4/5
Supreme, Supreme
Legend still has it on the Mass Appeal of real hip-hop in 2025. Following the man who gave this artist even more jewels to run with on Jay-Z's 'Fade To Black' tour, Slick Rick ('Victory'), and his own Wu-Tang Clan closest ally, Raekwon ('The Emperor's New Clothes'), Ghostface Killah is back. Following his 'Guns & Roses' album that 'Set The Tone' last year with his 'Rise Of A Killah' memoirs, it's not over for Pretty Tone. As a matter of fact, 'Iron Man' is back with a new mask and same task like Robert Downey Jr. playing Doctor Doom, whilst we still hope for that Starks and MF collaborative album. But like the red and blue Looney Tunes album artwork for the record, that's not all, folks! Ghostface, this New Music Friday, has finally given us the long-awaited and highly anticipated sequel to his most iconic work, 'Supreme Clientele 2'. Just like the sequel album, he appeared on like a chef's kiss, when Raekwon proved he was still built for Cuban linx.
Strong samples (the best being 'The Zoom' of The Commodores), skits ("paause") and singles ('Rap Kingpin', 'Metaphysics') across the board, Dennis Coles is back in that rich vein of form he had from 2004-2007 ('The Pretty Tony Album', 'Fishscale', 'More Fish' and 'The Big Doe Rehab'), with the closest to the 'Clientele' since his wallets were as bulletproof as vests across chests. Not to mention the classic collaboration records (Adrian Younge, BADBADNOTGOOD) like the ones here. Introduced by Bricks City's very own Redman, who has his own 'Muddy Waters 2' successful sequel recently, 'SC2' is executive produced by Kanye West and Mike Dean. M.O.P. mash out on a 'Sample 420' in the air as Styles P and Conway The Machine help pay tribute to 'Curtis May'. Ty Boogie and Aisha Hall throw it back to a classic 80s robotic 'Beat Box', for all of you that went to a police academy. And there's real posse cuts on 'Soul Thang' (featuring Driz, Nems, Ice, Supreme-Intelligence, Sun God, Pills, and Reek da Villian) and the Wu-Tang for the children storybook of 'The Trial' (Raekwon, GZA, Method Man, Reek da Villian, and Pills). The judge, jury and executioner of Meth also appearing on 'You Ma Friend'.
Before he has his own Mass Appeal 'Legend' album out with DJ Premier, like Mobb Deep, De La Soul and the late, great Big L, Nas features on 'Love Me Anymore'. Shining like this sequel's silver. There's even some classic Dave Chappelle soundbites for this show. But as the '4th Disciple' opens 'Windows', when he goes it alone he bodies everybody and anybody in two minutes or less. 'George Porgy' does it like Bess and over some 'Break Beats', Ghost rhymes, "Dodgin' bullets while I'm guardin' the base like Steve Garvey/Alkaline chips in the bezel, a cold body/Calculated snipers, Eastwood vision, crispy assault rifles/Army of twelve, I call 'em my disciples, bustin' off the Eiffel." Towering even more on the inferno of hot licks on 'Candyland'. Sweet like, "Tootsie roll coke blunts is rolled to perfection/Now I lay the 8-ball, sell without question/Known for my Skittle gang, pills like a hospital/You could taste the rainbow, Dutch joints'll follow you." Drugs may be bad, m'kay (but seriously, dare to resist), but these Killah rhymes are the real addiction. Still a part of the best clientele in rap, there's no ghosting from this face. Compared to all that came before, this is truly Supreme, like the sleeve. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'Rap Kingpin', 'Iron Man', 'The Zoom'.
Spin This: Raekwon 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. II'.
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