{"id":42558,"date":"2025-07-31T21:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/ghostface-killah-announces-supreme-clientele-2-drops-rap-kingpin\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:11:41","slug":"ghostface-killah-announces-supreme-clientele-2-drops-rap-kingpin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/ghostface-killah-announces-supreme-clientele-2-drops-rap-kingpin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghostface Killah Announces &#8216;Supreme Clientele 2,&#8217; Drops &#8216;Rap Kingpin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ghostface-killah\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ghostface-killah\" data-tag=\"ghostface-killah\">Ghostface Killah<\/a> has announced the long-awaited sequel to his 2000 classic, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-hip-hop-albums-1323916\/ghostface-killah-supreme-clientele-2000-1346623\/\">Supreme Clientele<\/a><\/em>, with the album <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostface-killah.sng.to\/sc2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">slated to arrive<\/a> Aug. 22 via Mass Appeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe <em>Supreme Clientele 2<\/em> announcement was accompanied by the release of a first single, \u201cRap Kingpin,\u201d which features some characteristically dense, over-the-top, and reference-stuffed Ghostface bars (e.g. \u201cGhost is global, classic, soulful\/Teddy Pendergrass on wax with the nasty vocals\u201d). The track also incorporates samples of Eric B &amp; and Rakim\u2019s \u201cMy Melody\u201d and Ghostface\u2019s own \u201cMighty Healthy,\u201d a highlight off the original <em>Supreme Clientele<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201c<em>Supreme Clientele<\/em> was a frame of mind and era in time,\u201d Ghostface said in a statement. \u201cYou could never duplicate that feeling, but you can tap back in. We dug in the files from years ago and pulled together a Clientele that is Supreme! Get ready, <em>Supreme Clientele 2<\/em> is now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghostface Killah - &quot;Rap Kingpin&quot; (Visualizer + Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gvt5VF5WKM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhile it\u2019s been 25 years since the rapper dropped the original <em>Supreme Clientele<\/em>, the sequel is set to arrive fast on the heels of the Wu-Tang rapper\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ghostface-killah-nas-new-track-scar-tissue-1235015033\/\">2024 solo record<\/a>, <em>Set the Tone (Guns &amp; Roses)<\/em>. The new album will feature an array of guests, too, including Nas, Raekwon, Method Man, GZA, Redman, Conway The Machine, Styles P, M.O.P., and Dave Chappelle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/ghostface-killah-interview-new-album-1235023203\/\">Speaking with <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> last year, Ghostface revealed that he\u2019d been working on <em>Supreme Clientele II <\/em>for years, saying some tracks are 16 or 17 years old. \u201cEvery track is jewelry. It\u2019s rare pieces of art,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s vintage, but it sounds spanking new when you catch it. I think with that right there, we going to stamp hip-hop from what my generation know it is, know it to be, and just put the nail in the coffin with that. I don\u2019t think there might ever be one of those kinds of records [again].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this summer, Ghostface reunited with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/wu-tang-clan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wu-tang-clan\" data-tag=\"wu-tang-clan\">Wu-Tang Clan<\/a> for what was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/wu-tang-clan-madison-square-garden-review-1235387778\/\">billed as a farewell tour<\/a> marking the last time all eight living members of the hip-hop crew will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/wu-tang-clan-final-tour-trailer-ernie-johnson-1235286072\/\">hit the road together<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ghostface-killah-announces-supreme-clientele-rap-kingpin-1235397369\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghostface Killah has announced the long-awaited sequel to his 2000 classic, Supreme Clientele, with the album slated to arrive Aug. 22 via Mass Appeal.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}