Resurrection
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| Studio album by Saint Pharaoh | ||||
| Released | 25 October, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2020–2021 · August 2022–September 2024 | |||
| Studio | Various | |||
| Genre | Hip hop · trap · experimental · rage · alternative R&B · drill | |||
| Length | 50:44 | |||
| Label | O.P. Entertainment · R.E.A.L. Music | |||
| Producer | Okonma East (also exec.) · 6loomy · Tae 80 · Saint Pharaoh · princeArthur · Cozin · KRoc · Dalite · Iron Keys · Streetside · Kidnsec · Wonderkidd · Nic Dream · Trevon Rage · HerbO · Sw!tch · LDX Rage · Quitmydayjob]] · jydn · Allaroundd · D-Minus · Jonji · 2hotZero · Audio Anarchist · BreeZee · Kyrie Digital | |||
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Resurrection is the third studio album by Brazorian rapper and singer Saint Pharaoh. It was released on 25 October, 2024, by O.P. Entertainment and R.E.A.L. Music. Primarily produced by Saint Pharaoh himself, it features a variety of additional producers, including Iron Keys, Tae 80, Nic Dream and Streetside, among many others the rapper had worked with previously. The album contains guest appearances from Pluto, Trevon Rage, Blastoff, Tweek, Danni Playboy, Rich Tunechi, Cousin Whizz, Kon, Splash Godd, Cash Diego and Tom Rake. A deluxe edition, referred to as Disc 2, would be released two weeks following the standard edition's release, and would feature additional vocals from Adan.
Prior to the album's release, Pharaoh confirmed that Resurrection would contrast stylistically with its predecessor, Endless Neon (2020). Music journalists have noted the album as an artistic reinvention for the rapper-singer with the introduction of new wave, drill and treading rage influences. The album's title is borrowed from the 2002 horror film, Z Nation: Resurrection, while the artwork was inspired by various underground Continental death metal bands, namely Necroclasm's Digested Alive (1992). The album is the label's first release following Okonma East's widely-publicized departure for anti-Semitic comments and Trevon Rage being promoted to the position of company CEO and lead director in November 2023.
Resurrection was supported by five singles: "What You Want" featuring Pluto, "2 Many, "Club" and "On Road"; following the album's release, "Burn Up" would be issued as an additional single. The former two reached number seven and 18 on the Sunset Hot 100, respectively, while the latter two would peak within the top-20. The album received positive reviews; some critics named it the rapper's best work, though public response was divided. Upon release, it debuted atop the Sunset 100, marking Saint Pharaoh's second number-one album in Sierra, and would maintain a top-10 position for three weeks to the rapper's most commercially successful release with more than 276,000 album-equivalent units being reported in it's opening week and being certified Gold a month following release. Resurrection also reached the top spot in 20 other countries, including his native Brazoria and the United Kingdom.
Background
In August 2021, following the release of Pharaoh's second studio album, Endless Neon, a video surfaced of him on tour discussing his next album and calling it Keys To The Crypt, stating it would include some "songs stashed away from a while back". In November, he performed unreleased songs at a concert in Porciúncula. In November, during an interview with Sierra Media, Pharaoh said that Okonma East would be the album's creative director. Later that month, he featured on "Home", the lead single to JayyCee's Lost Identity (2022).
In January 2022, a song titled "Trust Issues" leaked and went viral on social media platform Clip.pi, later being uploaded by a user named "lil ghoul55" and reaching number one on Symphly's North American Viral 100 before being removed. Several other songs would go on to leak via VidStream and MixxSpin as well, reportedly causing Saint Pharaoh to remake the album. On 19 February 2022, Pharaoh would plead guilty of assault on his ex-girlfriend, Janice Tania, and fellow artist, Lil Tec, in Providencia, Gold Coast after spotting them in the same nightclub and attacking their entourage on 2 January 2022, as well as allegedly flashing a gun, with the rapper entering rehab as part of his plea. Upon exiting rehab after 8 months, Pharaoh would continue to record, starting in August 2022, this time sober which had noticeably caused a change in his sound, and on October 29th, 2022, a video of Pharaoh in a boardroom at the O.P. Entertainment's office listening to new music would garner interest about a new album in the media, which had been teased by the label as going to be dropped "soon". Pharaoh would begin promising fans on several occasions during public appearances that a new album would be dropping soon. He later revealed in an interview with Sierra Media that he began initially recorded music on-and-off for two years before scrapping most of the songs after rehab and formally beginning to work on the album towards the end of 2023, with the recording that took place at studios across North America being Southside Street Studios in Porciúncula, Sierra, as well as DJ Nitro's Killah Recording Studios in Houstin and at his own home studio in Grand Llano, Brazoria and in Europe at Königstadt studios in Berlin, Germany and Voixpeuple recording in Lyon, South France.
