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Fishscale
by Ghostface Killah
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.4524
Avg. Critic Score:
3.3366
Fishscale Rank 4 Reviews
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NOW MagazineThis is Ghostface's best album. ...more
Village Voice (Consumer Guide)The stories are as vivid, brutal, and thought-out as any noir. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)Sure, Fishscale has its share of pointless skits. But that's what the fast-forward button is for, just as the play button seems to have been designed specifically to let people listen to Fishscale over and over again. ...more
The Daily Vault Album ReviewsIt wasn’t until the mid ’90s where even rap’s most vocal critics began relenting that this “rap thing” wasn’t a fad -– it was here to stay. Like soul, R&B, heavy metal and punk, rap and hip-hop had ...more
Stylus MagazineThe title stays in his imagination.No matter what scenes rise up, he reaches down through the backpackerâs heart, through the gangsterâs eyes, and crushes it. In a perfect world heâs not just your favorite rapperâs favorite ...more
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Stylus MagazineFishscale intermingles skewed narratives, expert guest choices, exquisitely conflicting production, and a concept and focus—the drug trade is the near exclusive subject mater—that, while somewhat reductive in scope, sharpens the album into an ...more
SpinToning down his oddball style and ramping up his storytelling, he drops a pusher’s odyssey as developed and cinematic as any Scorsese joint. ...more
StylusMagazineImmense , furious, and focused album. ...more
Lost At SeaThis will most likely be the best hip-hop album of the year as well as a contender for best overall album of the year. ...more
Delusions of AdequacyGhost is at the top of his game, both in terms of flow and lyrical luminosity. ...more
Village VoiceGhost's Fishscale is the most creative album to come out of New York hiphop since his own 2000 Supreme Clientele. ...more
Dot Music"Fishscale" is a purist's delight, an album seemingly crafted solely for those who've been chasing his maverick tail for the past decade. ...more
Dusted MagazineI'd be surprised if anybody, in any field, drops something this potent in the next nine months. ...more
PitchforkFishscale reiterates with cinematic verve that the most vital current Wu Tang Clan member's storytelling can match Biggie's in both excitement and humor. Yet Ghost's songs are unrelenting in their slavishness to density and credibility, and that can turn ...more
Pitch Fork MediaMore than 12 years after he emoted all over the first verse on the first track on the first Wu-Tang Clan album, the now 35-year-old Ghostface Killah is still starving for respect, understanding, and acceptance. Hypnotically restless, the East ...more
All Music GuideThe scenarios he recounts are as detailed and off-the-wall as ever, elaborate screenplays laid out with a vocal style that's ceaselessly fluid and never abrasive. ...more
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