Twelve Reasons to Die

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Twelve Reasons to Die
Studio album by Ghostface Killah

Publication
(s)

2013

Label (s) Soul Temple Records and RED Distribution

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

12

chronology
Apollo Kids
(2010) 		Twelve Reasons to Die 36 Seasons
(2014)

Twelve Reasons to Die is the tenth solo album by the US rapper Ghostface Killah . It was released on April 16, 2013 via Soul Temple Records and RED Distribution . In 2015 the album was continued with a second part.

Track list

  1. Beware of the Stare - 3:18
  2. Rise of the Black Suits - 2:57
  3. I Declare War (feat. Masta Killa) - 2:54
  4. Blood on the Cobblestones (feat. U-God and Inspectah Deck) - 2:41
  5. The Center of Attraction (feat.Cappadonna) - 4:05
  6. Enemies All Around Me (feat.William Hart) - 2:12
  7. An Unexpected Call (The Set Up) (feat.Inspectah Deck) - 2:34
  8. Rise of the Ghostface Killah - 3:29
  9. Revenge Is Sweet (feat. Masta Killa and Killa Sin) - 5:06
  10. Murder Spree (feat. U-God, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck and Killa Sin) - 2:50
  11. The Sure Shot (Parts 1 and 2) - 3:44
  12. 12 Reasons to Die - 3:14

reception

success

Twelve Reasons to Die sold 15,000 copies in the first week. With this, Ghostface Killah was ranked 27th on the US Billboard 200.

criticism

The e-zine Laut.de rated Twelve Reasons to Die with five out of a possible five points. The editor Dani Fromm praises the “ at least as fantastic as hair-raising story, the lecture, the guests, the beats [and] last but not least the cover, which is designed like an aged movie poster. "With his productions for the album, Adrian Younge performed the trick of making his beats appear classy and reduced at the same time. “The instrumentals are“ completely tailored to rap ”and appear, thanks to“ jazzy improvisations, funky rhythms [and] soul in abundance ”, as if they“ actually come from the 1960s. "

Leaderboard

In the list of the best “Hip Hop Albums of the Year” 2013 by Laut.de , Twelve Reasons to Die was placed 6th. From the editors' point of view, the album is one of the releases where everything is right. Ghostface Killah takes the " art of storytelling to extremes ". With “ drugs, violence, crooks, beautiful women, love, betrayal, murder, death and return ”, the plot combines “ all the ingredients that make great dramas. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review of Twelve Reasons to Die II ( German ) Popshot.Over-Blog.de. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hiphopdx.com: Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/21/2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Billboard.com: Ghostface Killah - Chart History Billboard 200.Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Laut.de: Revenge lasts forever. Retrieved December 29, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Laut.de: The Hip Hop Albums of the Year - 6th place - Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .