Big Ghost

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Big Ghost is an anonymous online personality, hip hop writer and blogger,[1] and music producer.[2] He was once best known for his witty writing style and satirical humor on his earlier hip hop album reviews and blog posts.[3]

History

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Big Ghost began as a parody of Wu Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah, which many believed to be Ghostface himself.[1]

He was interviewed by various online magazines including GQ,[1] Genius,[4] and Complex[5] and later began writing for and collaborating with major blogs and websites such as Okayplayer[6] and the Genius website.[7]

Controversy

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In early March 2011, rapper Wiz Khalifa publicly went on the air during an interview on The Star & Bucwild Morning Show, and made remarks about rapper Ghostface Killah, saying that he was "corny", for allegedly commenting on Wiz's latest single "Roll Up" on his blog, further stating, "Him saying corny stuff makes him a corny individual".

The real Ghostface quickly responded stating it was not him, tweeting "tell the kid Wiz, its all love i respect him as a artist and got no issues wit him at all, Once again the website is fake, its not ya boy!", then later tweeting again, reaffirming that he had no affiliation with the blogger.[8]

On 3 March 2011, legal action was taken by Wu Tang Corporate to shut the blog site down due to infringement violations but was later made operational once again.[9]

Music production

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In late 2015, Big Ghost branched out into music production, releasing a free project with production being credited solely to Big Ghost Ltd.[10] It has never been made publicly clear whether Big Ghost Ltd itself is a solo venture or a team of collaborating producers, although a Hector Puente Colon Jr. & The Santiago Men's Basketball Philharmonic Orchestra has been attributed to the instrumentation on all albums. The first release under the Big Ghost Ltd name, was a collaborative project with Buffalo rappers Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine, entitled Griselda Ghost, released on 11 September 2015.[11] On 5 October 2018, Big Ghost Ltd. was given full production credit on Ghostface Killah's 2023 project called The Lost Tapes.[12][13][14]

Discography

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Albums / EP's

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Album Artist Release date Year
Griselda Ghost Westside Gunn & Conway 11 September 2015
The Ghost of Living Vic Spencer 23 September 2016
Cocaine Beach Hus Kingpin 01 June 2017
Aguardiente CRIMEAPPLE 04 March 2018
Van Ghost ANKHLEJOHN 08 June 2018
The Lost Tapes Ghostface Killah 05 October 2018
Chicaghost D.Brash 08 March 2019
A Bullet For Every Heathen 38 Spesh 20 July 2019
The Only Way Out Rigz & Mooch 24 December 2019
Carpe Noctem Big Ghost Ltd 10 January 2020
No One Mourns The Wicked Conway The Machine 15 May 2020
The Dark Side of Nature M.A.V. & Rob Gates 18 July 2020
All Praise Is Due K.A.A.N. 29 July 2020
The Ghost of Albizu UFO Fev 31 October 2020
If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed Conway The Machine 05 February 2021
Heavy Is the Head Ransom 23 July 2021
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Eddie Kaine 15 October 2021[15]
Two Nights In Marrakesh Al.Divino 03 December 2021
Authenticity Check Jae Skeese 19 April 2022
What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed Conway The Machine 17 June 2022
Wolves Don't Eat With Shepherds Knowledge The Pirate 19 July 2022
Pay the Ghost Milano Constantine 20 September 2022[16]
Gucci Ghost Mickey Diamond 09 December 2022[17]
Gucci Ghost 2 Mickey Diamond 23 December 2022
Wasn't Built In A Day Rome Streetz 27 February 2023
Noir Or Never Che Noir 03 March 2023
Gucci Ghost 3 Mickey Diamond 15 December 2023
Gucci Ghost 4 Mickey Diamond 22 December 2023
Last Exit To Crooklyn Eddie Kaine 02 April 2024
Bazuko CRIMEAPPLE 31 May 2024

