Possibly my favorite Ghostface track of all time. “In the Rain (Wise)” first appeared on the Canadian edition of Supreme Clientele and I’ve always thought of it as part of that classic. The is the joint where Ghost perfected that “rhyme all over a soul song” idea that’s become a signature part of his style, absolutely BODYING the Dramatics’ psychedelic soul classic ”In the Rain”. Building on the original’s theme of heartbreak, Ghost pens a heart-wrenching dedication to a friend/mentor delivered in the kind of dusted-New York 5%er poetry that arguably made him the best writer of his era. But the miraculous part is the flow: Ghost spits so vivid that even if you’d never heard rap before, the urgency and pain in his voice paint the whole picture. This is the morning after “Impossible”.
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That’s Ghostdini « zilla rocca’s CLAP COWARDS says:
September 30, 2009 at 6:51 am (UTC -7)
[...] Like That”) or purposely be weird (much of Fishscale/More Fish) to impress his core audience. Like Sach said today about “The Rain”, whenever Ghost just stumbles upon something raw and sincere, he’s the best writer [...]
student says:
September 30, 2009 at 9:37 am (UTC -7)
sach-
what was the track placement of this song? some of us might try incorporating it into our yankee-esque supreme clienteles
thanks
Sach says:
September 30, 2009 at 11:17 am (UTC -7)
I actually wore out my physical copy years ago (and that was before a rap dude I was working with ganked it and made off to Haiti) but I place it after Ghostdeini and before Apollo Kids. The interludes on that edition were kind of jumbled as well but that’s where I remember it going.
Incidentally, there were a few other minor differences between the editions, the aformentioned Ghostdeini had a Ruthless Bastards beat which was denied sample clearance, personally the Us edition beat sounds fresher anyways. I also remember Child’s Play sounding unfinished but that could just be my memory playing tricks.
NickDunmore says:
October 1, 2009 at 3:28 pm (UTC -7)
harking back to the ‘pnyew’ gun sound on OB4CL2….is ‘vreng, vreng, vrengvrengvreng’ the best phone one?
The rap Larvell Jones.
spirit equality says:
November 7, 2009 at 2:28 am (UTC -7)
good article, fam
and, yes, ghost is sorely underestimated as a rapper and deserves to come up in more goat discussions than he does.