"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album Agents of Fortune. The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself. Released as an edited single, the song is Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Cash Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Critical reception was positive and in December 2003 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.

The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 20 weeks, reaching number 12 for the weeks beginning November 6 and November 13 in 1976. In 1976 Rolling Stone named "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" the song of the year and, in 2004, the magazine placed the song at number 397 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". When The Guardian released its unranked list of the "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" in 2009, the song was included. The publication wrote that the song's charm "lies in the disjuncture between its gothic storyline and the sprightly, Byrdsian guitar line that carries it." In his book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, rock critic Dave Marsh ranked the song at number 997.

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ill Lyrics has been making hip hop music for over 15 years and put out more than 5 albums with great success! 

ill Lyrics has performed on stage all over Vancouver island with many other hip hop artists who are an important part of the underground west coast hip hop scene such as (Most importantly) The Champions AkA the island all Stars! Sweatshop Union, Homegrown crew, Fatty Down, Royal T (RiP),
Emotionz, and many more. 

In his early years of rap music he started on Gabriola Island while in elementary school with breakdancing.
Through high school @NDSS he got into the breakdancing scene and frequented hip hop freestyle cyphers, an integral part of the hip hop culture.
But then ill Lyrics went to a house party on Gabriola and met JB1 whom taught him how to freestyle on the microphone! It all clicked after that! 

Years into the making of his music career ill Lyrics started a hip hop group called “The Beat Shiners”
Which included artists, Billy Suede, EMC, Burg, Jesse James, and  JD the Architect!
After years of performing shows and putting out mixtapes with the group, ill Lyrics started his solo career. With much success he produced and released multiple albums and performed a countless amount of shows.

Around 2010 ill Lyrics started Djing on vinyl where he would frequently play at house parties,Clubs and Pubs, raves and just about anywhere he could play music he loves for others.

Today ill Lyrics still Dj’s and produces hip hop music including beat production while running his own construction business. He is a great father, uncle, brother, son and friend to all of his loved ones.

Thank you for your continued support for ill Lyrics!