"Lyin' King" was the first single released from Nine's

Nine (rapper)

Nine is the stage name of Derrick Keyes , an American rapper from The Bronx, New York City, New York. He also been known as 9MM or Nine Double M...

 second album, Cloud 9

Cloud 9 (album)

For the George Harrison album see Cloud Nine Cloud 9 is the second album by Nine, released on August 6, 1996 through Profile Records.- Background :...

. It was released on July 23, 1996 and was produced by Rob Lewis

Rob Lewis (record producer)

Rob Lewis is a record producer from the Bronx, New York who met D.J. Chuck Chillout, a legendary New York hip-hop D.J. and radio personality, and crew during the late 1980s / early 1990s and was asked to do pre-production on Chuck and Chip's album, "Rhythm is the Master".Lewis being an unknown...

. "Lyin' King" was Nine's final charting single, making it to three different Billboard charts, including 35 on the Hot Rap Singles. The song is an indirect diss aimed at rappers who were trying to capitalize on the popular Mafioso rap at the time.

"Lyin' King" was one of Profile Records

Profile Records

Profile Records was a record label that specialized in many types of urban-oriented music, such as hip hop, active until 1996..- History :In 1980, at 23 years old, after working briefly for MCA, Cory Robbins was looking to start a record label. He invited his songwriter friend Steve Plotnicki to be...

' final releases as Profile was disestablished shortly after in 1997. After "Lyin' King Nine virtually disappeared from the music industry, briefly returning in 2000 with the single "It's Ugly", before finally releasing his third album, Quinine in 2009.

A-Side

1. "Lyin' King" (Clean Version)
2. "Lyin' King" (Album Version)
3. "Lyin' King" (Catch The Beat Instrumental)

B-Side

1. "Industry Party"
2. "Industry Party" (Instrumental)
3. "Lyin' King" (Instrumental)
4. "Lyin' King" (Acapella)

Charts

Chart	Position
U.S. R&B / Hip-Hop	# 82
Hot Rap Singles	# 21
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	# 11