The Darkest Cloud

Last updated

The Darkest Cloud
Thedarkestcloud.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 2003
Genre Hip hop  · underground hip hop
Label Molemen Records
Producer Memo
Panik
DJ Contakt
Mixx Massacre
Vakill chronology
Kill'em All
(2001)
The Darkest Cloud
(2003)
Worst Fears Confirmed
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopSite.comStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MVRemix.comStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Stylus Magazine B+ [3]

The Darkest Cloud is the debut studio album by Chicago rapper Vakill, released May 5, 2003, on Molemen Records. The album came eight years after the rapper's 1995 debut EP Who's Afraid?.

Contents

Production

The Darkest Cloud features production from members of The Molemen and guest appearances from Slug (of Atmosphere), Copywrite, Camu Tao, and others. The album's lead single is "End of Days" b/w "Sickplicity" b/w "The Creed".[ citation needed ]

Reception

The album drew positive reviews from underground hip hop fans and critics alike, with praise for its production and lyricism. [4]

Track listing

#TitleProducer(s)Performer (s)
1"Intro"*Interlude*
2"The Darkest Cloud"MemoVakill
3"The Creed"MemoVakill
4"Til the World Blows Up"PanikVakill
5"Sickplicity"PanikVakill
6"Dear Life"DJ ContaktVakill
7"Forbidden Scriptures"PanikVakill, Breez Evahflowin, Camu Tao, Copywrite,
Jakki Da Motamouth
8"American Gothic"MemoVakill
9"Forever"PanikVakill
10"Fallen"PanikVakill, Slug
11"Cry You a River"Mixx MassacreVakill
12"Sweetest Way to Die"MemoVakill
13"The Crown Don't Move"PanikVakill / Contains sample of "Estábamos Juntos" (1974) by José José
14"The Flyer"PanikVakill
15"End of Days"PanikVakill

Album singles

Single information
"End of Days"
  • Released: 2003
  • B-Side: "Sickplicity", "The Creed"

References

  1. HipHopSite.com review
  2. MVRemix.com review
  3. Stylus Magazine review
  4. "MVRemix Album Reviews - Vakill - The Darkest Cloud | 2003 album reviews | US and Canadian Underground Hip Hop - exclusive interviews, reviews, articles". www.mvremix.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.