BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah -Sour Soul
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah -Sour Soul
Beautiful productions mixed with the slickest rhymes. Ghostface Killah delivers again. This is one rapper who certainly gets better with age and Ghost’s list of albums is very prolific.
We’ve almost come accustom to another Ghostface Killah album like a monthly magazine or weekend newspaper. Ghostface is not shy on having live instrumentation on album before either, having worked on projects like “Twelve Reasons to Die” produced by Adrian Young, and Rza, on various past Wu Tang projects. Likably a combination from the fresh faced BadbadNotGood, whose rather distinguished back catalogue includes production alongside familiar faces likened to Ghostface Killah, like MF DOOM, Odd Future, Tyler the creator and Earl sweatshirt whose styles all resonate from those early Wu Tang influences making this combination very fitting. I was expecting a dark story telling process that typically comes from writers like the Ghostface and some live instrumentation from BadbadNotGood that I thought would give a bar/lounge, jazz club feel with a funky edge. Well, that is what I got essentially, after listening to the album in full and I was very encouraged by the creative process implemented on the album overall. Each song has a Quentin Tarantino movie slash Paul Newman in “The Hustler” type feel to it, that really amerces you into the atmosphere and mood of the album. It is difficult to put a finger on what track is my favourite because they are all so well put together and the production is always similar through out, because there is only production from BadbadNotgood and no extra producer features on the album at all, sticking within the concept of the album. I will mention some tracks with vocal features on, like “Six degrees” feat Danny Brown, “Street knowledge” feat Tree, “Gunshowers” feat ELZHI, and “Ray Gun” feat DOOM that also has a video to it. Overall this is a great album, might not be for everyone, but its nothing new in Ghostface’s book, he’s been putting out great albums for ages, maybe he doesn’t get the respect he deserves? BadbadNotgood on the other hand, well its more exposure for them, and I expect to hear more collaborations in the future and more hits from collaborations with big artists. Sour soul was released worldwide on February 24, 2015 on Lex Records.
5 stars.
By Ian Brown.
