The Labor Union
The Labor Union is the second solo studio album by American underground rapper King Syze. It was officially released on August 5, 2008, via Babygrande Records. Recording sessions took place at Found Sound Recording in Philadelphia. Production was handled by Team 707, MTK, Skammadix, DJ Waxwork, Ill Bill, Sake, Sicknature, Tut the Instrumentalist and Undefined, with Chuck Wilson and Vinnie Paz serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from several Army of the Pharaohs members and Ill Bill.
Critical reception
The album was known for " lacing his relentless, rapid-fire flow over a slew of spine-tingling gutter tracks". AllMusic's Matt Rinaldi called it an "underground classic".Track listing
Personnel
- Daniel "King Syze" Albaladejo – vocals
- Kenneth "Doap Nixon" Greene – vocals
- William "Ill Bill" Braunstein – vocals & producer
- Lawrence Arnell MacMillan – vocals
- Jason "King Magnetic" Faust – vocals
- Mario "Planetary" Collazo – vocals
- Jose "Demoz" Vargas – vocals
- David "Des Devious" Edens – vocals
- Edward "Chief Kamachi" Littlepage – vocals
- Victor "Celph Titled" Mercer – vocals
- Seamus "Esoteric" Ryan – vocals
- Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz" Luvineri – vocals, executive producer
- Chad "Apathy" Bromley – vocals
- Marcus "Crypt the Warchild" Albaladejo – vocals
- B. Coles – producer
- Olivier Blanger – producer
- Stéphane Gourdais – producer
- Kris "Skammadix" Rey – producer
- Jeppe "Sicknature" Andersen – producer
- Julian "DJ Waxwork" Hammer – producer
- R. "Sake" Joyce – producer
- M. "Undefined" Henzey – producer
- C. "Tut the Instrumentalist" Ashton – producer
- Matthew "MTK" Crabtree – producer
- Scott "Supe" Stallone – recording, mixing
- Jeff "Stress" Davis – recording, mixing
- Hakeem for 707 Team Productions – mixing
- Mark B. Christensen – mastering
- Charles "Chuck" Wilson Jr. – executive producer
- Dan Bradley – photography, design
- Jesse Stone – marketing
- Ben Dotson – product management
- Willy Friedman – product management