Ghostface Killah Wizard of Poetry In Stores September 29th

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GHOSTDINI (aka GHOSTFACE KILLAH) COMPLETES 6th DEF JAM ALBUM, THE WIZARD OF POETRY, SET FOR SEPTEMBER 29th

FOCUS IS ON R&B DUETS – WITH ESTELLE, FABOLOUS, JOHN LEGEND, RAHEEM DeVAUGHN, LLOYD AND OTHERS

“Baby” featuring Raheem DeVaughn is 1st single

Dubbed by the New York Times “the most lovable rapper in the world: a wounded warrior with raps to match his speeding heartbeat,” Def Jam artist – and Wu-Tang Clan ironman – Ghostdini (aka Ghostface Killah) returns under a new guise in 2009 as THE WIZARD OF POETRY, his 6th Def Jam album (and 10th major label album), in which he attracts an A-list of duet partners including John Legend, Fabolous, Raheem DeVaughn, Lloyd, Estelle, and others. The new album will arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on September 29th. The first single from the new album is “Baby” featuring Raheem DeVaughn. See the video on DefJam.com: http://defj.am/ghostface_babyvid

The final running sequence for THE WIZARD OF POETRY looks like this:

Not Your Average Girl featuring Shareefa
Do Over featuring Raheem “Radio” DeVaughn
Baby featuring Raheem “Radio” DeVaughn
Lonely featuring Jack Knight
Stapleton Sex
Stay
Paragraphs Of Love featuring Vaughn Anthony & Estelle
Guest House featuring Fabolous and Shareefa
Let’s Stop Playin’ featuring John Legend
Forever
I’ll Be That featuring Adrienne Bailon
Goner featuring Lloyd

**Bonus Tracks**

14. She’s A Killah featuring Ron Browz
15. Back Like That featuring Ne-Yo & Kanye West

Leading up to the release of The Wizard Of Poetry, iTunes will be running a “Complete My Album” campaign. The first single “Baby” was released on August 18th. “Forever” was released on September 1st. On September 8th, the John Legend duet “Let’s Stop Play’n” will be released, followed by Ghost and Fab’s “Guest House” on September 15th. Throughout, Ghost sprinkles his trademark wit and charm over signature sample-based grooves and modern R&B tracks.

A hip-hop icon for more than 15 years, Ghost’s legions of fans have been tuning in to The World According to Pretty Toney long enough to know that “he doesn’t so much deliver rhymes as narrate graphically detailed scenes, rife with violence, passion and a little humor,” as USA Today stated. Along the way, Ghost has made a habit of enlisting duet partners on his singles and album tracks – Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Jadakiss, Ne-Yo, and many others, including his WTC mates Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, and so on.

Ghost, Method Man, and Redman just played out the final dates of their month-long, 21-city Foot Print in Hip-Hop Tour – in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco – keeping the Wu-Tang Clan spirit alive and well on the road.

Ghost has been touring in support of his most recent album, Ghostdeini The Great (December 2008), the first official compilation from the Tony Starks archive on the Def Jam label, blending “classic tracks with remixes and new verses,” as Billboard.com described it. Guests include W-TC, fellow Def Jam artists Kanye West and Ne-Yo, Amy Winehouse, Mary J. Blige, Ice Cube, and others. The collection also drew tracks from three of Ghost’s Def Jam albums: Fishscale (March 2006), More Fish (December 2006), and The Big Doe Rehab (December 2007). The physical CD (only) of Ghostdeini The Great features bonus video content that chronicles his performance on the first annual 19-city Hip-Hop Live! Tour back in October-November 2007.

Catch Ghostface Killah on tour:

10/2 Albany, NY- Northern Lights
10/3 Philly, PA- Trocadero
10/4 Carrboro, NY- Cats Cradle
10/5 Charleston, SC- Music Farm
10/7 Ft. Lauderdale, FL- Revolution
10/9 Oxford, MS- Lyric
10/10 Baton Rouge, LA- Spanish Moon
10/11 Austin, TX- Emos
10/13 Tucson, AZ- The Rock
10/14 Tempe, AZ- The Clubhouse
10/15 San Diego, CA- Canes
10/16 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
10/17 Santa Barbara, CA- Velvet Jones
10/19 Reno, NV- Club Underground
10/20 San Fran, CA- Slims
10/21 Arcata, CA- Arcata Theatre
10/22 Portland, OR- Berbati’s Pan
10/23 Eugene, OR- WOW Hall
10/24 Seattle, WA- Showbox
10/25 Bellingham, WA- Nightlight
10/28 Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge
10/29 Aspen, CO- Belly Up
10/30 Denver, CO- Bluebird
10/31 Boulder, CO- Fox

Ghostface Killah – Stapleton Sex video [Trailer #2]

Trailer for upcoming video by Ghostface Killah for “Stapleton Sex”, from his upcoming album “Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City ” coming soon! Shouts to Angela Yee!

