Now in stores, Ghostface has released his most addictive CD in six years entitled... Fishscale!





Production includes: J Dilla, MF Doom, Pete Rock, Just Blaze.

Listen to my personal fave, "Underwater" here.

east coast coonery at it's best
this album is a parody
bad snl skit

workingupahiyellasweat said:

fuck ya. Ghostface is imaginative and hardly "conventional".

"Underwater"

Yo
Aiyyo I'm lost underwater
I see a pink dog with a crystal handle, so I keep swimmin
Amazed that I'm not drownin
Butterflies took control when I arrived, I opened the door
No I knocked first, I'm not on my turf
I seen a ray of lights that resemble live fireworks
Some mermaids with Halle Berry haircuts flashin they tail
Like follow me now, don't be afraid
I'ma show you where all the djinns and spirits pray
If you scared to face this life you shouldn't stay
So I kept on swimmin, grabbed on to her fin to help me out
As we got close I seen the boat all shot up with his anchor out
Then she asked me politely what I'm thinkin about
I said nuttin - she said nuttin leaves nuttin
If you fill me up bet this'll bring that out
I seen rubies, diamonds, smothered under octopus
Jellyfish sharks soar, aquaproof pocketbook
Pearls on the mermaid girls
Gucci belts that they rock for no reason from a different world
Up ahead lies Noah's Ark, but that's waves away
And way to the right, that's one of our bangin spas
She quoted I took notice, Spongebob in the Bentley Coupe
Bangin the Isleys, he slow backed up
Then he passed me swoop, seen his chick eyein me hard
He got vexed and smacked his boo
Took off, continued my travels
Seen a rock from the Titanic
Lookin fat and nah it wasn't damaged
Then I seen somethin real big, sky blue and gold
with whitewalls, behind a large city
That was lost before Christ walked the walk
upon the waters that's so bright
Everytime we got close the mermaid held on tight
All I heard was "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar"
"Bismillah ar-Rahman, ar-Raheem, Allah screamed"
That we heard from afar, everyone selat
And the world's banginest minds got crowded in
With life that I can't explain
They said sir yes I'm glad you came, greeted me with Qu'rans and Torahs
Prayed after that we said amen

Heard this album been getting really good reviews

I'm loving Kilo right now.,

For those of you familiar with J Dilla, Ghostface did songs over 3 Donuts:
"One For Ghost"="Whip You With A Strap"
"Hi"="Beauty Jackson"

and then one that didn't make it onto the album:
"Geek Down"="Murder Goons"

I saw this record in the wreck-a-stow today and didn't even know it was released, but opted not to buy it since I hadn't heard any reviews.

But after reading alot of the reviews, I'm kicking myself for not buying it! I definitely have to check it out sometime this week. If Cinister Cee recommends it, then it must be worth checking out.

Thanks for the heads-up!

UndercovaBrotha said:

I cant hear it

Ghostface Killah is IMHO one of the very best MCs in the game. This CD is sick, thanks in no small part to the efforts of METAL FINGERZ DOOM.

The "9 Milli" track is the rawest the Wu has gotten in over a decade.

An early candidate for album of the year.

JANFAN4L said:

That one is really cool. I like when Ghost starts singin "Special Lady".

LISTEN TO ALL THE ORIGINAL SAMPLES (AND INTERPOLATIONS) FOR FISHSCALE HERE.

Some of the Doom beats came from this:


MF Doom - Special Herbs Vol 1 & 2

CinisterCee said:

Got that one. Nicely done.

i haven't heard it yet...but does this album remind you of the Wu in its glory days? Is this how good it is? What does he talk about on it?

Face has fell off.

workingupahiyellasweat said:

You can't be serious.

I've had it for 3 weeks now.
Haven't listened yet.
I'm not *pressed*

My brother is a huge Ghost fan. I'm pretty sure he had this album before it was out (apparently a big bootleg fan as well) . I'll check it this weekend.