Closed Casket

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Closed Casket
Studio album by Esham
Released	November 22, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Acid rap
Length	66:29
Label	Reel Life Productions
Producer	Esham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: link
Esham chronology
KKKill the Fetus (1993) Closed Casket (1994) Dead Flowerz (1996)

For closed casket in a burial context, see coffin.

Closed Casket is the fifth full length solo album by acid rapper Esham, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music).

In 1994, Esham made it clear that he planned to leave the wicked shit behind after dropping one more album. But before he did, he dropped Closed Casket, unquestionably the most wicked and darkest album of his entire career. This album was initially released only on Reel Life, just like all of Esham's albums, but later got distribution through a label called Warlock. The Warlock version of this album can still be found in stores, while the Reel Life version is, of course, long out of print.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Samples 3 Personnel 4 Production

[edit] Track listing

all tracks by Esham

1. "The Eulogy" – 1:11
2. "The Wicketshit Will Never Die" – 3:29
3. "My Homie Got Shot" – 2:04
4. "Mental Stress" – 4:31
5. "Can't Take It Wit Cha" – 3:58
6. "Brainwashed" – 2:46
7. "Drive U2 Suicide" – 2:15
8. "Chatty Ass Nigga" – 2:49 Featuring TNT & Mastamind
9. "Slug Froma 45" – 2:48
10. "Was It Sum'n I Said" – 0:49
11. "Flatline" – 3:03
12. "I Don't Owe U Shit" – 3:45
13. "Therapy" – 3:28
14. "Make Me Wanna Holla" – 5:10
15. "Would You Die 4 Me" – 3:01
16. "2 Dollahoe" – 1:53
17. "24/7" – 4:46
18. "Diggin on da D-L" – 3:29
19. "Premature Ejaculation" – 4:42
20. "I'll Be Glad When You Dead" – 2:51
21. "Closed Casket" – 3:41

[edit] Samples

The Wicketshit Will Never Die

• "Earache My Eye" by Cheech & Chong
• "Real Niggaz Don't Die" by NWA

My Homie Got Shot

• "My Summer Vacation" by Ice Cube (Chorus and lyric "My homie got shot, he's a goner")

Slug From A 45

• "Sweet Loaf" by Black Sabbath (Background Sample)
• "Spiderbaby (Yeah Yeah Yeah)" by White Zombie (Pitch)

I Don't Owe U Shit

• "New Year's Evil" by Eazy-E

Would You Die For Me

• "Gangsta's Fairytale" by Ice Cube (Lyric "Once upon a time")

Make Me Wanna Holla

• "I Ain't No Joke" by Eric B. and Rakim
• "She's Always In My Hair" by Prince
• "Doggy Dogg World" by Snoop Doggy Dogg

2 Dolla Hoe

• "Full Metal Jacket" (Movie Sound Clips)

24/7

• "What You Won't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell

Diggin' On Da D-L

• "Yearning For Your Love" by The Gap Band (Beat (Slightly Modified))

Closed Casket

• "Lick A Shot" by Cypress Hill
• "Thriller" by Michael Jackson (Vincent Price's Laughter Near The End)

[edit] Personnel

• Esham - performer

[edit] Production

• Producer: Esham
• Executive producer: James H. Smith
• Engineer: Esham
• Mastering: Esham
• Programming: Esham