Rewind: Ghostface Killah 'The Big Doe Rehab' (Part 2)

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'.

Rewind: Metal Fingers 'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2' (Part 2)

Welcome to our second look at Metal Fingers' 'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2'.

'Nettle Leaves' contains a sample of the ever-present 'It's a New Day' break by Skull Snaps in addition to a sample of 'Eastern Market' by Yusef Lateef from his 1969 album 'Yusef Lateef's Detroit'. Dumile peppers 'Mugwort' with a sample from Coke Escovedo's 'Hangin' On'. Doom's 'Lovage' takes a sample from Faze-O's late 70s album 'Riding High' and the track 'True Love'. Finally, 'Myrrh' contains bits of Ronnie Laws' 'Friends and Strangers' from the 1977 album of the same name.

'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2' are followed by eight more volumes of instrumentals from MF Doom as Metal Fingers. Future posts on this blog will cover more Doom and more Special Herbs collections.

The Lowdown:
Metal Fingers 'Nettle Leaves', 'Mugwort', 'Lovage', and 'Myrrh'
from 'Special Herbs Vol. 1 and 2' (2002) (MP3/CD)
Skull Snaps 'It's a New Day'
from 'Skull Snaps' (1973) (MP3 not available/Import CD)
Yusef Lateef 'Eastern Market'
from 'Yusef Lateef's Detroit' (1969) (MP3/CD)
Coke Escovedo 'Hangin' On'
from 'Comin at Ya'' (1976) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Faze-O 'True Love'
from 'Riding High' (1977) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Ronnie Laws 'Friends and Strangers'
from 'Friends and Strangers' (1977) (MP3 not available/CD not available)

Related Posts:
Five On It: November 2008's Essentials (More on Skull Snaps)