ILL BILL & Ghostface Killah

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ILL BILL on “White N!gger”

The Background:

The Hour of Reprisal, the highly anticipated second solo album from Brooklyn’s independent hip hop kingpin ILL BILL is finally scheduled for release on the Uncle Howie/Fat Beats label on September 16th, 2008. The former Non Phixion member and current La Coka Nostra riot-starter has surgically crafted a fine masterpeice featuring guest shots from Raekwon The Chef, Immortal Technique, La Coka Nostra, B-Real, Necro, Tech N9ne, Bad Brains, DJ Muggs, Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage, Max Cavalera of Sepultura/Soulfly, DJ Premier, Vinnie Paz and More.

Ghostface: On The Come Up Interview

Few rappers have the resume Ghostface boasts. From being a part of the core nine Wu-Tang Clan members, and coming up from the “36 Chambers,” Ghostface has done nothing but wow his listeners. Often extremely abstract and arguably avant-guarde, Ghost has consistently pushed boundaries even to the point of setting a trend rhyming over old soul records without removing the vocals from the original song.

After moving from Sony to Def Jam, Ghost has just released his fifth studio album entitled “Fishscale.” Featuring guests including Ne-Yo, the whole Wu-Tang Clan and MF Doom, Ghost is trying to further solidify his position as one of New York’s most creative.

MVRemix: What’s the biggest mis-conception people have of Ghostface?

Ghostface: I don’t know. I can’t even really, really tell ya man.

MVRemix: Is there anything you think people think differently of you than you’re used to thinking of yourself?

Ghostface: Nah, some people be thinkin’ that I was wild and shit - whatever they got it from was back in the days though. I’m a cool person, I’m down to earth. I’m a humble person.

MVRemix: What’s the plan for tomorrow? (March 28th when “Fishscale” is released)

Ghostface: I mean nothin’, just take it day by day. It’s not even a plan, God’s got all the plans. I just live it out.

MVRemix: So no particular celebration parties or anything like that?

Ghostface: Nah, just do what I do. I got a show, I think tomorrow… Got a show and that’s it. I’m keepin’ it movin’. That’s it.

MVRemix: Do you find focusing on being creative a challenge because of your time constraints with touring, interviews etc.?

Ghostface: Nah, I’m thinkin’ all the time. I’m always thinkin’ of new stuff and music really makes me go ahead and think of stuff, if I’ve got the right music. That’s it man, I’m always creating in my head.

MVRemix: Do you write down a lot of it or just keep it up there?

Ghostface: Nah, a lot of the time I keep the thought and lose it a lot because I don’t write it down, but it always comes back to me.

MVRemix: How does the Ghost of the “Ironman” era compare to the Ghost of today? What sort of things were going on back then?

Ghostface: The “Ironman” era; I was just coming out of “Cuban Linx.” I was wildin’ out on “Cuban Linx” in the streets and all that. Nowadays I’m not on the streets like I was back then in the “Cuban Linx” days and “Ironman” days. I mean I was with a bunch of my friends, just doin’ a lot of stuff and things wasn’t really that cool, you know what I mean? I found out I was a diabetic and losin’ a lot of weight here and there. So times was stressful, a lot of other things was goin’ on that I mentioned. It was real. Today things are still real, it’s just what I was goin’ through in different time zones.

MVRemix: “Three Bricks” is an excellent track, but would it have happened if B.I.G. were still alive. Did you make things good before he passed, because I know there were some problems around ‘95…

Ghostface: I think so… I think so.

[phone rings]

Hold on, hold on…

Yeah, yo Rae. Yeah, I’m on the phone with these interviews with the magazines. Doin’ a bunch of interviews on the phone.

Raekwon: Okay… Page me then.

Ghostface: Alright, in a minute then. Aight, peace.

[interview resumes] It would have been happened before that. I mean it would have been happened before that because we would’ve gotten over that little bullshit and talked with whatever was goin’ on and we would have moved on. Right before he passed I was tryin’ to connect dots with him anyway in time, like, “Yo, come on, lets get this splashed out. Lets call this shit today man.”

MVRemix: How did that track come about? Was it your idea? Was it a label idea?

Ghostface: No, it was we had this song for Puffy and he doin’ the Biggie “Duets,” and it didn’t make “Duets,” and we just took it. We just used it.

