R U Still Down tape with alternative versions of the tracks. Discoveries inside.

[Whizz]

A little history.. About 7-8 years ago i bought R U Still Down tape from a man, who drag records form europe. since than i never had a chance to listen to the tape, untill a month ago when i loaded it into my tape deck, just cause of interest (mainly because the traclist was a little different. see below). So how was i surprised when i founded out the following:

1) It's missing all interludes except the intro
2) Hellrazor is 5:55 minutes long, and has the full outro with the female vocals at the end (remember leaked acapella?)
3) Thugstyle has a more repetetive sample
4) Nothing To Lose starts with the playback and a piano sample
5) Hold On, Be Strong has some differences in the instrumental, such as breaks, drum samples etc..
6) It has two versions of Definition Of A Thug Nigga (one explicit "licking shots a the punk ass cops" line is there, and a clean one, that we can hear, in the album)

ATTENTION THE QUESTION: What kind of tape can it be?

The Tracklist

Side A

01 - Redemtion
02 - Open Fire
03 - R U Still Down (Remeber Me)
04 - Hellrazor
05 - Thug Style
06 - I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto
07 - Nothing To Lose
08 - I'm Gettin Money
09 - Lie To Kick It
10 - Fuck All Y'all
11 - Let Them Thangs Go
12 - Definition Of A Thug Nigga

Side B

01 - Ready 4 Whatever
02 - When I Get Free
03 - Hold on Be Strong
04 - I'm Losin It
05 - Fake Ass Bitches
06 - Do for Love
07 - Enemies With Me
08 - Nothin' But Love
09 - 16 On Death Row
10 - When I Get Free II
11 - Definition Of A Thug Nigga

 

[KFatal]

bootleg probably? u have a pic?

 

[Whizz]

Unfortunately i don't have one. it is a black print identical to one from the main cd on white..

 

[KFatal]

bootleg most likely

 

[Whizz]

well, it is most likely bootleg, cause it was never released...

 

[ElitePete4k]

That is the OG of definition of a thug. Seems like a nice object. I wonder if all the work on the alternate versions of Hold On, and nothing to lose were done in the posthumous process.

 

[Whizz]

I wonder if all the work on the alternate versions of Hold On, and nothing to lose were done in the posthumous process.

Premixes?

 

[Bachaveli]

Anyway you can rip Hell Razor or Nothing To Lose and upload?

 

[ElitePete4k]

So Hold On , and Nothing to lose may be alternate drafts. Possibly the original versions, since Def of a Thug is legit.

 

[Whizz]

Anyway you can rip Hell Razor or Nothing To Lose and upload?

heeh, let me miss that question, cause i find them versions rare, and won't upload them, as i will let down at least one man whom i approached with the tape. this thread is not about leaking them, i just want to know your opinion (as i've got one).

 

[ElitePete4k]

Anyway you can rip Hell Razor or Nothing To Lose and upload?

First of all, learn how to type English. You didn't even ask a question. Secondly,he does not owe you anything.

 

[Bachaveli]

heeh, let me miss that question, cause i find them versions rare, and won't upload them, as i will let down at least one man whom i approached with the tape. this thread is not about leaking them, i just want to know your opinion (as i've got one).

Wasn't my intention to say 'leak rares',and didn't know it was even rare to begin with but i understand now,nevermind me before this thread takes wrong twist.

First of all, learn how to type English. You didn't even ask a question. Secondly,he does not owe you anything.

..And it did take wrong twist.

Relax pete.

 

[Whizz]

So Hold On , and Nothing to lose may be alternate drafts. Possibly the original versions, since Def of a Thug is legit.

another important detail imo is that all the tracks are likely unmastered... so whatever they are, these tracks were there before the album dropped....

 

[Whizz]

Wasn't my intention to say 'leak rares',and didn't know it was even rare to begin with but i understand now,nevermind me before this thread takes wrong twist.

everything's cool, man, no beef, it is an open discussion...

 

[cookies]

at least give us a clip or smoething. my question is what took you 7-8 years to give this a listen?

 

[Kevsta2004]

How did you find out how long hellrazor was do you have a counter on your tape deck

 

[Rahim]

hmm..interesting..

 

[P.U.]

How did you find out how long hellrazor was do you have a counter on your tape deck

hmm maybe it was written on cover lol

 

[-=ThuG4LifE=-]

at least give us a clip or smoething. my question is what took you 7-8 years to give this a listen?

good question:laugh:

 

[Rizla]

well, it is most likely bootleg, cause it was never released...

^^if your talking about RUSD on tape not released then your WRONG. It was released on tape in the UK.