Masters of the Dark Arts

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = HipHopDX

| rev1score = 3.5/5{{Cite web |last=Hunte |first=Justin |date=July 16, 2012 |title=La Coka Nostra - Masters Of the Dark Arts |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1925/title.la-coka-nostra-masters-of-the-dark-arts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913235401/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.1925/title.la-coka-nostra-masters-of-the-dark-arts |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=August 23, 2023 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}

| rev2 = XXL

| rev2score = 4/5 (XL){{Cite web |last=Fleischer |first=Adam |date=July 28, 2012 |title=La Coka Nostra, Masters of the Dark Arts - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/la-coka-nostra-masters-of-the-dark-arts/ |access-date=August 23, 2023 |website=XXL |language=en}}

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Adam Fleischer of XXL magazine noted that "La Coka Nostra remain decidedly true to their core with their new album" and "that they are indeed masters of the dark arts". Justin Hunte of HipHopDX gave the album a positive review and noted that the album was a "sinister, happily violent detour from the pop-centric". Peter Marrack of Exclaim! also gave the album a positive review and noted that the album was "more or less a one-way ticket to hell".{{Cite web |last=Marrack |first=Peter |date=July 31, 2012 |title=La Coka Nostra Masters of the Dark Arts |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/la_coka_nostra-masters_of_dark_arts |access-date=August 23, 2023 |website=Exclaim!}} Nathan G. O'Brien of Scene Point Blank gave it four out five star and said "with Master of the Dark Arts La Coka Nostra’s pluperfect union of bombastic boom-bap, record scratching, and realism-based hardcore rhyming".{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Nathan G. |date=October 1, 2012 |title=La Coka Nostra - Masters of the Dark Arts {{!}} Review |url=https://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/la-coka-nostra/masters-of-the-dark-arts/ |access-date=August 23, 2023 |website=Scene Point Blank}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = My Universe

| note1 = featuring Vinnie Paz

| writer1 = {{hlist|William Braunstein|George Carroll|Vincenzo Luvineri|Patrick Baril}}

| extra1 = Statik Selektah

| length1 = 4:00

| title2 = Creed of the Greedier

| writer2 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Daniel O'Connor|Jeppe Andersen}}

| extra2 = Sicknature

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = המוסד

| writer3 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Leor Dimant|Scott Stalone}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|DJ Lethal|Scott "Supe" Stallone}}

| length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Mind Your Business

| writer4 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Christopher Edward Martin}}

| extra4 = DJ Premier

| length4 = 4:35

| title5 = Electronic Funeral

| note5 = featuring Sean Price

| writer5 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Sean Price|Eliot Dubock}}

| extra5 = Beat Butcha

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = The Story Goes On

| writer6 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Dimant}}

| extra6 = DJ Lethal

| length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Letter to Ouisch

| writer7 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Dimant}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Ill Bill|DJ Lethal}}

| length7 = 2:37

| title8 = Snow Beach

| note8 = featuring Thirstin Howl the 3rd

| writer8 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Victor DeJesus|Jim Heffernan}}

| extra8 = Jack Of All Trades

| length8 = 4:01

| title9 = The Eyes of Santa Muerte

| note9 = featuring Sick Jacken

| writer9 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Joaquin Gonzalez}}

| extra9 = Ill Bill

| length9 = 4:31

| title10 = Murder World

| writer10 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Craig Lanciani}}

| extra10 = C-Lance

| length10 = 2:45

| title11 = Coka Kings

| note11 = featuring Vinnie Paz

| writer11 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Luvineri|Lanciani}}

| extra11 = C-Lance

| length11 = 3:48

| title12 = .38 Револьвер

| note12 = featuring Big Left

| writer12 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|John Faster|Andersen}}

| extra12 = Sicknature

| length12 = 3:59

| title13 = Malverde Market

| writer13 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll}}

| extra13 = Ill Bill

| length13 = 3:11

| title14 = Masters of the Dark Arts

| writer14 = {{hlist|Braunstein|Carroll|Dimant}}

| extra14 = DJ Lethal

| length14 = 2:43

| total_length = 50:16

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{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes edition bonus tracks

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title15 = Everybody Down

| note15 = featuring Jaysaun and Q-Unique

| writer15 =

| extra15 = C-Lance

| length15 = 3:34

| title16 = No Hay Tiempo Para Mañana

| note16 = featuring OuterSpace

| writer16 =

| extra16 = C-Lance

| length16 = 3:03

| total_length =

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• William "Ill Bill" Braunstein – vocals, producer (tracks: 7, 9, 13)
• George "Slaine" Carroll – vocals
• Leor "DJ Lethal" Dimant – producer (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 14)
• Daniel "Danny Boy" O'Connor – art direction, design
• Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz" Luvineri – vocals (tracks: 1, 11)
• Sean Price – vocals (track 5)
• Victor "Thirstin Howl III" DeJesus – vocals (track 8)
• Joaquin "Sick Jacken" Gonzalez – vocals (track 9)
• John "Big Left" Faster – vocals (track 12)
• Jason "Jaysaun" Rosenwald – vocals (track 15)
• Anthony "Q-Unique" Quiles – vocals (track 15)
• Mario "Planetary" Collazo – vocals (track 16)
• Marcus "Crypt the Warchild" Albaladejo – vocals (track 16)
• Eric "DJ Eclipse" Winn – scratches (tracks: 2, 6, 11, 14), management
• Patrick "Statik Selektah" Baril – scratches & producer (track 1)
• Jeppe "Sicknature" Andersen – producer (tracks: 2, 12)
• Scott "Supe" Stallone – producer (track 3), mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5-14)
• Christopher "DJ Premier" Martin – scratches & producer (track 4)
• Eliot "Beat Butcha" Dubock – producer (track 5)
• Jim "Jack of All Trades" Heffernan – producer (track 8)
• Craig "C-Lance" Lanciani – producer (tracks: 10, 11, 15, 16)
• Peter Humphreys – mastering
• Zach Shuta – cover art
• Mike McRath – back cover
• Donna McLeer – layout

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Category:2012 albums

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