Blue And Cream Son

SDTW Ghostface

I was driving in the car and listening to Supreme Clientele and it dawned on me that I have been listening to this dude rap for the last 16 years. That is a long time. At any rate, if for some reason you're 19, retarded, and think Drake is "like really really really good" just do yourself a favor and listen to my generation's William Blake.

*If William Blake grew up in Staten Island in the 70's, got shot a few ties, smoked cabbage, and had his dick make the cover of Time Magazine (no homes).

Get it in....

Ironman

Supreme Clientele

Bulletproof Wallets

Pretty Toney

Fish Scale

Apollo Kids

I purposely left out Big Doe Rehab, More Fish, and Ghostdini because them shits is whatever.

Cause Ya Face Do Like This

Ghost can rap.

He can not think up good album covers though.

It's fine. I'd rather it be that way. I'm just saying don't let the motherfucker art direct anything.



This and 3 other joints didn't make the final cut because of sample clearance issues. You can find them shits easy and I even posted them way back when.

Get it gods:

Bullet Proof Pillows and Teflon Pajama Sets

Wu Massacre

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Ghostface Killah

I bet the people at the lyric websites get SO bummed when they have to decipher Ghostface lyrics.

"Scientific, my hand kissed it
Robotic let's think optimistic
You probably missed it, watch me dolly dick it
Scotty watty cop it to me, big microphone hippie
Hit Poughkepsie crispy chicken verbs throw up a stone richie
Chop the O, sprinkle a lil' snow inside a Optimo
Swing the John McEnroe, rap rock'n'roll
Tidy Bowl, gung-ho pro, Starsky with the gumsole
Hit the rump slow, parole kids, live Rapunzel
but Ton' stizzy really high, the vivid laser eye guide
Jump in the Harley ride, Clarks I freak a lemon pie
I'm bout it, bout it - Lord forgive me, Ms. Sally shouted
Tracey got shot in the face, my house was overcrowded
You fake cats done heard it first
On how I shitted on your turf
at times, Cuban Link verse yo
Check out the rap kingpin, summertime fine jewelry drippin
Face in the box, I seen your ear twitchin
As soon as I drove off, Cap' came to me with three sawed-offs
Give one to Rae', let's season they broth
Lightning rod fever heaters, knock-kneeder Sheeba for hiva
Diva got rocked from the receiver bleeder
Portfolio, lookin fancy in the pantry
My man got bigger dimes son, your shit is scampi
Base that, throw what's in your mouth, don't waste that
See Ghost lampin in the throne with King Tut hat
Straight off"

Get it:

Ghostface Supreme The Vivid Lazy Eye Guy

Wu Tang St. Ides Commercial

The audio is not the best, but this is footage of the actual commercial.

It's funny what a paycheck will do.

The song is really good though.

To Quoteth Ghostface

"Kelly you gonna give me some pussy. U know whatchu goin do. You too Doreen, your little fat ass can't get away."

It's not even a rap. Dude just ad libs gems like that so effortlessly.

Only Built For Cuban Linx

In honor of the upcoming release for "Only Built For Cuban Linx 2" I thought I'd post the original that started it all.

Before rapping about coke was radio friendly Rae and Ghost penned slang laden tales of drug life that has never been duplicated since.

Just glance at the Rae's lyrics from "Incarcerated Scarfaces":

"Thug related style attract millions
Fans, they understand my plan
Who's the kid up in the green Land?
Me and the RZA connect, blow a fuse, you lose
Half-ass crews get demolished and bruised
Fake be frontin, hourglass heads niggaz be wantin
Shuttin down your slot; time for pumpin
Poisonous sting which thumps up and act chumps
Raise a heavy generator
But yo, guess who's the black Trump?
Dough be flowin by the hour's
Wu, we got the collars, scholars
Word life, peace to power and my whole unit
Word up! Quick to set it, don't wet it
Real niggaz lick shots, peace Connecticut."

Who else can even rap like that?



Coke rap:

Raekown "Only Built For Cuban Linx"

Wu Tang

This album has been dubbed the return of real Wu.

Basically the RZA finally just returned to what made people like Wu Tang in the first place and just made an album with kung fu samples, basic drums and a whole bunch of 90's rappers all rolled into one.

Cool with me.

The best cameos come from Havoc, Sean Price, and Ghostdini.

Give it a listen and get your mid-90's on with the gods, god.


Download:
Wu-Tang "Chamber Music" (Full Album)

Quote of The Day: Ghostface Killah

"You gotta tell the fans that you not gettin’ no younger here – we gettin’ older! And everybody don’t sell crack no more, man. I don’t sell crack, yo. I ain’t movin’ no bricks or none of that other shit. I ain’t shoot nobody in like…since the early 90’s, man."

- Ghostface Killah


Sub-Note: I ain't shoot nobody.

Awesome.

Doom

First new Doom (he dropped the MF prefix) in a long while. It isn't set to drop until the 24th, but after a listen through I think it might be better than anything else he has released since Madvillain.

Peep the cameos by Rae and Starks.

Best line so for: "Like Jake the Snake on mescaline"

Download:

Doom "Born Like This" Full Album

Ghostface Don't

"Can you believe grown men still wear pants like this? He looks like he’s sticking his head through a Joint-Rolling Baby cutout at the state fair."



