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Welcome to part 2 of our two part look at Ghostface Killah's most recent album 'The Big Doe Rehab'.Ghost and Anthony Acid share production credits for 'Supa GFK', which samples Johnny 'Guitar' Watson's hit 'Superman Lover' from his well received 1976 album 'Ain't that a B----'. The Hitmen's LV and Sean C dig deep again for the sample of the Independents' 'It's All Over' for Ghostface's 'I'll Die For You'. Following that, LV and Sean C sample NYC's El Michels Affair for the Ghost and Raekwon team up 'Shakey Dog Starring Lolita'. El Michels Affair is noted for their covers of Wu classics, but this new Wu track was made from a sample of El Michels Affair's original track 'Musings to Myself' from their debut album 'Sounding out the City'. Finally, Ghostface and Anthony Acid sample Faze-O's single 'Riding High' from their album of the same title on Ghost, Method Man, and Masta Killa's 'Killa Lipstick'.Though 'The Big Doe Rehab' was an album of new works, it fell mostly on deaf ears much to Ghostface's chagrin (as witnessed on an infamous Youtube video to his fans). This is the last album of new work from Ghost and is bookended by 2006's 'More Fish' and 2008's 'The Wallabee Champ', both made up of B-sides and unused tracks.The Lowdown:
Ghostface Killah 'Supa GFK', 'I'll Die for You', 'Shakey Dog Starring Lolita', and 'Killa Lipstick'
from 'The Big Doe Rehab' (2007) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edits: 'Supa GFK', 'I'll Die for You', 'Shakey Dog Starring Lolita', and 'Killa Lipstick'
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson 'Superman Lover'
from 'Ain't That a B----' (1976) (MP3 not available/CD)
The Independents 'It's All Over'
from 'Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice' (1973) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
El Michels Affair 'Musings to Myself'
from 'Sounding out the City' (2005) (MP3/CD)
Faze-O 'Riding High'
from 'Riding High' (1977) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Bonus Cuts:
El Michels Affair have recently released an album of their Wu covers and a couple are Ghostface Killah classics: check out rethought instrumental versions of 'Cherchez La Ghost' and Raekwon and Ghost cuts 'Criminology' and 'Glaciers of Ice'.
In 2007, Ghostface Killah delivered his 7th major label solo album 'The Big Doe Rehab'. This two part arc will cover the sample sources, producers, and guests of Ghost's latest album to date.Beanie Sigel and Styles P appear on Ghost's heavy hitting album cut 'Toney Sigel A.K.A. the Barrel Brothers' produced by the Hitmen production teams' LV and Sean C. Similar to the team's work on Jay-Z's 'American Gangster', this track relies on a deep crate sample: Al Wilson's 1971 single 'Falling in Love with You'. The team used a much more well known sample for the album's opening single 'We Celebrate' with Kid Capri. They use Rare Earth's huge 1971 hit 'I Just Want to Celebrate' from the album 'One World'. On 'Walk Alone', Anthony Acid uses Little Milton's 'Packed Up and Took My Mind' as a backing for Ghostface, Trife Da God, and Sun God. Scram Jones and Frequency provide the beat for Ghost's bizarre celeb-obsessed 'White Linen Affair (Toney Awards)' which lifts a sample from 'That's the Way It's Got to Be (Body and Soul)' from the Soul Generation's 1972 album 'Beyond Body and Soul'.Check back for more tracks from 'The Big Doe Rehab' and their sources.The Lowdown:
Ghostface Killah 'Toney Sigel A.K.A. The Barrel Brothers', 'We Celebrate', 'Walk Around', and 'White Linen Affair (Toney Affair)'
from 'The Big Doe Rehab' (2007) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edits: 'Toney Sigel A.K.A. The Barrel Brothers', 'We Celebrate', 'Walk Around', and 'White Linen Affair (Toney Affair)'
Al Wilson 'Fallin' in Love with You'
from 'Fallin' in Love with You' 7" (1971) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Rare Earth 'I Just Want to Celebrate'
from 'One World' (1971) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Little Milton 'Packed Up and Took My Mind'
from 'Tin Pan Alley' (1974) (MP3/CD)
Soul Generation 'That's the Way It's Got to Be (Body and Soul)'
from 'Beyond Body and Soul' (1972) (MP3/Import CD)
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