Thug's Renditions

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Album Info

Release Date: 2022-06-17

Label: Outsider Records

The three volume Tha Hidden Treasures series will organise both previously heard and completely unheard Viper material into three separate 15-song albums of material, to be considered Viper's seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth original albums.

The second, Thug's Renditions, consists of material from a lost follow-up to Death From In Front (Sleep In Pieces) originally dubbed "Tha Jamminest Album U Eva Heard", originally teased on Viper's Twitter around mid-2017 after he recovered from pneumonia. The recordings date from 2017-2018.

Tracks 1-7 are "Tha Thug". Tracks 8-15 are "Tha Renditions".

Unlike Shed Skin, most of Thug's Renditions and Vol. 3's credits are not known. No confirmation that Viper produced anything here.

Track 1 is censored. Kettle and Viper couldn't find an uncensored version anywhere. (acapellas exist, just not the instrumental)

Track 2 and 13 were (in the audio file available to me) originally part of the same track and suddenly cut into each other. The original version will be available later.

Track 4's first half's origin is taken from "Analinguist" (2018) (manza.bandcamp.com/album/analinguist). Produced by Lanza Manza. The second (reversed) half features far more vocals than the original feature from Viper, which is why it is specifically highlighted here.

Track 6 was released 4 November 2017. Produced by Bubba Fresh & Bobby California.

Track 12 is a revamped version of "Deep In Tha Cut" from World Rap Star. Produced by Jakesand.