The Pretty Toney Album

by Ghostface Killah

Overview

Ghostface Killah fields questions from reporters on the intro to The Pretty Toney Album, the rapper's first under the just-Ghostface moniker and his first on Def Jam. According to the intro, the Wu-Tang are doing fine and waiting for the right moment to drop their next album, and it's none of your business why Pretty Toney took so long to come out. That's about all Ghostface wants to say about any of the drama surrounding the album. With tracks this good, who can blame him for the "let's get to it" attitude? The Pretty Toney Album has a lack of Wu-related references on it. It's Ghostface's album entirely and all the better for it. It's partly a party album like 2001's Bulletproof Wallets, but freer, more inspired, and tempered with pure street tracks that were missing last time round. Perhaps feeling the lack of hood interest for his last album, Ghostface puts a handful of Pretty Toney's hardest tracks at the beginning as if he's ready to prove something right away. The best of the lot, "Metal Lungies," could be the theme for any aspiring mack, but the rest are very good, suffering a bit from being laid out one after another. The sleazy "Bathtub (Skit)" has the repeat-play value of a porno movie, but it brings on the lighter and more rewarding part of the album. "Save Me Dear" is a bumpy and fun Ghostface production and another great singalong from the rapper. Don't expect a ton of chemistry between Ghostface and Missy Elliott, but their "Tush" is a hedonistic, club-aimed highlight with both in top form on their own. Jackie-O connects much better with the man on "Tooken Back," one of two great productions from Nottz and first of the three solid tracks that finish the album. The chaotic "Run" and the sentimental laundry list of beloveds on "Love" finish the album on a high note, but there's something missing. Rumor has it Def Jam wouldn't pony up the dough and clear samples for the tracks that didn't make the album. Songs the rapper has posted on his own website and mixtapes like DJ Kayslay's No Pork on My Fork, Vol. 1 or the MC's own Pretty Toney (The Lost Tracks) (released under his original Ghostface Killah moniker) tell the whole story. Get them all and you might be able to piece together a classic Ghostface album. Pretty Toney comes close, very close, and puts the man's solo career back on solid ground. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	12/09/2014
Label:	Def Jam / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602547066299
Rank:	50235

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Biscuits
3. Kunta Fly Shit
4. Beat the Clock
5. Metal Lungies
6. Bathtub
7. Save Me Dear
8. It's Over

Disc 2

9. Keisha's House
10. Tush
11. Last Nght
12. Holla
13. Ghostface
14. Be This Way
15. The Letter
16. Tooken Back
17. Run
18. Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ghostface Killah   Primary Artist
K. Fox   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Missy Elliott   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Styles P   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Sheek Louch   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Trife   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals,Guest Artist
Jadakiss   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Trife & Larceny Of The Snakes   Primary Artist
Musiq   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jackie-O   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Kaye Fox   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Musiq Soulchild   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
K.Fox   Featured Artist
Jackie "O"   Featured Artist
Jacki-O   Featured Artist
Allah Real   Vocals
Keithshawn Williams   Vocals
Wakena Rosado   Vocals
Ken Fox   Vocals,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Patrick Viala   Mixing
Shawn Jacobs   Composer
Sylvia Robinson   Composer
Kenny Gamble   Composer
Kurtis Walker   Composer
Chris Gehringer   Mastering
Crutchfield   Composer
Carvin "Ransum" Haggins   Composer,Vocal Producer
David Styles   Composer
Dennis Coles   Composer
Jan Crutchfield   Composer
Mark Richardson   Composer
Robert Diggs   Composer
K-Def   Producer
Pervis Staples   Composer
R. Diggs   Composer
Kevin Liles   Executive Producer
Buddy Johnson   Composer
Tim Roberts   Assistant
Morris Dollison   Composer
Tommy Youngblood   Composer
Thom Bell   Composer
Darrell Branch   Composer
Allie Wrubel   Composer
T.D. Bell   Composer
True Master   Producer
Kevin Hansford   Composer
J.C. Phillips   Composer
Ernest Wilson   Composer
Leon Huff   Composer
K. Walker   Composer
RZA   Mixing,Producer
Musiq Soulchild   Composer
Herbert Magidson   Composer
D. Styles   Composer
Tara Podolsky   A&R
D. Trotman   Composer,Producer
Dawud West   Design,Art Direction
Leesa Brunson   A&R
Haji A.   Engineer
Robert Lee   Composer
Tina Davis   A&R,Executive Producer
Stephen Glicken   Mixing,Engineer
Kurt Walker   Composer
Deborah Mannis-Gardner   Sample Clearance
Monica Morrow   Stylist
R. Lee   Composer
Jonathan Kaslow   A&R
Groovey Lew   Stylist
Chris Kellam   Engineer
Jason Phillips   Composer
Larry Roberts   Composer,Composer
Terese Joseph   Administration
Jesus "Poobs" Fernandez   Engineer
Derek Harris   Composer
Emile Haynie   Composer
Darrin Harris   Composer
Dominick Lamb   Composer
Jeff Steinbacher   Composer
Taalib Johnson   Composer
William Hart   Composer,Composer
Robert E. Lee   Composer,Composer
No I.D.   Mixing,Producer
Derek Trotman   Composer
J.R. Wheeler   Composer
Robert Curington   Composer
Angela Kohn   Composer
Ron Muhammad   Composer