Ill Bill
Album : The Hour of Reprisal
Release Date : September 16, 2008
Label : Fat Beats

review :
The highly anticipated second solo album from Brooklyn’s independent hip-hop kingpin ILL BILL is finally scheduled for release on the Uncle Howie/Fat Beats label. The former Non Phixion standout and current La Coka Nostra riot-starter has surgically crafted THE very album the hip-hop world has been missing and craving for far too long.

Whether holding it down alongside iconic MCs such as Raekwon the Chef and B-Real, or with their spiritual disciples Immortal Technique, Vinnie Paz and Necro, or masterminding stellar collaborations with the likes of the legendary Bad Brains and heavy metal thrashers Killswitch Engage, Bill confidently swaggers the line between genres with fellow visionaries DJ Premier, DJ Muggs, T-Ray, DJ Lethal and others behind the boards. Also, for the first time, a bulk of the production has been propelled by Bill himself.

Along with the exactly one hour long audio disc, comes a DVD of ILL BILL annihilating punk rock mecca CBGB, live and direct from the same stage once immortalized by the likes of The Ramones, Blondie, The New York Dolls and so many others. Additionally, the artwork for The Hour of Reprisal has been created by none other than Larry Carroll ; the man behind numerous controversial album covers for the mighty Slayer, including their classic Reign In Blood.

Following up his recent 52 date support slot with Tech N9ne and Paul Wall, ILL BILL will head out on a lengthy North American headlining tour with Heltah Skeltah’s Sean Price in tow, beginning September 11th and running until November 9th. The tour will include a performance at this year’s We The People Festival in Los Angeles on September 27th, with artists such as RZA, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Suicidal Tendencies, Fishbone, DJ Premier and many others.

Track listing

1. Babylon (feat. Howard Jones)
2. Doomsday Was Written In An Alien Bible
3. Trust Nobody
4. A Bullet Never Lies (feat. Vinnie Paz)
5. White Nigger
6. My Uncle
7. Riya (feat. HR / Darryl Jenifer)
8. War Is My Destiny (feat. Immortal Technique / Max Cavalera)
9. Society Is Brainwashed
10. This Is Who I Am
11. Too Young (feat. HERO / Slaine)
12. Pain Gang (feat. B-Real / Everlast)
13. U.B.S. (The Unauthorized Biography of Slayer)
14. Coka Moshiach (feat. Raekwon)
15. The Most Dangerous Weapon Alive
16. Soap
17. I’m A Goon
18. Only Time Will Tell (feat. Necro / Tech N9ne / Everlast)

No profanity, or inaproppriate remarks.

Ill Bill The Hour of Reprisal, by " ??0 ??)_"/-\ ????@ ????!/\/" [2008-09-19 04:17:53]

this is waaaay better than wwwb ?€š the production is mosdef intense and bill sounds even doper and more original with each listen. dopeness, better than even the future is now imo

Ill Bill The Hour of Reprisal, by MusicFiend [2008-09-17 12:10:48]

Man, this disc has pretty much been on constant repeat since it went on the ipod. Feeling every single track on this. Check out his other solo joint "What’s wrong with Bill" which is dope too