Ghostface Killah

After the pinched, midnight sojourn of Fishscale, Ghost briefly swerves into the sunlight for this loose collection of deflowering celebrations, imaginary award ceremonies and Copa Cabana crime sprees. "We Celebrate" is all fuzzed-out ecstasy, and the swaying funk of "Yolanda's House" propels a classic Wu Tang posse cut. Still, it ain't all happy hour at the Shaolin saloon, and Ghost can't help but move into the shadows on the gory "Walk Around" and the snarling "Toney Sigel."

Getting the entire Wu-Tang Clan together seems as tough a challenge as acing the SATs or
making Thom Yorke laugh. So it's remarkable enough that the new Wu-Tang album — the
Staten Island crew's first in six years — actually exists. What's more, 8 Diagrams is better
than most would have expected: a terrific mix of classic Clan grime and enough new tricks
to justify Inspectah Deck's claim that "Wu-Tang keep it fresh like Tupperware."... More >