Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Raekwon, Shawn Wigs (vocals); Ant-Live (various instruments); Ed "Wolverine" Goldson (guitar, bass guitar); Josh Lopez (guitar); Arden "Keyz" Altino (strings, piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Bryan Velasco (keyboards); David Wilder (bass guitar); Sean Oshea (drums); Dantai, Davey Warf Rat Chegwidden, Dave Chegwidden (percussion); Matt DeMerritt (flute, tenor saxophone); Geoffrey Gallegos (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jordan Katz (trumpet); Ricky Rodriguez (drums, percussion); Amille D. Harris (background vocals). | | Additional personnel: Chrisette Michele, Rhythm Roots All-Stars, Kid Capri, Masta Killa, Method Man, Raekwon, Sun God, U-God, Beanie Sigel, Trife da God, Shawn Wigs, Ox, Cappadonna. | | Recording information: Baseline Recording Studios, New York, NY; Killion Floor Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Reddline Studios, Staten Island, NY. | | Photographer: Daniel Hastings. | | On the heels of two exceptional albums in 2006 (FISHSCALE and MORE FISH), Ghostface Killah continued his hot streak on his third major-label LP in two years, THE BIG DOE REHAB. Coming with a fresh batch of wicked wordplay and dizzying stream-of-consciousness lyrics on cinematic hood vignettes ("Yolanda's House," "Rec-Room Therapy"), violent do-or-die tales ("Walk Around," "Yapp City"), and comically surreal award-show scenarios ("White Linen Affair (Toney Awards)"), Pretty Tony sounds as distinct as ever. | | Stylistically, BIG DOE REHAB borrows from the old school, as Ghost revisits one of Redman's most memorable shticks on "Supa GFK" and lifts a classic EPMD beat on "Killa Lipstick." More centralized on the production side than either "Fish" album, the majority of the record's beats are provided by the Diddy-affiliated production duo of LV and Sean C, while supplemental production work comes courtesy of Ant-Live, Scram Jones, Anthony Acid, Frequency, Baby Grand, and Ghost himself. Featuring ample guest spots that represent both the Wu (Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, Master Killa, Cappadonna) and the Theodore Unit (Trife Da God, Shawn Wigs, Sun God), BIG DOE REHAB is another exemplary piece of gutter hip-hop from one of New York's most original and inventive rhyme-stylists. |
Producer: L.V.; Scram Jones; Davey Warf Rat Chegwidden; Mary Bond Davis; Davey Chegwidden; Sean C; Anthony "Ant-Live" Singleton; Ghostface Killah; L.V.; Scram Jones; Syience; Baby Grand |
Engineer: Sergio Rios; Hector Mendoza; Anthony "Acid" Caputo; Hector Mendoza; Josh Lopez |
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