(Here's something completely different. Instead of re-reviewing Ghostface Killah's sophomore opus, Greg tracked down the rare Canadian version (rare outside of Canada, I assume) of the album, which features an altered tracklisting, rare songs, and other bizarre traits that will probably lead you to purchase the slightly more accessible U.S. But you should read his review anyway.) As most diehard Wu-Tang fans will no doubt be aware, Ghostface Killah's sophomore release, was delayed numerous times and went through several incarnations before finally debuting in January of 2000. Early track listings included such songs as 'Cobra Clutch,' a Mathematics-produced track that wound up on 1998's Wu-Tang Killa Bees Present The Swarm, and 'Iron Vacation,' a Wu-Tang tribute song that was recorded in anticipation of Ghostface's upcoming prison sentence for attempted robbery (gee, I wonder why this album was delayed). At any rate, the album was released in two versions: one for the U.S. And Europe, and in an odd turn, a separate, alternate release for Canada. There is evidence to suggest that the Canadian release is actually an earlier version of the album, as it contains two songs that were lost in the sample wars.
Or perhaps Ghostface has a soft spot for Canucks. Whatever the case, the Goateed Spock version of is an interesting listen. Bhoot fm all episode free download. NUTMEG (FEAT RZA) Yes, you read correctly. All of the Iron Man cartoon interludes are absent from this version of, meaning that you can listen to Ghost and Rza destroy this track without having to sit through the obligatory rap album intro. ONE An early tracklisting for this album listed this song as the introductory song, which may explain why Ghost yells, 'Yo!
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New Ghostface!' And such in the beginning. This track is unchanged from the U.S. Version, meaning it's still awesome. SATURDAY NIGHT Here's where things get kooky.
At the end of 'Saturday Night,' the program is interrupted to bring the listener 'one of the illest verses of all time.' The song then jumps to Ghost's verse from Wu-Tang Forever's 'Impossible.'
(Heaven forbid we forget that Ghost snagged a Hip Hop Quotable in The Source.) After this verse, we get a slightly longer, slightly more militant version of the 'Iron's Theme' intermission, bringing the track time to about five minutes. IN THE RAIN (WISE) (FEAT THE DRAMATICS) The song that was replaced by 'The Grain' on the U.S. Ghost takes The Dramatics song 'In The Rain,' and more or less raps over the whole song, a habit that would come to a head on The Pretty Toney Album. Given this song's subject matter, the preceding 'Impossible' verse makes more sense, but that still doesn't make this song as satisfying as Ghost and Rza killing a breakbeat.
MIGHTY HEALTHY Sounds like this was mixed differently than the U.S. Other than that, it's still 'Mighty Healthy,' so it still demands your undivided attention.
APOLLO KIDS (FEAT RAEKWON) Ghost and Chef attack the track, as per usual (rather, it was usual, before Raekwon decided to shoot up before each studio session). The song morphs right into the 'Clyde Smith' ( Curtis Jackson-baiting) skit, so we get a lot of Raekwon on track six. BUCK 50 (FEAT METHOD MAN, CAPPADONNA, & REDMAN) The centerpiece of the album. This track lasts nine minutes on the Canadian version because it is immediately followed by 'Stroke of Death” ( featuring Solomon Childs and The Rza). Although it's a shame that one can't skip right to this ear-splittingly awesome track, no one in his right mind would want to skip 'Buck 50' anyway, so I guess it works out. Following 'Stroke of Death' is the second marathon skit, 'Woodrow the Basehead,' which sucks.
STAY TRUE (FEAT 60 SECOND ASSASSIN) After the nine minute suite that is the Canadian 'Buck 50' is 'Stay True' ( also known as “Deck's Beat”, for reasons that will become clear in the next sentence), which is 1:39 long. Crazy sequencing aside, Ghost takes Inspectah Deck's 'Elevation' beat and actually does something with it. GHOST DEINI (G-DINI) (FEAT SUPERB) Featuring the original beat ( which was also used for “Bastards” by former Wu-affiliates Ruthless Bastards), which, while simpler than the U.S. Version, kicks more ass.
MALCOLM Same as the U.S. Not bad for a 'message' song.
WE MADE IT (FEAT SUPERB, CHIP BANKS, & HELL RAZAH) I always thought Rza should have given Carlos '6 July' Brody some credit on Digital Bullet's 'Show You Love,' which is essentially a more basic, digitized version of this beat. Both songs are pretty good. After this song we are treated with another lengthy skit, 'Who Would You Fuck?' , which, like all of the skits on this album, sucks.
CHILD'S PLAY Unlike the U.S. Version, the Canadian version of “Child's Play” features no beat change, making this one of the more grating songs on the album. On top of that, it's a full minute longer than the U.S. Version, featuring more of Ghostface reminiscing at the end of the track.
