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03-17-2006, 12:12 PM
There was some news about Bill on HHG the other week and there were a shitload of comments from people asking "Who the fuck is Ill Bill?" I guess this is the response. Dope shit, thought I'd post it here since almost everyone here thinks Bill is nice.
BEHIND THE SCIENCE - hiphopgame.com
ILL BILL - WHAT'S WRONG WITH BILL
We got Ill Bill to dissect his classic album...
http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=illbillscience (http://safeurl.de/?http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=illbillscience)
3/17/2006
ILL BILL - What's Wrong With Bill?
What's Wrong? - I made this song to get some situations I've dealt with off my chest. It's mad personal alot of what I'm talking about on this one. It took me like 15 minutes to write. It just came out like that. When I finished recording it I knew it would have to kick the album off. It sets the tone perfectly.
Overkill - This is the kinda beat that makes you wanna hurt people. When I do this song live it starts riots. That's the energy of the words I put on it too. Some real rah rah hit you in the head with a brick type shit. Not too deep but I always lace it up with something to think about too so this one is like a balance of the darkside and the light.
The Anatomy Of A School Shooting - The way Necro and me laced this beat is classic. I co-produced this one. This is another riot starter at the shows. The beat just inspired me to come with some other shit. I wanted to do something different on it and nobody has ever touched on the Columbine shooting like this. I'm not saying the kids that did the shootings did the right thing, but I am saying that everybody around them did wrong too. It could have been prevented. I want to do something like the "CIA" rock remix from the Non Phixion album with this song. I'm gonna be working on it with my homeboys from a band called Madball.
Glenwood Projects - This is where I grew up and where I wrote my first rhymes when I was 10 years old. The joint got me, Necro, Goretex and Uncle Howie on it and we all lived there. It's on the border of Canarsie and Flatbush in Brooklyn. I felt like I had to represent that on my first album so I did. The song ain't even really about the projects like that though, it's more of a off the top scream on a muthafucka type vibe but that was kinda the vibe I was on day to day in Glenwood so it fit. The track has that upbeat flavor to it. Then it gets kinda G-funk during the chorus. I played that shit on the keyboard. alot of people don't know I make beats too and that I co-produced a bunch of joints on my album including this one.
Peace Sells - This one is a double meaning track and it's super political on one hand and one the other hand it's some shit that only heads that listen to old school heavy metal would really understand. For those that don't get down with the hardcore shit, it's mega political and really tears apart what's going on in the world today. Politicians and the media outlets are selling the public what they think is peace and security wrapped up in a nice little package. The real shit though is that the public's security is up for sale to the highest bidder. that's what the song's about and the track fits it crazy. Necro laced this one up and I added some ideas to it also. One of my favorite tracks on the album.
Unstoppable - This beat is crazy. Necro killed it with this one. This just made me feel the vibe about coming up in the game and not letting anybody or anything get in my way. It's gotta be like 150 bpm haha , nah I'm playin..this shit is crazy uptempo though. I never really rock it live cause of that reason but it's dope as fuck. I need to start doing this live. It could definitely start a few fights in the crowd.
Death Smiles At Murder - This is a dark one. The beat kinda drove me to think of this topic. Murder is something that our country has always been in love with. Manson became a celebrity, OJ was an american icon already but became even more famous than he was before his murder trial, and Snoop got the cover of Time Magazine before he even had an album out just cos he was accused of it. I look at it like death is the proud parent of murder and murder is the most interesting way to go. Without it, Hollywood and Interscope Records wouldn't be nearly as rich as they are. I had to do a song about it.
Chasing the Dragon - This is some more rah rah shit. The beat makes you want to black out on somebody. Me and Necro both spit on this one and we shot a video for it too. definitely some drug music shit. the hook on this one is bugged out.
Alien Workshop - This is one of my favorites on the album. I ain't never heard anybody do a joint like this one before. Alot of artists are scared to make songs about shit other than selling dope or doing dirt on the block but that shit is boring to me for an entire album. Fuck the fake shit cos ain't nobody thuggin out on they mama's couch at 4:30 in the morning reading "Behold the pale Horse". You know dudes in the hood loved "Alien" and "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and fuckin "V"...fuck that. This joint is about that alien shit.
Canarsie Artie's Brigade - This one is a shout out to my boy Artie from Canarsie. It's like a tribute. Salute Artie R.I.P.
