A Vicious Cycle

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A Vicious Cycle
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 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
Reef the Lost Cauze chronology
Feast or Famine
(2005)
A Vicious Cycle
(2008)
High Life 2013
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX 3.5/5 [1]
RapReviews7.5/10 [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.

Contents

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Back at It"
Eyego/Direct3:21
2."Pay-Per-View"
  • Lacey
  • Kent Hertzog
The Beatills3:21
3."Problem"
  • Lacey
  • Jeff Davis
Stress The White Boy3:52
4."I Wonder" Marco Polo 4:47
5."Thug Fantasy"
  • Lacey
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
Eyego/Direct4:33
6."I Ain't No Rapper"
  • Lacey
  • Jørgen Sæther Brodshaug
Brods4:00
7."Big Deal"
  • Lacey
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
Eyego/Direct4:03
8."Not That Easy" (featuring Ethel Cee)
  • Lacey
  • Kamilah Clark
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
Eyego/Direct2:48
9."Listen to Me"
  • Lacey
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
Eyego/Direct3:33
10."Get It? Got It? Good"
  • Lacey
  • Matthew Crabtree
MTK4:08
11."Upside Down" (featuring Scandal and Eternia)
Eyego/Direct3:35
12."Gone" (featuring King Magnetic and Termanology)Stress The White Boy3:54
13."Amnesia"
  • Lacey
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
The Beatills3:15
14."Nat Turner"
  • Lacey
  • The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier4:12
15."Bad Lieutenant"
  • Lacey
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
Eyego/Direct3:37
16."When You Get Free" (featuring Will Guice)
  • Lacey
  • Will Guice
  • Davis
Stress The White Boy5:26
17."Home"
  • Lacey
  • Crabtree
MTK3:14
18."Still I Rise" (featuring Taragirl)
  • Lacey
  • Tara Betterbid
  • Eigo
  • Eigo
Eyego/Direct3:03
No.TitleLength
19."Listen To Me (J.J. Brown Remix)" 
20."Get It? Got It? Good (J.J. Brown Remix)" 

Personnel

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