Ghostface Killah reveals “The Rise of Ghostface Killah”, the lead single to Twelve Reasons to Die

By Michael Roffman on February 15th, 2013 in Hip Hop, New Music, News

Grab your calendar: Ghostface Killah will finally release his previously-announced tenth studio album, Twelve Reasons to Die, on April 16th via Soul Temple Records.

Executive produced by fellow Wu-Tang member RZA, the forthcoming effort was penned by Ghostface alongside film composer Adrian Younge (Black Dynamite, Something About April). As a press release notes, the album’s tone echoes Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Portishead, and Ennio Morricone, a concoction you can preview below with the aptly-titled first single, ”The Rise of Ghostface Killah”.

In typical Wu marketing, Ghostface’s latest will also be accompanied by a graphic novel due out May 29th through Black Mask Studios. The novel features illustrations by Riley Rossmo (Bedlam), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), Joe Infurnari (Mush!), Kyle Strahm (Haunt), Gus Storms & Breno Tamura (Pigs), Ronald Wimberly (Prince of Cats), and Christopher Mitten (30 Days of Night).

In related news, Ghostface has also announced a reissue of his 1996 debut, Ironman, for later this month. Dubbed the ”Premium Collection: Gold Edition”, the remastered album will be repressed on 24k “audiophile gold disc” and come housed in a cherrywood trophy box that packages both a 48-page hardcover book and a puzzle. Keep a look out for that as it’ll be limited to 2,000 copies.

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