Ghostface is back! Not only on Raekwon’s new banger sequel Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 (one of my top albums of the year dead ass), but also on his own solo and self-described “ghetto love” album.
Includes features by the whole R&B family - Raheem Devaughn, John Legend, Fabolous and Estelle - and Pretty Toney rapping all kinds of sweetheart lyrics to his girl(s). The dude is smoov; I suggest following him on Twitter immediately for some real-talk love and sex advice.
For your entertainment, I’ve also included DJ Whoo Kid’s amazing interview, in which Ghostdini touches on the topics of Dream fronting (”it’s a bullshit era”), why he took off the golden hawk and mask and the inspirations for his new album (Kels!) Will have you laughing your ass off all weekend I promise. Last but not least, click here to see Ghost’s sex-chat with Angela Yee on Lip Service, where he fields questions about oral, fidelity and being a Muslim. Bone ’til ya moan Tone. Enjoy!
This year I’ll turn 26 on August 28 (the day before MJ’s bday, rest in peace), and R. Kelly happens to be playing a show in Oakland that very same evening. Usually this would only have registered at about a 5/10 on my radar, but yesterday my boy Kirubel showed me the concert video from R. Kelly’s ‘05 Oakland show (Light It Up tour). At just under two hours and with only an incredibly tight backing band to accompany him, the shit is a masterpiece. If you saw acapella hip-hopera-drama Trapped in the Closet it probably gave you some idea, but this mesmerizing footage convinces me that Kels is in fact the King of R&B. Due to what appears to be equal parts sex, magic, and nerd-worthy technical skill, the Chicago native performs the shit out of hits like “Thoia Thong” and “Ignition”, and even gets his Marvin Gaye oooon. Dead-ass, the crowd can hardly breathe they are so hyped on it. It seems hard to believe that a man who works this hard at singing could have been on trial for child pornography. Watch it streaming through your Netflix account, and then buy tickets for me and yourself for my birthday bash/Kels Oakland showdown. After the party is the afterparty.
Ghostface is back! Not only on Raekwon’s new banger sequel Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 (one of my top albums of the year dead ass), but also on his own solo and self-described “ghetto love” album.
