''A Vicious Cycle'' is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper

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. 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

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, The Dojo in

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, Heaven's Basement in Easton, Chop Shop Studio in Langhorne, The Krib and Yaddi Box Studios.

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was handled by Brods, Eyego/Direct,

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, MTK, Stress The White Boy, The Beatills and The Unknown Soldier. It features guest appearances from

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, Ethel Cee,

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, Scandal, Taragirl,

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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.

Track listing

Personnel

*Sharif "

" Lacey – vocals, executive producer, sleeve notes *Kamilah "Ethel Cee" Clark – vocals (track 8) *Anwar "Scandal" Morgan – vocals (track 11) *Silk "

" Kaya – vocals (track 11) *Jason "

" Faust – vocals (track 12) *Daniel "

" 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 "

" 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)

References

External links

* 2008 albums Reef the Lost Cauze albums Albums produced by Marco Polo {{2008-hiphop-album-stub