Royal Highness (album)

Royal Highness
Studio album by Kottonmouth Kings
Released 11 August 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre Alternative hip hop, rap rock
Length 73:40
Label Capitol-(1998)
Suburban Noize Records(2002)
Producer Daddy X
Kottonmouth Kings chronology
Stoners Reeking Havoc
(1998)
Royal Highness
(1998)
Stash Box EP
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Royal Highness is the first full-length LP released by Orange County, CA, rappers Kottonmouth Kings.[2] Rappers on this album are Saint Dog, D-Loc, and Daddy X. This album include guest appearances by Daddy X's other band, Humble Gods, along with Dog Boy from the band Too Rude. The album peaked at number 17 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart on 15 January 2000.[3] The song "Bump" peaked at number 28 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4] In a 2015 interview with Johnny Richter he stated that he was a member of the group but was not featured on it due to a personal issue with a member of the group at the time of the album's release date.

Track listing

# Title Guest Artist Time
1 Bong Tokin' Alcoholics 3:59
2 Play On 4:53
3 Suburban Life 3:36
4 Life Ain't What It Seems 3:45
5 So High 4:19
6 Big Hoss 2:59
7 Spies Humble Gods 3:51
8 Bump 4:13
9 Dog's Life Dog Boy 4:26
10 Misunderstood 3:21
11 Dirt Slang 2:34
12 What's Your Trip? 3:53
13 High Society 3:40
14 Psychedelic Funk Dog Boy 4:58
15 Me & My Skate 4:33
16 Discombobulated Dog Boy 4:10
17 Planet Budtron 5:26
18 Pimp Twist (Hidden Track) 4:35

Early versions of the CD included Pimp Twist as track 18 and did not include Bump (remix - radio edit)

"Suburban Life" was on the soundtrack for the movie Scream 2, and was even featured (briefly) in the movie itself.

"Dog's Life" was on the soundtrack for the movie Lost and Found and an exclusive music video was made which is quite hard to find. Also Dog's Life was used in the PlayStation game Test Drive 6 (Released 1999)].

On the back of the album, the running time for each track is given as 4:20

Sayings from Spike Xavier (aka Corporate Avenger) were included in the booklet and cited to "Corprit Avenger"

All songs written by Kottonmouth Kings, except "Bump" by Kottonmouth Kings, Joseph Bishara, and Marco Forcone; and "Dog's Life" by Kottonmouth Kings, Roger Miller, and Spike Xavier.

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