Royal Highness (album) explained
Royal Highness is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Kottonmouth Kings. It was released on August 11, 1998, through Suburban Noize/Capitol Records. The recording sessions took place at A&M Studios in Hollywood, at Can-Am Recorders in California, at the Ogden House, and at 1605 Studios in Huntington Beach. The production was handled by member Daddy X, who also served as executive producer, Mellow B. De Lear, Marco Forcone, Dog Boy and I Timothy. It features guest appearances from Too Rude and Humble Gods.
The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. The song "Bump" peaked at number 28 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Suburban Life" was on the soundtrack for the movie Scream 2, and was even briefly featured in the film itself. "Dog's Life" was on the soundtrack for the movie Lost and Found.
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times concluded that "the CD ends up a sour and dispiriting experience because it forces us to keep extended company with a trio of rappers who put everything into sullen attitude and can't find the wit to skewer targets inventively or the self-mockery to find some humor in their lot."[1]
Track listing
- Notes
- All tracks have a printed duration of 4:20.
- Early versions of the CD included "Pimp Twist" as track 18 and did not include "Bump (Remix – Radio Edit)".
- Sample credits
Personnel
- Kottonmouth Kings – tracking (tracks: 1-6, 8, 10, 11, 13-17)
- Brad "Daddy X" Xavier – main artist, lyrics, vocals, producer, executive producer
- Steven "Saint Dog" Thronson – main artist, lyrics, vocals, liner notes
- Dustin "D-Loc" Miller – main artist, lyrics, vocals
- Robert "DJ Bobby B" Adams – main artist
- Patrick "Pakelika" Cochrun – main artist
- Humble Gods – featured artists (track 7)
- Too Rude – featured artists (tracks: 9, 16)
- Sean E. Demott – guitar & bass (tracks: 1, 3, 12)
- Robert "Dog Boy" Rogers – vocals & producer (track 9)
- Eric Endo – guitar (track 9)
- Mark Tyson – bass (track 9)
- Dave Stenhouse – piano (track 9)
- Doug Sanborn – drums (track 9)
- Timothy Moynahan – trombone (tracks: 9, 16), horn arrangement & producer (track 9)
- Alan Lomax – trumpet (tracks: 9, 16)
- Unity Horns – horns (track 9), horn arrangement (track 16)
- Matt Kalin – horn arrangement (track 9)
- BJ Smith – keyboards & percussion (tracks: 13, 16)
- Kona-Gold – voice (track 14)
- Myla Martin – voice (track 15)
- John "Geetus" Aguto – engineering & mixing (tracks: 1, 6, 10-12, 14, 16)
- AK Brothers – tracking (tracks: 1, 3)
- Phil Kaffel – engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 13), mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9, 13)
- Patrick Thrasher – engineering assistant & mixing assistant (tracks: 2, 5, 13)
- Eric "E-Man" Adger – tracking (tracks: 2, 5, 13, 16)
- Mellow B. De Lear – producer & engineering (tracks: 4, 15, 17), tracking (tracks: 4, 6, 17), mixing (tracks: 4, 15, 17)
- Darian Rundall – engineering (track 7), tracking (tracks: 7, 9)
- Marco Forcone – producer & mixing (tracks: 7, 8), engineering & tracking (track 8)
- Joseph Bishara – tracking (track 8)
- 2-Swift – tracking (tracks: 10, 15)
- Pimpdaddies – tracking (track 14)
- Patrick Shevelin – engineering assistant & mixing assistant (track 16)
- Ross Patrick – art direction, design
- Carter Gibbs – logo
- David Kramer – photography
- Craig Aaronson – A&R
Notes and References
- News: Boehm . Mike . Emphatic, Catchy, but Humorless . Los Angeles Times . 11 Nov 1998 . F2.