Looks like the Wally Champ himself got put on blast in the "Dont" section. Of course being a "Do" isn't all that great either as Vice is sort of biased towards the coke snorting, ironically dressed, Justice listening crowd better known as "themselves."

SDTW presents "Best of Ghostface"

I put together a little tribute compilation of the "Iron Man." Not the dude in the metal suit, son! The "REAL" Iron Man a.k.a Tony Starks a.k.a Pretty Toney a.k.a the Ghostface Killah.

I've been on the Ghost train since day one. I bought "Iron Man" the day it came out in 1996. 12 years later Ghost is still making great music and is probably more relevant than ever.

He is the only member of the Clan to have not fallen off in terms of quality solo albums. Is Big Doe Rehab as good as Supreme Clientele? No, of course not, but it is however quite good when compared to the output of his contemporaries and when you consider the fact that it is his 7th full length release. Count how many rappers have more than 3 good albums? It's a small group.

Yeah, it's not that easy to do. Making this comparison between his fellow members makes that little fact even more amazing.

Allow me to elaborate:

RZA = One good solo record as Bobby Digital, still comes through on the production tip when not using guitars

GZA = One good solo record, still shows signs of brilliance on guest spots

Inspectah Deck = is better as a guest spot than as a solo artist period

U-God = Who gives a shit? I've sort of always hated on "Golden Arms" sorry...

Masta Killa = Actually had a decent solo record, but you probably don't own it

Method Man = After "Judgment Day" (which I still like) dude basically gave up making albums that we wanted to hear

Raekwon = Brilliant solo record the first time out then complete utter garbage records after that and the frustrating part is Chef delivers great verses all the time on Ghost's records and on other projects. Cuban Linx 2 is set to release at the end of the year and he claims it will change hip-hop. We'll see Rae

Cappadonna = I remember really liking some tracks on "The Pillage" when dude came out of the gate on "Ice Cream" we all thought he was going to be great. He would later go on to become a taxi driver (real talk) he has a new album out but so do New Kids On The Block

Ol' Dirty Bastard = (RIP) Great first record and so many memorable guest spots I will say that his latter work was a little too much for me and I'm not gonna front like I have some candle light vigil for dude

I combed through all of Ghost's albums listed below and even put a few jams that do not appear on any of these albums. I didn't bother to get tracks from anything outside his albums so don't tell me how there's this track on the "Juwana Man" soundtrack that is his "illest" sh*t ever cause I don't care. Tell the other 29 year old virgin, sneaker heads, that will actually care about that.

Hope you like it.

All tracks taken from the following albums:

* 1996: Ironman
* 2000: Supreme Clientele
* 2001: Bulletproof Wallets
* 2004: The Pretty Toney Album
* 2006: Fishscale
* 2006: More Fish
* 2007: The Big Doe Rehab



Track Listing:

1. Stay True featuring: 60 Second Assassin
2. Fish
3. Biscuits featuring: Trife
4. Street Opera
5. The Sun featuring: Raekwon, Slick Rick
6. The Forest
7. Guerilla Hood
8. Assassination Day
9. Run featuring: Jadakiss
10. Nutmeg featuring: RZA
11. Flowers featuring: Raekwon
12. Shakey Dog
13. One
14. The Faster Blade
15. Mighty Healthy
16. Run featuring: Jadakiss (Showoff Remix)
17. Alex (Stolen Script)
18. All That I Got Is You


Download:

SDTW Presents "The Best of Ghostface"

Ghostface Killah

I've had these tracks for a long time. I remember stumbling across these on a blog and being blown away at how good they were.

As far as I know most (not all) of these tracks were left off Bullet Proof Wallets due to sample clearance issues.

The Slick Rick track alone is criminal to leave off. The beat is so different and it amazes me to no end that the label wouldn't go to bat for Tony Starks and get that joint on there. Oh well. I can't pretend like I know much about these songs other than they are all solid Ghostface tunes that you'll be glad to have.

P.S Hey Pubs didn't you ask about these jammies a while back? SDTW got you.

Track Listing:

1. The Sun feat. Raekwon and Slick Rick
2. Good Times
3. Flowers
4. The Watch
5. In The Rain
6. Weeps
7. Box In Hand


Download:

The Lost Ghostface Tracks

Shyheim

Shyheim was only 16 years old when this album dropped in 94. He was living with his big cousin Ghostface Killah in the Stapelton Houses at the time and began recording with The Clan which ultimately led to the release of "A.K.A The Rugged Child."

Even though he was extremely young he shows moments of real brilliance on the mic. He sounds partly like Big L and early Inspectah Deck combined I suppose.

Oh and the classic "On and On" was produced by some guy named Premiere? Not sure who he is.

If you love that 93 - 94' timberland, shorties, forties, l's, style of hip-hop then add this to all the other classics from the era.


Download:

Shyheim "A.K.A The Rugged Child"

Ghost and Rae

Above: A ghost face.


This track has been making the blog rounds the last week or so, but I think it's because even a decent Rae and Ghost track is better then 90% of most rap now a days.

Best line and I quote:

Rae: "I don't give a f*ck if you twenty five n*gga , you my son n*gga."

You'll get it when you listen to the track.

Download:
Raekwon and Ghostface "Necrp"