“Yo, aiyyo I got to serve them my way, move give me room
Holdin up your saloon, clean sweep, like a broom
Full moons make me howl like a wolf outta breath…”
Ghostface

Since I’m outta the loop I found out yesterday that my man’s new effort came out…yesterday. I haven’t heard anything from it but I went to Amazon and ordered it (symptom of a working man who should’ve went to Soundgarden). Since they came out Ghostface has been one of my favorite members of the Wu-Tang and since they started doing solo albums he has risen to the top. I will say that Gza is probably the most lyrically talented, but Ghost paints pictures. Plus he uses so much old soul music as samples that it gives him a unique feel. He does more touching songs than I have heard from most emceses, for example…

Stay still Son, don’t move, just think about Keeba
She’ll be three in January, your young God needs you
The ambulance is taking too long
Everybody get the f**k back, excuse me bitch, gimme your jack
One, seven one eight, nine one one, low battery, damn
Blood comin out his mouth, he bleedin badly
Nahhh Jamie, don’t start that shit
Keep your head up, if you escape hell we gettin f**ked up
When we was eight, we went to Bat Day to see the Yanks
In Sixty-Nine, his father and mines, they robbed banks
He pointed to the charm on his neck
With his last bit of energy left, told me rock it with respect
I opened it, seen the God holdin his kids
Photogenic, tears just burst out my wig
exerpt from Impossible

It’s these type of verses that make me have to hear more Ghostface. Though I have a disdain for too much crime type stories, I find that Ghost tells me a story in that environment and doesn’t make it all about the environment, but this particular thing he wants to touch on. Most clearly seen in “Run”. When I hear this song I think if the cops pull up on me I could black out and Run. More than saying, “we getting money” or anything you always hear, he says this is the situation and this is what you better do. All of this cats solo albums were solid productions. He has his own feel and he can easily transport me to another place. The most important thing is that while I know he exists in the now, his samples and some of his references remind me that he came from there…his peoples were playing those records just like ours were and that is a part of him. That’s Hip - Hop.