Ghostface Killah

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Ghostface Killah
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Ironman
  UK 38 11/09/1996 (2 weeks)
  US 2 11/16/1996 (26 weeks)
Supreme Clientele
  US 7th 02/26/2000 (19 weeks)
Bulletproof wallets
  US 34 12/08/2001 (6 weeks)
The Pretty Toney Album
  US 6th 05/08/2004 (7 weeks)
Fishscale
  US 4th 04/15/2006 (12 weeks)
More fish
  US 71 12/30/2006 (4 weeks)
The Big Doe Rehab
  US 41 01/26/2008 (5 weeks)
Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City
  US 28 10/17/2009 (5 weeks)
Wu-Massacre (with Raekwon & Method Man )
  US 12 04/17/2012 (5 weeks)
Apollo kids
  US 120 January 15, 2011 (4 weeks)
Twelve Reasons to Die
  US 27 05/04/2013 (3 weeks)
36 seasons
  US 94 December 27, 2014 (1 week)
Sour Soul (with BadBadNotGood )
  US 109 03/14/2015 (1 week)
Singles
All That I Got Is You (feat.Mary J. Blige )
  UK 11 07/12/1997 (4 weeks)
Cherchez LaGhost (feat. U-God )
  US 98 08/05/2000 (1 week)
Tush (feat. Missy Elliott )
  UK 34 07/17/2004 (3 weeks)
Back Like That (feat. Ne-Yo )
  UK 46 08/26/2006 (2 weeks)
  US 61 05/27/2006 (10 weeks)

Ghostface Killah (born May 9, 1970 ; real name Dennis Coles ) is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang clan .

biography

Ghostface was born under the name Dennis Coles in the Stapleton Projects of Staten Island / NY on May 9, 1970. As a relative of RZA , he has been a member of the Wu-Tang Clan since 1993. In 1998/99, Ghostface had to serve a four-month prison sentence for attempted robbery.

As a solo artist, he has released seven solo albums so far, of which Iron Man reached second place on the US Billboard charts. He is known both for his up-tempo and seemingly incomprehensible stream-of-consciousness raps and, in his later career, for his emotionally charged way of performing. His fifth record, Fishscale , was released on March 31, 2006 and featured features by newcomer Ne-Yo , Trife and the entire Wu-Tang clan. Fishscale achieved in the "Rolling Stone" "Top 50 Albums of the year 2006" as the best hip-hop album rank 5. The successor to Fishscale appeared a short time later and is called More Fish , although the album name already indicates that Most of it is unused material from Fishscale . The regular follow-up work The Big Doe Rehab sold only 36,000 copies in the first week in the USA, which caused Ghostface Killah to record a video for his (according to his own account) around 115,000 MySpace fans in which he asked them to buy his new album instead illegally downloaded from the Internet. As proof, fans should bring the CD they have bought to concerts, interviews, etc. A similar tactic was followed by 50 Cent, who announced in an interview that he would only give autographs on purchased CDs.

In addition to the releases of the entire Wu-Tang clan, Ghostface Killah had his first solo appearance on Raekwon's 1995 release Only Built 4 Cuban Linx . His own first album, Iron Man , was released in 1996. He made a lasting impression on the hip-hop scene and reached second place on the pop charts. The single Daytona 500 from the same album is considered a smaller classic of the music genre.

As usual in the scene, he entered into numerous collaborations. The entire Wu-Tang Clan, Missy Elliott and Jadakiss had guest appearances on his albums . He himself participated in records from the clan members as well as from Mobb Deep , Cappadonna , Busta Rhymes and De La Soul, among others . With the British R&B group The 411 he managed to land a hit in Australia and the United Kingdom. Although he did not achieve any further success in the US mainstream, like most Wu-Tang members he became a well-known figure in American hip-hop culture.

In early March, the rapper announced that he would publish a collection on March 25, 2008 on his own label, which would contain rare and non-album tracks.

Together with producer Adrian Younge, he developed the concept album Twelve Reasons to Die in 2013 . In this scary gangster story, he describes in a fictional story how he got his name. The whole thing continued in 2015 with another part.

In addition to the alias Ghostface Killah , he also uses Ghostface as well as Ironman , Tony Stark (the main human character of the comics Iron Man ), Pretty Toney , Tony Montana , Captain America , Pretty Starks , Wally Champ , Faceless , Ghost Deini or G-Deini .

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

  • 2003: Shaolin's Finest
  • 2007: Hidden Darts
  • 2008: The Wallabee Champ
  • 2008: GhostDeini The Great
  • 2014: Best of Ghostface Killah

Collaborations

Singles

  • 1996: Daytona 500 (feat.Raekwon & Cappadonna )
  • 1996: All I Got Is You (feat.Mary J. Blige )
  • 2000: Apollo Kids (feat.Raekwon)
  • 2000: Cherchez LaGhost ( feat.U -God )
  • 2001: Never Be the Same Again (feat.Raekwon & Carl Thomas)
  • 2001: Ghost Showers
  • 2003: Guerilla Hood (with Theodore Unit)
  • 2004: Tush ( feat.Missy Elliott )
  • 2004: Run ( feat.Jadakiss )
  • 2005: Milk Em (with Trife Da God, feat. Strange Fruit Project)
  • 2005: Be Easy (with Trife Da God)
  • 2006: Back Like That (feat. Ne-Yo )
  • 2008: We Celebrate (feat. Kid Capri )
  • 2009: Baby ( feat.Raheem DeVaughn )
  • 2009: Forever
  • 2009: Let's Stop Playin ' (feat. John Legend )
  • 2009: Guest House ( feat.Fabolous )
  • 2010: 2getha baby
  • 2015: Resurrection Morning (feat. Raekwon & Bilal ) on Juice CD No 130

swell

  1. ↑ a b US chart database
  2. ↑ a b UK chart database
  3. ↑ Ghostface Killah Says Prison Had Its Benefits on mtv.com, accessed on July 26, 2015 (English)
  4. ↑ Ghostface Killah speaks to his MySpace friends on youtube.com from January 22, 2008.
  5. ↑ Ghostface publishes Rarity & Non-Album Tracks Collection ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On hiphopjudge.com on March 6, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hiphopjudge.com
  6. ↑ a b review of Twelve Reasons to Die II . Popshot.Over-Blog.de. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Ghostface Killah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coles, Dennis (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1970