01 Crack Spot Stories f. Raekwon & Jadakiss 02 Pour Tha Martini f. Cappadonna 03 Pull Tha Cars Out f. Method Man 04 Guns For Life f. Styles P 05 Comin For Ya Head f. Styles P & Raekwon 06 Cocaine Central f. Styles P 07 Take Notice 08 Drivin Round f. Masta Killa, Gza & Erykah Badu * 09 Different Times Zones f. Inspectah Deck 10 Stick Up Kids f. Jadakiss 11 All in Together f. Jadakiss 12 Do It Like Us f. Raekwon 13 Stella f. Method Man 14 Been Robbed
3. "It already IS better than Wu Massacre, IMO.." In response to Reply # 2
I'd rather listen to these (pretty substantial) snippets than any song on that 'massacre'.
This sounds like it's fuckin' with Chamber Music good.. but probably better because instead of a live band trying to sound like early Wu, this just sounds like some dope emcees ripping over hard and soulful sample-based beats the way they were meant to. It's not trying to sound like old Wu. It's not trying to sound like what's current.
Plus, I feel Ghost and the Wu's steady presence keeps the Lox on point and at their best.
6. "yeah, Wu-Massacre was the very definition of half-assed product" In response to Reply # 3
>I'd rather listen to these (pretty substantial) snippets than >any song on that 'massacre'. > >This sounds like it's fuckin' with Chamber Music good.. but >probably better because instead of a live band trying to sound >like early Wu, this just sounds like some dope emcees ripping >over hard and soulful sample-based beats the way they were >meant to. It's not trying to sound like old Wu. It's not >trying to sound like what's current. > >Plus, I feel Ghost and the Wu's steady presence keeps the Lox >on point and at their best. > >
8. "Wow, I had no interest in this at all." In response to Reply # 0
Sounds superb. Also, it looks as if there's 16 tracks on this compared to the 14 listing in your original post. Interested to see who did production on this. Is this dropping on Def Jam? I surprised they didn't try to fill this will radio friendly tracks is that's the case.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
9. "RE: Wow, I had no interest in this at all." In response to Reply # 8
Really? I wasn't counting.
I got the list from 2 Dope Boyz, but I saw the vid on the OKP front page.
I don't think this is on Def Jam, although I could be wrong. A few internet sources say "eOne Music" is the label, but who knows.
Ghost and Sheek say they weren't really concerned with making a hot single for the radio on this one. They were touring together and ended up with a lot of these songs. It sounds like they were careful about picking good beats that they both liked to rock over.
I think the fact that both camps hold each other in high regard is a plus because it kept them on their A games as opposed to just more of the same ol same ole.
Kinda wished there was some more Deck, GZA, and MK on this, tho.
15. "Yeah, I'm not blaming you for the song titles issue" In response to Reply # 9
I did a brief search online as I was listening and saw the same tracklisting you posted at multiple sources. Hopefully all the tracks in that snippet make the cut. As good as some of those samples sound, I wouldn't be surprised if a few don't make the cut due to clearance issues, but who knows.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
The two extra tracks on bonus tracks; one an additional track and the other is a remix of the additional track. I know because I saw the preview for the tracks is up on iTunes with the same snippets in the Youtube clip. I'm guessing the bonus tracks are iTunes exclusives. Pardon me for not including a link, but work blocks me from browsing iTunes at the moment.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
19. "This is dropping on eOne, but they did finish an album for Def Jam." In response to Reply # 9
Ghost & Louch saw that it wasn't gonna get released, so they re-did most of it. The first def jam single was gonna have Ryan Leslie, but we'll never hear it.
20. "funny remark of the day : to everyone saying they're buying this" In response to Reply # 0
I give u a week until the album leaks, and you're gonna DL the shit out of it, and when the album drops, you aint buying shit! you're gonna be like 'wellll...sheiitt... this is turkey and cranberry dressing money right here. fuckit!'
24. "Red Spyda did the single, and they say they got RZA and E. Sermon" In response to Reply # 23
___________________________ OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself: "I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.
34. "gave it a optimistic listen..." In response to Reply # 0
It wasn't entertaining. I feared that when coupled with D-Block they would fall victim to wack choruses and mediocre beats and I was correct. The sequencing was questionable. The set up for songs were lackluster and I'm seriously wondering why do folks even do skits if they not going to do anything interesting with them. This went the same route of Random Axe. I won't listen to this album again.
39. "Courtesy of some internets sleuthery" In response to Reply # 0
I saw that the beat for Crack Spot Stories has been done time and time over again prior to that song. Not only that, but Masta Killa is also using the same beat on a song for a project he has coming out in December. I don't think I can pull up the page where I found this out at work, but if people want to see proof, I can pull up the page when I get home tonight.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
49. "I didn't do the search out of anger" In response to Reply # 44
I dig the beat to that track. One of my favorites from the album, to the point it was hard for me to listen to the other tracks because I had that song on repeat. I did the search because I was curious what the sample was. It took me by surprise to see that not only was the sample used heavily, but that the sample was used in pretty much the same exact way for two other songs from what I remember from that webpage. I'm aware that songs get sampled over and over again, but not sampled in the same exact manner like was done with this song. Others may not care, but I liked to song, so I did a little digging for more info on it. No anger, just curiosity.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
46. "RE: Is this officially credited as a Ghost & Sheek album?" In response to Reply # 42
>In the digital booklet from iTunes, those two are still >listed as 'featuring' even though they're on every track. Just >wanna get my tags right.
It's not officially credited that way; however, those 2 are the core of the group named Wu Block.. doing all the interviews.. prolly instrumental in getting everyone else together.
52. "I'm actually BLOWN away by this record. Holy shit. " In response to Reply # 0 Wed Nov-28-12 03:20 PM by Orbit_Established
Just, wow.
Beats, lyrics, cohesion, chemistry
These cats sound like they been rapping together forever.
And this isn't just a collection of street bangers (its that too), but also a well conceived effort... ...the beats are creative and electic, the rhyme schemes..
And Ghost snaps on this shit harder than he has in several albums
"any1 complaining about no new Wu or Lox, LISTEN TO THIS SHIT"
this album is fire... Sheek is spittin!! This is the best album put out Wu or D-Block related in a damn decade... Shocked at how much I listened to this over and over all weekend, undeniably good gangster rap with insane east coast swagger... this and game finishing the year real strong
57. "any1 complaining about no new Wu or Lox, LISTEN TO THIS SHIT" In response to Reply # 0
this album is fire... Sheek is spittin!! This is the best album put out Wu or D-Block related in a damn decade... Shocked at how much I listened to this over and over all weekend, undeniably good gangster rap with insane east coast swagger... this and game finishing the year real strong
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