''The Labor Union'' is the second solo studio album by American underground rapper

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. It was officially released on August 5, 2008 via

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. Recording sessions took place at Found Sound Recording in

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was handled by Team 707, MTK, Skammadix, DJ Waxwork,

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, Sake, Sicknature, Tut the Instrumentalist and Undefined, with Chuck Wilson and

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serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from several

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members and Ill Bill.

Critical reception

The album was known for " yzelacing his relentless, rapid-fire flow over a slew of spine-tingling gutter tracks".

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's Matt Rinaldi called it an "underground classic".

Track listing

Personnel

*Daniel "

" Albaladejo – vocals *Kenneth "

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" Greene – vocals (tracks: 3, 8) *William "

" Braunstein – vocals & producer (track 3) * Lawrence Arnell MacMillan – vocals (track 4) *Jason "

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" Faust – vocals (track 4) *Mario " Planetary" Collazo – vocals (tracks: 7, 8, 12) *Jose " Demoz" Vargas – vocals (track 8) *David "

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" Edens – vocals (track 8) *Edward "

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" Littlepage – vocals (track 8) *Victor "

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" Mercer – vocals (track 8) *Seamus "

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" Ryan – vocals (track 8) *Vincenzo "

" Luvineri – vocals (track 10), executive producer *Chad "

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" Bromley – vocals (track 10) *Marcus " Crypt the Warchild" Albaladejo – vocals (track 12) *B. Coles – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11) *Olivier Blanger – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11) *Stéphane Gourdais – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11) *Kris "Skammadix" Rey – producer (tracks: 2, 4) *Jeppe " Sicknature" Andersen – producer (track 3) *Julian "DJ Waxwork" Hammer – producer (track 6) *R. "Sake" Joyce – producer (track 8) *M. "Undefined" Henzey – producer (track 9) *C. "Tut the Instrumentalist" Ashton – producer (track 10) *Matthew "MTK" Crabtree – producer (tracks: 12, 13) *Scott "Supe" Stallone – recording (tracks: 1-5, 7-12), mixing (tracks: 8, 10) *Jeff "Stress" Davis – recording (tracks: 6, 13), mixing (tracks: 1-4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13) *Hakeem for 707 Team Productions – mixing (tracks: 5, 11) * Mark B. Christensen – mastering *Charles "

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" Wilson, Jr. – executive producer *Dan Bradley – photography, design *Jesse Stone – marketing *Ben Dotson – product management *Willy Friedman – product management

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Labor Union 2008 albums King Syze albums Babygrande Records albums