Singles

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Vega Bros. feat. Guilty Simpson & Conway The Machine
  • Released: 3 October 2016
CC White [18] (co-production) - Wale
  • Released: April 28, 2017
Original Man feat. ANKHLEJOHN & Hus Kingpin
  • Released: 18 August 2017
The Jungle - Recognize Ali
  • Released: 26 August 2018
Worm Food - Recognize Ali
  • Released: 16 August 2019
Barracudas featuring Knowledge the Pirate, Lord Juco & Guilty Simpson
  • Released: 02 October 2020
Los Traficantes feat. Cousin Feo & Lord Juco
  • Released: 04 December 2020
Bodies In The Hudson feat. Cousin Feo & Lord Juco
  • Released: 04 December 2020
Brands Of High Quality feat. Ty Farris
  • Released: 12 November 2021
Mickey Diamond - Time Wasted
  • Released: 28 July 2022
The Thoughts Of Ghost feat. Ty Farris
  • Released: 17 February 2023

Remixes

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Hus Kingpin - Serotonin High (Redux) feat. Milano Constantine x DJ Q-Bert
  • Released: 2 October 2017
Vic Spencer - SauceMANIA feat. Chris Crack
  • Released: 15 January 2018
Vic Spencer - Siracha Slurpee feat. ANKHLEJOHN
  • Released: 4 March 2019
Vic Spencer - Choose It to Lose It feat. Rome Streetz
  • Released: 18 January 2021
Jay Royale - The Transaction feat. Conway The Machine
  • Released: 26 February 2021
Vic Spencer - Breakfast In Pill Hill feat. Stove God Cooks
  • Released: 04 May 2022
The Iron - Jay Royale feat. Benny The Butcher
  • Released: 24 September 2022
Recognize & Realize Part 3 feat. Big Noyd & Prodigy
  • Released: 07 December 2023

Remix Albums

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Jay-Z - The Black Album Revisited
  • Released: 13 November 2018
Trust the Sopranos - Big Ghost Ltd.‘83 Miami Edition
  • Released: 3 September 2021
The Ghronic - Speshal Machinery (Big Ghost Ltd Edition)
  • Released: 22 September 2023

Instrumental Albums

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Starkstrumentals
  • Released: 19 December 2018
An Open Tomb... An Empty Casket
  • Released: 20 June 2020

Compilation Albums

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Ghost Anthology 1.1: All Power-Ups
  • Released: 18 January 2022
Ghost Anthology 1.2: High Score Jux
  • Released: 18 January 2022

Mixtapes

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The Unofficial Official Tape - Soles of Mischief
  • Released: 4 December 2020

References

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  1. ^ a b c Harvilla, Rob (29 November 2011). "Getting to Know Big Ghostface". GQ. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Premiere: Ghostface Killah and Big Ghost "Done It Again" on New Collab". Complex. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Big Ghost: Hip Hop's Purist Anger Translator". DJBooth. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Rap Genius of the Month: Big Ghostfase" 17 January 2012
  5. ^ "Big Ghost FASE - The Best Hip-Hop Parody Twitter Accounts". Complex. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Big Ghost Okayplayer Author" 2013 – present". okayplayer.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Big Ghost LTD. – Nothing Was The Same Review". Genius. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Ghostface Killah Tweets - LA Weekly", 3 March 2011
  9. ^ "Fake Ghostface Killah Blog Temporarily Shut Down By Wu-Tang". aboveGround Magazine. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  10. ^ "A Conversation with Big Ghost". The Real Hip-Hop. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Big Ghost Ltd, Westside Gunn & Conway Drop "Griselda Ghost"". Insomniac Magazine. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Ghostface Killah - The Lost Tapes" 09 October 2018.
  13. ^ "THIS WEBSITE USES COOKIES". xxlmag.com. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  14. ^ Elias Leight (5 October 2018). "Review: Ghostface Killah Sticks to Basics on 'The Lost Tapes'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Big Ghost Ltd & Eddie Kaine - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". Apple Music. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Milano Constantine & Big Ghost Ltd - Pay the Ghost". Apple Music. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd - Gucci Ghost". Apple Music. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  18. ^ "All Music Production Credits" 28 April 2017
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