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Loyal to the Game
Studio album by 2Pac
Released	December 14, 2004
Recorded	1991-1994 (2Pac Vocals); 2004 (Production, Guest Vocals, etc.)
Genre	Rap
Length	64:56
Label	Amaru
Producer	Eminem, Scott Storch, DJ Quik, Red Spyda, Raphael Saadiq
Professional reviews
	Allmusic link; PopMatters (5/10) link; RapReviews.com (8/10) link; Rolling Stone link;
2Pac chronology
Singles from Loyal to the Game
	"Thugs Get Lonely Too"; Released: 2004; "Ghetto Gospel"; Released: August 21, 2005;

Loyal to the Game is an album containing remixes of previously unreleased music recorded by Tupac Shakur before his death in 1996. Released in the US on December 14, 2004 (December 12 in the UK), Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem

According to an interview with MTV, Eminem was so moved by Tupac's life and work that he wrote a letter to Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, asking her to consider letting him produce the album. Shakur agreed, giving Eminem the go ahead.^[1] The album featured two singles- "Thugs Get Lonely Too" and "Ghetto Gospel".^[2]

Eminem used various unusual production techniques during the creation of this album, namely modifying the pace and pitch of Tupac's voice to better suit the beats produced.^[3] There was also various uses of the cutting and pasting of vocals to produce new words now synonymous with current rap culture.^[3]

It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one with sales of over 330,000 copies in its first week. It was later certified Platinum in the US and Gold in UK.^[4]

The Remix for the title track was originally recorded back in 1994 by 2Pac and Big Syke. DJ Quik made the original mix (at the same tempo as the original) which was used as a bonus track, and suggested to Afeni Shakur that the title of the album should be "Loyal To The Game".

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Featured guest(s)	Sample(s)	Time
1	"Soldier Like Me (Return of the Soulja)"	Eminem	Eminem		3:50
2	"The Uppercut"	Eminem	E.D.I. & Young Noble		3:50
3	"Out on Bail"	Eminem			3:54
4	"Ghetto Gospel"	Eminem	Elton John	Contains elements from "Indian Sunset" by Elton John	3:58
5	"Black Cotton"	Eminem	Eminem, Kastro & Young Noble		5:03
6	"Loyal to the Game"	Eminem	G-Unit		3:23
7	"Thugs Get Lonely Too"	Eminem	Nate Dogg		4:48
8	"N.I.G.G.A. (Never Ignorant about Getting Goals Accomplished)"	Eminem	Jadakiss		3:02
9	"Who Do You Love?"	Eminem			3:28
10	"Crooked Nigga Too"	Eminem			2:55
11	"Don't You Trust Me?"	Eminem	Dido	Contains elements from "Do You Have a Little Time" by Dido	4:55
12	"Hennessey"	Eminem	Obie Trice		3:27
13	"Thug 4 Life"	Eminem			2:54
14	"Po Nigga Blues (Scott Storch Remix)"	Scott Storch	Ronald Isley		3:39
15	"Hennessy (Red Spyda Remix)"	Red Spyda	E.D.I. and Sleepy Brown		3:18
16	"Crooked Nigga Too (Raphael Saadiq Remix)"	Raphael Saadiq			4:02
17	"Loyal to the Game (DJ Quik Remix)"	DJ Quik	DJ Quik & Big Syke		4:21

[edit] Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
Year	Album	Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Rap Albums	Canadian Albums Chart
2004	Loyal To The Game	#1	#1	#1	#7

[edit] References

^ village voice > nyclife > The Essay: The End of Eminem by Jon Caramanica
^ Amazon.com: Loyal to the Game: 2Pac: Music
^ ^a ^b 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) Loyal to the Game Lyrics Sounds and More
^ [http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1000741125 Tupac's 'Game' Haunts Album Chart At No. 1]

Preceded by The Red Light District by Ludacris	Billboard 200 number-one album December 26, 2004 - January 1, 2005	Succeeded by Encore by Eminem

[0] village voice > nyclife > The Essay: The End of Eminem by Jon Caramanica

[1] Amazon.com: Loyal to the Game: 2Pac: Music

[aeom-2] 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) Loyal to the Game Lyrics Sounds and More

[3] [http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1000741125 Tupac's 'Game' Haunts Album Chart At No. 1]

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