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Fast Rap revival Trend Watch Alert: Ghostface Killah – Charlie Brown · by Sach O
this is not a drill. This is an actual fast rap release.
EDIT: NOW IN CD QUALITY: Ghostface Killah – Charlie Brown
We at Ohword enjoy fast rap. Whether we lived it first hand (R.H.S) or bumped an Edan mixtape to fit in with the cool kids (Sach…fuckin 80’s baby), we regularly indulge in LL Cool J binges and wonder whatever the hell happened to Casanova Rud. Naturally, now that fast rap is approaching its 20th birthday, we’re really hyped about the inevitable revival that should be kicking in any second. In order to get all of y’all ready for this trend that’s soon to be sweeping the nation, we’re introducing not one but two new segments guaranteed to have you confidently correcting your peers when they claim Big Daddy Kane started that shit. We’ll be chronicling the birth of Fast rap with Better-know-a-fast-rapper: from the Treacherous Three to Wise Intelligent, if the BPM was high we’ve got em. We’ll also be updating you on the ins and outs of today’s fast rapping superstars with Fast Rap Revival Trend Watch Alerts. These handy updates will inform you whenever a new fast rap recording hits the streets.
Conveniently enough, just as we were going to press with this announcement, eminent internet favorite, Wu-Tang Clan member and Wally Don extraordinaire Ghostface Killah came through with a full length leak of his Fishscale session outtake Charlie Brown. Produced by MF Doom and featuring a sample from Tropicalia genius Caetano Veloso, it unfortunately didn’t make it to the retail on account of sample clearance. What gives Mr. Veloso? Why must you do fast-rap so dirty? While still not the CDQ version that the fans demand, the J-Love sponsored mixtape dub The newly leaked CDQ version satisfies as Ghost goes for broke with lyrics that are both skillful and fast. Coming from the original 87 era, Tony Starks knows what he’s doing and whether he’s name dropping his also-fast-rapping boss at Def Jam or rhyming Fiber-optic, microscopic, mockeries and Socrates T La Rock style, the delivery is impeccable. Still, it’s his final tongue-defying bars that really steal the show. Peep game:
J-lo shit the runway lay prego Chris Diego
killa cuervo playdough fifths
there ain’t no nigga like Ghost play those chips
Ya dying from the gun shots fatal licks
for yayo bricks the 8-off spits get paid off it
the Wally Don done ate off it
throw stones at a glass house
front and get mashed out
my gun turns heads like bitches with their aaaaasss out!
My apologies for any errors in transcription but cot-damn that was fast! Interestingly enough, Ghost claims that he’s never tried this style before on the track’s intro, but even passing Wu fans will remember his speedy verse on The W’s James Bond flavored first single Gravel Pit. We’ll forgive him though, even if that track was kind of flavor.
We’ll keep you updated if and when a mixed version of this groundbreaking fast-rap track leaks and as always, we’ll be there first when the next speedy tongued rhymer decides to kick it for the 88.
Comments for "Fast Rap revival Trend Watch Alert: Ghostface Killah – Charlie Brown"
Dope flows…but Doom could at least stuck some drums underneath it…
— dub sea Aug 30, 04:33 PM
I move that the term “fast rap” be stricken from the record. Nobody who grew up listening to songs like “Wrath of Kane” went around saying “Wow, that new Fast Rap song is really funky fresh!”.
Not to shit on this post, – I reserve my disdain for Edan’s corny mix CD. Don’t even get me started on that pointless “Funky Drummer” mix…
— Robbie Aug 30, 06:38 PM
Dude, “Fast Rap” is coming back! Did you hear how fast Ghost was rapping? That was damn fast!
— R.H.S. Aug 30, 07:43 PM
Research “New Rap Language” by The Treacherous Three.
— fosterakahunter Aug 31, 11:27 AM
Re-read the second half of paragraph one. :-)
Treacherous Three will have their moment in the sun.
— Rafi Aug 31, 12:08 PM
If “Rappers Delight” dropped in 1979, how is hip hop “approaching its 20th birthday”??
If you acknowledge the work of DJ’s Bam, Flash, Herc et al. in developing the aesthetic of hip hop on the streets and in the clubs since 74/75, we are already well past the 30th birthday for hip hop, fam.
— ian Aug 31, 12:44 PM
Ian, not hip-hop but Fast Rap.
They’re crediting “Fast Rap” as taking off with Big Daddy Kane. Yes, Treacherous Three and others did it first but there was trap rap before the past few years, right? Only that hardly seems important now. It’s only important once everyone starts copping the steez!
What you know bout that?
— Rafi Aug 31, 12:53 PM
“If “Rappers Delight” dropped in 1979, how is hip hop “approaching its 20th birthday”?? ”
yeah… my first thought was, “wait, since when was i older than hip-hop?”
— ninoybrown Aug 31, 01:11 PM
I’m just saying that James Brown beats are coming back yo. No more no less. No offense meant to the pioneers.
— Sach Aug 31, 02:25 PM
he kool g rapped this record
— Ramon Aug 31, 04:04 PM
Umm…. This is supposed to be fast? LOL Nice still…
— RANDOM Jan 22, 11:46 PM
fast rap does not refer to a specific speed of rapping, but a style. Barely intelligible circa-1991 Tung Twista style rapping is hardly esteemed beyond the novelty factor, but you’ll find a lot of fans of 1988-era fast rap.
— David Jan 23, 05:33 PM