Round 20: Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be All So Simple” vs. Raekwon pulling out the Jodeci feature is the equivalent to Prop Joe pulling out the ringer in the infamous basketball episode in The Wire: It changed the trajectory of the game. Ghostface Killah’s “Gonna Love Me” (Remix) Raekwon & Ghostface Killah’s “Freek’n You” Remix vs. Ghostface and Beyoncé collaborating is a highlight on Fade to Black, but “Scary hours, no money out, smash the guinness stout” is what you hear before you get your Wu-Tang tattoo. Round 18: Wu-Tang Clan’s “Cash Still Rules”/”Scary Hours” vs Beyoncé feat. ‘’Pyrex pots, we break, fiends licking plates/ In the building, n-as building, like little children staring/ The other n-as ain’t caring.’’ Nasir Jones is the owner of the greatest guest verse of all time, but we forget how nasty Raekwon is after him. Raekwon & Carl Thomas’ “Never be the Same Again” Nas & Ghostface Killah’s “Verbal Intercourse” vs. ‘’Back Like That’’ is peak Ne-Yo (and Kanye on the remix) with Ghostface, now a Def Jam soldier? Yeah, that. There isn’t one single bar that epitomizes life for Black kids in New York than ‘’the devil planted fear inside the black babies.’’ Ghostface is a poet. Joey Crack, Pun, Nas, Rae: Murderer’s Row. Nas, Big Punisher, Jadakiss & Raekwon’s “John Blaze” vs. Ghost and Jada are two of the most hilarious rappers of all-tine - they should have a full collaboration album by now. Tough go against the Purple Tape, but the Jadakiss verse on ‘’Run’’ is so damn good. Masta Killah and Ghostface Killah’s “Glaciers of Ice” vs. ‘’Daytona 500’’ makes you want to disrespect the nun at your catholic school. Ghostface Killah’s “Rainy Dayz” (Remix) vs. ![]() It’s a matter of fact, like Method Man is speaking from the point of view of Uncle Sam. ‘’Cash rules everything around me’’ is the type of statement that affirms American life, for all its good and all its evil. Round 11: Wu-Tang Clan’s “C.R.E.A.M.” vs. All praises due for Supreme Clientele though. Impossible to choose but it has to be ‘’Criminology’’: Might be cliché, but it is the best RZA beat of all time. They should have had a reality show together. Raekwon said that ‘’State of Grace’’ was recorded in Miami while him and Ghostface rented a Villa down there to work on Bulletproof Wallets. Kanye West, Pusha T & Ghostface Killah’s “New God Flow” vs. ‘’Excuse me hon, the don mean no harm, turn around again.” Need we say more? U-God and Madam Majestic’s “Cherchez LaGhost” vs. Immobilarity is considered the biggest sophomore slump next to Michael Carter Williams’s second season with the Sixers, but it is better than given credit for. Gotta go ‘’Its Yourz.’’ If you play ‘’Its Yourz’’ at any underground night spot in the gutter, people will go crazy. Anything with Popa Wu gets the automatic advantage. Neither Ironman or Immbolarity is either of these two men’s best work, so it is a flex that they played songs from this. ![]() We wouldn’t have Kanye’s ‘’New God Flow’’ without it. This is the hardest one yet: Raekwon should have won a Pulitzer for what he spat on ‘’Scarfaces.’’ But, Ghostface’s charm on ‘’Mighty Healthy’’ is ubiquitous in our culture. Round 4: Ghostface Killah’s “Mighty Healthy” vs. ‘’4th Chamber’’ sounds like a Pac-Man game at the beginning, being taken over by an impromptu concert. II doesn’t get the credit that it deserves, but nothing can beat GZA closing an all-star track with the best verse. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah and Method Man’s “House of Flying Daggers”Ĭ uban Linx Pt. Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA’s “4th Chamber” vs. ‘’Ghost Deini’’ is like Allah himself was rapping in the physical form of Ghostface. ‘’Special Delivery’’ is wavy, but that Raekwon and Outkast collab brought two entirely different worlds together. Ghostface Killah, Keith Murray, Craig Mack and Diddy’s “Special Delivery” Remix vs. Here’s how Billboard broke down the scoring of Raekwon and Ghostface’s epic Verzuz battle. Ghostface is darkly humorous on records and in real life Raekwon is more soft spoken, but has a preacher’s voice that makes you stand up and listen. The overlapping nature of this Verzuz presented a lot of questions to fans: Would Raekwon be allowed to do ‘’Criminology’’ even though Ghostface is on there? What about Ghostface doing the Rae-featuring “Apollo Kids”? Could they both do the many songs they have together within the Wu-Tang Clan? One thing was sure: We’d get great rap stories from two of the more interesting personalities in our culture.
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