The big absentee on The W is Ol 'Dirty Bastard. Thanks to his criminal activities, various arrests and drug addiction, he can only be heard on one song: Conditioner (along with Snoop Dogg). On the other twelve tracks of the ODB dedicated record, the other Clan members (including producer RZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna) do without him, with guests like Redman, Nas and Busta
… Rhymes. The nine sounds on The W as we are used to from the previous CDs: hard, a-commercial, alternately aggressive and relaxed with hardcore rap songs that float on bare beats supplemented with a single sample. (WvdZ)more
