The Hour of Reprisal

The Hour of Reprisal
Studio album by Ill Bill
Released	September 16, 2008
Recorded	2006-2008
Genre	Hip hop, conscious hip hop, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore, rap metal
Length	60:00
Label	Uncle Howie Records, Fat Beats
Producer	T-Ray, Ill Bill, DJ Lethal, DJ Premier, DJ Muggs, Darp Malone, Cynic, Necro
Ill Bill chronology
What's Wrong with Bill? (2004) The Hour of Reprisal (2008) Kill Devil Hills (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Beats Per Millennium	(7.5/10)[2]
HipHopDX.com	[3]
RapReviews.com	(8.5/10)[4]
UGO	(B)[5]

The Hour of Reprisal is the second studio album by American hip hop musician Ill Bill. It was released on September 16, 2008 by Uncle Howie Records. Featured guests on the album include Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage, Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks, H.R. and Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains, Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Immortal Technique, HERO, Slaine and Everlast of La Coka Nostra, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan, Necro and Tech N9ne. The album was included in DJ Premier's Top 20 Albums of 2008.^[6]

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)
1	"Babylon"	T-Ray	Verses: Ill Bill Chorus: Howard Jones
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	Heavy Metal Kings
5	"White Nigger"	Ill Bill	Ill Bill
6	"My Uncle"	Ill Bill & Sicknature	Ill Bill
7	"Riva"	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 (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	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" (skit)	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

Ill Bill – vocals, arranging, writing, production, mixing Howard Jones – guest vocals Vinnie Paz – guest vocals H.R. – guest vocals Darryl Jenifer – guest bass Immortal Technique – guest vocals Max Cavalera – guest vocals HERO – guest vocals Slaine – guest vocals B-Real – guest vocals Everlast – guest vocals Raekwon – guest vocals Necro – guest vocals, production Tech N9ne – guest vocals

Carlos Bess – mixing T-Ray - production DJ Lethal - production Sicknature - production DJ Premier - production DJ Muggs - production Darp Malone - production Cynic - production Larry Carroll – cover art

Samples

• "Trust Nobody"
  • "Champagne Bath" by Sonata Arctica**
• "White Nigger"
  • "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce
• "War Is My Destiny"
  • Transylvania 1887** By Alan Silvestri
• "Society is Brainwashed"
  • "Two Turntables & A Mic by Black Moon**

Trivia

In the song "Society Is Brainwashed" Ill Bill mentions Milton William Cooper, the author of the book Behold A Pale Horse. He states that even though he doesn't agree with every sentiment that Cooper wrote, he admired him for speaking his mind.^[7] The album title is a reference to the Slayer song "Raining Blood"

Only time will tell is the last time Ill BIll and Necro collabed between their break 2008-2013 and counting

The album runs for exactly 1 hour (60 minutes)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Beats Per Millennium review
3. HipHopDX.com review
4. RapReviews.com review
5. UGO review
6. DJ Premier Blog - DJ Premier's Top 20 of 2008.djpremierblog.blogspot.com. Accessed May 26, 2009.
7. Ill Bill - Society is brainwashed (lyrics).albumrankings.com. Accessed May 28, 2009.