Ghostface’s Wizdom of the Week #4

Ghostface Killah Interview with DJ Whoo Kid

Of course interviews from Ghostface Killah are always entertaining, but guaranteed, you haven’t seen an interview from Tony Starks quite like this! In a lively round of conversation, Ghost spoke with DJ Whoo Kid and Mandog about several compelling topics, from a Wu-Tang reunion and being locked out of countries, to pimp slap rehab and taking risks without condoms.

Why did The Dream front on Ghost for his album? How did R.Kelly inspire him? What happened to the hawk? What about the mask? Who is he closest with in the Wu? How does he feel about T-Pain’s “Big Ass Chain”? What is Ghost’s advice for Chris Brown? Who are the Killer Wasps and why does Whoo Kid want them?

Raekwon – Walk Wit Me video

*WORLD PREMIERE*

Video for Raekwon “Walk Wit Me” which is the iTunes bonus for Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 available now!

Ghostface Killah – Stapleton Sex video [Trailer]

Trailer for upcoming video by Ghostface Killah for “Stapleton Sex”, from his upcoming album “Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City “ coming soon!

Shouts to Miss Info!

WU-TANG CLAN’S RAEKWON TO RELEASE ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX II, SEQUEL TO CLASSIC ALBUM MC JUST WRAPPED NATIONWIDE ‘ROCK THE BELLS’ TOUR ALBUM RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 8TH NEW SINGLE “HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS” PRODUCED BY J. DILLA

Los Angeles, CA With Wu-Tang Clan’s noisemaking, groundbreaking 1993 arrival on rap’s desolate East Coast landscape, the music and the culture were forever altered. Expectations were shattered and rebuilt much more stringently. From that unassailable 9-man collective emerged one particularly salient voice, a true mouthpiece for the people: Raekwon. With uncanny lyrical vividness and poignancy, Raekwon painted bleak, biting portraits of urban life. Never had Staten Island seemed so intriguing, so cinematic.

In 1995, Raekwon aka the Chef stepped out from under the Wu-Tang umbrella to release his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Instantly heralded as a classic, the album retains its sheen and substance fourteen years later. For years, fans have frothed for the promised sequel. Well, salivate no more. Come September 8th, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II is set to impact like no rap record in recent history. In fact, overseas hype already has Cuban Linx II trumping another prominent release, Jay-Z’s forthcoming Blueprint 3.

The first imprint off Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II was “New Wu” featuring Clan members Method Man and Ghostface Killah. Produced by the RZA, the production maestro behind Wu-Tang, “New Wu” bears that beloved sparse, eerie boom-bap. “New Wu” set the stage for current single “House of Flying Daggers,” which springs from the uncommonly gifted hands and ears of J. Dilla. Dilla, in wanting to work with Raekwon, created music specifically for the Chef to incorporate on Linx II. “House of Flying Daggers” bears Dilla’s trademark soulful samples, but the beat is a departure from his headnod fare. Insistent, cantankerous, almost militant, “House of Flying Daggers” takes no prisoners. A full complement of Clansmen- Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface Killah and Method Man- contributes seething verses, as if each MC could barely wait for another to finish before grabbing the mic. Raekwon respectfully likens the song to “Triumph,” Wu-Tang Clan’s stellar single off their 1997 sophomore album, Wu Tang Forever.

It’s been an odyssey for Raekwon, a journey full of epics. Nearing two decades in the rap game and he’s as pithy and relevant as ever. He’s finishing up the massively successful Rock the Bells nationwide tour alongside artists such as Nas, Damian Marley, the Roots, Ice Cube, Common, Big Boi from OutKast, as well as his Clan kin GZA and RZA. His place is the game is already assured. But Only Built 4 Cuban II, the album everyone wanted but some suspected would never happen, cements the Chef’s legacy as one of the best ever. On September 8th, fourteen years after the first installment, history will be made again. Raekwon is the truest Top Chef.

Ghostface – Baby video featuring Raheem “Radio” DeVaughn

The Wizard Of Poetry: In Emerald City in stores 9/29.

Raekwon – House of Flying Daggers video featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & Method Man (Teaser)

Sneak peak of Raekwon’s “House Of Flying Daggers” Ft. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & Method Man (Prod. J Dilla) Watch out for the full video coming soon!!!!

Ghostface Killah – Baby video Behind The Scenes

A behind the scenes look at Ghostface Killah’s new single “Baby” which features Raheem Devaughn, from the album “The Wizard of Poetry: In Emerald City” coming soon.