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Originally Posted by 5th state
this album really keeps drawing me back... they should've put "Execution in Autumn" on there though, a lot better than "Wu-Tang Reunion". the latter is a really poor choice for an album closer too, don't know what they were thinking there. they should put "Never Let Go" after "Ron O'Neal" and close the album with the title song instead imo
The track sequencing is flawless imo
I agree with that. Maybe this has been discussed, but was that Ghost verse the final verse of the album because he wasn't on 'Life Changes' maybe? Coincidence or not I love that 8D and ABT both sorta end on that same note.
Another thing I apologize asking about if its been talked about(tried to skim the whole thread), but didn't RZA(or someone) say there was gonna be a bunch of 'surprises' in store for ABT? So, what were they? The ODB snippets on B-Minor? A chorus from Street? Would have loved for some of the other affiliates to have been on the album
I remember ghost was fully on board with this album. That's why he was on family reunion their first single from like 2013 or early 2014 I forget. But he was chillin with rza and going on game shows and shit then fat raekwon opened his mouth and Ghost listened to him and didn't want as much involvement.....damn shame
I'm still heavily enjoying this album. Got 36 season as well but I am still deep into ABT.
I'm still regularly listening to this. The tracks I tend to skip are We Will Fight, Ron O Neal, Wu-Tang Reunion and Preacher's Daughter (I think this track is cool but I need to be in a certain mood to listen to it).
Felt, Mistaken Identity, Hold The Heater, Crushed Egos, Miracle, Pioneer The Frontier, Necklace, A Better Tomorrow and Never Let Go are all in constant rotation. Ruckus In B Minor is cool but to me that's let down by a few subpar verses.
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Originally Posted by JZA/Jordon
i'm enjoying this a lot too, right now it's by far my most played album.. i tend to listen to it straight through too, not really skipping anything but if i just want to play a few tracks i find myself return to "Miracle", "Never Let Go", "Pioneer The Frontier" and "Hold the Heater"... the tracks that don't do much for me are "40th Street", "Wu-Tang Reunion" and "Preacher's Daughter" - they are all listenable though
i got to say that "Ron O Neal" has grown like crazy
I've been hearing a lot of people say that about 40th street but its actually one of my more liked tracks
its more of a straight up hip hop beat than most of the album, like a 2014 version of a 80's whodini beat with those kicks
ron Oneal got that same girl vocal from odb's " black widow"
Girl vocal sample??? I don't recall a girl vocal sample on Ron O'Neal. Need to throw it on again and listen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Illmatic Hispanic
Do you mean from the original Kiss of a Black Widow track or the Black Widow Pt. 2 track from Digital Bullet.
The sample in Black Widow Pt. 2 is from the same track that RZA used to sample 'Tearz' from 36 Chambers and 'Stimulation' from Tical. I think the singer, Wendy Rene, just passed away a day or two ago.
Peace!
Also, I dunno if this has already been mentioned (only skimmed the last few pages)...
Meth seems to be censoring himself on this record. He doesn't say fuck, mutha fucka, bitch, shit or anything like that. I noticed he said 'ish' a couple of times instead of shit and he said 'trick' on one track instead of bitch.
He does say piss a couple of times and nigga I think (not sure) but I did get the feeling that he was trying not to cuss throughout the record.
He also did that Westwood Freestyle a few years ago and said "No curses" before he spat his verse so maybe that's his thing these days.
Peace!
Right in the start when meth starts his verse, very well could be, it was much more noticable on the first mix of Ron that was releasedQuote:
Originally Posted by Illmatic Hispanic