Ill Bill – The Early Years: Rare Demos 91-94 (2019)

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500 COPIES ONLY

FIRST 120 ARE BLOOD RED VINYL

NEXT 120 ARE BLACK & WHITE MARBLED VINYL

260 ARE ON TRADITIONAL BLACK WAX

Holy crap this is one of the illest joints I’ve dropped on Herring.   I will often say if a record is Top 10 Herring but straight up and down this is Top 5 – nah fcuk it  – this HAS TO BE Top 3.  HAS TO BE!!

I’ve been a fan since the records dropped. Back in the day when I was working in the record store and doing pirate radio and spinnin to make a living, I was known for droppin mad Bill and Necro. Back when the first stuff dropped, heads were more into bigger acts, a lotta time on majors. What a lot of headz don’t realise now is that there was a backlash at least over here in the UK against “independents” and that late 90’s scene and in some circles there still is. But for me,  to see artists recording whatever the hell they wanted to and then dropping it on their own label, that was the biggest buzz and my inspiration, along with Fondle Em Recs, for what I try to do. To see an idea translate from the home studio to worldwide distribution was a trip. The Braunstein brothers represent that journey perfectly. This is a sound – a category even – Death Rap. Bill took this steez from his earliest demo Economics in 1991 and has run with it for nearly 30 years from Brooklyn to Europe to Japan and beyond. Maximum respect to him, to Necro, to Non Phixion and all the crew. I’m a fan and this drop is a personal achievement for me as an independent label owner. Props to Bill for agreeing to work with Herring and to Eclipse for making it a smooth process. ONE GLOVE.

Tracks:

A1 Murder [prod Ill Bill]

A2 I’m Not Happy [prod by Naughty Shorts]

A3 Economics [prod Necro & Ill Bill]

A4 Peep The Zoobaz [prod by Goretex & 10k)

A5 Junkies Wit Gunz [prod by Goretex & Ill Bill)

B1 EMA [prod by Goretex & Ill Bill)

B2 Run for Your Life [prod by Godfather Don]

B3 Orgy of The Damned [prod by Naughty Shorts]

B4 Peep The Zoobaz Remix [prod by Goretex]

B5 One For The Butcher’s Knife [prod by Necro)

A1 produced by Ill Bill. A2 & B3 prod by Naughty Shorts.

A3 prod by Necro & Ill Bill. A4 prod by Goretex & 10k.

A5 & B1 prod by Goretex & Ill Bill. B2 prod by Godfather Don.

B4 prod by Goretex. B5 prod by Necro.

Executive producer Necro.