On 14 December 2023, Pharaoh would release the promotional single "Let Her Go" exclusively on VidStream, would later be included in the deluxe edition and Continental export editions. The song was noted for the rapper's higher-pitched whisper singing, while the guest appearance and production from Continental singer Tom Rake being notably highlighted.
After a short hiatus, on 18 April, 2024, Pharaoh announced a companion film on his social media and released a trailer and poster of the movie, titled Dead Until Dawn. After another hiatus, Pharaoh posted on his socials on 15 September, 2024, blurry photos of himself, while revealing that the album was "finished". The same day, in a Sunset profile, he called the album "alternative" and "psychedelia". In the following days, Pharaoh announced collaborations with several other rappers including Trevon Rage, Blastoff, Tweek, and Pluto. He also tweeted at Danni Playboy and Cousin Whizz. On 17 October, 2024, Internet personality DJ Knockledgez posted on Bubbler and mentioned on a livestream that the album was to be released the Friday before Halloween and and there would be "more" than an album; he mentions in both the stream and Bubbler that the "Illuminati owns a part of [him] now" in order to have obtained said information.
Composition
On 23 October, 2024, two days prior to release, it would be revealed the album was executively produced by Saint Pharaoh himself. Genre-wise, the album is categorized as trap, alternative R&B, rap rock and rage, with elements of new wave, drill, soul, electronica, hip-hop and Brick city club. Lyrically, it explores themes of hedonism, substance abuse, fatherhood, paranoia and delusions of grandeur.
Resurrection begins with "Psycho, Famous", an alternative trap and experimental track with elements of new wave trap. The song features hazy, ethereal synthesizers, distorted guitars and traditional trap drums with elements of rage; while its lyrics celebrate success and hedonism. The song transitions into its "rage-heavy" second track "Burn Up", where Pharaoh sings about self-determination over all while an arpeggio of wheeling background vocal screaming is provided by a sample of Tommy Toxic of the Nympho Guns, as well as live guitar being performed by Kristian "KRoc" Silva, and sounding like it was recorded live in an arena as it features audience cheers recorded during the 2021 King N3on Tour. Its third track, "What You Want" featuring an outro from Pluto, is a up-tempo alternative R&B ballad, with the sound having been previously been explored on Endless Neon though many critics note the gothic synthesizers. "New Age" featuring Trevon Rage is an experimental R&B two-part track featuring drill-influenced production, DJ scratches, and "laser" synthesizers, with a beat-switch into Pharaoh's vocals before a chopped-and-screwed outro.
The fifth track "Can't Hear", Pharaoh raps about spilling Wockhardt across his woman, his car, and that his marijuana is "so loud" he "can't hear" over a guitar-backed trap beat. The song is highlighted for its use of it's more traditional rap flow, dark and humorous lyricism (Draco make him dance, and you too), and his reverbed autotuned vocals. The sixth track "No Sleep" is a "pure" rage with pulsing electronic trap synthesizers, with both rappers harmonizing over their love of intoxicating stimulants, comparing it to a D6 private jet and how they are "geeked up". The seventh track "Hurt Me" is a acoustic-guitar backed track that sees Pharaoh singing about break-up and homesickness during his time abroad on tour. It features two guest verses from rapper Blastoff, who reminisces over his own relationships and toxicity.
Following this, "Ride Or Die" is a cypher featuring Pharaoh singing the chorus with a higher-whisper pitch, with many initially thinking it was a feature from Continental rapper Yung Local but he would deny this himself, which is followed by rap verses from rising Corridor rapper Danni Playboy, an extended verse from Rich Tunechi, Cousin Whizz and Kon going back-and-forth, as well as Splash Godd and Cash Diego additionally rapping about their success while Diego's verse notably features a beat switch-up with a sample of a chopped-and-screwed version of "Psycho, Famous", with the song being notable for it's dark production backed with an arpeggio of gothic synthesizers. The ninth song "Flashing Lights" is a trap, electronica remix of Okonma East's single of the same name from his album Good Ass Job (2011), and has been noted as the album's climax musically.