MVRemix: How involved were you in “The Broiled Salmon Mixtape” with Mick Boogie?

Ghostface: How what?

MVRemix: Do you as an artist see much or any profits from the mixes?

Ghostface: When I did the Mick Boogie mixtape, the “Broiled Salmon” joint?

MVRemix: Yeah…

Ghostface: What about it, what you wanna know about it?

MVRemix: Did you play a hand in deciding the tracks, or was it more so him and you just hosting, or…

Ghostface: Nah, it was just me in a hosting thing. I just hosted it for him.

MVRemix: There have been some issues with U-God over the years with him saying things about the Clan, what’s the current situation overall with that?

Ghostface: I don’t know… That’s my buddy. I don’t know about him and anybody else, but that’s my man. That’s my buddy.

MVRemix: What’s the current status with the collaborative project we’ve heard you’re doing with MF Doom?

Ghostface: Yeah, we got the album that he got… We gotta finish off the Doom album.

[phone rings three times]

And um… Hold on for one second, hold on…

Yo, yo.

Male voice: Yo, I got the pen here right now. [Interference] What you lookin’ for?

Ghostface: Just tell me a few things ’cause I’m on the phone with some magazine people.

Male voice: You can eat chicken, right?

Ghostface: Yeah, I eat chicken, what else they got?

Male voice: Yeah, that’s it, it’s a chicken house! It’s a chicken place.

Ghostface: Just get me some chicken wings. Some chicken wings and… that’s it.

Male Voice: Chicken wings, alright…

Ghostface: Chicken wings, but just chicken wings though. No thighs, no legs - just wings.

Male Voice: Do you want some eggs? They got the fries and three chicken wings.

[Ghostface chuckles]

Ghostface: Aight so yeah, whatever, it’s all cool, it’s all cool. Put some cheese on the eggs. Some real cheese; American.

Male Voice: [laughs] Alright, I got you.

Ghostface: Alright, that’s it, that’s it. Aight, peace.

Male Voice: Peace.

Ghostface: [interview resumes] Yeah, sorry…

MVRemix: We were just talking about MF Doom - the collaborative project.

Ghostface: Yeah that’s my man. I gave him five or six songs, I gotta do another five or six songs.

MVRemix: How was it working with Rae, on “Cuban Linx 2″? Doing that whole thing over again…

Ghostface: I wasn’t with Rae, he sent me the music. It’s like nowadays everybody movin’ so much and it’s easy to MP3 somebody the music, you can get the music, write to it and then just lay it down and send it back to ‘em.

MVRemix: What about the forthcoming Wu album? You said during a recent interview that you didn’t like the last two projects - why was that?

Ghostface: I didn’t like ‘em, they was wack and y’all know it was wack. So I’m not tryin’ to hide nothin’ from nobody and shit. The last couple of Wu albums wasn’t nothin’ to me. I didn’t like ‘em, I’ll tell RZA - I tell everybody that. It was ’cause I know our capabilities and I know where we can take it.

MVRemix: Are there any non-musical plans in the works? Tell me a little about the Ghostface Doll and how that came about…

Ghostface: Nah, just some people who wanted to do a doll from California. I flew in, I checked ‘em. I seen the doll to see what they was talkin’ about, and we just agreed on it. You know what I mean? It was nothin’ and pretty soon they should have a doll out.

MVRemix: Aside from the album, what else have you been working on? Guest appearances and whatnot? I heard rumours about you working with Swollen Members…

Ghostface: [phone rings] I did Swollen Members, I did that. [phone continues ringing] There’s a bunch of little side artist things.

MVRemix: Are there any further plans to collaborate with AZ and Cormega?

Ghostface: I mean listen, everything is in God’s hands. I don’t know what’s goin’ on - whatever God guides me or brings my path into who’s hands or brings to me. Whatever the case may be, he’s the soul controller. I’m just here as a student in life and a servant for him just waiting, and that’s that.

MVRemix: A la “Fight Club,” “If you could fight any celebrity, who would you fight?”

Ghostface: I don’t know. I’d probably fight my alter ego.

MVRemix: And which alter ego would that be?

Ghostface: I don’t know, I got a lot of ‘em. I got Ghostface, I got Paisley Fontaine. I got Tony Starks, [phone rings] Ironman - either one. I’m not into that celebrity stuff like that.

