What`s good? What`s lovely?? What`s happenin` y`all??? I hope Life`s been treatin` you well! Today I`m going to be dustin` off a good ol` 12 inch single from the East Bay Gangsta himself, Spice 1. This joint was released thru Jive Records back in 1993 to help promote his second album titled "187 He Wrote". So on this "Dumpin` `Em In Ditches" single you get a total of 5 tracks. The first 4 joints are produced by CMT & E-A-Ski, while the last song on this single "Smok`Em Like A Blunt" was done by Too $hort while Ant Banks mixed it down...
The first track on this 12 inch is the Street/Album Version of "Dumpin` `Em In Ditches", a great song in my opinion. CMT & E-A-Ski supplied Spice with a great backdrop for him to flex that hard gangsta ish that he`s well known for spittin`, they even somehow managed to make the sleigh bells work. The second joint on this single is the Extended Version & it shares the same beat as the Street/Album Version. What`s DoPe about it however is that it`s more of a Clean/Radio Version of the song, but Spice 1 actually took some extra time to redo the lyrics without any cussin` or lame censored edits. He definitely gets some extra props from me for spendin` that time on the song because I really hate when the artists get lazy & choose to leave the song as~is & just have it lamely censored. Then again it may not be the artists themselves that make that choice, the record labels are more than likely behind it. Either way tho, I dig it! I mean if you can still give a song that hard gangsta edge without having any cussin` on it, you`re definitely a talented emcee...
The third song on here is the Video Version which is essentially the same as the previous track without the extended instrumentation. Following that is the Instrumental, for those wondering it has the clean hook on it instead of the album`s dirty version. The final joint on this 12 inch single is the Too $hort produced "Smok`Em Like A Blunt". Honestly it`s far from some mind blowin` lyrical masterpiece, but I do dig the Reggae vibe that it has. It`s the same version that appears on the "187 He Wrote" album if you were wondering. So there ya have it, enjoy the tunes...
A1. Dumpin` `Em In Ditches [Street Version]
A2. Dumpin` `Em In Ditches [Extended Version]
B1. Dumpin` `Em In Ditches [Video Version]
B2. Dumpin` `Em In Ditches [Instr.]
B3 Smok`Em Like A Blunt
N`JoY...
