Ghostface: Fishscale
rootlesscosmo
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So this joint is officially out.I know a lot of us have already heard bits and pieces.Hate me but I'm really feeling Back Like That featuring Ne-Yo.And like I said the skit that precedes the corporal punishment jawn Whip You With A Strap is very funny to me.
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yup - it grew on me after my intial getouttaherewiththatcheese reaction.
That song is hott.
NY Heads get at me.
good to hear his voice though.
golden arms shoulda been left off that track.
You mean Charlie Brown isn't on it??? That was to be my sole purpose for buying this (well, that and assuming the rest of it is good too...)!!!!!!!!!!!!
Open to trades for hyphy rap vinyls.
I'm pretty sure I heard the sound of a mom & pop store going out of business as I forked over the ca$h...
seriously though?!?!?!?!?!?!?
That's what these are for...
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$8.99 at Amoeba. The list price is under $11.
Sounds great so far.
as for the music, it's good to get a copy of kilos w/o kay slay yelling over the whole chorus. r.a.g.u , the champ, 9 mili brothers and whip you with a strap are fiyahhhh! underwater has grown on me since the first listen and only ghost could make a song about getting a hair cut sound as dope and hilarious as "barbershop".
it's no supreme clientle but like soulman said they'll never be another supreme clientle, not even ghost could re-create that magic.
peace,xavier
I have to say: "Fishscale" is certainly the best Ghostface album since SC and while it's too soon to definitely say it's as good (if not...better...) than SC, I'm not at all convinced that SC is some unsurmountable standard that will never be exceeded. That's no disrespect to Soulman or SC but while I think it's a fucking great album, it wasn't as singular an achievement (to me) as, say, "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" which can never be bettered simply because it was a game-changing album. SC did not change the game even if it was a blazing hot album.
To me, Fishscale is pretty fucking great even if it did lose/change a few songs. Just for those keeping score at home:
MIA: Charlie Brown
Altered: Family Affair (now called "Dogs of War")
The Champ
There might be another one I'm missing.
The more I listen to this album, it's so much more consistent than his last two LPs and there are more than a few amazing songs: "Shakey Dog," "The Champ," "Ragu," "Crack Spot," etc. Even the skits aren't that bad though I wish "the Return of Clyde Smith" had been better than it was.
That quote is both one of the most insanely stunning things to ever come out of a rapper's mouth...and is just an iamge I never, ever want to have to picture. Oh fuck, I just did. Ew.
cuban linx is on some other shit and supreme clientele is nowhere near it, i agree with you 100 percent there o-dub.
but sc is nearly flawless. it's only sore thumb is "stroke of death" which i beleive ghost did as a joke cause he knew he had so many bangers he could rap over rza lazily/anoyingly "scratching" over a break.
and in all honesty i don't beleive ghost can create another album with sc's consistency.
I never could get into this album for some reason.
Shame about the loss of the fever sample on The Champ though the guitar riff isn't a bad replacement.
But then, I seem to have a lot more love for Pretty Toney than most of y'all.
(That said, of course, Supreme Clientele is the best Ghost effort and Cuban Linx, well, that's just one of the best albums ever).
I was hoping for a longer version on the final album, but now it's almost just a skit...
Ironman is very, very good. When's the last time you listened to it?
with the exception of Tush - i love this record.
Crazy.
I won't say it's his "best" album, but it's still my favorite.
EXACTLY. Tush is the one track I skip every time. The rest of the album? I love it. It doesn't get the respect it deserves on here.