A Vicious Cycle Explained
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.
Personnel
- 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)
