Bon Apetit

The Wu Tang Clan - The W [The Samples]

This is another collabo with Kev and Thomas over at This Is Hip-Hop. The W is my favorite Wu group album (I now I'm in a minority), probably because it was the first one to come out while I was "conscious" of hip hop and was the one that got me into the Wu as a whole. As with any RZA produced album, some of the samples here are just delicious (Choice cut: Syl Johnson's "Is it because I'm black"). Bon Apetit.

Funky Way ["Careful (Click, Click)"] 1 Rufus Thomas The W [The Samples]
Is It Because I'm Black ["Hollow Bones"] 2 Syl Johnson The W [The Samples]
Diamond Fortress ["Redbull"] 3 Roy Budd The W [The Samples]
Corn Bread and Beans ["Redbull"] 4 Hugh Brodie The W [The Samples]
One Blood ["One Blood Under W"] 5 Junior Reid The W [The Samples]
Main Theme (Diamonds) ["Conditioner"] 6 Roy Budd The W [The Samples]
Tramp ["Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"] 7 Lowell Fulsom The W [The Samples]
The Grunt ["Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"] 8 The J.B.'s The W [The Samples]
Oh, Pretty Woman ["Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"] 9 Albert King The W [The Samples]
Cold Feet ["Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"] 10 Albert King The W [The Samples]
Sing A Simple Song "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)" 11 Sly And The Family Stone The W [The Samples]
The Thief ["Let My Niggas Live"] 12 Roy Budd The W [The Samples]
Thief on the Prowl ["Let My Niggas Live"] 13 Roy Budd The W [The Samples]
Walk On By ["I Can't Go To Sleep" ] 14 Isaac Hayes The W [The Samples]
Hang On Sloopy (Long Version) ["Do You Really? (Thang, Thang)"] 15 David Porter The W [The Samples]
General Confessional ["The Monument"] 16 The Electric Prunes The W [The Samples]
The Jungle ["The Monument"] 17 Black Heat The W [The Samples]
Back And Forth ["Gravel Pit"] 18 Cameo The W [The Samples]
Belphégor (Theme) ["Gravel Pit"] 19 Antoine Duhamel The W [The Samples]
You're Gonna Need Me ["Clap"] 20 Dionne Warwick The W [The Samples]

The Sun Could Never Be Pussy, He Always Come Out

Ghostface Killah - Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
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The thanks for this one goes out to Thomas; he did most of the work; I simply played Stockton to his Malone.

I might be the only person in the world who loves this album. Most other Ghost fans look at it as his worst. As it was my Wu-tang B-boy Alpha, I have a weak spot for it. To this day, Love Session (or Detroit Heavenly for those of us who copped it in its completely messed up first printing) is one of my favorite love songs ever. Definitely wedding dance material. The only song on this album I'm not partial to is "Never Be The Same Again", it just doesn't feel like a Ghost song, lacks that innate soulfulness.

As some might know there are 3 classic tracks that were left off the album for sample reasons. 2, The Watch and Good Times, because Epic wouldn't shell out for clearance and 1, The Sun (where the title of the post comes from), because The Rza forgot what he sampled for the track so they couldn't even begin to clear it. I included the samples for The Watch and Good Times in the set.

The Problem with the set is that we couldn't figure out what songs were sampled for the last two tracks, Love Session and Street Chemistry. So if anyone has any ideas for those two samples, hit me up in the comments of via email.

I dare any Ghost fan to not flip completely the fck out at the 3:07 mark of "Storm in the Summertime".

Update- We made a mistake with the sample for "The Forest". Here's the actual sample used for the track. The Imaginations - Ballad of Metheia

Stairway To Heaven ('Intro') 1 The O'Jays 6:17 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Harlem Clavinette ['Maxine'] 2 J.J. Johnson 2:15 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Take Me To The Mardi Gras ['Flowers'] 3 Bob James 5:51 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Hope That We Can Be Together Soon ['Teddy Skit'] 4 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/Sharon Paige 3:41 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
40,000 Headmen ['Theodore'] 5 Blood, Sweat & Tears 4:43 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Sun Shower ['Ghost Shower'] 6 Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band 4:05 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Storm in the Summertime ['Strawberry'] 7 David Porter 4:55 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
The Wonderful World of Disney ['The Forest'] 8 The Wonderful World of Disney 1:01 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Across 110th Street ['Walking Through The Darkness'] 9 Bobby Womack 3:48 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Dos Amores Desiguales ['The Juks'] 10 Chucho Avellanet 0:30 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Jealousy ['Jealously (Skit)'] 11 Ann Peebles 3:01 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Maria ['The Hilton'] 12 The Jackson 5 3:44 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
She is My Lady ['Ice (Interlude)'] 13 Donny Hathaway 5:39 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
Good Times Theme ('Good Times') 14 Good Times 0:49 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]
I'm Gonna Love You, Just A Little More Baby ('The Watch') 15 Barry White 4:12 Bulletproof Wallets [The Samples]