MVRemix: What are your feelings on the reconciling of Nas & Jay-Z. Is that a good look for New York and Hip Hop overall?

Ghostface: Yeah, yeah, I mean in the sense that you ain’t gotta kill each other man. Anything that’s better than killing each other is a good look.

MVRemix: What about follow ups to “Fishscale,” anything in the works there?

Ghostface: Nah, I got a lot of stuff that was left over. A lot of stuff that I’m writing to. I’m just keepin’ it movin’ man, there’s no stoppin’ me now. It’s on, you’re gonna see me on the come up.

Ghostface: On The Come Up Interview

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale review

“Fishscale,” slang for uncut cocaine, is just as fitting a description for Ghostface’s euphoria-inducing, addictive delivery as it is for the narcotics theme that is scattered throughout his 5th album. As a hip-hop veteran, he shows no signs of slowing down and still has one of the most versatile, creative flows in Hip Hop.

Anyone questioning Ghostface’s hunger of late should look no further than “The Champ”. He rips the Just Blaze-produced banger to shreds, evoking memories of his first album’s standout track, “Daytona 500”. The flashbacks continue with “9 Milli Bros”, reuniting all nine members of Wu-Tang Clan over dramatic pianos that could have been heard on “Forever”, and with “R.A.G.U.”, one of five tracks featuring Raekwon which gives listeners a nostalgic reminder of “Only Built for Cuban Linx”, arguably one of the best hip-hop albums ever released.

But is this trip down memory lane a positive? Despite the argument that artists should be continually evolving and creating different music, good music is good music regardless of whether it breaks new ground. And, bottom line, this is good music.

Aside from the classic Wu-sounding tracks, the album has more of the lighthearted, soulful sound that we have come to expect from the Ghostface of the new millennium. “Kilo” is an infectious, funky ode to drug dealers that plays on Scarface’s famous analysis of American girls with “Whoever got the kilos got the candy man… Once you got the funds you got the panties man”. “Big Girl” is a message to women urging them to stop doing drugs and concentrate on the more positive aspects of life, over a minimally manipulated soul song reminiscent of the “Pretty Toney” Album track “Holla”.

Ghostface does break some new ground conceptually on “Fishscale”: “Barbershop” is a hilarious look at the rapper’s angst when barbers mess up his hair. On “Underwater”, MF Doom provides the perfect atmospheric production for a psychedelic journey through the deep sea where “Sponge-Bob in the Bentley coupe bangin’ the Isley’s” and “Mermaids with Halle Berry haircuts” co-exist. Even when Ghost keeps the subject matter more standard (drugs, battle tracks, women), he always manages to come across in a unique way that never fails to keep the listener interested.

This is true Hip-Hop. It is not because Ghost uses a certain production sound, flows a certain way, or covers certain topics. It is quite the opposite. This album is a lesson in individual creative artistic expression. Ghost is able to vividly depict his true self and his world through music. Although at times he may stumble, his honesty is a breath of fresh air in an industry littered with formulaic artists.

Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang) - Fishscale review

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale review

If you thought newly anointed Def Jam President Shawn Carter would have some influence over the new Ghostface album, you’re mistaken. Whether you call him Ghostface Killah, Ironman, Tony Starks, or Pretty Toney, nothing has changed with his latest release “Fishscale.” It’s the same pure, unrelenting, raw hip hop Ghostface has been delivering since his first introduction with the Wu-Tang Clan.

Right from the opening track “Shakey Dog,” it’s apparent that the vintage Ghostface sound is back. Ghost then wets the listener’s appetite for the long awaited “Cuban Linx 2” with the Raekwon assisted, “Kilo” and “R.A.G.U”. Another highlight is “9 Milli Bros.” which features all 9 original Wu Tang members, and the late J. Dilla produced “Whip You With a Strap” which has Ghost revisiting his childhood. Even Ghost’s attempts commercial success with the Ne-Yo featured lead single “Back Like That,” which works because of Ghost’s ability to wear his heart on his sleeve.

Besides the song “Three Bricks” which features Notorious B.I.G.’s verse from “Ni**as Bleed,” and the lack of production by the RZA, “Fishscale” is Tony Starks in his prime, dripping with humor, emotion, charisma, and brutal honesty.

