Ghostface told us we could level up without sacrificing any of who we were. Ghost went to West Africa in the late ’90s after his diabetes was close to killing him, and came back with raps that not only show the joy in rapping, but stretched classic Wu-Tang crime narratives into his own separate style, apart from the group. Ghostface Killah’s 2000 masterpiece Supreme Clientele saved the group when Raekwon’s second solo album, Immobilarity was panned by critics. ![]() Led by RZA’s beats, Raekwon rapped so poetically he should have gotten a pulitzer. Rae started rapping about having Tony Montana dreams and suddenly, quoting crime movies was something of normalcy in rap. Raekwon’s seminal 1995 magnum opus Only Built 4 Cuban Linx paved the way for Mafioso albums such as Reasonable Doubt and Life After Death. ![]() Ghostface Killah and Raekwon to Face Off in Next 'Verzuz': See the Date
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