CHERCHEZ LA GHOST (FEAT U-GOD & MADAM MAJESTIC) The main problem with 'Cherchez La Ghost' and every subsequent radio-friendly Ghostface song is that they only create frustration. The Ghostface fans who buy his albums for songs like 'Mighty Healthy' and 'Stroke of Death' get frustrated by the poppy diversions, and the people out there who actually buy the albums for the radio-ready singles ( those people exist?) get frustrated by every other song. In the context of the album, this song sticks out like a green hat with an orange bill. The only thing it has going for it is that it adds to the overall weirdness of an already strange album. WU-BANGA 101 (FEAT GZA/GENIUS, RAEKWON, CAPPADONNA, & MASTA KILLA) Pretty good closer. This version is missing Ghostface's second verse, fading out after Masta Killa.
The track then fades into 'Iron's Theme (Conclusion)', which raps up the album. FINAL THOUGHTS: With different sequencing, alternate songs, seven fewer tracks, and a slightly longer running time, the Canadian version of is a peculiar listen, but it's still more or less the same album. This is, of course, a good thing, as Ghost's sophomore effort is better than any of his fellow clansmen (except the Gza's, technically, but we'd all like to forget Words from the Genius. Why has no one remixed that album?) BUY OR BURN? If you don't have the regular version of, and worry about this later. This version is strictly for the curious, but if you happen across it, you may as well.
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In the early '90s Wu-Tang Clan was already one of the absolute top crews in the modern hip-hop landscape but when Raekwon dropped his 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Niggas' in '95, its mafioso infected dreams of the big bucks, fly Shaolin slang and references to future embraced brands like Cristal truly changed the game. To me, it's still the top album ever released, and besides Raekwon's name the cover also bore the under title 'guest starring Tony Starks A/K/A Ghost Face Killer'. In fact Ghost appeared on no less than fourteen of the album 17 or 18 cuts (depending on which version you bought) and it was his chemistry with The Chef and RZA's futuristic production that made the LP the instant masterpiece it was and still is. The following year, Ghostface once again hooked up with Rae and RZA and released his own debut, 'Ironman', an equally impressive project.
Despite the three main characters being the same, RZA's samples were now instead steeped in the '60s and '70s soul and funk that the young Dennis Coles had grown up on (including Al Green, Bob James, Jackson 5 and Sam Cooke). If you never heard Coles before, after listening to his debut front-to-back you'd be left with the feeling that you know Ghost and his persona, ideals and history. Classics like ' All That I Got is You' was a heartfelt dedication to his mother while also dealing with the hardships of his youth, ' Camay' told a taseful love tale while the super misogynistic ' Wildflower' saw a furious Ghost spew hate over a cheating ex-girlfriend with no spare on the profanity.
Together with Rae, both their two albums was additionally filled with fantastic storytelling raps that would make Slick Rick and KRS-One proud and helped cement the pair as one of the finest rap duos of all time. After RZA completed his five year plan for the Clan with the release of 1997's superior multi-platinum 'Wu-Tang Forever' he took a step back from producing the 9 generals solo music to focus on what he called his 'c-artists'; peeps like Killarmy, Cappadonna and Sunz Of Man. Instead he assigned Divine or Power as the main executive producers for Clan members various projects. This allowed the Wu members to release more music rapidly and with more personal input. This resulted in releases between '98 and '99 from RZA, Method Man, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Red N Meth, U-God and Raekwon. While the majority of these projects were far from bad, even die hard Wu fans were agreeing that something was missing from them all and that they didn't live up to the high standards set by the Wu-Tang releases between 1992 and 1997. What was missing was clearly RZA's input, guidance and vision; on an average he produced one to three beats per project (save for RZA as Bobby Digital's 'In Stereo' which could arguably be considered a part of the first round of RZA laced solo albums; although it was way ahead of its time when it first hit stores and caught a lot of flack).
By early 2000, the only Wu member to not have dropped a solo over the last couple of years (save for Masta Killa) was Ghostface Killah, much due to a six month bid on Riker's Island. Once he was released, he hit the studio to record 'Supreme Clientele', an album that both Ghost, RZA, Divine and Power collaborated on and understood the extreme importance of. I remember hearing the Raekwon featured single 'Apollo Kids' and feeling it was one of the best Wu songs in years and when I picked up my copy of Ghost's sophomore LP on the day of its release, I, like many others, knew that The Wu was back in full throttle. The album was totally cohesivem perfectly sequenced, had clever skits and followed a theme of a super hero on a mission to save the world; a metaphor for Ghost's importance in bringing back the Wu legacy with a classic worthy of the early '90s Clan solos. While RZA didn't prouce the majority of the beats, he and Ghost had a hand in the mix and final outcome of every track which gave the project it's unique sound.
Instead of having the beatmakers produce their record in the studio, RZA and Ghost picked out beats from the likes of Beatnuts' JujJu, Carlos Broady, Allah Mathematics and Phantom Of The Beats and produced and arranged everything on the LP much the same way a rock producer would've done it. This is a very important part to the LP's success.
Another equally impressive feature of 'Supreme Clientele' was Ghostface's own lyrical performance, displaying a totally unique style of emceeing that hasn't been duplicated neither before or since. I even heard of an English teacher at an American university using some of the verses on the album as poetic art material for analysis. The stream-of-consciousness style Coles used here could be interpreted as jibberish by someone, as high art by another while a third party would chalk it up to twisted ghetto slang. What put the icing on the cake and truly made it one of the best rap performances of all time was the way Ghost spat his lines though, his flow on every verse delivered to perfection. Epic, Ghost's label for his three first albums were masters at screwing up tracklists and denying sample clearances.