Few artists today are able to make sincere good music, without conforming to a commercial hook, conventional bar structure, or the latest trends. As a result, Ghostface is one artist that should be treasured.

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale review

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele review

As this is one of the first albums of 2000 I got to review I hope its an indication on what hip hop has in store. What does that mean?, well this album proves the Wu still can bring the muthafucking ruckus. Over the last 2 years we’ve been inundated with disappointments and delays from the Wu and even I had had enough by the time we reached Raekwons poor ‘Immobilarity’, this restored my faith in the Wu. No Introductions needed, Ironman is back with a sophomore album that almost lives up to its predecessor, not even the GZA could get this close.

It seems Ghostface hasn’t changed much since his solo debut on ‘Ironman’, and that’s what has made this album a success, early indications with ‘Mighty Deadly’ and ‘Apollo Kids’ suggested there was a different sound emerging but as a whole entity this album is a nice continuation of the his debut. ‘Cher Chez La Ghost’ is probably the most abstract track on here that doesn’t identify with the Wu-ness but that doesn’t mean its bad, just different. Its hard to distinguish the good from bad on here, maybe after constant listening I’ll discover I am bored of this track or that track but for now I’m content with the whole thing. If you want a taster of highlights then read on.

The Wu are always present on each other’s albums, although it used to happen a lot more we get 2 great treats on ‘Supreme Clientele’. The great ‘Buck 50’ is just amazing, I really can’t stop playing this one, it stands out as one of the albums many highlights and is full of that raw dark energy missing from the Wu sound over the past few albums, nothing has even come close to matching this. Ghostface is helped out by Cappadonna, Method Man and the only Non Wu member to rip it up since Nas did on ‘Verbal Intercourse’, that’s the funk docta spock Redman. The other track ‘Wu Banga 101’ is again more reminiscent of something that would have stood out on ‘Liquid Swords’ or ‘Cuban linx,’ GZA, Cappadonna and Raekwon help out with the verses and is that Masta Killah without his talking flow? Yes he’s actually listening to the beat.

I really gotta comment on the production here as it is a return to form, where there have been cheap and nasty beats or just plain mediocrity from the Wu lately, ‘Supreme Clientele’ is all about quality. RZA has done a good job, showing that he really hasn’t lost his touch, while elsewhere Mathematics and Tru Master aid the proceedings. One of the standout contributions from outside the Wu camp comes from the Beatnuts JuJu on the current single ‘One’ and it fits right in. ‘Stroke of death’ sees Ghostface hitting a new sound again, it seems awkward at first but then you realize how good it actually is. You’ll also find familiarity with a lot of the beats, I mean ‘Stay True’ for instance was used for the Inspektah Deck album on a track called ‘Elevation’ (But that’s nothing as this is a short track) and ‘Saturday night’ uses the same loop as ‘The mayor’ that Pharoah Monch laid sound for his Soundbombing 2 excursion. Elsewhere you may find the odd loop or beat you recognize but those thick orchestral soundscapes have returned and dominate the album on tracks like ‘We made it’ and the layered intro that is ‘Nutmeg’.

Ghost is constantly criticized for his lyrics because they seem to make no sense, well yeah a lot of it is thrown together but with his flow it seems to make sense in just sounding fucking good, this is because of his extraordinary mic presence and passion for delivering fire in his verses. Listening harder though its just that Ghost is talking in a way which is like his mind flying in all different directions, hardly staying on the same subject for more than 2 lines, there’s no rules to hip hop so who has their say on what he can and can’t talk about and in what way? So what is Ghostface’s secret for breaking the sophomore jinx and a line of inconsistency and bad quality from the Wu? Who knows let’s just enjoy the music and hope this is the shape of things to come.

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele review

Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album review

So Kanye said he saved hip hop… not really. The self proclaimed “Ironman” of rap a.k.a Ghostface Killah came and strong armed the rap scene. While other Wu members struggle with their solo careers (most recent flop: U- God) Dennis Coles a.k.a. Tony Starks keeps giving the Wu-Tang Clan their credibility.

