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Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
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| It's absolutely thrilling to listen to Ghostface say words. He might just be music's best narrative lyricist since fuckin' Dylan. Who else is telling stories about the paranoid trauma that results from a robbery gone wrong punctuated by a face-full of the victim’s gory aftermath? The man tells stories. His eighth album, The Big Doe Rehab, is predictably entertaining, not because he doesn’t have new tricks, but because at this point his weirdness is hardly surprising. It’s chock full of familiar yet still new twists on his always-cinematic rollercoaster ride. There’s an unmatched urgency during the chase sequences on his albums (yes, chase sequences) that cause slight heart palpitations (check “Yolanda’s House” then check your pulse)....full text |
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| By the time they enter their second decade in music, most rappers are in dire need of career resuscitation. But despite that last word in the title of his latest solo outing — The Big Doe Rehab — Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah isn't one of them. Now 37, he's released six acclaimed solo albums (from 1996's Ironman to last year's More Fish) full of gritty narratives, plus a few comical cuts. Only titans like Jay-Z and Nas lay claim to equally sterling track records. And with Rehab, Ghostface proves his tried-and-true technique has plenty of juice left in it....full text |
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| Getting the entire Wu-Tang Clan together seems as tough a challenge as acing the SATs or making Thom Yorke laugh. So it's remarkable enough that the new Wu-Tang album — the Staten Island crew's first in six years — actually exists. What's more, 8 Diagrams is better than most would have expected: a terrific mix of classic Clan grime and enough new tricks to justify Inspectah Deck's claim that "Wu-Tang keep it fresh like Tupperware."...full text |
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