View from Masada

2000 studio album by Killah Priest

View from Masada

Studio album by

Killah Priest

Released| May 9, 2000
Recorded| 1999–2000
Genre| Hip hop
Label| MCA[1]
Producer| Just Blaze, Arabian Knight, Daddy Rose, LZA, Wiz, Buddah & Shamello
Killah Priest chronology
| Heavy Mental
(1998)  | View from Masada
(2000)  | Priesthood
(2001)

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View from Masada is the second studio album by the rapper Killah Priest, released in 2000.[2][3] The Enhanced CD portion contains a video of "What Part of the Game?", with Ras Kass.

The album peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard 200.[4]

## Production

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Despite his affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan, none of its members appear on the album.[5] View from Masada was produced principally by Wiz and Just Blaze.[6]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [7]
Robert Christgau| [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [9]
NME| 5/10[10]
The San Diego Union-Tribune| [11]
The Source| [12]
USA Today| [13]

Exclaim! wrote: "Now trying to mesh his spiritual allusions with party-rocking lyrics, Killah Priest predictably fails to do either very well."[5] The Hartford Courant deemed the album "an eclectic reflection of the everyday battle between heaven and hell."[14] The Boston Herald thought that "Priest confuses matters on View From Masada, adopting a part-time gangsta persona that allows him to play both sides of the street in a way that seems cynical, given his previous street-tough idealism."[15]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Intro"| LZA| 2:08
2.| "View from Masada"| Just Blaze| 4:07
3.| "Hard Times"| Just Blaze| 4:18
4.| "Maccabean Revolt (Interlude)" (featuring Goldie Mack)| Daddy Rose| 1:21
5.| "Maccabean Revolt" (featuring Maccabeez)| Daddy Rose| 3:53
6.| "Gotta Eat"| Just Blaze| 4:54
7.| "What Part of the Game?" (featuring Ras Kass)| Curt Gowdy| 4:18
8.| "I'm Wit That"| Buddah and Shamello| 3:22
9.| "Bop Your Head (Priesthood)" (featuring Canibus)| Q-Base| 3:58
10.| "Rap Legend"| Wiz| 3:38
11.| "Places I've Been"| Wiz| 3:46
12.| "When Will We Learn?"| Wiz| 4:17
13.| "Food for Thought (Interlude)" (featuring Daddy Rose)| LZA| 1:36
14.| "Live By the Gun" (featuring Kavalier and Black Rose Kartel)| Daddy Rose| 3:37
15.| "If I Die" (featuring Salla`udiin Rose)| Daddy Rose| 4:03
16.| "Outro"| LZA| 1:54

## Album singles

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Single information

"Whut Part of the Game?" (featuring Ras Kass)

* Released: 2000
* B-Side: -

"I'm Wit That"

* Released: 2000
* B-Side: "Gotta Eat"

## References

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1. ^ "Sounding Off". Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. July 27, 2000 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "Killah Priest | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. ^ Kulkarni, Neil (June 20, 2000). "View from Masada". Melody Maker. 77 (24): 62.
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 454.
5. ^ a b "Killah Priest View From Masada". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
6. ^ "WU'S KILLAH PRIEST TALKS SOLO LP, FOUR HORSEMEN". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
7. ^ "View From Masada - Killah Priest | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
8. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Killah Priest". www.robertchristgau.com.
9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4\. MUZE. p. 821\. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 - via Internet Archive.
10. ^ "View From Masada". NME. September 12, 2005.
11. ^ Nero, Mark (June 1, 2000). "ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES". The San Diego Union-Tribune. ENTERTAINMENT. p. 19.
12. ^ Davis, André LeRoy "A.L. Dre" (June 2000). "Killah Priest – View From Masada". Record Report. The Source. No. 129\. New York. pp. 220, 222.
13. ^ Jones, Steve (May 9, 2000). "Cypress Hill and Killah Priest, all fired up". USA Today. p. 7D. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
14. ^ Comer, Andrea (May 18, 2000). "CD REVIEWS". Hartford Courant. Calendar. p. 6.
15. ^ Convey, Kevin R. (June 11, 2000). "DISCS". Boston Herald. Arts & Lifestyle. p. 59.

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Killah Priest

Studio albums|

* Heavy Mental
* View from Masada
* Priesthood
* Black August
* Black August Revisited
* The Offering
* Behind the Stained Glass
* The Exorcist
* Elizabeth
* The 3 Day Theory
* The Psychic World of Walter Reed
* Planet of the Gods

Group albums|

* The Last Shall Be First
* The First Testament
* The Horsemen Project
* Black Market Militia
* Beautiful Minds

Songs|

* "4th Chamber"

Related articles|

* Sunz of Man
* The HRSMN
* Wu-Tang Killa Beez
* Wu-Tang Killa Beez discography
* Liquid Swords

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