Closed Casket

For closed casket in a burial context, see coffin.

Closed Casket
Studio album by Esham
Released	November 22, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Midwest hip hop
Length	66:29
Label	Reel Life/Warlock
Producer	Esham
Esham chronology
KKKill the Fetus (1993) Closed Casket (1994) Dead Flowerz (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Closed Casket is the fourth studio album by Esham A. Smith, released on November 22, 1994 and distributed by Reel Life Productions/Warlock Records.

Lyrics and music

Because of the Satanic themes of his earlier work, Smith had been accused of Satanism. Feeling that the lyrical content of his albums was being taken too seriously, Smith decided that after producing one final album with such material, he would no longer rap about the Devil.^[2]

Jason Birchmeier noted that "the production improves upon past albums, not as reliant on samples and obviously more crafted".^[1]

Reception

Allmusic wrote "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."^[1]

Track listing

#	Title	Time
1	"The Eulogy"	1:11
2	"The Wicketshit Will Never Die"	3:29
3	"My Homie Got Shot"	2:04
4	"Mental Stress"	4:31
5	"Can't Take It Wit Cha"	3:58
6	"Brainwashed"	2:46
7	"Drive U2 Suicide"	2:15
8	"Chatty Ass Nigga" (feat. Mastamind & TNT)	2:49
9	"Slug Froma 45"	2:48
10	"Was It Sum'n I Said"	0:49
11	"Flatline"	3:03
12	"I Don't Owe U Shit"	3:45
13	"Therapy"	3:28
14	"Make Me Wanna Holla"	5:10
15	"Would You Die 4 Me"	3:01
16	"2 Dollahoe"	1:53
17	"24/7"	4:46
18	"Diggin on da D-L"	3:29
19	"Premature Ejaculation"	4:42
20	"I'll Be Glad When You Dead"	2:51
21	"Closed Casket"	3:41

Personnel

• Esham - Performer
• TNT - Guest Performer
• Mastamind - Guest Performer

• Producer: Esham
• Executive Producer: James H. Smith
• Engineer: Esham
• Mastering: Esham
• Programming: Esham

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. 2003. pp. 160–163. ISBN 0879307595. 
2. ^ Bruce, Joseph (June 25, 2004). "Weekly Freekly: 2". Psychopathic Records. Archived from the original on 2002-09-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20040820162159/www.insaneclownposse.com/page.php?page_id=icp_wf_20020903. Retrieved 2008-08-17.