The Death of Willie Lynch is the debut album released by Black Ice, an African-American rapper and poet. Although originally signed to Def Jam Records, Black Ice was thankful to have this album released by the indie label Koch Records. Eric "Booty" Greene handled the production for this album.
| The Death of Willie Lynch | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by Black Ice | |
| Released | September 5, 2006 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Label | Koch Records |
| Producer | Eric "Booty" Greene |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Gridface.com | [2] |
| AllHipHop |  [3] |
| Okayplayer | [4] |
| SpaceCityRock.com | [5] |
| MVRemix.com | (8.0/10)[6] |
| RapReviews | (7.0/10)[7] |
| HipHopGalaxy.com | [8] |
The title refers to the William Lynch Speech.
Track listing
edit| # | Title | Composer(s) | Guest performer |
Producer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Path" | L. Manson E. Greene |
Black Ice | Eric "Booty" Greene | 3:04 |
| 2 | "The Ugly Show" | L. Manson E. Greene |
Black Ice | Eric "Booty" Greene | 5:49 |
| 3 | "A Dream Transferred" | L. Manson E. Greene |
Black Ice | Eric "Booty" Greene | 3:08 |
| 4 | "Lone Soldier" | L. Manson E. Greene E. Bass |
Black Ice Chinahblac |
Eric "Booty" Greene | 4:00 |
| 5 | "Takeyatime" | L. Manson E. Greene T. Johnson |
Black Ice Musiq |
Eric "Booty" Greene | 4:48 |
| 6 | "Nice2MeetU" | L. Manson E. Greene V. Roane |
Black Ice V |
Eric "Booty" Greene | 2:50 |
| 7 | "Hoodwatch!!!" | L. Manson E. Greene |
Black Ice | Eric "Booty" Greene | 4:03 |
| 8 | "Front Page" | L. Manson E. Greene |
Black Ice | Eric "Booty" Greene | 4:22 |
| 9 | "Rain, Hail, Sleet or Snow" | L. Manson E. Greene H. Hill |
Black Ice H. Hill |
Eric "Booty" Greene | 4:09 |
| 10 | "The Beast Within" | L. Manson E. Greene H. Hill |
Black Ice H. Hill |
Eric "Booty" Greene | 3:58 |
| 11 | "Shine" | L. Manson E. Greene N. Stewart |
Black Ice Natalie Stewart of Floetry |
Eric "Booty" Greene | 2:56 |
| 12 | "The Real" | L. Manson E. Greene |
Black Ice | Eric "Booty" Greene | 5:49 |
Personnel
edit| Contributors | |
| Producers | |
|---|---|
| Producer(s) | Eric "Booty" Greene |
| Executive Producer(s) | DJ Jazzy Jeff |
| Performers | |
| Lead vocals and rapping | Black Ice, Chinahblac, Musiq, V, H. Hill, Natalie Stewart |
| Additional and background vocals | |
| Instrumentation' | |
| Bass Guitar | Kenneth Wright |
| Acoustic Guitar | Rayfield "Ray Ray" Holloman |
| Technicians | |
| Mixing | Eric "Booty" Green |
| Engineering | Eric "Booty" Green |
| Mastering | Arnold Mischkulnig |
| Management | Melody Forrester |