It was almost a disaster. Ghostface Killah's new album "The Big Doe Rehab" was slated for release today, and by chance so was the latest from Wu-Tang Clan (of which he is a member).

What a pickle! Ghost was upset. The rest of the group was upset. The fans... well they were just excited about the new music. After a few tense days things were set right, so we'll have to wait another week for that Wu-Tang album, but Ghost stands alone, and thank goodness.  read more »

It may be a dark time for rock ‘n’ roll, but things are looking up for rap.

Ghostface Killah got RZA to agree to push back the highly anticipated fifth studio album, 8 Diagrams, of the Wu-Tang Clan—the hip-hop collective to which they both belong—a week, so that he could release his third album in two years, The Big Doe Rehab, today. It’s been hit or miss for the Staten Island rapper all of his career, but with such talent, even his “misses” are worth a gander. (Our own Gabe Boylan thinks so—read his review here.)  read more »