Royal Highness (album)

Royal Highness
Studio album by Kottonmouth Kings
Released	August 11, 1998 (1998-08-11)
Recorded	1998
Studio	A&M Studios (Hollywood) Can-Am Recorders (California) Ogden House 1605 Studios (Huntington Beach)
Genre	Rap rock
Length	1:13:40
Label	Suburban Noize Capitol
Producer	Daddy X (also exec.) Dog Boy I Timothy Marco Forcone Mellow B. De Lear
Kottonmouth Kings chronology
Royal Highness (1998) High Society (2000)

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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. 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. 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 and was used in the 1999 PlayStation game Test Drive 6. 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Bong Tokin' Alcoholics"	Brad Xavier Dustin Miller Steven Thronson	Daddy X	3:59
2.	"Play On"	Xavier Miller Thronson AK Brothers	Daddy X	4:51
3.	"Suburban Life"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X	3:29
4.	"Life Ain't What It Seems"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X Mellow B. De Lear	3:42
5.	"So High"	Xavier Miller Thronson AK Bros.	Daddy X	4:19
6.	"Big Hoss"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X	2:59
7.	"Spies" (featuring Humble Gods)	Xavier Miller Thronson Marco Forcone	Daddy X Marco Forcone	3:51
8.	"Bump"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Marco Forcone	4:11
9.	"Dog's Life" (featuring Too Rude)	Xavier Miller Thronson Robert Rogers	Daddy X Dog Boy I Timothy	4:26
10.	"Misunderstood"	Xavier Miller Thronson Chris Kay Michael Kay Bek David Campbell John King Mike Simpson	Daddy X	3:21
11.	"Dirt Slang"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X	2:34
12.	"What's Your Trip"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X	3:53
13.	"High Society"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X	3:40
14.	"Psychedelic Funk"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X	4:58
15.	"Me & My Shake"	Xavier Miller Thronson	Daddy X Mellow B. De Lear	4:31
16.	"Discombobulated" (featuring Too Rude)	Xavier Miller Thronson Rogers	Daddy X	4:10
17.	"Planet Budtron"	Xavier Miller Thronson Mellow B. De Lear	Daddy X Mellow B. De Lear	4:56
18.	"Pimp Twist" (hidden track)			4:35
Total length:				1:13:40

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

• Track 10 contains interpolations of "Smoke Two Joints", written by Chris Kay and Michael Kay and "Where It's At", written by Bek David Campbell, John King and Michael Simpson.

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
• Kevin Zinger – management
• Ian Montone – legal

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	17

External links

• Kottonmouth Kings – Royal Highness at Discogs (list of releases)