I can’t believe that it’s already be ten years since Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientle, released Jan 25th 2000. I had brush it off and give it a spin in iTunes. Listening to this album again took me back for a minute.

I lived on the other side of the Atlantic when this LP dropped.

I remember going with my friends Chris and Trey to see Ghostface play at the Garage in DC. Ghost had Raekwon and Cappadonna with him, and the show was straight bonkers. I remember them asking the crowd what albums them owned and when they got to Raekwon’s Immobiliarity the crowd was completely silent.

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I made a genius playlist based on Wu-Tang Clan in iTunes. A couple of joints from Wu-Tang Forever turned up, and it got me thinking. It’s amazing how dope some of the GZA’s verses are on that album. 12 years after the fact and they shit all over a lot of the recent stuff.

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When it comes to films I tend not to be a fan of sequels, especially when the sequel comes some 10 years after the original film. When I heard that Raekwon was going to make a sequel to his classic album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx … I brought my sequel skepticism with me.

Having listened to it for the past week I have to say I was really surprised, Raekwon managed to make a solid album that feels like vintage Wu-Tang Clan. Considering how rap music has been destroyed by it’s own popularity it’s nice to hear something that brings you back to a time when things were different.

Check it out and buy the mp3 album on Amazon, these tracks are absolute fire:

• Sonnys Missing
• Canal Street
• Gihad
• 10 Bricks
• Penitentiary