Ill Bill: The Hour of Reprisal Australian Tour
no flyer survives
- When
- 22 Feb 2008
- Venue
- HQ Complex
- Address
- Adelaide
- Line-up
- Ill Bill, DJ Eclipse, Big Left
Ill Bill's 'The Hour of Reprisal' Australian tour stops at HQ Complex, Adelaide, supported by DJ Eclipse and Big Left (La Coka Nostra). Tickets via Venuetux, Clinic 116, B Sharp and Da Klinic.
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ILL BILL ‘The Hour of Reprisal’ Australian Tour
Having spent the past decade working with hip hop royalty and on the back of his up coming second solo album ‘The Hour of Reprisal’, Non Phixion legend
ILL BILL is set to hit Australia for his first ever onslaught.
‘The Hour of Reprisal’ is raw, hard-hitting and authentic hip hop at its finest.
His trademark brand of grimey East Coast rap is masterfully brought to the fore courtesy of production from brother Necro, as well as luminaries DJ Premier, DJ Lethal, Muggs, Cynic, Sicknature and, of course, ILL BILL. On the MC front, the album also features some of the biggest names in the game including Raekwon the Chef (Wu-Tang Clan), B-Real (Cypress Hill), Everlast (House of Pain), Immortal Technique, DJ Lethal (House of Pain/Limp Bizkit), Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Tech N9ne, Slaine (La Coka Nostra) and Hero. Collaborations with metal/rock artists Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage), Max Cavalera (Soulfly/Sepultura) and HR & Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains), confirms ‘The Hour of Reprisal’ as one of the most hotly anticipated hip hop albums of the new year.
ILL BILL grew up living in Brooklyn’s Glenwood projects and cut his musical teeth on early collaborations with Necro, playing bass and spitting for death metal band Injustice. Now a massive player in the hip hop scene, this veteran is also the producer, founder and CEO of the thriving label Uncle Howie Records. As part of the influential Non Phixion crew, ILL BILL issued 2002’s acclaimed LP ‘The Future is Now’ and in doing so confirmed his master craftsman status.
As a solo artist, his live shows are notorious for their honest and tight delivery, while his first album ‘What’s wrong with Bill’? (2004), and critically acclaimed mix tape series ‘ILL BILL is the Future’ (2006), ‘Black Metal’ (2007) and ‘Street Villians’ (2003) with Necro are heralded as classics of the genre.
A voice of dissent with no gender, racial or cultural boundaries restricting him, ILL BILL is pissed off about the world around him and isn’t afraid to say it. With the flow, chaotic lyrical skills and original rhymes to back it up, ILL BILL will be aptly supported by fellow Non Phixion rep DJ Eclipse and La Coka Nostra’s Big Left (of which ILL BILL is also a member), with the tour set to shake crowds up and down, demanding the respect rightly owed to three masters of the hip hop trade. This whirlwind will leave a path of destruction so get you diaries out to make sure you’re in the eye of the storm.
Feb 22nd – HQ Complex, Adelaide
Feb 23rd – Manning Bar, Sydney
Feb 29th – The Espy, Melbourne
Mar 1st – The Waterloo, Brisbane
tickets on sale nationally now
Adelaide : Venuetux, Clinic 116, B Sharp & Da Klinic
Sydney: Moshtix outlets
Melbourne: Obese, Polyester, Inthemix.com.au, Espy bottle shop, dmc, polyester & missing link.
Brisbane: Moshtix outlets
Having spent the past decade working with hip hop royalty and on the back of his up coming second solo album ‘The Hour of Reprisal’, Non Phixion legend
ILL BILL is set to hit Australia for his first ever onslaught.
‘The Hour of Reprisal’ is raw, hard-hitting and authentic hip hop at its finest.
His trademark brand of grimey East Coast rap is masterfully brought to the fore courtesy of production from brother Necro, as well as luminaries DJ Premier, DJ Lethal, Muggs, Cynic, Sicknature and, of course, ILL BILL. On the MC front, the album also features some of the biggest names in the game including Raekwon the Chef (Wu-Tang Clan), B-Real (Cypress Hill), Everlast (House of Pain), Immortal Technique, DJ Lethal (House of Pain/Limp Bizkit), Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Tech N9ne, Slaine (La Coka Nostra) and Hero. Collaborations with metal/rock artists Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage), Max Cavalera (Soulfly/Sepultura) and HR & Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains), confirms ‘The Hour of Reprisal’ as one of the most hotly anticipated hip hop albums of the new year.
ILL BILL grew up living in Brooklyn’s Glenwood projects and cut his musical teeth on early collaborations with Necro, playing bass and spitting for death metal band Injustice. Now a massive player in the hip hop scene, this veteran is also the producer, founder and CEO of the thriving label Uncle Howie Records. As part of the influential Non Phixion crew, ILL BILL issued 2002’s acclaimed LP ‘The Future is Now’ and in doing so confirmed his master craftsman status.
As a solo artist, his live shows are notorious for their honest and tight delivery, while his first album ‘What’s wrong with Bill’? (2004), and critically acclaimed mix tape series ‘ILL BILL is the Future’ (2006), ‘Black Metal’ (2007) and ‘Street Villians’ (2003) with Necro are heralded as classics of the genre.
A voice of dissent with no gender, racial or cultural boundaries restricting him, ILL BILL is pissed off about the world around him and isn’t afraid to say it. With the flow, chaotic lyrical skills and original rhymes to back it up, ILL BILL will be aptly supported by fellow Non Phixion rep DJ Eclipse and La Coka Nostra’s Big Left (of which ILL BILL is also a member), with the tour set to shake crowds up and down, demanding the respect rightly owed to three masters of the hip hop trade. This whirlwind will leave a path of destruction so get you diaries out to make sure you’re in the eye of the storm.
Feb 22nd – HQ Complex, Adelaide
Feb 23rd – Manning Bar, Sydney
Feb 29th – The Espy, Melbourne
Mar 1st – The Waterloo, Brisbane
tickets on sale nationally now
Adelaide : Venuetux, Clinic 116, B Sharp & Da Klinic
Sydney: Moshtix outlets
Melbourne: Obese, Polyester, Inthemix.com.au, Espy bottle shop, dmc, polyester & missing link.
Brisbane: Moshtix outlets