small talk

and fresh

(ive not heard anything much came after that, apart from the duet with jesse johnson)

fresh is usually rated after riot, like sly was trying to show he was happy again after riot but still used that same sort of setup

small talk is basically fresh pt 2, but with lots of strings and almost countrified horn parts

i always wrote small talk off but i was wrong - the strings actually give slys sound something new i think - i would have loved to have heard him do more in that direction, something more acoustic, more new orleans-influenced maybe

whole new thing is actually better than stand btw

underdog could be the best lyric sly ever wrote in fact

and let me hear it from you is just immense - osmium wouldnt exist without whole new thing (and sly did playful/weird without being over quirky like george sometimes did)