This was especially evident on 2001's which could and should have been GFK's third classic in a row if it wasn't for the label. It's hard to believe that an LP as close to perfection as 'Supreme Clientele' originally faced some similiar problems, resulting in the released version being slightly different than how it was first intendended.
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Luckily for fans, the original version was available for a limited time period on first pressings over in Canada. Which of the two versions is the better can be debated but it's unquestionably very interesting to hear this slightly different take on such a familiar classic. This version features 14 tracks rather than the retail's 21 as the skits appears after a track's song; the Ironman cartoon intro and outro is however entirely dismissed here and the sequence is slightly altered. The main differences though is that rather than the atmospheric RZA remix of ' G-Dini' appearing on all other editions, here we get Ghost and Superb ripping the much more sinister and hard hitting Blaquesmiths beat previously used for ' Bastards' (The Ruthless Bastards joint on 'The Swarm Vol. Further, ' Child's Play' features an extended vocal outro but RZA alters his beat by keeping the George Jackson organ sample on a steady loop while leaving out all the breakdowns and alternations which to me always helped elevate the song to the next level. The biggest and most important difference between the two editions however is that all but the Canadian's missed out on the absoultely brilliant ' Wise', a vintage Ghost song with raw emotions on full display that works as a heartfelt tribute to his fallen friend and comrade Wise (Killarmy's original manager). The track is built on the classic Dramatic's song ' In the Rain' but not only does it use a sample of the beat but it actually features production work and guest vocals by the original artist.
This joint is to me a pivotal moment on 'S.C.' That every Ghost fan owes it to themeselves to hear, its long honoring verse can be likened to that on ' Impossible' (which is thrown in here as a skit for good measure). So, which version is the better? Check it out below, TURN IT UP and decide for yourself! 'Nutmeg' (Ft. RZA as Bobby Digital) 02. 'Saturday Nite' / 'Impossible' / 'Ghost's Theme' 04.
The Dramatics) 05. 'Mighty Healthy' 06. 'Apollo Kids' / 'Clyde Smith' (Skit) 07. 'Buck 50' (Ft. Method Man & Redman) / 'Stroke Of Death' 08. 'Deck's Beat' (Ft. 60 Second Assassin) 09.
'G-Dini' (Ft. 'Malcolm' 11. 'We Made It' (Ft. Superb, Chip Banks & Hell Razah) 12. 'Child's Play' Original Mix 13. 'CherChez LaGhost' (Ft.
'Wu Banga 101' (Ft. GZA, Cappadonna, Raekwon & Masta Killa). Anonymous thanks, this is release is so amazing.
I'd say Ghost's best solo release, and he's put out quite a few. I enjoy the canadian releae more than the us/europe releases, thanks for spreading the word about where to find true hip hop. I was just talking with a friend of mine about how sad it is to see so much classic hiphop forgotten. This blog keeps my hope up though! I look forward to being a fellow hiphop fan looking towards the blog for more great posts(seriously, you're posts on many of these albums are the most informative I've found anywhere) THANKS SO MUCH, can't express my appreciation enough! I'll try to re-up it soon, i got a lot of requests for dead links. I started using MediaFire bc usually there links lasts at least a year but lately they have started deleting everything very quickly it seems.
My other preference was megaupload and that is gone too. I tried 4Shared which worked fine for most but some people complained they couldn't use it so i don't know what to use.
The best thing is to check the blog on a daily basis to make sure you get everything you want right away lol. But i'll try to do it soon, check back in a few days at the most. Anonymous Not to be rude, but can we get a properly ripped version of this? I've noticed that all the things I've downloaded from this blog have been amplified and clip horribly. I thank you for your efforts as there is a lot of cool stuff on here, but this is a pretty big annoyance to me.
Same with the version of InI's Center of Attention that you have here. Did you modify those mp3s? No offense, but it seems unlikely that the guy who ripped that would've killed the files like that. I'm seriously not trying to be offensive or anything, better quality audio is a benefit to all of us.
Here's a picture of examples of what I mean in Audacity: http://i.imgur.com/f1igK.png. Anonymous #1: if you want perfect quality, purchase your music on vinyl and CD like me and any true hip-hop fan. You are the only person complaining about the sound quality of demo releases like World Renown's tape and what not, just be glad you are able to hear it.
As for the Canadian version of 'Supreme.' Has only been ripped in 192 kbps as far as i know, and to me it sounds good. I don't have it myself, i bought the American/EU version two-three times otherwise i would have ripped it in 320 kbps. Anonymous 2: hahah not to be rude, but you must have misse the entire point, i bet you idn't read the article accompaying the download. There's two versions of 'Suprmee Clientele'. The iTunes version and the US/EU Cd has 21 tracks, yes, but this is the rare Canadian version which is different in the sequence and some of the songs are different plus it has a couple of tracks nto on any other versions so definitely listen to this. Anyway, new link up for y'all!
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