day 22, Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

Stars: 2.5
Song: Nutmeg (He drops rhymes with John McEnroe, Repunzel, and Shrimp Scampi… c’mon, that’s dope.), Wu Banga
Show: $0, already had the opportunity and passed it up.

Ghostface Killah is one of my favorite members of Wu Tang Clan, but on his own, he overwhelms me. He is by far the most intense guy of the Clan, not necessarily lyrically, but definitely his in your face, relentless, high-flying style is. It’s dope, for sure, but it will wear you out to get through the full one hour, 21 track album, Supreme Clientele.

From the get-go you know this guy means business. Nutmeg throws a rhyme every three words in the first verse, and at a fast tempo, too. And he’ll spit just about anything. He’ll drop pop culture knowledge, like “Waiting for the vulture, like Caster Troy laying for Travolta,” but he keeps it raw and doesn’t hesitate to rip “He smiling with his teeth missing, begging for mercy.”

No question this is an extraordinary display of talent, with rapid fire rhymes and enough raw energy to spark a gang war at the Special Olympics, but as a whole album, it leaves hardly any room to breathe. Even the skits are brutal. “Crackhead Shit” may be the wildest drug ramble ever recorded, unless the other incoherent tirade, “Clyde Skit,” takes the cake.

Pop on “Buck 50” any day and I’ll get down to the old-school, simple, sample-heavy beats and the dirty verses traded between Ghost, Method Man, Redman, and Cappadonna. “We Made It” will get things crackin’, too. But put ‘em all together and you’re going to need a cold shower afterward. But I have to ask you…”The fuck you wanna do? Crack a brew, smoke an L or two.”

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