The Hour of Reprisal


The Hour of Reprisal is the second studio album by American rapper and record producer 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 HipHopDXs 'Top 25 Hip Hop Albums of 2008' list. DJ Premier also included the album in his personal 'Top 20 Albums of 2008' list, ranking it at 20

Track listing

#TitleProducerPerformer
1"Babylon"T-Ray
2"Doomsday Was Written in an Alien Bible"Ill Bill
  • Ill Bill
    • 3"Trust Nobody"Ill Bill
  • Ill Bill
    • 4"A Bullet Never Lies"DJ Lethal
  • First Verse/Chorus: Ill Bill
  • Second Verse: Vinnie Paz
    • 5"White Nigger"Ill Bill
  • Ill Bill
    • 6"My Uncle"Ill Bill & Sicknature
  • Ill Bill
    • 7"Riya"Ill Bill
  • Verses: Ill Bill
  • Chorus: H.R.
  • Bass: Darryl Jenifer
    • 8"War Is My Destiny"Ill Bill
  • First Verse: Ill Bill
  • Second Verse: Immortal Technique
  • Chorus: Max Cavalera
    • 9"Society Is Brainwashed"DJ Premier
  • Ill Bill
    • 10"This Is Who I Am"DJ Muggs
  • Ill Bill
    • 11"Too Young"Darp Malone
  • First Verse: E-Dot
  • Second Verse: Ill Bill
  • Third Verse: Slaine
  • Chorus: Darp Malone
    • 12"Pain Gang"Cynic
  • Intro: Howie Tenenbaum
  • First Verse: B-Real
  • Second Verse: Everlast
  • Third Verse/Chorus: Ill Bill
    • 13"U.B.S. "Necro
  • Ill Bill
    • 14"Coka Moschiach"Ill Bill
  • First Verse/Chorus: Ill Bill
  • Intro/Second Verse: Raekwon
    • 15"The Most Dangerous Weapon Alive"Necro
  • Ill Bill
    • 16"Soap" Ill Bill
    17"I'm a Goon"Ill Bill & Sicknature
  • Ill Bill
    • 18"Only Time Will Tell"DJ Muggs
  • First Verse: Necro
  • Second Verse: Tech N9ne
  • Third Verse: Ill Bill
  • Chorus: Everlast

    • Personnel

    • William "Ill Bill" Braunstein – vocals, producer, recording, mixing, executive producer
    • Howard Jones – vocals
    • Anthony "Q-Unique" Quiles – voice
    • Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz" Luvineri – vocals
    • Paul D. "H.R." Hudson – vocals
    • Felipe "Immortal Technique" Coronel – vocals
    • Max Cavalera – vocals
    • Errol "E-Dot" Henry – vocals
    • George "Slaine" Carroll – vocals
    • Justin "Darp Malone" Ryan – vocals & producer
    • Louis "B-Real" Freese – vocals
    • Erik "Everlast" Schrody – vocals
    • Howie Tenenbaum – voice
    • Corey "Raekwon" Woods – vocals
    • Ron "Necro" Braunstein – vocals, producer
    • Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates – vocals
    • Eric "DJ Eclipse" Winn – scratches, recording
    • Darryl Jenifer – bass
    • Christopher "DJ Premier" Martin – scratches, producer & mixing
    • St. Louis – keyboards
    • Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud – scratches, producer & mixing
    • Todd Ray – producer, recording & mixing
    • Leor "DJ Lethal" Dimant – producer, recording
    • Jeppe "Sicknature" Andersen – producer
    • Richard "Cynic" Alfaro – producer
    • Carlos Bess – recording, mixing
    • Anton Pukshansky – recording & mixing
    • Elliott Thomas – recording
    • Jeff Abell – recording & mixing
    • Larry Lachmann – mastering
    • Lawrence Carroll – artwork
    • Donna McLeer – artwork graphics, layout
    • Eden Braunstein – photography
    • Mike McRath – photography
    • Howie Abrams – A&R, management
    • Kenny Gabor – management
    • Vaughn Lewis – management