Ghostface Killah - 12 Reasons To Die (2012)

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Twelve Reasons to Die is the forthcoming tenth studio album by rapper Ghostface Killah. It's a concept album based on a comic book of the same name. The album will be entirely produced and composed by Adrian Younge, and executive produced by RZA

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RZA will executive produce the November 20 album, to come out alongside a comic book with the same title

Ghostface Killah's verse on "New God Flow," probably the best track on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music compilation Cruel Summer, finally received a proper premiere yesterday via Funkmaster Flex, but the Wu-Tang Clan rapper has an album of his own planned for this fall. Ghostface's new studio LP Twelve Reasons to Die is due out on November 20 via RZA's Soul Temple Records, according to Billboard. A collaboration with producer and composer Adrian Younge, the follow-up to 2010's Apollo Kids will credit RZA as an executive producer and be succeeded by a comic book of the same title in December. Ghostface previously published a comic book in 2009 titled Cell Block Z. Party that bod, indeed.

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Ghostface Killah
"The Sure Shot (Parts One & Two)"

The second leak off Ghostface and producer Adrian Younge's upcoming "Twelve Reasons To Die."

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/singles/i ... s-one-two-

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01. Beware Of The Stare
02. Rise Of The Black Suits
03. I Declare War
04. Blood On The Cobblestones
05. The Center Of Attraction
06. Enemies All Around Me
07. An Unexpected Call (The Set Up)
08. The Rise Of The Ghostface Killah
09. The Catastrophe
10. Murder Spree
11. The Sure Shot (Parts One & Two)
12. 12 Reasons To Die

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Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge "Twelve Reasons To Die" Tracklist & Album Stream UPDATE #2: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge's "Twelve Reasons To Die" is made available for a free preview.

Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge have announced their collaborative album Twelve Reasons to Die, releasing on April 16th and executive produced by RZA.

According to a press release, the album will be released via Soul Temple Records and is described as a mix of "classic 36 Chambers-era RZA with Portishead, and the Italian film music of Ennio Morricone." The first offering from the album, "The Rise of the Ghostface Killah," can be downloaded here and streamed below.

Additionally, the LP will be released in various formats including a standard CD, a deluxe double-CD with instrumentals and a mini comic book. The label will also put out a digital deluxe version with instrumentals and a digital comic book, as well as multiple vinyl formats and a cassette.

For the comic book, the imprint has teamed up with Black Mask Studios to produce a six-issue series and a collected graphic novel with "striking visuals and an intriguing dual-narrative structure with contributions from a host of stellar comic book artists."

Ghostface and Younge will embark on a tour with the latter's live band Venice Dawn that begins on March 14th at SXSW and will continue through June. Tour dates will be announced soon.

The Wu-Tang Clan member recently provided an update on his long-awaited full-length collaboration with MF DOOM, stating that it's still in the works. Meanwhile, Younge helmed the Black Dynamite soundtrack and released Something About April in 2011.

(February 14)

UPDATE: Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge have revealed the tracklist for their upcoming collaborative album Twelve Reasons to Die. Check the tracklist below (via HHNM).

01. Beware Of The Stare
02. Rise Of The Black Suits
03. I Declare War
04. Blood On The Cobblestones
05. The Center Of Attraction
06. Enemies All Around Me
07. An Unexpected Call (The Set Up)
08. The Rise Of The Ghostface Killah
09. The Catastrophe
10. Murder Spree
11. The Sure Shot (Parts One & Two)
12. 12 Reasons To Die

(March 9)



UPDATE #2: NPR.org has premiered Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge's Twelve Reasons To Die as a "First Listen" album stream. The album, in NPR's player, is embedded below:

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.2 ... bum-stream

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Ghostface Killah f. Masta Killa & Killah Priest
"I Declare War"

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Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge
Twelve Reasons To Die

by Edwin Ortiz

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"Twelve Reasons To Die" is a satisfying glimpse into the minds of Younge and Ghostface, and should place somewhere above his most recent releases.

Aside from the ever-changing musical identity of RZA (or Bobby Digital, Prince Rakeem, etc.), Ghostface Killah has arguably been the Wu-Tang Clan’s most multifarious member as well as one of the most active. After dabbling in the R&B scene and handling collaborative efforts with east coast brethren Sheek Louch, Method Man and Raekwon, Ghost now teams up with composer Adrian Younge for a project that could have been green-lit by Quentin Tarantino.

Built around the cinematic events of a comic book by the same name, Twelve Reasons To Die follows Tony Starks, a gangster upstart who lands himself in a deadly clash with the DeLucas. Under this guise, Younge appropriately accompanies Ghost’s narrative with embellished backdrops. “I Declare War” is a moving piece aided by swaying strings and an eerie bass line, while the calculated melody and operatic vocals of “Beware Of The Stare” captivate throughout. In that respect, the album sustains a live band design, which should bode well for touring purposes. However, there’s an element of rhythmic fortitude that’s missing. Case in point, “Enemies All Around Me.” The record oozes tension, but the overall sound feels hollowed out. Similarly, “Murder Spree” and its one-chord harmony becomes dull by songs’ end.

While the orchestral vibe may startle some listeners, there’s no aversion once Ghost’s pipes hit the track. Sure, he’s working within the parameters of the storyline, but his lyrical disposition is as focused as it ever was. Out for blood on “The Rise Of The Ghostface Killah,” he growls, “Medusa stare, my guns bust in silence / I'm a black vigilante killer, pro violence / It's the rebirth, born again / Rise through the vinyl spin / They took out Starks but the light shines within.” This continues on “The Sure Shot (Parts One & Two)” as his scope enlarges for a standoff his foes will regret. “I glide through the air like a swarm of bees / Shake niggas off quick like a dog with fleas / Raw meat, leave bodies slumped in the street / Revenge is the spice of life, it's so sweet.”

Familiar faces join Ghostface on his murderous expedition, but their inclusion becomes more of an isolated addition than solid co-star credits. “Blood On The Cobblestones” and “Murder Spree” find a respectable balance between Wu-Tang proverb and DeLucas vengeance. Then there’s a record like “The Center Of Attraction,” which suffers from a weak call and response about a sly woman’s motive.

In the archives of Ghostface Killah’s catalog, Twelve Reasons To Die should place somewhere above his most recent releases. Unless an artist is approaching Illmatic territory, it’s difficult to glorify a project that clocks in under 40 minutes, with a third of the lyrical efforts dispensed to guests. Still, the album is a satisfying glimpse into the minds of Younge and Ghostface. Experimental is a tag few artists at his age would attempt, and yet Ghost does it with immeasurable confidence.

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