“The Pretty Toney Album” proves Ghostfaces’s consistency to change the rap game. He was able to throw out the glossy sound of rap and keep it street with producers like Wu mastermind RZA and the legendary No I.D. (The man behind Common Sense’s critically acclaimed Resurrection album) With this lethal combination, The Pretty Toney, packs a hard Wu-Tang styled punch. For “Kunta Fly Shit”, RZA goes back to the Wu formula to produce a hit. Chopping up an old Barry White Song, mismatching chopped samples until they fit like size 2 jeans on a size 12 girl…meaning they don’t fit - but is forgiven because is so well produced. Plus, he has a slew of collaborations. “Metal Lungies” has appearances by Sheek Louch and Styles P. While the RZA produced “Run” has the third member of the Lox, Jadakiss. The radio-friendly “Tush” has Missy Elliot which would have been as good without Missy because is that much of a club banger. By the time, the CD wraps up with “Love” featuring Musiq, the CD leaves you not regretting the money you spent on it.

The Pretty Toney Album proves that Ghostface is one of the most consistent MC’s in the game.

Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album review

Ghostface Killah More Fish review

Any objective Wu Tang fan will tell you that no other member has had a better solo career than Mr. Tony Starks. Maybe Meth has more charisma, the GZA is sharper with the sword or The Chef can cook it up better but all three can’t match the consistency of Ghostface. After releasing an album of the year candidate with Fishcale, Ghost is back to close out 2006 with the equally impressive More Fish.

Gone are the skits that sometimes slowed Fishcale and in their place are more gritty narratives and witty non sequiturs that show Ironman cannot be duplicated. His unique style is fully displayed on the opening track “Ghost is Back” (sampled from Rakim’s “Know the Ledge”) and the noise filled “Blue Armour” featuring Sheek with Ghost ripping the mic with lines like “I’m a fisherman I own this like / When I catch fish I fry em to their backside flake / I smash you all motherfuckers like a seedless grape / And hang niggaz like some ceiling fans and K-Mart drapes” over some dirty drum lines courtesy of his mask-wearing friend.

When he is not spitting his curious couplets, Tony Starks is a gifted ghetto story teller penning classics like “All That I Got is You” that will bring even the hardest of the hard to tears. On the Hi-Tek produced “Josephine”, featuring Trife Da God and the soulful singing of the Willie Cottrell Band, Ghost further demonstrates his knack for touching hearts with sad stories of young girls turning into fiends. His softer side spits,

“Infatuated by the life of dope fiends and crack pushers
Prostituting for old pimps who mack hookers
Putting dope in the cooker, searching for a vein
Tracks all over her arm, she never felt the pain
The monkey on her back is now a gorilla
Fiending for hit knowin’ one day it is going to kill her
The clinic didn’t help
She’s just another young black woman destroying her pretty image and her health
It got me thinking to myself damn how could this happen
I seen her on the corner nodding off sniffing and scratchin’”

After those lyrics are digested, Ghost steps aside to let Trife Da God shine on his solo cut “Grew Up Hard” and he almost steals the show from the album’s host, which is no easy task on an album filled with guest appearances including the hard to find Redman. There are times when More Fish seems more like a posse album rather than a Ghostface album but he is able to maintain his strong presence while also allowing the other members of Theodore Unit to get some exposure and even shares the booth with his oldest seed, Sun God, on the dark “Street Opera”.

Compiled mostly of “left overs” from Fishcale, Ghost has another album of the year candidate with More Fish. In an era when most rappers struggle to produce one quality album in every two years, Ghost has no problem blessing fans with two in eight months. Tony Starks is still deserving of the title of most consistent member of Wu Tang but maybe its time to give him The Crown because no one is matching his consistency.

Ghostface Killah More Fish review

It was ‘93 when the Wu dropped their first group album. This was also the introduction of a group of talented MCs, including Ghostface Killah, who is one of the best metaphorically rhyming lyricists out of the group. It’s also safe to say, that next to GZA’s “Liquid Swords”, Ghostface’s first album “Ironman” and his second album “Supreme Clientele” are two of the hottest solo projects from any Wu member. Ghostface seems to progressively become more and more commercial with each album he drops. As a whole, I’d have to say that out of his three solo albums (”Iron Man”, “Supreme Clientele”, and “Bulletproof Wallets”) his newest release does not bring as nice a job on production and lyricism than his first two joints. However, that’s not saying that this is a bad album at all though, because it’s really not.

