The lineup on this song is a bit of a misnomer as it’s really Busta and Tip holding this down. The Abstract flips the vintage Alicia Myers sample (“I Want to Thank You”), for this next cut off of Busta’s “ELE 2,” “Thank You.”
Kanye adlibs while Weezy gives Busta the introduction but Busta and Tip trade expeditious bars with alacrity. Rhythmically this feels like a bonus cut from Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance,” which is not a bad thing. The chop for the vocal portion is dope but the hook is just a loop of the original song’s intro and feels a little flat. Wish he’d done more with that there. As Busta/Tip collabs go it falls somewhere between “N.T” from Amplified and “You Can’t Hold The Torch” from The Big Bang.
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