It’s That Time of Year…New Ghostface coming
Posted on September 10, 2009 by Martín Caballero
It’s either a sad statement about the state of hip-hop or the state of my own musical tastes that I’m starting to get my news from the self-styled cool kids at Pitchfork. But fuck it–it’s 11 AM on a Thursday and barring the ghost of Ed McMahon showing up at my door with a big ass check or a phone call from Oprah telling me I’m the father, I ain’t got shit to do but get my blog on in between praying to the glassy-eyed gods of journalism to deliver my ill-chosen profession from certain doom.
In any case, Pitchfork does have its moments. They got the scoop on art work, the track listing and tour dates for Ghostface’s new album The Wizard of Poetry, his long-awaited R&B album. Not many rappers can drop hardbody verses like Ghost does on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II, then turn around and drop a smoothed out R&B/hip-hop album the same month and seem completely legit and comfortable in both arenas. I’m feeling both these (completely different tracks) that have been leaked so far from the new album.
The first, “Baby” with Raheem DeVaughn (sang’n in AutoTOOOOONNNNN), has Ghost ticking off the things he’ll do for his chick/BM and why she loves him (”my stove game’s up, no red meat”) over a smooth, piano-laced beat; its either Dr. Dre himself or a high quality ripoff. Embedding within this post is disabled for the official video, so click here to watch.
But “Stapleton Sex” is a straight hip-hop sex joint. Ghostface isn’t asking his woman’s opinion about whether its OK for him to “throw you to the side with one leg up”; as he explains, “this ain’t no R&B dick, this hood/My slow jam dick is on Thursdays.” Mark your calendars (no homo): the album drops September 29.
Also, if you haven’t checked out the amazing Wizdom of the Week series, your life isn’t as rich and amazing as it could be right now. Sit down with your girl and get blessed; no one can break the shit down like Ghost.
See after the jump for track listing and tour dates…no Boston this time.
The Wizard of Poetry:
01 Not Your Average Girl [ft. Shareefa]
02 Do Over [ft. Raheem "Radio" DeVaughn]
03 Baby [ft. Raheem "Radio" DeVaughn]
04 Lonely [ft. Jack Knight]
05 Stapleton Sex
06 Stay
07 Paragraphs of Love [ft. Vaughn Anthony and Estelle]
08 Guest House [ft. Fabolous and Shareefa]
09 Let’s Stop Playin‘ [ft. John Legend]
10 Forever
11 I’ll Be That [ft. Adrienne Bailon]
12 Goner [ft. Lloyd]
13 She’s A Killah [ft. Ron Browz] *
14 Back Like That [ft. Ne-Yo and Kanye West] *
* bonus tracks
Tour Dates
10-02 Albany, NY – Northern Lights
10-03 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
10-04 Carrboro, NY – Cat’s Cradle
10-05 Charleston, SC – Music Farm
10-07 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
10-09 Oxford, MS – Lyric
10-10 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
10-11 Austin, TX – Emo’s
10-13 Tucson, AZ – The Rock
10-14 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
10-15 San Diego, CA – Canes
10-16 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
10-17 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
10-19 Reno, NV – Club Underground
10-20 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
10-21 Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre
10-22 Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
10-23 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
10-24 Seattle, WA – Showbox
10-25 Bellingham, WA – Nightlight
10-28 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
10-29 Aspen, CO – Belly Up
10-30 Denver, CO – Bluebird
10-31 Boulder, CO – Fox
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there is a Boston date
http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/412667
i stand corrected…that’s good news
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