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, and is consequently very reminiscent of Eminem's style.

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. and she agreed, and gave the go ahead. The album featured two singles- "Thugs Get Lonely Too" and "Ghetto Gospel".

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. There has also been cutting and pasting of vocals to produce new words now synonymous with current rap culture.

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.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Featured guest(s)	Sample(s)	Time
1	"Soldier Like Me (Return of the Soulja)"	Eminem	Eminem
2	"The Uppercut"	Eminem	E.D.I. & Young Noble
3	"Out on Bail"	Eminem
4	"Ghetto Gospel"	Eminem	Elton John	Contains elements from "Indian Sunset" by Elton John
5	"Black Cotton"	Eminem	Eminem, Kastro & Young Noble
6	"Loyal to the Game"	Eminem	G-Unit
7	"Thugs Get Lonely Too"	Eminem	Nate Dogg
8	"N.I.G.G.A."	Eminem	Jadakiss
9	"Who Do You Love?"	Eminem
10	"Crooked Nigga Too"	Eminem
11	"Don't You Trust Me?"	Eminem	Dido	Contains elements from "Crack Fiend" by Dido
12	"Hennessy"	Eminem	Obie Trice
13	"Thug 4 Life"	Eminem
14	"Po Nigga Blues (Scott Storch Remix)"	Scott Storch	Ronald Isley
15	"Hennessy (Red Spyda Remix)"	Red Spyda	E.D.I. and Sleepy Brown
16	"Crooked Nigga Too (Raphael Saadiq Remix)"	Raphael Saadiq
17	"Loyal to the Game (DJ Quik Remix)"	DJ Quik	DJ Quik & Big Syke

Album chart positions

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

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