The Hour of Reprisal Ill Bill . It was released on September 16, 2008, by Uncle Howie Records and Fat Beats Records. Production was handled by DJ Muggs , Necro , Sicknature , Cynic, Darp Malone, DJ Lethal , DJ Premier , T-Ray , and Ill Bill himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Everlast , B-Real , Darryl Jenifer , HERO, Howard Jones , H.R. , Immortal Technique , Max Cavalera , Necro, Raekwon , Slaine , Tech N9ne and Vinnie Paz .
The album debuted at number 67 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , number 40 on the Independent Albums and number 13 on the Heatseekers Albums charts in the United States.
It was included in HipHopDX ' s 'Top 25 Hip Hop Albums of 2008' list.[ 6] DJ Premier also included the album in his personal 'Top 20 Albums of 2008' list, ranking it at No. 20[ 7]
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Title
Producer(s)
Performer(s)
1
"Babylon"
T-Ray
2
"Doomsday Was Written in an Alien Bible"
Ill Bill
3
"Trust Nobody"
Ill Bill
4
"A Bullet Never Lies"
DJ Lethal
First Verse/Chorus: Ill Bill
Second Verse: Vinnie Paz
5
"White Nigger"
Ill Bill
6
"My Uncle"
Ill Bill & Sicknature
7
"Riya"
Ill Bill
8
"War Is My Destiny"
Ill Bill
9
"Society Is Brainwashed"
DJ Premier
10
"This Is Who I Am"
DJ Muggs
11
"Too Young"
Darp Malone
First Verse: E-Dot (of HERO)
Second Verse: Ill Bill
Third Verse: Slaine
Chorus: Darp Malone (of HERO)
12
"Pain Gang"
Cynic
Intro: Howie Tenenbaum
First Verse: B-Real
Second Verse: Everlast
Third Verse/Chorus: Ill Bill
13
"U.B.S. (Unauthorized Biography of Slayer )"
Necro
14
"Coka Moschiach"
Ill Bill
First Verse/Chorus: Ill Bill
Intro/Second Verse: Raekwon
15
"The Most Dangerous Weapon Alive"
Necro
16
"Soap" (skit)
Ill Bill
17
"I'm a Goon"
Ill Bill & Sicknature
18
"Only Time Will Tell"
DJ Muggs
First Verse: Necro
Second Verse: Tech N9ne
Third Verse: Ill Bill
Chorus: Everlast
William "Ill Bill " Braunstein – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 3, 5-8, 14, 16, 17) , recording (tracks: 1, 13) , mixing (tracks: 1-8, 11-15, 17) , executive producer
Howard Jones – vocals (track 1) Anthony "Q-Unique " Quiles – voice (track 1)
Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz " Luvineri – vocals (track 4)
Paul D. "H.R. " Hudson – vocals (track 7)
Felipe "Immortal Technique " Coronel – vocals (track 8)
Max Cavalera – vocals (track 8) Errol "E-Dot" Henry – vocals (track 11)
George "Slaine " Carroll – vocals (track 11)
Justin "Darp Malone" Ryan – vocals & producer (track 11)
Louis "B-Real " Freese – vocals (track 12)
Erik "Everlast " Schrody – vocals (tracks: 12, 18)
Howie Tenenbaum – voice (track 12)
Corey "Raekwon " Woods – vocals (track 14)
Ron "Necro " Braunstein – vocals (track 18) , producer (tracks: 13, 15)
Aaron "Tech N9ne " Yates – vocals (track 18)
Eric "DJ Eclipse" Winn – scratches (tracks: 3, 17) , recording (tracks: 2, 9)
Darryl Jenifer – bass (track 7) Christopher "DJ Premier " Martin – scratches, producer & mixing (track 9)
St. Louis – keyboards (track 12)
Lawrence "DJ Muggs " Muggerud – scratches (track 18) , producer & mixing (tracks: 10, 18)
Todd Ray – producer, recording & mixing (track 1) Leor "DJ Lethal " Dimant – producer (track 4) , recording (track 7)
Jeppe "Sicknature " Andersen – producer (tracks: 6, 17)
Richard "Cynic" Alfaro – producer (track 12)
Carlos Bess – recording (tracks: 1, 18) , mixing (tracks: 1-8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17)
Anton Pukshansky – recording & mixing (track 1)
Elliott Thomas – recording (tracks: 3-6, 8, 10-15, 17)
Jeff Abell – recording & mixing (track 16)
Larry Lachmann – mastering
Larry Carroll – artworkDonna McLeer – artwork graphics, layout
Eden Braunstein – photography
Mike McRath – photography
Howie Abrams – A&R, management
Kenny Gabor – management
Vaughn Lewis – management
^ Prato, Greg. "Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 23, 2023 . ^ Young, Alex (October 9, 2008). "Album Review: Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal" . Consequence Of Sound . Retrieved February 23, 2023 . ^ Paine, Jake (September 12, 2008). "Ill Bill - The Hour Of Reprisal" . HipHopDX . Retrieved February 23, 2023 . ^ Hernandez, Pedro 'DJ Complejo' (February 24, 2009). "Ill Bill :: The Hour of Reprisal – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved February 23, 2023 . ^ "Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal (album review ) | Sputnikmusic" . Sputnikmusic . Retrieved February 23, 2023 .^ Kuperstein, Slava (December 28, 2008). "The Top 25 Hip Hop Albums Of 2008" . HipHopDX . Retrieved April 17, 2024 . ^ Martin, Christopher E. (January 3, 2009). "DJ Premier's Top 20 of 2008" . djpremierblog.com . Retrieved April 17, 2024 .^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of October 4, 2008" Billboard . Retrieved April 17, 2024 .^ "Independent Albums: Week of October 4, 2008" Billboard . Retrieved April 17, 2024 .^ "Heatseekers Albums: Week of October 4, 2008" Billboard . Retrieved April 17, 2024 .
