You’ve read about it on your favorite blogs and websites. You watched the crazy teaser videos that ripped off the Brad Pitt flick Seven. You downloaded the free MP3s. Now it’s time to wipe away the drool, because the Meth, Ghost & Rae collabo album is coming out.
Set for release via Def Jam on March 30, Wu Massacre is mostly a Wu affair, with production from RZA and Allah Mathematics and guest spots from Inspectah Deck, Streetlife (Remember “PLO Style?”) and Trife. Interestingly, the Rhythm Roots Allstars, who were the backing band on many of those Scion Live mini-tours from a few years ago, and even showed up on Ghost’s The Big Doe Rehab, contribute to a few tracks.
Next week, September 29, Ghostface Killah drops his seventh album (eighth if you include the odds-and-sods collection More Fish), Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City. As widely reported, it’s an R&B affair, with appearances by an auto-tunin’ Raheem DeVaughn, John Legend, Lloyd and others. Two singles from the Def Jam release have already hit the internets: “Baby,” which has a classic 90s feel, and the raw dog “Stapleton Sex.”
After the album’s release, Ghost will hit the road for his second tour this year, following a successful run with Meth & Red last summer.
It’s the rap team-up of the summer: Ghostface Killah, Method Man & Redman on the “Footprint of Hip Hop” tour! Actually, all three artists were on Rock the Bells last year; this time Raekwon’s absent (since he’s prepping for the long-overdue release of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2). But hey, these dudes got mad classics, Meth & Red just dropped a halfway-decent album, and Ghostface is supposed to drop The Wizard of Poetry in a few months. You gotta love it.
According to a recent Billboard.com post, Ghostface Killah’s new GhostDeini the Great is an odds-and-sods collection of greatest hits (“Cherchez La Ghost” and “All That is Got Is You”), hard-to-find remixes (“Run” with Lil Wayne and others and “Back Like That” with Kanye West) and new tracks (the intriguing-sounding “Ghostface Christmas”). Unfortunately, it seems that the recently leaked cut “Computer Love” isn’t included. GhostDeini the Great drops via Def Jam on December 16.
A typically solid performance by Ghostface Killah, one of the great artists of this decade, elevates The Big Doe Rehab’s familiar exploration of crime and redemption.
As previously announced, Ghostface Killah’sThe Big Doe Rehabis on the way, and hits stores December 4 via Def Jam.
Ghostface Killah has been on the road for most of the fall, touring with the Rhythm Roots Allstars and a sundry of opening acts. According to the track listing for The Big Doe Rehab, which hit the Internet last week, he returns the favor by collaborating with the LA funk combo on "!" (Perhaps he’s taking a page from the Brooklyn band !!!) Other guests on the disc include Raekwon, Method Man, Beanie Sigel, Styles P, and Chrissette Michelle. The first single, "We Celebrate," features mixtape pioneer Kid Capri and is percolating on mix shows nationwide.
The Big Doe Rehab is part of Ghost’s winter attack. In addition to the upcoming Wu-Tang Clan album 8 Diagrams (more on that in a minute), Ghost Dini is finally dropping that book he talked up last year. The World According to Pretty Toney, co-written with J. Brightly and published by MTV Books, comes out on January 8. According to the press release, "Pretty Toney offers nuggets of street wisdom on the key elements to becoming your own personal success story: livin’, hustlin’, lovin’, eatin’, and the all-encompassing Toneology. Coupled with vibrant 4-color photos by renowned photographer Dave Hill that illustrate each pearl of wisdom, these are indispensable life lessons that will become hustler hallmarks for playas everywhere to live by."
While you chew on those nuggets, check out the track listing for The Big Doe Rehab below.
Ghostface Killah, one of the most critically acclaimed rappers of the decade, is planning to drop a new album before the year is out, according to a publicity site for Universal Music. The album, called The Big Doe Rehab, is scheduled to drop on December 4. And he’s stoking anticipation for the disc with two innovative tours.
The first, which was mentioned a few days ago, is a college campus tour sponsored by Adult Swim. Ostensibly a coming-out party for Dungeon Family affiliate Witchdoctor, Ghost will be headlining the short one-month trek. After that, he’ll appear on Hip-Hop Live!, a package assembled by syndicated cable channel producer Flow TV. Joining him will be Rakim, the original "best rapper alive," who will preview cuts from his forthcoming album The Seventh Seal; and Minneapolis big bear Brother Ali, who continues to promote his recent The Undisputed Truth. Taking a page from the influential Scion Metro series, all three men will be backed by funk combo Rhythm Roots Allstars.
No details are available on The Big Doe Rehab yet, but will probably be forthcoming in the next several weeks. Meanwhile, the dates for his extended road trip, which is already in progress, is listed below. (November 12 update: The tour dates have been updated.)
Lex also holds UK rights to the highly anticipated Ghostface Killah and MF Doom collabo, Swift & Changeable. The album has been delayed for nearly a year, undoubtedly to the politics involved in dropping an independent album by two of hip-hop’s most coveted artists. But everyone promises that it will finally come out this year.Nature Sounds has the U.S. rights, but Lex’s version should entice American trainspotters who like its amazing album covers. The label also hints that a new Danger Doom EP similar to last year’s Occult Hymnwill soon arrive.
On the second album in less than a year from 2006 MVP candidate Ghostface Killah, the onetime king of Wallabies gives his fledgling crew Theodore Unit a chance to shine.
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