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Ghostface Killah and BadBadNotGood – Sour Soul

March 3, 2015

After the needlessly complex, multi-sectioned production on A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang fans probably want another album of live-instrument production about as much as the MidEast wants another W. Bush administration. But where the RZA’s work on Tomorrow was too often flowery and excessive, Sour Soul’s sparse, brooding beats mesh perfectly with Ghostface Killah’s trademark intensity. In fact, it’s some of the best production on a Wu-Tang record in years. For that we ought to thank BadBadNotGood – a superb instrumental trio out of Toronto, discovered first by Tyler, the Creator (who, interestingly, has his own jazz aspirations). Their work on Sour Soul runs the gauntlet from post-bop jazz to soul to trip hop and electronica, sometimes all in the same track. More importantly, they prove themselves masters of tone and texture: it’s some of the most head-spinning production this side of Portishead. As for Ghostface, it could nearly go without[...]

BadBadNotGood and Ghostface Killah – “Ray Gun” ft. DOOM

January 23, 2015

Toronto trio, BadBadNotGood, burst on to the scene a few years back remixing the likes Odd Future and A Tribe Called Quest. Their jazzy, improvisational sound got the attention of some of rap’s most well-respected artist, and it set them up for this collaboration with the Wu Tang’s Ghostface and the masked underground rap giant DOOM. “Ray Gun” is a strange ride following a metal-faced alien, played by Odd Future’s Left Brain. The video heads into a go-go bar and the veiled assailant tries to take a lady back with him to the motherland. The whole thing is pretty weird and shot like it’s in the 80s, working nicely with really great verses from Ghostface and DOOM. Check it out below, and stay tuned for a new collab album between Ghost and BadBadNotGood coming next month.