Quickly setting Ghost's intended tone amidst updated, soul-laden beats, this one-two punch unfortunately sets the bar quite high for the remainder. Follow-up "Baby" was seemingly written for an audience of peers and not a younger crowd with sappy generalizations for parents to be.
As is typical of Mr. Starks, each and every track is mired in the misogynist musings of a man that loves "running trains" and "threesomes every other weekend"; "Stapleton Sex" runs these assertions to a head in what could possibly be a recording of the Wizard actually fornicating. The crooning tenor of Lloyd over a clinic on funk in "Goner" stands out with a particularly absorbing chorus; as a good measuring stick, many ladies in this household have been caught recently with their heads bobbing.
Interestingly enough, the two closing bonus tracks are some of the best - Ne-yo and Kanye collabo "Back Like That" may be familiar to some, and the heavily dynamic, autotune-tastic "She's a Killah" brings a unique spin to your typical club tune. While difficult to expect another killer Wu joint immediately following the brilliant Only Built 4 Cuban Linx It's hard not to inflate the rating of a record with some truly incredible joints, yet it's difficult to ignore the two-thirds filler combined with Ghostface's least complicated rhymes in years.
The selection of singles here is also puzzling, with some of the worst tracks getting undeserved spotlight. Tweet Recent reviews by this author. Thundercat Apocalypse. Rainy Day Relaxation Road Trip. Romantic Evening Sex All Themes. Articles Features Interviews Lists. Streams Videos All Posts. My Profile. Advanced Search. Track Listing. Not Your Average Girl. Do Over. But this ownership of power works more often than not.
Where is his wife, he wonders? The song is filled out by horns, and an enormous bass line straight off the Superfly soundtrack. Essentially, through a series of sardonic character portraits, Ghost manages to create a collection of songs that display, more than anything, his stygian wit. And on The Pretty Toney Album nugget "Holla", he straight-up rapped over an entire sweaty Delfonics oldie, his urgent yowl thrillingly banging against the song's weeping strings and punchdrunk guitars. Ghost understands how soul music works, and many of his own best records strive for transcendence as hard as any old Al Green jam.
If he'd used either of those tracks as the basis for The Wizard of Poetry , we could have a classic on our hands. But you review the album you got, not the album you wanted. The Kanye-assisted remix shows up here as a bonus track even though it was already on More Fish three years ago.
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