The tenth track, "Club", has been described as a "Clip.pi dance-ready" alternative R&B track that lays Pharaoh's reverb-shifted vocals over ominous, drill-influenced electronica and an off-kilter sample of "In The Fall" performed by Marilyn Jill, with him lyrically questioning his significant other's loyalty and his addiction. Following this, "Dirty Rain" features Pharaoh and Pluto melodically harmonizing over their fame, success and love of codeine-promethazine. The twelfth track "2 Many" is a cyberpunk, dizzying and deconstructing club song that the rapper stated is a part two to "What You Want". The thirteenth track "Blood In The Water" sees the rapper revealing the birth of a child with an unknown woman, and features notable Brick city club production. The following song, "On Road", returns to a trap-rage formula with live electric guitar being performed and the lyrics thematically express the rapper's redemption and life now that he is famous. The fifteenth track "Last Laugh" is an 'emotional' closing track, where the rapper states that despite attempts to "take his soul", he got the last laugh. It features sparse piano notes amidst drill-influenced drums.
Promotion
Artwork and aesthetic
On December 22, 2020, the official cover would be announced to be illustrated by tattoo artist Martin Jaclen, with him additionally serving as the album's artistic lead. With the album's release, the official cover would be unveiled, depicting Pharaoh in a zombie-like form standing in a desolate cemetery surrounded by barbed wire, with himself partially decayed and appearing to feast on its own gastrointestinal tract. Its exposed ribs, muscles, and deteriorating flesh are intensely graphic, with blood and gore prominently displayed. The background includes skulls and dead corpses, while three sticker-like images of larger barbed wire entangling the album-cover would be present, emphasizing a horror-themed environment.
The image has been widely regarded for it's visceral intensity and focus on horror and death. It is based on and pays homage to late 80s underground Continental death-metal band Necroclasm and their second album Digested Alive (1992). The album's imagery and merchandise designs have been noticed by journalist to be drawn from other heavy metal influence.
Controversy and censored versions
The album's artwork would garner significant controversy prior to release, with many international distributors refusing to service the album due to the cover and contributions from Okonma East, with his ten-year ban from entering the United Commonwealth being of notable contribution to this censorship. Due to this, an alternate cover photographed and designed by Tyler Garland, featuring a low resolution image of the rapper standing in the shadows, and would be the subsequent album cover issued for the Continental edition, as well as versions in Japan, the Antilles, Tournesol, the United People's Committees and Mexico.
An edited version of the album would accompany the new cover, removing all of East's production contributions and other rappers that have violated laws in the United Commonwealth, such as Rich Tunechi and Cash Diego.
Singles
On 22 December, 2023, the album's lead single, "What You Want", was released digitally on music stores and streaming services. The song noticeably featured production credits by the rapper alongside Iron Keys and Streetside, as well as an outro rap verse from Pluto. At the time of its release, it was Saint Pharaoh's first solo single since October 2020's "What U Need" from his second album Endless Neon (2021). The single peaked at number three on the KS Sunset Hot 100 and becoming the rapper's highest charting song, as well as the highest charting song that Iron Keys and Streetside aided production in, and the fifth top-five single with vocals from Pluto. Its music video was included in the short film Dead Until Dawn but would be released officially on 23 August, 2024, to build anticipation for the album and companion film.
"2 Many" was released digitally on music stores and streaming services on 2 February, 2024, as the album's second single. The song peaked at number one in nine countries, including his native Brazoria and Astoria, but would narrowly lose to Adan's "Indescribable" in Sierra and the United Commonwealth, though still being the rapper's fourth top-five single on the Sunset Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 for four and seven weeks respectively. It also became his first number-one single in Skandinavia for seven weeks, Germany for five weeks, as well as Antilles and the Alaska for eleven weeks, thus making it his biggest hit single to date. A lyric video was released on 5 February, 2024.
"Club" was released as a promotional single on 26 July, 2024. The song was later sent to North American rhythmic radio on 2 August, 2024, as the album's third single. "On Road" was released to rhythmic contemporary radio on 27 September, 2024, as the album's fourth single. The song peaked at number four on the Sunset Hot 100. A lyric video and visualizer was released a week later, while it's music video would be released on 20 November, 2024. "Burn Up" was released to contemporary hit radio in Europe and America as the album's fifth and final single on 29 October, 2024, four days following the album's digital release.