Porno Director - My boy Joey Silvera inspired me to make this one. I know a lot of people in the adult film world and I made this one for them. Necro directed one a while back. it's something I've always wanted to do but haven't had the time. Porn is a full time job. I know it looks easy but these muthafuckas work 24/7 making this shit happen. it's no joke.
American History X - This was done to put our country on blast but at the same time to respect that I can say what I want cos I have that freedom in the U.S. as opposed to other parts of the world BUT I bring that up cos if we don't watch ourselves and the laws being passed, we will lose that freedom. That's what this song is about. I spit it in an ugly way too just to get my point across. Fuck that prety shit. The beat is fuckin bananas. Necro outdid himself with this one. A pure uncut banger.
Uncle Zowie - This was a skit connected to a skit Howie did on "The Future Is Now". this was part two. He's a funny muthafucka. And for those that don't know, he's my mom's brother. He used to change my diapers when I was a baby.
Legend Has It - I wanted to make some intellectual thug shit so I wrote this. The beat is perfect - crazy uptempo with an ill bassline. The first time I heard this beat I locked it down but couldn't write no shit for it at first. It took me a couple months before I wrote this one. Once I got started though, I wrote it real fast right in the studio. I don't usually write in the lab but this one came out that way and it has that off the top vibe to it lyrically.
The Final Scene - This is the sequel to a song I did a while back called "Swordfish". I'm a double agent in this joint and I finally get back at these two dudes trying to assassinate me. I kill them instead. Lyrically it's crazy visual and Necro came with some next shit on the beat. The rhymes fit the vibe of the track perfect too. This was the one I had to end the album with. It just had that end of the fuckin world flavor to it and I figured since this was the end of the album, fuck it, put it last. After listening to the sequence a few times, it was the right choice. With this song at the end, the album goes out with a bang.
Chasing the Dragon (Moshpit Mix) - Bonus cut which is really just a rock remix of the original version. I dig this version better than the original though. It's harder to me and I dig that metal shit so that's what's up. This is some beat you in the head with an electric guitar type shit. That rock star shit.
This album is something I know I'm gonna look back on and be crazy proud of. I already feel that way now but as time goes by and I listen to it more, I appreciate it even more. This is that raw shit right here and before I made this record, most people only really knew me from being a member of Non Phixion. Making this solo album officially introduced me to the world as a solo artist. It's definitely opened up mad new doors for me over the past couple of years and it's setting the stage for the new record i'm working on now. In my eyes, this shit is a classic.
BEHIND THE SCIENCE - hiphopgame.com
ILL BILL - WHAT'S WRONG WITH BILL
We got Ill Bill to dissect his classic album...
http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=illbillscience (http://safeurl.de/?http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=illbillscience)
3/17/2006
ILL BILL - What's Wrong With Bill?
What's Wrong? - I made this song to get some situations I've dealt with off my chest. It's mad personal alot of what I'm talking about on this one. It took me like 15 minutes to write. It just came out like that. When I finished recording it I knew it would have to kick the album off. It sets the tone perfectly.
Overkill - This is the kinda beat that makes you wanna hurt people. When I do this song live it starts riots. That's the energy of the words I put on it too. Some real rah rah hit you in the head with a brick type shit. Not too deep but I always lace it up with something to think about too so this one is like a balance of the darkside and the light.
The Anatomy Of A School Shooting - The way Necro and me laced this beat is classic. I co-produced this one. This is another riot starter at the shows. The beat just inspired me to come with some other shit. I wanted to do something different on it and nobody has ever touched on the Columbine shooting like this. I'm not saying the kids that did the shootings did the right thing, but I am saying that everybody around them did wrong too. It could have been prevented. I want to do something like the "CIA" rock remix from the Non Phixion album with this song. I'm gonna be working on it with my homeboys from a band called Madball.
Glenwood Projects - This is where I grew up and where I wrote my first rhymes when I was 10 years old. The joint got me, Necro, Goretex and Uncle Howie on it and we all lived there. It's on the border of Canarsie and Flatbush in Brooklyn. I felt like I had to represent that on my first album so I did. The song ain't even really about the projects like that though, it's more of a off the top scream on a muthafucka type vibe but that was kinda the vibe I was on day to day in Glenwood so it fit. The track has that upbeat flavor to it. Then it gets kinda G-funk during the chorus. I played that shit on the keyboard. alot of people don't know I make beats too and that I co-produced a bunch of joints on my album including this one.