The production on this album is still pretty tight (no surprise with RZA behind the boards on five tracks), despite the commercial feel to the album as a whole. Also, despite a horrid cliché of rappers turning to softer songs with R&B support for singles (shown with the album’s track, “Never Be The Same Again” and “Love Session”) there is a good showcase of tight production. “Flowers”, which features Method Man, is a fast paced track with some clever lyrical delivery from both Ghost and Johnny Blaze. However, this is probably the only song on the album with no real meaning behind the lyrics, just basically a show off of the witty topics these two can bring to a listener (”… I’m what you get when that Absolute and Hennessey mix - Ultimate! Ultimate! - Wu-tang, my whole click - Ultimate! Ultimate!…”). “Theodore” hits ears like some hype storybook shit with some fast paced bells and even faster paced lyrics. This track and “Strawberry” are the two sickest tracks on the album, I felt. “Strawberry” comes with the same kind of fast paced production, as “Theodore”, but the hook in this song is just straight ridiculous. “Forest” should not be left unheard either, though. This song also has that storybook type feel to it, especially with the deranged perspective Ghost puts on all the old school children’s stories he mentions (”…how was your day, have you seen the Prince? Haven’t seen him since he pushed Humpty, the Dumpty fell off the fence…”).

Some of the skits on this album had tighter beats then actual songs. For example, “Teddy Skit” had some ill, slower, spaced out music going on with Superb reminiscing of the old days, holding down his mentor. Also, “Jealousy”, is a tight little interlude about… you guessed it… jealousy! The production isn’t as deep in this one, but the “jealousy” chants by the females over Ghost talking about how “…it can get you killed, shot…” is still attention grabbing enough to keep you from skipping this 55 second track.

Of course fellow Wu members lend their vocals on this album. Method Man comes through with a song stealing verse on “Flowers”. Also, this album basically features Raekwon on it, with “The Chef” appearing in almost half the tracks, similar to how Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” featured Ghostface on half of it’s tracks. This album could have used more special guests from the original Wu, tho. I would have loved to have heard Inspectah Deck or GZA on a track or two on this album, rather then Ghost’s lackeys like Superb or slower paced guests like Carl Thomas.

The main problem with “Bulletproof Wallets”, is that it’s one of those albums that you have to listen to a couple times before you can get more then four songs to really grow on you. Too many songs, like “Maxine”, “Ghost Showers”, “Juks”, and “Hilton”, just don’t possess that attention grabbing production as tighter tracks on the album. And the tracks that suffer from this sleepy production, make Ghostface sound more annoying and complex with his lyrics, turning too many songs into tracks you’ll easily be able to fast forward through.

Also, Ghostface has never been considered an outstanding lyricist, even though some of his content is harder to figure out then what the song’s are actually called (given the fact that the track list on the cover of this album is completely wrong). Ghostface is one of those artists who has to let their delivery and approach grow on you, which is why I’d suggest copping his first two solo albums instead of this one. “Bulletproof Wallets” tries too hard to be a party album, but suffers from a lack of banging tracks you’d actually want people to groove to.

Bootlegging also was cast over this album like a black plague. There were so many potential songs that were really tight, but got cut from the album due to sample clearances at the last minute (which may explain why the cover has all the wrong tracks listed on it). You may want to check out some of these songs, like “The Watch”, “Good Times”, “The Sun”, and “Ice”. If these songs could have replaced the weaker points of this album, “Bulletproof Wallets” could have easily been the hot banger of the year.

Overall, this is a solid album. At first listen, you can tell for the most part that this is more up-beat compared to his last two albums. The production is really tight on a lot of songs, and lyrically - well, you just have to feel Ghostface to begin with to like him. If you’ve never heard him before, I’d definitely recommend picking up his first album before this. But, “Bulletproof Wallets” is definitely an album not to be overlooked, especially for those devoted Wu-Tang fans. And next to Masta Ace’s “Disposable Art”, “The Blueprint”, and “Stillmatic”, this could possibly be the hottest commercial album to drop in 2001.

Ghostface Killah Bulletproof Wallets review

Ghostface Killah featuring Beanie Sigel & Styles P. - The Barrell Brothers video

The Big Doe Rehab, Two More Weeks!

With the release of The Big Doe Rehab only two weeks away, check out the “Rehab” Commercial, Part I, as well as the official tracklistiing and album cover art.