Film
A visual companion film would be released to select theaters on 24 October, 2024, the day prior to the album's release.
Release
Critical reception
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| Metacritic | 87/100 |
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| WhatMyMusic? |  
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| Ebonics Digest | B+ |
| The Huntington Beach Post |
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| La Brea Times | A- |
| Newstar |
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| Porciúncula Times | 8.6/10 |
| Sunset 40 | 8/10 |
| Sierra Media | 9.1/10 |
| The Unionist |
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| Zeke Media | A |
| Divergent Beats |
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| Music Box Magazine | 6.9/10 |
Resurrection was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 17 reviews.
Jude Hoffman of Newstar gave Resurrection a perfect rating, praising the album's guest appearances and noting "Dirty Rain" as "a record of extraordinary prowess", while describing "Burn Up" and "Ride Or Die" as "[moments] that encapsulate the ambition and range of Resurrection". Hoffman concluded: "This is the reflection of a musician who has built an entire world, an empire around himself – we can only glimpse from a distance, speculating on the mysteries behind the closed curtains." With similar acclaim, Emmanuel Cote of Ebonics Digest concluded that Resurrection "showcasing Saint Pharaoh’s growth as an artist and is his most polished, imaginative, and explosive project yet". Charles Fraser of The Huntington Beach Post described Resurrection as "a futuristic record with near-flawless production that resonates long after the final track" and labelled it Pharaoh's "most career-defining album to date". For La Brea Times, Hayden Gould wrote that Resurrection is "an album full of infectious flows and atmospheric beats", emphasizing that the record showcases Saint Pharaoh's ability to push boundaries, mixing mesmerizing rhythms with complex storytelling to create a listening experience that is as engaging as it is thought-provoking.
Porciúncula Times Chris Park wrote that the album is "a terrific thing" and "a much-needed thing for hip-hop", complimenting Pharaoh for staying "true to his style, his preferences, and his principles, [and] going against the grain of the tendencies in the viral-hungry world that rap has been the past few years". Blake Brooks of Sierra Media gave the album a score of 9 out of 10, appreciating it for "its daring, brash, and continuously rule-breaking", writing that "Resurrection isn't built through empty boasts—it resonates with a sense of growth, capturing a voice that strains and pushes against the personal barriers we all build". Jacob Tyson of The Unionist praised the album, stating, "The Brazos rookie might have had a bumpy start to the 2020s, but his third album sees him doing what he loves, with the instrumental completeness and overall energy being the most difficult part to forget. There are experiments with ambience, risky beat switches, theatrical and club pop, and the orchestration that Pharaoh has never attempted before. The multi-platinum guest features might set the album up for global conquest, but the most exciting moments come when it sounds like Pharaoh is discovering a new way to stretch his sound into the future". Tobias Ismail of Rolling Rock criticized the album's lack of cohesion and excessive familiarity, stating "the numerous reference points to Okonma East and Trevon Rage both blurs the line between paying homage, calling back to the early phases of his career, and recycling ideas." said "There's just not enough substance, though. That's not a new knock on Pharaoh. But the expectation of subpar lyricism doesn't absolve him from criticism; if he didn't want to be called out for bland bars, he could simply produce compilation albums like Yung Leland or Quitmydayjob." Discussing the album, reviewers from Raplogue praised Resurrection for its creativity and ambitious scope but criticized the album's overall cohesion. The website states, "Saint Pharaoh seems less concerned with what he’s saying than with the emotion and feeling his music conveys. [...] Few in today’s hip-hop landscape can truly be considered as eclectic the way Pharaoh is, besides maybe East".
Owen Knight of Music Box Magazine said, "Swarming basslines and sluggish beats likewise form the rhythmic foundation, with gauzy and tickling keyboards adding sweetness to Pharaoh's hedonistic hooks." He would state later on, "Pharaoh's hedonistic lyrics about sex and drugs remain awfully vapid for what's been billed as a trap masterpiece (the utterly banal "Ride Or Die" takes the cake). ... Pharaoh's strength, of course, continues to lie in his ear for beats, with part of his appeal being his ability to make songs with less than rewarding subject matter still sound cool". Alexander Butler of MusicDoesMatter' said, "The results here are mixed, and he might simply be the kind of artist who should take more time on his releases, even if that extra time isn't completely his choice".
