The Labor Union King Syze . It was officially released on August 5, 2008 via Babygrande Records . Recording sessions took place at Found Sound Recording in Philadelphia . Production was handled by Team 707, MTK, Skammadix, DJ Waxwork, Ill Bill , Sake, Sicknature, Tut the Instrumentalist and Undefined, with Chuck Wilson and Vinnie Paz serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from several Army of the Pharaohs members and Ill Bill.
The album was known for "[Syze] lacing his relentless, rapid-fire flow over a slew of spine-tingling gutter tracks". AllMusic 's Matt Rinaldi called it an "underground classic".[ 3]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "The Labor Union" 707 Team Productions 3:42 2. "The Best" Skammadix 4:04 3. "Play Ya Part (P.Y.P.)" (featuring Doap Nixon and Ill Bill ) 3:56 4. "Creep Show" (featuring Lawrence Arnell and King Magnetic ) Skammadix 4:13 5. "Love Vs. Hate" D. Albaladejo Coles Blanger Gourdais 707 Team Productions 3:06 6. "Cement Work" D. Albaladejo Julian Hammer DJ Waxwork 3:29 7. "Haters Beware" (featuring Planetary ) 707 Team Productions 3:34 8. "Mayhem" (featuring Army of the Pharaohs ) Sake 5:47 9. "That's How You Rap" Undefined 3:25 10. "And Now" (featuring Vinnie Paz and Apathy ) Tut the Instrumentalist 4:09 11. "Pain" D. Albaladejo Coles Blanger Gourdais 707 Team Productions 3:17 12. "Sibling Rivalry Pt. 2" (featuring OuterSpace ) MTK 3:50 13. "Reality Check" MTK 2:24
Daniel "King Syze " Albaladejo – vocals
Kenneth "Doap Nixon " Greene – vocals (tracks: 3, 8)
William "Ill Bill " Braunstein – vocals & producer (track 3)
Lawrence Arnell MacMillan – vocals (track 4) Jason "King Magnetic " Faust – vocals (track 4)
Mario "Planetary " Collazo – vocals (tracks: 7, 8, 12)
Jose "Demoz " Vargas – vocals (track 8)
David "Des Devious " Edens – vocals (track 8)
Edward "Chief Kamachi " Littlepage – vocals (track 8)
Victor "Celph Titled " Mercer – vocals (track 8)
Seamus "Esoteric " Ryan – vocals (track 8)
Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz " Luvineri – vocals (track 10) , executive producer
Chad "Apathy " Bromley – vocals (track 10)
Marcus "Crypt the Warchild " Albaladejo – vocals (track 12)
B. Coles – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11)
Olivier Blanger – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11)
Stéphane Gourdais – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 11)
Kris "Skammadix" Rey – producer (tracks: 2, 4)
Jeppe "Sicknature " Andersen – producer (track 3)
Julian "DJ Waxwork" Hammer – producer (track 6)
R. "Sake" Joyce – producer (track 8)
M. "Undefined" Henzey – producer (track 9)
C. "Tut the Instrumentalist" Ashton – producer (track 10)
Matthew "MTK" Crabtree – producer (tracks: 12, 13)
Scott "Supe" Stallone – recording (tracks: 1-5, 7-12) , mixing (tracks: 8, 10)
Jeff "Stress" Davis – recording (tracks: 6, 13) , mixing (tracks: 1-4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13)
Hakeem for 707 Team Productions – mixing (tracks: 5, 11)
Mark B. Christensen – masteringCharles "Chuck " Wilson, Jr. – executive producer
Dan Bradley – photography, design
Jesse Stone – marketing
Ben Dotson – product managenemt
Willy Friedman – product managenemt
^ Martin, Andrew (October 8, 2008). "King Syze: The Labor Union, PopMatters" . PopMatters . Retrieved February 13, 2024 . ^ Chandler, Justin (August 19, 2008). "King Syze :: The Labor Union – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved February 13, 2024 . ^ Rinaldi, Matt. "Jedi Mind Tricks - King Syze: The Labor Union Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 13, 2024 .
