Loyal to the game

Loyal to the game
Studio album by Tupac Shakur
Publication (s)	December 12, 2004
Label (s)	Interscope , Amaru Entertainment
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	17th
running time	64:46
production	Eminem ( Executive Producer ) Afeni Shakur (Executive Producer) Luis Resto Scott stork Raphael Saadiq DJ Quik
chronology Better Dayz (2002) Loyal to the game Pac's Life (2006)
Single releases September 23, 2004 Thugs Get Lonely Too January 21, 2005 Ghetto Gospel

Loyal to the Game ( English for: the game faithful ) is the ninth studio album of American rapper Tupac Shakur . It is the artist's fourth posthumously released album and was released on December 12, 2004 on the Interscope and Amaru labels .

Production and samples

With 13 songs ( Soldier Like Me , The uppercut , Out On Bail , Ghetto Gospel , Black Cotton , Loyal to the Game , Thugs Get Lonely Too , NIGGA , Who Do You Love? , Crooked Nigga Too , Do not You Trust Me? , Hennessey , Thug 4 Life ) most of the songs were produced by the American rapper Eminem , who also acted as executive producer alongside Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur , in collaboration with Luis Resto . Only the remixes for the tracks Po Nigga Blues ( Scott Storch ), Hennessey (Red Spyda), Crooked Nigga Too ( Raphael Saadiq ) and Loyal to the Game ( DJ Quik ) come from other producers.

Three songs on the album contain samples of tracks by other artists. So when will Ghetto Gospel the piece Indian Sunset by Elton John sampled. Don't you trust me? contains elements of the song Do You Have a Little Time by Dido and the track NIGGA samples (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go by Curtis Mayfield .

Cover design

The album cover shows Tupac Shakur with glasses and dressed in white, looking to the side. In the left part there is a cross and the lettering 2Pac in brown. The title Loyal to the Game is in the middle of the picture and is also brown. The background is completely white.

Guest Posts

Professional reviews
Reviews
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laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

In addition to Tupac Shakur, numerous other artists appear on the album. Main producer Eminem can be heard on the songs Soldier Like Me and Black Cotton . The rappers Kastro and Young Noble of the group Outlawz are also represented on the latter . Furthermore, Young Noble supports Tupac next to EDI Mean on the song The Uppercut . The latter has another guest appearance in addition to Sleepy Brown in Hennessey (Red Spyda Remix) . In the choruses of the songs Thugs Get Lonely Too and Don't You Trust Me? you can hear Nate Dogg or the British singer Dido . The British artist Elton John appears on Ghetto Gospel , while the rap group G Unit has a guest contribution to the song Loyal to the Game . The rapper Jadakiss can be heard on the track NIGGA and Obie Trice supports Tupac on the track Hennessey . Po Nigga Blues (Scott Storch Remix) also features a guest appearance by Ron Isley and Loyal to the Game (DJ Quik Remix) is a collaboration with Big Syke and DJ Quik .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Soldier Like Me	Eminem	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:50
2	The Uppercut	EDI Mean and Young Noble	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:50
3	Out on bail		Eminem and Luis Resto	3:54
4th	Ghetto Gospel	Elton John	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:58
5	Black cotton	Eminem, Kastro and Young Noble	Eminem and Luis Resto	5:03
6th	Loyal to the game	G Unit	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:23
7th	Thugs Get Lonely Too	Nate Dogg	Eminem and Luis Resto	4:48
8th	NIGGA	Jadakiss	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:02
9	Who Do You Love?		Eminem and Luis Resto	3:28
10	Crooked nigga too		Eminem and Luis Resto	2:55
11	Don't you trust me?	Dido	Eminem and Luis Resto	4:55
12	Hennessey	Obie Trice	Eminem and Luis Resto	3:27
13	Thug 4 Life		Eminem and Luis Resto	2:54
14th	Po Nigga Blues (Scott Storch Remix)	Ron Isley	Scott stork	3:38
15th	Hennessey (Red Spyda Remix)	EDI Mean and Sleepy Brown	Red Spyda	3:18
16	Crooked Nigga Too (Raphael Saadiq Remix)		Raphael Saadiq	4:02
17th	Loyal to the Game (DJ Quik Remix)	Big Syke and DJ Quik	DJ Quik	4:20

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Loyal to the game   DE 50 12/27/2004 (12 weeks)   CH 21st 12/26/2004 (8 weeks)   UK 20th December 25, 2004 (20 weeks)   US 1 01/01/2005 (23 weeks)

Singles

Thugs Get Lonely Too   US 98 01/01/2005 (4 weeks) Ghetto Gospel   DE 3 05/09/2005 (21 weeks)   AT 3 05/08/2005 (31 weeks)   CH 7th 06/05/2005 (21 weeks)   UK 1 07/02/2005 (39 weeks)

Loyal to the Game reached number 50 in the German album charts and stayed in the top 100 for twelve weeks. In the USA the album rose to the top position and stayed in the charts for 23 weeks.

The songs Thugs Get Lonely Too and Ghetto Gospel were released as singles.

Sales figures and awards

For more than one million copies sold, Loyal to the Game was certified platinum in the United States . The album also received a gold record in the UK for over 100,000 units sold.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,100,000

Main article: Tupac Shakur / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
2. ↑ Rating: laut.de
3. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
4. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
5. ↑ Rating: RapReviews
6. ↑ Chart sources: DE, AT, CH, UK, US ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ RIAA : Platinum in US
8. ↑ Gold in UK