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Esham
Closed Casket
Release Date: 1994 11 22
Label: Reel Life Productions

Closed Casket finds Esham indulging in his arguably theatrical, undoubtedly harsh fascination with morbidity one last time before moving away from blatant death themes on his following albums: Dead Flowerz, Bruce Wayne: Gotham City 1987, and Mail Dominance. Since this album follows some rather outrageous efforts, including the visually disturbing cover to the Maggot Brain Theory EP and the evil themes of Judgment Day, most fans taking a chronological approach to his catalog should be fairly numb to Esham's exploitative shock attempts. Yet if this is one of your first experiences with Esham the Unholy, this album should pack a punch with its dark nature. Either way, the production improves upon past albums, not as reliant on samples and obviously more crafted, but, unfortunately, not much else has changed. At this point in his career, after the cult success of his double-disc album Judgment Day, Esham seemed a little of unsure where to head creatively, recycling himself in an effort to deliver what fans wanted: more malicious fascinations with perverse themes. In the end, he delivers on his promise with Closed Casket, even if it seems a bit derived. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks:

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