This DATE in Hip Hop (11 years ago)

Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele: On January 25, 2000, Ghostface dropped his second album. At the time, Wu-Tang members: Meth, GZA, ODB, Rae had dropped classic debut albums, but their sophmore albums were not “classic” material. But, Ghost changed the trend. His second album lived up to the expectations following Ironman. RZA came thru with some bangers, very solid cameos, and of course, Ghost does his thing with his sick lyrics and rhyme schemes.

Production on the album from RZA, Black Moes-Art, Ju-Ju, Carlos “6 July” Broady, The Blaquesmiths, Phantom of the Beats, Mathematics, and Inspectah Deck.

Special guests included RZA, Method Man, U-God, Cappadonna, Masta Killa, Redman, Superb, Raekwon, Hell Razah, and Solomon Childs.

Many tracks stood out like “Child’s Play”, “Apollo Kids”, “Malcolm”, “Saturday Nite”, “One”, “Buck 50”, and “Wu Banga 101“…. but the anthem off this album, WITHOUT A DOUBT, had to be