Peace Sells - This one is a double meaning track and it's super political on one hand and one the other hand it's some shit that only heads that listen to old school heavy metal would really understand. For those that don't get down with the hardcore shit, it's mega political and really tears apart what's going on in the world today. Politicians and the media outlets are selling the public what they think is peace and security wrapped up in a nice little package. The real shit though is that the public's security is up for sale to the highest bidder. that's what the song's about and the track fits it crazy. Necro laced this one up and I added some ideas to it also. One of my favorite tracks on the album.
Unstoppable - This beat is crazy. Necro killed it with this one. This just made me feel the vibe about coming up in the game and not letting anybody or anything get in my way. It's gotta be like 150 bpm haha , nah I'm playin..this shit is crazy uptempo though. I never really rock it live cause of that reason but it's dope as fuck. I need to start doing this live. It could definitely start a few fights in the crowd.
Death Smiles At Murder - This is a dark one. The beat kinda drove me to think of this topic. Murder is something that our country has always been in love with. Manson became a celebrity, OJ was an american icon already but became even more famous than he was before his murder trial, and Snoop got the cover of Time Magazine before he even had an album out just cos he was accused of it. I look at it like death is the proud parent of murder and murder is the most interesting way to go. Without it, Hollywood and Interscope Records wouldn't be nearly as rich as they are. I had to do a song about it.
Chasing the Dragon - This is some more rah rah shit. The beat makes you want to black out on somebody. Me and Necro both spit on this one and we shot a video for it too. definitely some drug music shit. the hook on this one is bugged out.
Alien Workshop - This is one of my favorites on the album. I ain't never heard anybody do a joint like this one before. Alot of artists are scared to make songs about shit other than selling dope or doing dirt on the block but that shit is boring to me for an entire album. Fuck the fake shit cos ain't nobody thuggin out on they mama's couch at 4:30 in the morning reading "Behold the pale Horse". You know dudes in the hood loved "Alien" and "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and fuckin "V"...fuck that. This joint is about that alien shit.
Canarsie Artie's Brigade - This one is a shout out to my boy Artie from Canarsie. It's like a tribute. Salute Artie R.I.P.
Porno Director - My boy Joey Silvera inspired me to make this one. I know a lot of people in the adult film world and I made this one for them. Necro directed one a while back. it's something I've always wanted to do but haven't had the time. Porn is a full time job. I know it looks easy but these muthafuckas work 24/7 making this shit happen. it's no joke.
American History X - This was done to put our country on blast but at the same time to respect that I can say what I want cos I have that freedom in the U.S. as opposed to other parts of the world BUT I bring that up cos if we don't watch ourselves and the laws being passed, we will lose that freedom. That's what this song is about. I spit it in an ugly way too just to get my point across. Fuck that prety shit. The beat is fuckin bananas. Necro outdid himself with this one. A pure uncut banger.
Uncle Zowie - This was a skit connected to a skit Howie did on "The Future Is Now". this was part two. He's a funny muthafucka. And for those that don't know, he's my mom's brother. He used to change my diapers when I was a baby.
Legend Has It - I wanted to make some intellectual thug shit so I wrote this. The beat is perfect - crazy uptempo with an ill bassline. The first time I heard this beat I locked it down but couldn't write no shit for it at first. It took me a couple months before I wrote this one. Once I got started though, I wrote it real fast right in the studio. I don't usually write in the lab but this one came out that way and it has that off the top vibe to it lyrically.
The Final Scene - This is the sequel to a song I did a while back called "Swordfish". I'm a double agent in this joint and I finally get back at these two dudes trying to assassinate me. I kill them instead. Lyrically it's crazy visual and Necro came with some next shit on the beat. The rhymes fit the vibe of the track perfect too. This was the one I had to end the album with. It just had that end of the fuckin world flavor to it and I figured since this was the end of the album, fuck it, put it last. After listening to the sequence a few times, it was the right choice. With this song at the end, the album goes out with a bang.
Chasing the Dragon (Moshpit Mix) - Bonus cut which is really just a rock remix of the original version. I dig this version better than the original though. It's harder to me and I dig that metal shit so that's what's up. This is some beat you in the head with an electric guitar type shit. That rock star shit.
This album is something I know I'm gonna look back on and be crazy proud of. I already feel that way now but as time goes by and I listen to it more, I appreciate it even more. This is that raw shit right here and before I made this record, most people only really knew me from being a member of Non Phixion. Making this solo album officially introduced me to the world as a solo artist. It's definitely opened up mad new doors for me over the past couple of years and it's setting the stage for the new record i'm working on now. In my eyes, this shit is a classic.