This article is about the Reef the Lost Cauze album. For other uses, see
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.
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)"
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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