Ghostface Killah And Sheek Louch: "This Is No Skinny Jean Rap"

Ghostface and Sheek Louch talk about the hardcore hip hop sound on their upcoming album, and Ghost weighs in on the Action Bronson comparisons. Members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah, and D-Block, Sheek Louch, have teamed up to drop their Wu-Block project. Both bring hard-hitting gutter hip hop sounds, and in a recent sit down with Fuse talked about the Ghost/Action Bronson comparisons, and how their upcoming Wu-Block effort is a “no skinny jean” kind of album. Queens rapper, Action Bronson has a sound and style that often draws comparisons to Ghostface Killah – Bronson even references it on his Blue Chips mixtape. Ghost has no qualms with it, and even admits they have similar styles and says he’s a fan of Action Bronson. When talking about the similarities, Ghost says (via HHDX), “Action Bronson, I heard some stuff from him, he’s dope,” adding, “his vocals sound like my vocals, but he's not doing it on purpose. He's cool, though, he's mad, mad cool.” When discussing their collabo album, Sheek Louch says fans can expect a “real hip hop” sound, saying he reached out to Ghost and said, “Yo, we really gotta do something together on some real Hip Hop right now.'” Sheek says it’s going to be an album for the hardcore, “I think the streets are gonna love it. We tell everybody every night on stage, 'This is no skinny jean [shit].” Ghostface adds that he is pleased with the end result, "When we heard it for the first time all the way down, I was happy..I was really, really happy. There's nothing out there that's like it."

Check out the exclusive video interview below where DMX shares details about almost signing with Diddy, and explains how Biggie Smalls helped him appreciate a smile.

DMX’s new album, Undisputed is in stores now, and for many fans, there is no disputing that musically, Dark Man X is back on top of his game. In an exclusive, sit-down with AllHipHop.com, the rapper reminisces back to his unsigned artist days and shares a story about nearly signing a record deal with Bad Boy – but being overlooked in favor of The Lox. “You know the Lox got signed before I did. They were a “safer” group,” said DMX. “Puff signed them, and you know it was a blessing and a curse, because they were happy they got signed and they were on “The Benjamins”, but then he [Diddy] made them jiggy and put them in suits and made them write lyrics for him and took their publishing and raped them.” DMX goes on to explain how Damion “D-Roc” Butler set up a meeting between himself and Diddy, but Diddy passed on signing him because he didn’t feel that DMX was a marketable artist. “The thing I respect about Puff was that he told me to my face [he said], ‘his voice is too ruff, he’s not marketable.’” You got to respect that.” In the interview, DMX also shares his fond memories of Biggie and explains how Biggie helped him appreciate a smile. “I never saw Biggie smile until after he died, [it was] in the ‘Hypnotize’ video,” said DMX. “When I saw it, I was like wow, he was really enjoying his life; and it got taken away from him. It was then that I cherished a smile.”

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