Commercial performance
Resurrection debuted atop the Sierran Sunset 100, with 276,000 album-equivalent units (including 98,000 pure album sales). The album earned 400 million streams in North America its first week, which was the fourth-largest streaming debut at the time of its release. It is Saint Pharaoh's second US number-one album. The album remained at number one on the Sunset 100 in its second week with 201,000 album-equivalent units. It was sustained in part due to a deluxe edition, or Disc 2, being released the following week.
Following its first week of availability, three songs from the album debuted in the top ten of the US Sunset Hot 100, led by "Psycho, Famous" at number six, "Flashing Lights" at number eight and "Ride Or Die" at number nine, making Saint Pharaoh the fourth rapper following Lil Carter, Jante and Jaynine to debut at least three songs in the Hot 100's top 10 simultaneously. The same week, the rapper charted 19 total songs, including all 15 from Resurrection (12 of which debuted). In its first day of release, Resurrection occupied every position within the top 15 on Spotify's US Top 50 chart, except three positions. The track "Psycho, Famous" also dethroned Mile Jamar's "Question for the Culture" from the top spot on the chart with over 3.3 million Sierran streams, marking the first time the song descended from number one since late July 2024.
Tracklist
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Psycho, Famous" | Amadi Makkonen · Derek Byrne · Chris Moss · Arthur Ryan · Deacon Bates · Landry Banks · Morgan Buckley | 6loomy · Tae 80 · Saint Pharaoh · princeArthur | 2:27 |
| 2. | "Burn Up" | Makkonen · Moss · Cohen Bondar · Kristian Silva · Dylan Hankins | Tae 80 · Saint Pharaoh · Cozin · KRoc · Dalite | 2:08 |
| 3. | "What You Want" (featuring Pluto) | Makkonen · Hendrix Rivera · Dean Howard · Tyrone Davenport · Dominick Santos | Saint Pharaoh · Iron Keys · Streetside · Kidnsec | 3:20 |
| 4. | "New Age" (featuring Trevon Rage) | Makkonen · Trevon Rage · Hykeem Terrace · Nicholas Dream · Howard · Samuel McIntyre · Andrew Sherman | Wonderkidd · Nic Dream · Rage · Iron Keys · HerbO · Saint Pharaoh | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Can't Hear" | Makkonen · Leon Clark · Quinn Camacho · Dream | Sw!tch · LDX Rage · Saint Pharaoh · Nic Dream | 2:32 |
| 6. | "No Sleep" (featuring Tweek) | Makkonen · Quentin Allen · Moss · Bondar · Dream | Tae 80 · Cozin · Dream | 2:39 |
| 7. | "Hurt Me" (featuring Blastoff) | Makkonen · Keyateh Zackery · Cole Savage · Jayden Mitchell · Dream | Quitmydayjob · jydn · Dream | 3:09 |
| 8. | "Ride Or Die" (featuring Danni Playboy, Cousin Whizz, Splash Godd, Cash Diego, Kon and Rich Tunechi) | Makkonen · Aidyn Little · Aldrich Webster · Jeoffrey Bennett · Jaxen Delaney · Kon · William Knapp · · Carl Burton · Korbin Barker · Howard · Saunders | CeeCeeDaBeast · Saint Pharaoh · SmxkeSxvnds · Iron Keys · Jonji · Kon | 8:00 |
| 9. | "Flashing Lights" (featuring James Igor) | Makkonen · James Igor · Marcus Hudson · Kyrie Crane · Dream · Kon · Kenny Brown | BreeZee · Kyrie Digital · Saint Pharaoh · Nic Dream | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Club" | Makkonen · Toby Sanford · Davin Hayes · Hykeem Terrace · Moss · Dream · Connor Cole · Kaylen Patton | Allaroundd · D-Minus · Wonderkidd · Tae 80 · Nic Dream | 3:48 |
| 11. | "Dirty Rain" (featuring Pluto) | Makkonen · Rivera · Howard · Davenport · Moss · Dream | Saint Pharaoh · Iron Keys · Streetside · Tae 80 · Nic Dream | 3:27 |
