View from Masada
title: "View from Masada" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000-albums", "killah-priest-albums", "mca-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-just-blaze"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_Masada" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | View from Masada |
| type | Album |
| artist | Killah Priest |
| cover | Viewfrommasada.jpg |
| released | May 9, 2000 |
| recorded | 1999–2000 |
| genre | Hip hop |
| label | MCA |
| producer | Just Blaze, Arabian Knight, Daddy Rose, LZA, Wiz, Buddah & Shamello |
| prev_title | Heavy Mental |
| prev_year | 1998 |
| next_title | Priesthood |
| next_year | 2001 |
| :: |
| name = View from Masada | type = Album | artist = Killah Priest | cover = Viewfrommasada.jpg | alt = | released = May 9, 2000 | recorded = 1999–2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop | length = | label = MCA | producer = Just Blaze, Arabian Knight, Daddy Rose, LZA, Wiz, Buddah & Shamello | prev_title = Heavy Mental | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Priesthood | next_year = 2001 View from Masada is the second studio album by the rapper Killah Priest, released in 2000. 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.
Production
Despite his affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan, none of its members appear on the album. View from Masada was produced principally by Wiz and Just Blaze.
Critical reception
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2score = |rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev3score = |rev4 = NME |rev4score = 5/10 |rev5 = The San Diego Union-Tribune |rev5score = |rev6 = The Source |rev6score = |rev7 = USA Today |rev7score = Exclaim! wrote: "Now trying to mesh his spiritual allusions with party-rocking lyrics, Killah Priest predictably fails to do either very well." 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."
Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length =
| title1 = Intro | extra1 = LZA | length1 = 2:08
| title2 = View from Masada | extra2 = Just Blaze | length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Hard Times | extra3 = Just Blaze | length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Maccabean Revolt (Interlude) | note4 = featuring Goldie Mack | extra4 = Daddy Rose | length4 = 1:21
| title5 = Maccabean Revolt | note5 = featuring Maccabeez | extra5 = Daddy Rose | length5 = 3:53
| title6 = Gotta Eat | extra6 = Just Blaze | length6 = 4:54
| title7 = What Part of the Game? | note7 = featuring Ras Kass | extra7 = Curt Gowdy | length7 = 4:18
| title8 = I'm Wit That | extra8 = Buddah and Shamello | length8 = 3:22
| title9 = Bop Your Head (Priesthood) | note9 = featuring Canibus | extra9 = Q-Base | length9 = 3:58
| title10 = Rap Legend | extra10 = Wiz | length10 = 3:38
| title11 = Places I've Been | extra11 = Wiz | length11 = 3:46
| title12 = When Will We Learn? | extra12 = Wiz | length12 = 4:17
| title13 = Food for Thought (Interlude) | note13 = featuring Daddy Rose | extra13 = LZA | length13 = 1:36
| title14 = Live By the Gun | note14 = featuring Kavalier and Black Rose Kartel | extra14 = Daddy Rose | length14 = 3:37
| title15 = If I Die | note15 = featuring Salla`udiin Rose | extra15 = Daddy Rose | length15 = 4:03
| title16 = Outro | extra16 = LZA | length16 = 1:54
Album singles
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| Single information |
|---|
| "Whut Part of the Game?" (featuring Ras Kass) |
| "I'm Wit That" |
| :: |
References
References
- (July 27, 2000). "Sounding Off". Johnson Publishing Company.
- "Killah Priest | Biography & History".
- (Jun 20, 2000). "View from Masada". Melody Maker.
- (2001). "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001". Record Research.
- "Killah Priest View From Masada".
- "WU'S KILLAH PRIEST TALKS SOLO LP, FOUR HORSEMEN".
- "View From Masada - Killah Priest | Songs, Reviews, Credits". [[AllMusic]].
- "Robert Christgau: CG: Killah Priest".
- (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
- (September 12, 2005). "View From Masada".
- (June 1, 2000). "ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Davis, André LeRoy "A.L. Dre". (June 2000). "Killah Priest – View From Masada".
- (9 May 2000). "Cypress Hill and Killah Priest, all fired up". USA Today.
- (18 May 2000). "CD REVIEWS". Hartford Courant.
- (June 11, 2000). "DISCS". Boston Herald.
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