Heavy Lies the Crown (Army of the Pharaohs album)

Heavy Lies the Crown
Studio album by Army Of The Pharaohs
Released 21 October 2014
Recorded 2012-2014
Genre Hip hop, hardcore hip hop, conscious hip hop
Label Enemy Soil
Producer Frank Dukes, Nero, Stu Bangas, C-Lance, 7L, Twiz the Beat Pro, Shuko, Beatnick Dee, Juan Muteniac, Todd Spadafore, DJ Skizz, MTK, Kevin Lavitt
Army Of The Pharaohs chronology

In Death Reborn
(2014)
Heavy Lies the Crown
(2014)
Rear cover
Singles from In Death Reborn
  1. "Terrorstorm"
    Released: October 7, 2014

Heavy Lies the Crown is the fifth studio album by underground rap super group Army of the Pharaohs. The album had an initial release set for November, 2014 but it was confirmed that it would be released a month earlier on the date 21 October 2014 via Vinnie Paz's independent record label; Enemy Soil.

Background

On 6 August 2014, content was published on the Jedi Mind Tricks website announcing the second AOTP album of the year "Heavy Lies the Crown" set for a release on 21 October 2014. Six months after In Death Reborn.[1] King Magnetic is the only artist from the previous album to not make an appearance.

Tracklisting

1. War Machine (feat. Vinnie Paz, Reef the Lost Cause, Celph Titled, Crypt the Warchild, Esoteric & Apathy)

2. Blood Storm (feat. Crypt the Warchild, Planetary, Celph Titled & Des Devious)

3. The Tempter and the Bible Black (feat. Vinnie Paz, Planetary, Esoteric, Apathy & Celph Titled)

4. Serpent King (feat. Blacastan, Celph Titled, Crypt the Warchild, Planetary & Zilla)

5. The King's Curse (feat. Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled, Planetary, Apathy & Esoteric)

6. Terrorstorm (feat. Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled, Block McCloud, Reef the Lost Cauze, Esoteric, Crypt the Warchild & Apathy)

7. Conjure the Legions (feat. Esoteric, Planetary, Apathy, Vinnie Paz, Crypt the Warchild, Celph Titled, Reef the Lost Cause, King Syze & Lawrence Arnell)

8. Fed to the Lions (feat. Vinnie Paz, Reef the Lost Cause, Apathy, Esoteric & Celph Titled)

9. Sword and Bullet (feat. Doap Nixon, Crypt the Warchild, Demoz & Vinnie Paz)

10. Wrath Prophecy (feat. Zilla, Planetary, Doap Nixon & Celph Titled)

11. Conversation with a Bullet (feat. Zilla, Celph Titled, Planetary & Vinnie Paz)

12. The Hate and the Blame (feat. Apathy, Esoteric, Lawrence Arnell, Vinnie Paz & Crypt the Warchild)

13. Becoming the Absolute (feat. Crypt the Warchild, Apathy, Zilla & Vinnie Paz)

14. The Quickening (feat. Planetary, Esoteric, King Syze & Blacastan)

Enemy Soil.[2]

Personnel

Album credits adapted from AllMusic.[3]

  • Army of the Pharaohs — Primary Artist
  • 7L — Producer
  • David Albaladejo — Composer, Featured Artist
  • Marcus Albaladejo — Composer, Featured Artist
  • Apathy — Composer, Featured Artist
  • Lawrence Arnell — Featured Artist
  • Stu Bangas — Producer
  • Christopher Bauss — Composer
  • Beatnick Dee — Producer
  • Blacastan — Featured Artist
  • Dan Bradley — Design, Photography
  • Celph Titled — Composer, Featured Artist
  • C-Lance — Producer
  • Demoz — Featured Artist
  • Des Devious — Featured Artist
  • DJ Kewstion — Cuts
  • DJ Skizz — Producer
  • Esoteric — Featured Artist
  • The Forefathers — Design, Layout
  • Frank Dukes — Producer
  • VZilla — Featured Artist, Composer
  • Pete Humphreys — Mastering
  • Craig Lanciani — Composer
  • Kevin Lavitt — Composer, Producer
  • Vinnie Paz — Composer, Featured Artist
  • Block McCloud — Featured Artist
  • MTK — Producer
  • Juan Muteniac — Producer
  • Nero — Producer
  • Doap Nixon — Featured Artist
  • I. Osu — Composer
  • Mario Collazo — Featured Artist
  • Z. Raerner — Composer
  • Reef the Lost Cauze — Featured Artist
  • Shuko — Producer
  • Todd Spadafone — Composer, Producer
  • Scott Stallone — Engineer, Mixing
  • Twiz the Beat Pro — Producer

References

  1. Heavy Lies the Crown CONFIRMED (jmthiphop.com)
  2. Heavy Lies the Crown (Official artwork and release date confirmed) [Accessed: August, 2014]
  3. "Heavy Lies the Crown: Army of the Pharaohs (Credits)". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2014.