Ghostface Killah: Pain Is Love
"We eat fish, tossed salad/and make rap ballads" --- Fish (1996) Every time I hear a Ghostface Killah song I long for the days of sample-based hip hop. Nearly 30 years ago, Bad Boy Records took hits from the eighties and made them sound crazy. On the flipside of the label's celebratory champagne-soaked anthems was Wu-Tang Clan's epic street sagas set to vintage Sixties and Seventies soul samples. Below the surface of the Wu's catalog, you'll find more than songs in the key of trife. Beneath the grit and grime of their rhymes you'll 360 degrees of the human condition. While each Clan member displayed moments of wearing their heart on their Avirex sleeves, it's Dennis Coles aka Ghostface Killah who's most masterful and prolific. Known for delivering storytell