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Whenever a veteran artist professes disinterest in modern music, a safe retreat into the past -- a tired attempt at recapturing the magic of classic material -- tends to follow. Since Ghostface Killah towed that line after the two least-thrilling albums of his career, Fishscale seemed destined to be just another part of his discography; if his fans were lucky, they'd get a couple flashes of his mad maverick genius and nothing as clumsily foul as "Tush." Fishscale is much more generous than that. It's evident that Ghost knows where he's at in his career, and it's directly acknowledged by the Mickey Goldmill-like boxing coach during "The Champ": "You ain't been hungry...since Supreme Clientele!" Ghost responds by pouring all that he has, both lyrically and vocally, into every track on the album. The scenarios he recounts are as detailed and off-the-wall as ever, elaborate screenplays laid out with a vocal style that's ceaselessly fluid and never abrasive. This is especially remarkable since each one of Ghost's lines, when transcribed, require one-to-five exclamation points, and every frantic scene's details -- from the onions on the steak, to the show on the television, to the socks sticking out of the "big Frankenstein hole" in a shoe worn by an accomplice -- are itemized without derailing the events. Since no active MC sounds better over obscure '70s soul samples, Ghost was wise to select productions that are best suited for him, no matter how bizarre or un-pop. Just Blaze, Lewis Parker, MoSS, Crack Val, Pete Rock, Doom, the late J Dilla, and several others supply Ghost with a tremendous round of productions. "Underwater" is the loopiest of all, even by Doom standards; its balmy Bobbi Humphrey flute and slippery beat, aided by burbling water effects, backs a hallucinatory journey in which Ghost swims with butterflies, casts his gaze on numerous riches (rubies, the Heart of the Ocean, "Gucci belts that they rocked for no reason from A Different World") and bumps into a Bentley-driving, Isley Brothers-listening, girlfriend-smacking SpongeBob Squarepants before hitting spiritual paydirt. "Back Like That," featuring Ne-Yo, is the lone apparent crossover attempt, and it hardly compromises Ghost's character the way "Tush" did in 2004 ("In the summertime, I broke his jaw -- had to do it to him quick, old fashion, in the back of the mall"). Another completely unique track is "Whip You with a Strap," where Ghost recalls the pain of being whipped by his mom with more than a hint of misty-eyed wistfulness. How many other MCs are capable of making you feel nostalgic about leaking welts you never had? More importantly, how many MCs entering their late-thirties have made an album as vital as any other in his or her career?
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Halloween, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - André Popp, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre LeMarie, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Parker, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bryan Andre Blackburn, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Moss, Producer - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Raekwon, FeaturedArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Connoy, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Acid, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
J. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Lamar Edwards, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Wright, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - ROB MATHES, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Just Blaze, Producer, Additional Mixer, Organ, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan West, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Brown, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Birch Johnson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Kievit, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Larrance Dopson, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Timko, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Ken Lewis, Producer - Kenneth Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Big O, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - R. Diggs, ComposerLyricist - R. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Elgin Turner, ComposerLyricist - D. Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Gary Grice, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - C Smith, ComposerLyricist - Wu-Tang Clan, FeaturedArtist - David Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Hills, ComposerLyricist - L Hawkins, ComposerLyricist - D. Dumile, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Metal Fingerz, Producer - Jason S. Hunter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - RICHARD BARRETT, ComposerLyricist - J Dilla, Producer - J. Yancy, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen "Spidey" Glicken, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ghostface Killah, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Alex Simmons, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Ken Lewis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Big O, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - L. Brown, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Josef Powell, ComposerLyricist - Art Posey, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Crackval, Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Pete Rock, Producer - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Peter Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, FeaturedArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Acid, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Billy Jones, ComposerLyricist - Bernadette Randle, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Doyle, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Luther Ingram, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - J Dilla, Producer - Johnny Northern, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Baylor, ComposerLyricist - Randall Stewart, ComposerLyricist - J. Yancy, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen "Spidey" Glicken, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
