![]() ![]() Ghost and Sheek have made these songs repeatedly their entire career, only this time they created them together. The Company Man of HipHopDX gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "From mic to plug, Wu Block is a vintage Rap release only lacking in invention. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Wu Block was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Critical response Professional ratings Aggregate scores On October 29, 2012, the track listing was released, and it was announced that album would be released on November 27, 2012. They’ve been thirstin’ for this." Sheek Louch also spoke about the album, saying: " Wu-Block mixes the rap style, lyrics, beats, imagery and ideology of the 9 member Wu-Tang clan with the flow, underground star power, hard hitting bars, street story telling and bass rattling sounds of D-Block." On October 5, 2012, the album cover was released, and it was announced that the album would be released on November 13, 2012. On August 20, 2012, in a press release, Ghostface Killah spoke about the album, saying: "It’s real street shit for the fans. On August 20, 2012, it was announced that the album would be released on October 9, 2012. The album's first single "Union Square" was released on June 29, 2012. In July 2011, during an interview with DJ Semtex, Ghostface Killah said that the album would be released in February 2012. In February 2011, Sheek Louch stated that he and Ghostface Killah were about 8 songs deep into the album. The album features guest appearances from Raekwon, Jadakiss, Cappadonna, Method Man, Styles P, Masta Killa, GZA, Erykah Badu and Inspectah Deck. The album was released on November 27, 2012, by E1 Music. Louch announced the album in 2011, in an interview. Dipset's Juelz Santana Says The LOX Won 'Verzuz' Battle Because They're A Better Groupīefore his album hits retailers and iTunes on Dec.Wu Block is a collaborative studio album by American rappers Ghostface Killah (of Wu-Tang Clan) and Sheek Louch (of The Lox). Sheek also lets us in on the real reason why his group’s place in hip-hop history is permanent.Ĥ, read Sheek’s convo with about his upcoming album, getting back in the studio with Swizz Beatz, and the concept behind sequel to Silverback Gorilla. VIBE: You’ve been on a role with your own music as of late. Was the Gorillaween mixtape your way of venting before the new album dropped? That’s kinda the traditional formula to drop a mixtape before the album drops. He was like ‘Yo Sheek, all the Soundcloud stuff you put out, drop like 10-15 more songs with it and let’s put something out and leave the fans wanting more.’ Now we’re at an age where we want to give them more than just the album.Īs far as the album goes, why did you feel the timing was right to work on Silverback Gorilla 2? But actually I ain’t going to lie, I got to give credit to my man Cash because I had no plans on that. I wanted to bring that grittiness back to the streets for one. I wanted to show my growth as far as all my lyrical skills and concepts and bring that back to the game. I mean I dropped all kinds of music in the streets and I did Wu-Block projects, but I just wanted to get back into it. I’ve been touring a lot me with Ghostface, and we’ve been everywhere. I had all of these songs with me and Fab, A.S.A.P., and all these joints just sitting and ready to go. It seems like you just selected songs you recorded over time and put them all together. Did you have an original direction for the sequel?īasically on beast mode, man. I know had a formula as far as my gritty records and my club bangers. On the album, I even got some chick joints because I do make those kinds of records like “Good Love” and records for the girls. Did that studio session bring back the LOX’s Ruff Ryder days? You recently dropped your collaboration with Swizz Beats. When you walk in there with Swizz - his energy is on 5000 - like at all times. While Swizzy is making a new track, he’ll be like ‘Listen to this beat. ![]() Listen to this.’ He’ll record like ‘12 beats done tonight, 15 hooks done tonight.’ He’s really jotting that shit down and saying it into a little recorder, and does a thousand hooks for different songs and all that. If you don’t want it, you don’t got to keep it but I laid it down.’ I was like ‘Hell yea I’m keeping that shit.’ Then he hit me the next day like ‘Yo I wrote a verse to it. ![]()
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