PRESSED ON ORCHID / PINK SWIRL VINYL
DESCRIPTION
Above a tightly wound blend of inspirations, The Hour of Reprisal builds upon Ill Bill's iron reputation for touching on serious issues - social as well as personal. "My Uncle" addresses one of the pillars of Bill's life, his Uncle Howie and his seemingly endless battle with addiction. Playing off of Nas' "The Unauthorized Biography of Rakim" from several years ago, Bill flips the concept to toast his favorite heavy metal outfit, Slayer, so as to pay tribute to his heroes from another voice of struggle - Metal. Topics such as the war in Iraq, the unsettling and disturbing subject of racism, the senseless shootings at Virginia Tech University, the state execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams and countless others surface, minus any air of exploitation, but with a slash of brutal awareness of challenging times. Bill even manages to deliver a spiritual dedication to his first daughter, with the assistance of seminal punks HR and Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains).
TRACKLIST
A1 Babylon
A2 Doomsday Was Written In An Alien Bible
A3 Trust Nobody
A4 A Bullet Never Lies
B1 White N*@#?r
B2 My Uncle
B3 Riva
B4 War Is My Destiny
C1 Society Is Brainwashed
C2 This Is Who I Am
C3 Too Young
C4 Pain Gang
C5 U.B.S. (Unauthorized Biography Of Slayer)
D1 Coka Moshiach
D2 The Most Dangerous Weapon Alive
D3 Soap
D4 I'm A Goon
D5 Only Time Will Tell