V. Brown, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - S. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Xtreme, Producer - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Willie Hutch, ComposerLyricist - Ne-Yo, FeaturedArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Tocci, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Leon F. Sylvers III, ComposerLyricist - Pete Rock, Producer - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Peter Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Trife Da God, FeaturedArtist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Trife, FeaturedArtist - T. Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Dumile, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Metal Fingerz, Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Trife, FeaturedArtist - T. Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Clifton Davis, ComposerLyricist - Edward Townsend, ComposerLyricist - Harry Ray, ComposerLyricist - Albert Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lee Walter, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shawn Wigs, FeaturedArtist - D. Hills, ComposerLyricist - Theodore Unit, FeaturedArtist - Capadonna, FeaturedArtist - D. Dumile, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Metal Fingerz, Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Trife, FeaturedArtist - T. Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Pete Rock, Producer - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Ken Lewis, Unknown, Other - Peter Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, FeaturedArtist - S Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sun God, FeaturedArtist - D. Hills, ComposerLyricist - Theodore Unit, FeaturedArtist - Capadonna, FeaturedArtist - stephen glicken, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cooper Anderson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candice Wilson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Wallace, ComposerLyricist - John Fowlkes, ComposerLyricist - Roger Genger, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Studio Beatz, Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Ken Lewis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Big O, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Lamar Bryant, ComposerLyricist - Robert Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ghostface, Producer - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Acid, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D. Dumile, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Mizell, ComposerLyricist - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Metal Fingerz, Producer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Ken Lewis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Big O, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
D. Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - S. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Earl Palmer, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - David Axelrod, ComposerLyricist - Jason Goldstein, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean C, Producer - Christos Tsantilis, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L.V., Producer - L Coppin, ComposerLyricist - Megan Rochell, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Corey Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Black Mambo, ComposerLyricist - Nashiem Myrick, ComposerLyricist - The Notorious B.I.G., FeaturedArtist - Osten Harvey, ComposerLyricist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Carlos Brody, ComposerLyricist - Raekwon, FeaturedArtist - Thomas Muhammed, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Bad Boy Records, LLC.
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Leon F. Sylvers III, ComposerLyricist - Pete Rock, Producer - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Ice Cube, FeaturedArtist - Peter Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
V. Brown, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Coles, ComposerLyricist - Xtreme, Producer - Kanye West, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shaffer Smith, ComposerLyricist - Ghostface Killah, MainArtist - Willie Hutch, ComposerLyricist - Ne-Yo, FeaturedArtist - Michael Tocci, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony "Acid" Caputo, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nikos Teneketzis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Albumbeschreibung
Whenever a veteran artist professes disinterest in modern music, a safe retreat into the past -- a tired attempt at recapturing the magic of classic material -- tends to follow. Since Ghostface Killah towed that line after the two least-thrilling albums of his career, Fishscale seemed destined to be just another part of his discography; if his fans were lucky, they'd get a couple flashes of his mad maverick genius and nothing as clumsily foul as "Tush." Fishscale is much more generous than that. It's evident that Ghost knows where he's at in his career, and it's directly acknowledged by the Mickey Goldmill-like boxing coach during "The Champ": "You ain't been hungry...since Supreme Clientele!" Ghost responds by pouring all that he has, both lyrically and vocally, into every track on the album. The scenarios he recounts are as detailed and off-the-wall as ever, elaborate screenplays laid out with a vocal style that's ceaselessly fluid and never abrasive. This is especially remarkable since each one of Ghost's lines, when transcribed, require one-to-five exclamation points, and every frantic scene's details -- from the onions on the steak, to the show on the television, to the socks sticking out of the "big Frankenstein hole" in a shoe worn by an accomplice -- are itemized without derailing the events. Since no active MC sounds better over obscure '70s soul samples, Ghost was wise to select productions that are best suited for him, no matter how bizarre or un-pop. Just Blaze, Lewis Parker, MoSS, Crack Val, Pete Rock, Doom, the late J Dilla, and several others supply Ghost with a tremendous round of productions. "Underwater" is the loopiest of all, even by Doom standards; its balmy Bobbi Humphrey flute and slippery beat, aided by burbling water effects, backs a hallucinatory journey in which Ghost swims with butterflies, casts his gaze on numerous riches (rubies, the Heart of the Ocean, "Gucci belts that they rocked for no reason from A Different World") and bumps into a Bentley-driving, Isley Brothers-listening, girlfriend-smacking SpongeBob Squarepants before hitting spiritual paydirt. "Back Like That," featuring Ne-Yo, is the lone apparent crossover attempt, and it hardly compromises Ghost's character the way "Tush" did in 2004 ("In the summertime, I broke his jaw -- had to do it to him quick, old fashion, in the back of the mall"). Another completely unique track is "Whip You with a Strap," where Ghost recalls the pain of being whipped by his mom with more than a hint of misty-eyed wistfulness. How many other MCs are capable of making you feel nostalgic about leaking welts you never had? More importantly, how many MCs entering their late-thirties have made an album as vital as any other in his or her career?
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:08
- Main artists: Ghostface Killah
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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