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Album Review: "36 Seasons" - Ghostface Killah.
RnB/Hip Hop | Wednesday 10th December 2014 | Lee
Alongside Raekwon, Ghostface Killah is the most productive member of Wu-Tang Clan and undisputedly the most consistent. Ghost has churned out album after album over the years, creating a catalogue of albums more fearless and efficient than the last, all of which have made him the Wu’s most likeable member.
Having just dropped Twelve Reasons to Die (and it’s companion piece The Brown Tape) last April, which is deemed as one of Ghost’s greatest works, we’ve already been treated to another album from the Wu veteran in the shape of 36 Seasons. Like Twelve Reasons to Die, Ghost’s newest release is a concept album with each track documenting the Staten Island rapper’s difficulties upon returning home.
As ever, Ghostface’s rhymes are full of rage, power and innovation. He raps with an intensity unlike no other, but 36 Seasons is one of the veterans more challenging works to date. It’s laced with soulful production from The Revelations and features some of the best hiphop features in recent years in the shape of AZ’s recurring presence on ‘Double Cross’, ‘Pieces to the Puzzle” and several others.
With the recent release of A Better Tomorrow, the Wu-Tang Clan’s long awaited follow up to 2007’s 8 Diagrams, having just hit it’s proving to be a great year for fans of the Wu. If I had to pick between A Better Tomorrow and Ghostface Killah’s newest as the best release I’d need zero time to pick 36 Seasons.
Ghostface Killah is like a fine wine, constantly improving with age. Now on his eleventh studio album and working on a part two of Twelve Reasons to Die, a follow up to Supreme Clientale, a collaboration with the rising BADBADNOTGOOD and one with the legendary MF DOOM proves Ghostface Killah is showing no signs of letting up as he ages. He’s tightening his grip on the industry and it’s exciting to see, with all those aforementioned titles slated for potential release in 2015.
