The The Grimy Awards [CD/DVD]

by Ill Bill

Overview

With "When I Die" going out to his deceased grandmother and "Canarsie High" bringing the pathos like never before, The Grimy Awards could rightfully be seen as the softest album to date from underground rapper and Non-Phixion member Ill Bill. Of course, that's with the previous discography being so hardcore that it was almost horrorcore, but the right way to think of this effort is balanced, with Bill challenging himself -- and his audience -- with a proper stretching of the skill set. Key cut "Exploding Octopus" even brings science and education into the picture, and yet all these advancements are tempered with the familiar Bill combo of brutish and earnest at all costs, especially when both "In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is the king" and "Stare into the past and see the future lookin' back at you" get barked out over the soulful Pete Rock production called "Truth." Add names like DJ Premier, El-P, DJ Muggs, A-Trak, and H.R. from the Bad Brains as guests, and this one winds up the Ill Bill album to pick, winning the Grimy Award for Best Overall and bringing the rapper one step closer to Lifetime Achievement. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/2013
Label:	Fat Beats
UPC:	0659123515924
Rank:	66688

Tracks

Disc 1

1. What Does It All Mean?
2. Paul Baloff
3. I Don't Know How Long It's Gonna Last
4. Acceptance Speech
5. Truth
6. Exploding Octopus
7. Forty Deuce Hebrew
8. How To Survive the Apocalypse
9. Vio-Lence
10. Acid Reflux
11. L' Amour East
12. Power
13. When I Die
14. Severed Heads of State
15. 120% Darkside Justice
16. Canarsie High
17. World Premier

Disc 2

18. [Untitled]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ill Bill   Primary Artist
Cormega   Featured Artist
Shabazz the Disciple   Featured Artist
Jedi Mind Tricks   Featured Artist
Lil' Fame   Featured Artist
Q-Unique   Featured Artist
A-Trak   Featured Artist
El-P   Featured Artist
Meyhem Lauren   Featured Artist
Tia Thomas   Featured Artist
Scott Stallone   Arp Odyssey,Moog Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Large Professor   Mixing,Producer
Ayatollah   Producer
W.P. Mitchell   Composer
Pete Rock   Producer
Peter Humphreys   Mastering
Psycho Les   Producer
A-Trak   Cut
DJ Eclipse   Cut
Skam2   Artwork
El-P   Producer
Rick Delisi   Engineer
DJ Premier   Producer,Cut
Vincent Luviner   Composer
A. Quiles   Composer
W. Braunstein   Composer
Donna McLeer   Graphic Design
DJ Skizz   Producer
Uncle Howie   Executive Producer
Omar Credle   Composer
Scott Stallone   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
C-Lance   Producer
Eden Braunstein   Engineer,Photography
Junior Makhno   Producer
Ill Bill   Producer