Check out the Ghostface Killah “Rehab” Commercial, Part I

The Big Doe Rehab | Tracklisting
01. At The Cabana Skit Performed by Ghostface Killah and Rhythm Roots Allstars
02. Toney Sigel a.k.a. The Barrel Brothers featuring Beanie Sigel
03. Yolanda’s House featuring Raekwon & Method Man
04. We Celebrate featuring Kid Capri
05. Walk Around
06. Yapp City featuring Trife Da God & Sun God
07. White Linen Affair (Toney Awards) featuring Shawn Wigs
08. Supa GFK
09. Rec-Room Therapy featuring Raekwon & U-God
10. The Prayer Performed by Ox
11. I’ll Die For You
12. Paisley Darts featuring Raekwon, Sun God, Trife Da God, Method Man & Cappadonna
13. Shakey Dog Starring Lolita featuring Raekwon
14.! Performed by Ghostface Killah and Rhythm Roots Allstars
BONUS TRACKS
15. Killa Lipstick featuring Method Man & Masta Killa
16. Slow Down featuring Chrisette

GHOSTFACE KILLAH CHECKS INTO REHAB DECEMBER 4TH

“WE CELEBRATE” FEAT. KID CAPRI FIRST SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM THE BIG DOE REHAB

GUESTS INCLUDE WU-TANG’S METHOD MAN, RAEKWON, CAPPADONA, U-GOD, MASTA KILLA, BEANIE SIGEL, STYLES P & THE THEODORE UNIT

GHOSTFACE ON TOUR WITH RAKIM NOW! NEW BOOK “THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PRETTY TONEY” SET FOR JANUARY 8th RELEASE FROM MTV PRESS

STATEN ISLAND, NY - “When you get a new Ghostface Killah album, the only reasonable reaction is to get lost in it,” said the New York Times of Ghost’s last full studio album, ’06’s instant classic Fishscale. And with the December ‘06 release of More Fish and Ghost’s near-constant touring in ‘07, his legions of fans have been happily lost in the ‘World According To Pretty Toney.’ Now, with a new Def Jam album - The Big Doe Rehab - set for release on December 4th, his current tour with Rakim, and a coffee-table book set for release on January 8th through MTV Press, the devoted will be positively delirious.

Fishscale, Tony Stark’s return to vivid street tales and gripping narratives of the drug trade, was greeted with universal acclaim and topped crtitcs’ year-end lists unanimously: Rolling Stone (#5), Blender (#5), and Spin (#4) all anointed the return of the Wu’s greatest banger. The Big Doe Rehab finds Ghost and company still in razor-sharp form, weaving a rich, complex tapestry from tales of drugs, violence, paranoia, love, hate and humor over gritty, soulful beats. The lead single “We Celebrate” featuring Kid Capri is a party on wax, with Ghost proclaiming “Tony Starks just won an Oscar, y’all!” and Capri hyping up the crowd over Rare Earth’s classic “I Just Want To Celebrate.” Elsewhere, Ghost’s partner in crime Raekwon shows up on two of the album’s standouts “Yolanda’s House” and “Shakey Dog Starring Lolita,” an epilogue to the Shakey Dog story on Fishscale. On ‘White Linen Affair (Tony Awards),” Starks and Theodore associate Shawn Wiggs host through a hilarious, star-studded white linen and “Evian water” affair, complete with the requisite A-list - Janet & Jermaine, Kanye & Keyshia, etc. Ghost truly shines on the album’s quieter, darker, more introspective moments, “Walk Around” and “I’ll Die For You.”

Ghostface’s penchant for dropping random pearls of wisdom is notorious. And so MTV Press has collected a volume of ‘Toneisms’ set for a Jaunary 8th release. Co-written by MTV’s J. Brightly and inspired by the popular MTV skits of the same name, The World According To Pretty Toney is the modern hustler’s guide to life; Pretty Toney offers nuggets of wisdom on the key elements to becoming your own personal success story: Livin’, Hustlin’, Love, Nutrition, and the all-encompassing Toneology. Coupled with vibrant 4-color photos by Dave Hill that illustrate each pearl of wisdom, and a companion audio disc, these are indispensable life lessons that will teach hustler’s everywhere what to do and what not to do.