Hell's Winter

Hell's Winter
Studio album by Cage
Released	September 20, 2005
Label	Definitive Jux
Producer	El-P Blockhead DJ Shadow RJD2 Central Services PaWL Camu Tao
Professional reviews
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Cage chronology
Movies for the Blind (2002) Hell's Winter (2005) Depart from Me (2009)

Hell's Winter is the second full-length 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". 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!" (among other things) in the song "Grand Ol' Party Crash" are from the 1982 arcade game Sinistar.

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's Official Website
• Definitive Jux Official Website