Hell's Winter

Studio album by Cage

Released

September 20, 2005

Recorded

2002-2005

El-P
Blockhead
DJ Shadow
RJD2
Central Services
PaWL
Camu Tao

Cage chronology

Movies for the Blind
(2002)

Hell's Winter
(2005)

Depart from Me
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	2005
HipHopDX.com	2005
Pitchfork Media	{8.3/10} 2005
Prefix Magazine	2005
RapReviews.com	2005
Stylus Magazine	(B-) 2005
The Skinny	link
Tiny Mix Tapes	2005

Hell's Winter is the second full-length solo album by American hip hop artist Cage and his first for the Definitive Jux label. It was released on September 20, 2005 and received very favorable reviews, including a spot in Rhapsody's list of "The 10 Best Albums By White Rappers".^[1] This is the first Cage album ever that contains no mention of the word "bitch", nor is there any reference to the long lived feud with Eminem.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Good Morning" (with additional vocals by El-P, guitar by Matt Sweeney and bass by James McNew)	C. Palko, J. Meline	El-P	3:48
2.	"Too Heavy For Cherubs"	Palko	Blockhead, El-P (additional production)	3:36
3.	"Grand Ol' Party Crash" (featuring Jello Biafra as "the Dubya")	Palko, J. Biafra	DJ Shadow	5:01
4.	"The Death Of Chris Palko" (featuring Camu Tao)	Palko, T. Smith	Central Services (El-P and Camu Tao)	3:23
5.	"Stripes" (with bass by James McNew)	Palko	Blockhead, El-P (co-producer)	4:48
6.	"Shoot Frank" (featuring Daryl Palumbo)	Palko, D. Palumbo	RJD2	4:22
7.	"Scenester"	Palko	Blockhead	3:50
8.	"Perfect World"	Palko	Central Services (El-P and Camu Tao)	3:40
9.	"Subtle Art Of The Breakup Song"	Palko	El-P	3:07
10.	"Peeranoia"	Palko	paWL	3:39
11.	"Left It To Us" (featuring El-P, Aesop Rock, Tame One and Yak Ballz of The Weathermen)	Palko, Meline, I. Bavitz, R. Brown, Y. Zadeh	Camu Tao	3:30
12.	"Public Property"	Palko	Camu Tao	3:52
13.	"Lord Have Mercy"	Palko	El-P	3:24
14.	"Hell's Winter"	Palko	El-P	5:09

The samples of the menacing voice saying "Beware, I live!", "I hunger", "Run, coward!", and "Beware, coward!" in the song "Grand Ol' Party Crash" are from the 1982 arcade game Sinistar. "Stripes" samples King Crimson's Epitaph (from the band's 1969 album "In the Court of the Crimson King") and Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation speech.^[2]

Limited Edition

Hell's Winter is also available as a "Limited Edition" 2-disc set. Disc 2 is an instrumental version of the complete album. It also features a computer software program called UMIXIT by Cakewalk. The program allows the user to remix two songs from Hell's Winter.

Credits

Executive Producer: El-P
Recording: NASA
Mixing: Joey Raia
Mastering: Ken Heitmueller
Business Affairs: Amaechi Uzoigwe
Project Coordination: Ese
Photography: Nairobi Morgan
Design & Artwork: Kiku

External links

Cage

Discography

Studio albums	Movies for the Blind Hell's Winter Depart from Me Kill the Architect

EPs	Weatherproof I Never Knew You

Related articles	The Weathermen Leak Bros. Smut Peddlers Definitive Jux Eastern Conference DJ Mighty Mi

Definitive Jux Records

Discography

Founder	Jaime "El-P" Meline

Compilations	Def Jux Presents Farewell Fondle 'Em Def Jux Presents 2 Def Jux Presents 3 Bucket of B-Sides Vol. 1 Def Jux Teaser 2005 Def Jux Presents 4 Definitive Swim

Related articles	Universal Music Group Company Flow The Weathermen

El-P

Discography Production discography

Studio albums	Funcrusher (as Company Flow) (1996) Funcrusher Plus (as Company Flow) (1997) Fantastic Damage (2002) I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007) Cancer 4 Cure (2012) Run the Jewels (as Run the Jewels) (2013) Run the Jewels 2 (as Run the Jewels) (2014)

Instrumental albums	Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1 (as Company Flow) (1999) El-P Presents Cannibal Oxtrumentals (2002) FanDam Plus (2002) High Water (with Matthew Shipp and The Blue Series Continuum) (2004) Collecting the Kid (2004)

Compilations	Def Jux Presents (with various artists) (2001) Def Jux Presents 2 (with various artists) (2002) Def Jux Presents 3 (with various artists) (2004) Bucket of B-Sides Vol. 1 (with various artists) (2005) Definitive Swim (with various artists) (2007)

EPs	Shards of Pol-Pottery (2001) (with Alec Empire)

Scores	Bomb the System (2002)

Related articles	Company Flow Definitive Jux The Weathermen Run the Jewels

References

↑ The 10 Best Albums By White Rappers Referenced 26 July 2010
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