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Vicious Cycle .
2008 studio album by Reef the Lost Cauze
A Vicious Cycle Released November 10, 2008 (2008-11-10 ) Studio Genre Hip hop Label Fuck You Pay Me Records Well Done Entertainment Producer Brods Eyego/Direct Marco Polo MTK Stress The White Boy The Beatills The Unknown Soldier
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating HipHopDX 3.5/5[1] RapReviews 7.5/10[2]
A Vicious Cycle is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Reef the Lost Cauze . It was released on November 10, 2008, via Fuck You Pay Me Records/Well Done Entertainment. Recording sessions took place at The Hot Box in Philadelphia , The Dojo in Brooklyn , Heaven's Basement in Easton , Chop Shop Studio in Langhorne , The Krib and Yaddi Box Studios. Production was handled by Brods, Eyego/Direct, Marco Polo , MTK, Stress The White Boy, The Beatills and The Unknown Soldier. It features guest appearances from Eternia , Ethel Cee, King Magnetic , Scandal, Taragirl, Termanology and Will Guice.
It was re-released on February 10, 2009, with two new remixes of the tracks "Listen to Me" and "Get It? Got It? Good" done by J.J. Brown.
Track listing [ edit ]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Back at It" Eyego/Direct 3:21 2. "Pay-Per-View" The Beatills 3:21 3. "Problem" Stress The White Boy 3:52 4. "I Wonder" Marco Polo 4:47 5. "Thug Fantasy" Eyego/Direct 4:33 6. "I Ain't No Rapper" Lacey Jørgen Sæther Brodshaug Brods 4:00 7. "Big Deal" Eyego/Direct 4:03 8. "Not That Easy" (featuring Ethel Cee) Lacey Kamilah Clark Eigo Eigo Eyego/Direct 2:48 9. "Listen to Me" Eyego/Direct 3:33 10. "Get It? Got It? Good" MTK 4:08 11. "Upside Down" (featuring Scandal and Eternia ) Eyego/Direct 3:35 12. "Gone" (featuring King Magnetic and Termanology ) Stress The White Boy 3:54 13. "Amnesia" The Beatills 3:15 14. "Nat Turner" The Unknown Soldier 4:12 15. "Bad Lieutenant" Eyego/Direct 3:37 16. "When You Get Free" (featuring Will Guice) Stress The White Boy 5:26 17. "Home" MTK 3:14 18. "Still I Rise" (featuring Taragirl) Lacey Tara Betterbid Eigo Eigo Eyego/Direct 3:03
Title 19. "Listen To Me (J.J. Brown Remix)" 20. "Get It? Got It? Good (J.J. Brown Remix)"
Personnel [ edit ]
Sharif "Reef the Lost Cauze " Lacey – vocals, executive producer, sleeve notes
Kamilah "Ethel Cee" Clark – vocals (track 8)
Anwar "Scandal" Morgan – vocals (track 11)
Silk "Eternia " Kaya – vocals (track 11)
Jason "King Magnetic " Faust – vocals (track 12)
Daniel "Termanology " Carrillo – vocals (track 12)
Will Guice – vocals (track 16)
Tara "Taragirl" Betterbid – vocals (track 18)
Jake Eigo – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7-9, 11, 15, 18) , recording (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9-13, 15, 18)
Josh Eigo – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7-9, 11, 15, 18) , recording (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9-13, 15, 18)
The Beatills – producers (tracks: 2, 13)
Jeff "Stress" Davis – producer (tracks: 3, 12, 16) , recording (tracks: 3, 8, 14, 16, 17) , mixing (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17)
Marco "Marco Polo " Bruno – producer & recording (track 4)
Jørgen Sæther "Brods" Brodshaug – producer (track 6)
Matthew "MTK" Crabtree – producer (tracks: 10, 17)
The Unknown Soldier – producer (track 14)
Stephen "Zilla Rocca" Zales – recording (track 7)
Nonezeo – recording (track 11)
Byron "Ali Armz" McIntosh – recording (track 12)
Scott "Supe" Stallone – mixing (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 9-12, 15, 18)
DJ Luciano – mixing (tracks: 2, 13)
Joe Nardone – mixing (track 4)
Peter Humphreys – mastering
Luis Valbuena – executive producer, sleeve notes, management
Mike Scott Whitson – photography
Jason "J.J." Brown – re-mixing (tracks: 19, 20)
Dan "The Deacon" Maier – co-producer & mixing (tracks: 19, 20)
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