| 12. | "2 Many" | Makkonen · Howard · Saunders · Marcus Damons · Burton | Iron Keys · Jonji · 2hotZero · CeeCeeDaBeast | 2:55 |
| 13. | "Blood In The Water" | Makkonen · Bondar · Hayes · Moss | Cozin · D-Minus · Tae 80 · Saint Pharaoh | 2:50 |
| 14. | "On Road" | Makkonen · Moss · Camacho · Hankins | Saint Pharaoh · Tae 80 · LDX Rage · Dalite | 3:22 |
| 15. | "Last Laugh" | Makkonen · Kon · Burton · Igor · Mohamed Kirk · James Fox | Saint Pharaoh · CeeCeeDaBeast · Audio Anarchist | 4:01 |
| Total length: | 50:44 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 16. | "Trust Issues" | Makkonen · Moss · Sanford | Saint Pharaoh · Tae 80 · Allaroundd | 3:37 |
| 17. | "Let Her Go" (featuring Tom Rake) | Makkonen · Tom Rake · Moss · Dream | Saint Pharaoh · Tom Rake · Tae 80 · Nic Dream | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 57:33 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "On Road" | Makkonen · Moss · Camacho · Hankins | Saint Pharaoh · Tae 80 · LDX Rage · Dalite | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Circus" (featuring Danni Playboy, Cousin Whizz and Splash Godd) | Makkonen · Webster · Bennett · Burton · Barker · Howard · Saunders | CeeCeeDaBeast · Saint Pharaoh · SmxkeSxvnds · Iron Keys · Jonji | 5:19 |
| 3. | "What You Want" (featuring Pluto) | Makkonen · Rivera · Howard · Davenport · Santos | Saint Pharaoh · Iron Keys · Streetside · Kidnsec | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Trust Issues" | Makkonen · Moss · Sanford | Saint Pharaoh · Tae 80 · Allaroundd | 3:37 |
| 5. | "New Age" (featuring Trevon Rage) | Makkonen · Rage · Terrace · Dream · Howard · McIntyre · Sherman | Wonderkidd · Nic Dream · Rage · Iron Keys · HerbO · Saint Pharaoh | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Purple Rain" (featuring Pluto) | Makkonen · Rivera · Howard · Davenport · Terrace · Moss · Dream | Iron Keys · Streetside · Wonderkidd · Tae 80 · Nic Dream | 3:27 |
| 7. | "2 Many" | Makkonen · Howard · Saunders · Damons · Burton | Iron Keys · Jonji · 2hotZero · CeeCeeDaBeast | 2:55 |
| 8. | "All The Lights" | Makkonen · Hudson · Crane · Dream · James Igor | BreeZee · Kyrie Digital · Saint Pharaoh · Nic Dream | 3:28 |
| 9. | "In The Water" | Makkonen · Bondar · Hayes · Moss | Cozin · D-Minus · Tae 80 · Saint Pharaoh | 2:50 |
| 10. | "Let Her Go" (featuring Tom Rake) | Makkonen · Rake · Moss · Dream | Saint Pharaoh · Tom Rake · Tae 80 · Nic Dream | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 30:54 | |||
Notes
- "Psycho, Famous" contains a sample from "Movement (Outta Here)", written by Deacon Bates and Landry Banks, performed by Gunner McFadden; a sample from "Got You", written and performed by Morgan Buckley; and uncredited audience noise from Saint Pharaoh's 2021 King N3on tour.
- "Burn Up" contains an uncredited sample of "No One Is Innocent (Live '78)", performed by Tommy Toxic of the Nympho Guns.
- "New Age" contains a sample from "Blue Moon Cool", written by Andrew Sherman and performed by The Lobsters.
- "Flashing Lights" contains a sample of "Flashing Lights", written by Okonma East, Kenny Brown, and James Igor, as performed by Okonma East. This sample is uncredited on the Continentalist release.
- "Club" contains a sample from "In The Fall", written by Connor Cole and Kaylen Patton, as performed by Marilyn Jill.
- "Last Laugh" contains an interpolation of "Holding Me Down", written by James Igor, Mohamed Kirk, James Fox, as performed by James Igor.
