Jul 24, 2024

I think ordered like this...

1. Renaissance
2. Habits
3. Trouble
4. Brand New Dance
5. Evil
6. All You Got (skit)
7. Lucifer
8. Antichrist
9. Fuel
10. Bad One
11. Houdini
12. Breatking News (skit)
13. Guilty Conscience 2
14. Head Honcho
15. Tobey
16. Guess Who's Back (skit)
17. Temporary
18. Somebody Save Me

It's a classic.

Which is just... remove 'Road Rage', place 'Bad One' where that is, as it's a 'Shady track' too and doesn't even make sense after GC2; keep 'Head Honcho' after GC2 aka Em is the head honcho after killing Shady > another Em-affirming track with 'Tobey', which makes sense then to > 'Guess Who's Back?' aka, Em's back, not Shady; and then you end on two somber, fully Em tracks, which make sense together, not to have random s--- between 'em, on this album especially. You've also then got an amazing 15 (12 minus skits) track run until 'guess who's back' and the final, somewhat questionable closers.

Crazy how much you can improve some albums just with a slight re-ordering. He really fudged the post-GC2 ordering as we all have noted.

 

Jul 24, 2024

I would put back road rage and cut head honcho. At least road rage is like conscious rap that filipino rap almost ruined the album.

 

Jul 24, 2024

I can't understand why temporary isn't after GC2 especially because of the quick When Im Gone sample.

 

Jul 24, 2024

True. It could also just go 'GC2 > Temporary' / end and would be way better. Even though I don't like Temporary... it makes sense. And what you leave off is just as important as what you put on.