuals Ty Fyffe will.i.am
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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony chronology
Thug Stories (2006) Strength & Loyalty (2007) T.H.U.G.S. (2007) Singles from Strength & Loyalty "I Tried" Released: February 16, 2007 "Lil Love" Released: June, 2007

Strength & Loyalty, originally titled The Bone Thugs Story, is an album by Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The album was released on May 8, 2007.

Strength & Loyalty was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's first major album after an absence of nearly five years. The album contains guest appearances by Akon, Autumn Rowe, Bow Wow, Felecia, Mariah Carey, Swizz Beatz, The Game, Twista, will.i.am, and Yolanda Adams. Producers include Akon, DJ Toomp, Jermaine Dupri, Mally Mall, Neo Da Matrix, Pretty Boy & Bradd Young, Street Radio, Swizz Beatz, The Individuals, Ty Fyffe, and will.i.am. The executive producer of the album was Swizz Beatz.

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. The album has so far reached Gold sales status, selling 569,000 copies worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

The first single was "I Tried", which features Akon, and was also produced by him. The single was released on February 16, 2007. On March 7, 2007 the video officially debuted on Yahoo! Music, and on March 17, 2007, it debuted on BET's 106 & Park. The second single was "Lil Love", which features Bow Wow and Mariah Carey, and was produced by Jermaine Dupri. The single was released in June 2007, while its video was premiered on July 5, 2007, on 106 & Park.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Flow Motion 2" - 3:09
   • Produced by The Individuals.
   • Contains samples from "Sky High" by Jigsaw
2. "Bumps in the Trunk" (featuring Swizz Beatz) - 4:25
   • Produced by The Individuals.
3. "Wind Blow" - 4:18
   • Produced by Pretty Boy and Bradd Young.
   • Contains samples from "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac
4. "I Tried (So Hard)" (featuring Akon) - 4:47
   • Produced by Akon.
5. "Lil Love" (featuring Mariah Carey and Bow Wow) - 3:52
   • Produced by Jermaine Dupri.
6. "C-Town" (featuring Twista) - 5:05
   • Produced by Neo Da Matrix.
   • Contains samples from "Trust in Me" by Lenny Williams
7. "Order My Steps (Dear Lord)" (featuring Yolanda Adams) - 3:57
   • Produced by Pretty Boy and Bradd Young.
8. "Streets" (featuring The Game and will.i.am) - 4:21
   • Produced by will.i.am
   • Contains samples of "Across 110^th Street" by Bobby Womack
9. "9mm" - 4:43
   • Produced by Street Radio.
10. "Gun Blast" - 3:37
    • Produced by Ty Fyffe.
11. "Candy Paint" (featuring Swizz Beatz and Autumn Rowe) - 3:45
    • Produced by Swizz Beatz.
12. "So Good So Right" - 3:35
    • Produced by Mally Mall.
    • Contains samples of "So Good, So Right" by Brenda Russell
13. "Sounds the Same" - 4:25
    • Produced by Toomp.
14. "Never Forget Me" (featuring Akon) - 4:46
    • Produced by Akon.
15. "Just Vibe" (Best Buy Bonus)
    • Produced by Pretty Boy.
    • Contains samples of "Blaze It" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

[edit] Unreleased songs

• "Bone Thugs Boys" (produced by Danja) (co-produced by Timbaland)
• "Certified Thugs" (featuring Jazze Pha) (produced by Jazze Pha)
• "Come With Me" (produced by Swizz Beatz)
• "For the OG's" (featuring Chamillionaire) (produced by Play-N-Skillz)
• "Future" (featuring Flesh-n-Bone) (produced by The Platinum Brothers)
• "Got My Back" (featuring Jodeci) (produced by Play-N-Skillz)
• "I Ain't Satisfied" (produced by Kanye West)
• "Never Been Industry"
• "Not Familiar"
• "One Day at the Time"
• "So Crazy" (produced by Play-N-Skillz)
• "Struggles" (featuring Petey Pablo) (produced by DJ U-Neek)
• "Toast 2 That" (featuring Swizz Beatz) (produced by Swizz Beatz)
• "We Workin'" (produced by Three 6 Mafia)
• "When the Thugs Come Out" (produced by Swizz Beatz)
• "What's Up" (featuring Swizz Beatz) (produced by Swizz Beatz)
• "You & Me" (featuring Gwen Stefani)

[edit] References

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