Personnel
Standard edition
- Saint Pharaoh – associate producer, composer, producer, vocals, production manager
- Toby Morgan – engineer, mixing
- Pluto – vocals, background vocals
- Trevon Rage – vocals, background vocals
- Tweek – vocals
- Chris McBride – engineer
- Blastoff – vocals
- James Igor – background vocals
- Jessie Stewart – engineer
- Danni Playboy – vocals
- Kon – producer, vocals
- Marley Watts – mixing, mastering
- Brook Houghton – mixing
- Rich Tunechi – vocals
- Cousin Whizz – vocals
- Splash Godd – vocals
- Cash Diego – vocals
- Tristan Rush – associate engineer
- Eli Soto – associate engineer, engineer
- Tom Rake – vocals, composer, mixing, producer
- Martin Jaclen – art direction, design
- James Igor – background vocals
- princeArthur – producer
- Tae 80 – producer, production co-ordination, composer, keyboards
- 6loomy – producer
- Cozin – producer
- KRoc – producer
- Dalite – producer
- Iron Keys – producer
- Streetside – producer
- Kidnsec – producer
- Wonderkidd – producer
- Nic Dream – composer, mixing, producer, production co-ordination, keyboards
- HerbO – producer
- Jonji – producer
- 2hotZero – producer
- CeeCeeDaBeast – producer
- Teagan Hopkins – engineer
Post-release
Resurrection: Disc 2
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| Studio album (reissue) by | ||||
| Released | 8 November, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | December 2022 · 2024 | |||
| Genre | Alternative R&B · trap · Brick City club | |||
| Length | 30:02 | |||
| Producer | Saint Pharaoh · KRoc · Tae 80 · Iron Keys · Cozin · D-Minus · CeeCeeDaBeast · Nic Dream · Yung Leland | |||
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Less than a week following the album's release, Saint Pharaoh would begin teasing a deluxe edition or re-issue of Resurrection by updating their website, featuring a countdown where it was speculated that he would be announcing something related to their recently released record. By the time that the countdown concluded, on 1 November, the website was updated again with new merchandise and physical-copy bundles as well as the announcement of "more music" to be released before the end of the year. On 5 November, a previously unreleased track was released exclusively on VidStream, being "I Wonder", alongside the official announcement of the Disc 2 release date.
Unlike Resurrection, Disk 2 is a more Alternative R&B-trap album, with many of the songs having been previously teased or performed live since 2022 but had not been commercially released. Most of the album is produced by Saint Pharaoh himself, with guest production from Cozin, Iron Keys, among others. The album's artwork is Saint Pharaoh's 2 January 2022 mugshot distorted in purple and enveloped in space-influenced imagery. In a Music Box Magazine interview with producer and frequent collaborator Tae 80, he'd state the album was entirely finished in December 2022 "minus final touches" which were added prior to it's official release.
A bundled edition of Resurrection, promoted as Resurrection (Complete Edition), features the original tracklist in addition to the entirety of the Disc 2 tracklist; the live performance at Giza, Egypt in 2024, titled Live in Giza '24; the companion film Dead Until Dusk; and two DVDs, featuring the documentaries The Making of Resurrection which showcased the rapper and producers working in the studio, as well as The Art of Resurrection, documenting the artwork and it's creation by tattoo artist Martin Jaclen. The Making is to be made available on VidStream in 2025, while its said The Art is to be exclusive to the bundle.
Disc 2 was released for a limited time as a CD, with physical copies being produced and distributed to select retailers and on his website, with the Resurrection: Complete Edition being the only other means to the listen to the record. The album is able to stream exclusively through the MixxSpin digital marketplace after the rapper expressed on Bubbler his wish to see the website return to it's former popularity, with him signing a $2.1 million licensing agreement for the streaming-rights to the album for a period lasting 18 months.
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
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| WhatMyMusic? |
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| Ebonics Digest | C+ |
| The Huntington Beach Post |
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| La Brea Times | B- |
| Newstar |
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Tracklist
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In The Crypt" | Makkonen · Moss · Howard | Saint Pharaoh · Tae 80 · KRoc · Iron Keys | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Go Hard" | Makkonen · Howard | Saint Pharaoh · Iron Keys | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Shadows" (featuring Trevon Rage) | Makkonen · Rage · Bondar · | Cozin · D-Minus | 4:10 |
| 4. | "The World Is Yours" (featuring Adan) | Makkonen · Burton | Saint Pharaoh · CeeCeeDaBeast · Nic Dream | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Keep It Down" | Makkonen | Saint Pharaoh | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Off The Rip" | Makkonen · Bondar | Saint Pharaoh · Cozin | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Lollipop" | Makkonen · Burton | Saint Pharaoh · CeeCeeDaBeast | 2:03 |
| 8. | "1998" | Makkonen | Saint Pharaoh | 4:26 |
| 9. | "I Wonder" | Makkonen · Leland Dwayne | Yung Leland | 3:08 |
| 10. | "Crossroads" | Makkonen | Saint Pharaoh | 2:59 |
| Total length: | 30:02 | |||