Heavy Lies the Crown (Army of the Pharaohs album)
For other songs and albums named Heavy Lies the Crown, see Heavy Lies the Crown.
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| Studio album by Army of the Pharaohs | ||||
| Released | October 21, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2012-2014 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, hardcore hip hop, conscious hip hop, horrorcore | |||
| Length | 55:47 | |||
| Label | Enemy Soil | |||
| Producer | 7L, C-Lance, Beatnick Dee, DJ Skizz, Frank Dukes, Juan Muteniac, Kevin Lavitt, MTK, Nero, Shuko, Spada4, Stu Bangas, Twiz the Beat Pro | |||
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Heavy Lies the Crown is the fifth studio album by underground hip hop collective 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 October 21, 2014 via Vinnie Paz's independent record label; Enemy Soil.
Background
On August 6, 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 October 21, 2014. Six months after In Death Reborn.[1] King Magnetic is the only artist from the previous album to not make an appearance. Lawrence Arnell makes two guest appearances on the album after he was featured on one track on "In Death Reborn".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "War Machine" (featuring Apathy, Celph Titled, Crypt the Warchild, Esoteric, Reef the Lost Cauze and Vinnie Paz) | Frank Dukes | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Blood Storm" (featuring Celph Titled, Crypt the Warchild, Des Devious and Planetary) | Nero | 3:44 |
| 3. | "The Tempter & The Bible Black" (featuring Apathy, Celph Titled, Esoteric, Planetary and Vinnie Paz) | Stu Bangas | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Serpent King" (featuring Blacastan, Celph Titled, OuterSpace and Zilla) | C-Lance | 3:12 |
| 5. | "The King's Curse" (featuring Apathy, Celph Titled, Planetary, Vinnie Paz and 7L & Esoteric) | 7L | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Terrorstorm" (featuring Apathy, Block McCloud, Celph Titled, Crypt the Warchild, Esoteric, Reef the Lost Cauze and Vinnie Paz) | C-Lance | 5:03 |
| 7. | "Conjure the Legions" (featuring Apathy, Celph Titled, Esoteric, King Syze, Lawrence Arnell, OuterSpace, Reef the Lost Cauze and Vinnie Paz) | C-Lance | 5:20 |
| 8. | "Fed to the Lions" (featuring Apathy, Celph Titled, Esoteric, Planetary, Reef the Lost Cauze and Vinnie Paz) | Twiz the Beat Pro | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Sword and Bullet" (featuring Crypt the Warchild, Demoz, Doap Nixon and Vinnie Paz) | Shuko | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Wrath Prophecy" (featuring Celph Titled, Doap Nixon, Planetary and Zilla) | Beatnick Dee | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Conversation with a Bullet" (featuring Celph Titled, Planetary, Vinnie Paz and Zilla) | Juan Muteniac | 4:18 |
| 12. | "The Hate and The Blame" (featuring Apathy, Crypt the Warchild, Esoteric, Lawrence Arnell and Vinnie Paz) | Spada4 | 3:55 |
| 13. | "Becoming the Absolute" (featuring Apathy, Crypt the Warchild, Vinnie Paz and Zilla) | DJ Skizz | 3:30 |
| 14. | "The Quickening" (featuring Blacastan, Esoteric, King Syze and Planetary) | MTK | 4:02 |
Total length: |
55:47 | ||
Personnel
Album credits adapted from AllMusic.[2]
- 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
- ↑ Heavy Lies the Crown CONFIRMED (jmthiphop.com)
- ↑ "Heavy Lies the Crown: Army of the Pharaohs (Credits)". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
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