King of the Dead (song)
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| "King of the Dead" | |
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| Song by XXXTentacion | |
| from the album Members Only, Vol. 2 and Look at Me: The Album | |
| Released | October 23, 2015 (SoundCloud) June 10, 2022 (Columbia re-release) |
| Recorded | 2015 |
| Genre | Experimental hip-hop[1] |
| Length | 3:39 |
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"King of the Dead" is a song by American rapper and singer XXXTentacion. It was originally released independently on SoundCloud and included on American hip hop collective Members Only second mixtape, Members Only, Vol. 2 released on October 23, 2015, as the sixth track.[2] The song was later re-released commercially as the sixth track on the posthumous compilation album, Look at Me: The Album, released on June 10, 2022, through Bad Vibes Forever and Columbia Records.[3]
The track was produced by Fifty Grand and Hellion, and samples "Cherubic Hymn" performed by the Novospassky Monastery Choir,[4] and composed by Russian composer and choirmaster Pyotr Turchaninov. This song was described by XXL as one of X's "best deep cuts".[5]
"King of the Dead" was among XXXTentacion's early releases on SoundCloud,[6] and was one of his most notable tracks prior to his mainstream breakthrough.
The song was co-produced by Fifty Grand, whose production style has been described as dark and experimental within the underground SoundCloud hip-hop scene.[7]
