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Fishscale

Fishscale
Fishscale-Ghostface.jpg
Studio album by Ghostface Killah
Released March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)
Recorded 2005–2006
Genre Hip hop
Length 64:48
Label Def Jam
Producer Sean Combs, Cool & Dre, Crack Val, Ghostface Killah, J Dilla, Just Blaze, MF DOOM, MoSS, Lewis Parker, Pete Rock, Sean Cane & LV, Studio Steve, Xtreme
Ghostface Killah chronology
The Pretty Toney Album
(2004)
Fishscale
(2006)
More Fish
(2006)
Wu-Tang Clan solo chronology
GZA:
Grandmasters
(2005)
Fishscale
(2006)
Inspectah Deck:
The Resident Patient
(2006)
Singles from Fishscale
  1. "Back Like That"
    Released: February 28, 2006
  2. "Be Easy"
    Released: October 4, 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 88/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
The A.V. Club A
Entertainment Weekly A−
Los Angeles Times. 3.5/4 stars
Mojo 4/5 stars
Pitchfork Media 9.0/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
Spin A−
The Village Voice A+

Fishscale is the fifth studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, released March 28, 2006 on Def Jam in the United States. The album features guest appearances from every member of the Wu-Tang Clan, as well as Ghostface Killah's Theodore Unit. It also features production from several acclaimed producers, such as MF Doom, Pete Rock, J Dilla, and Just Blaze, among others. The album follows an organized crime theme, and is named after a term for uncut cocaine, fishscale.

Fishscale sold nearly 110,000 units in its first week of release, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it the highest charting Ghostface Killah album since his 1996 debut, Ironman. The singles "Back Like That," and "Be Easy" entered the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, with the former peaking at the 14th position. Upon its release, Fishscale received universal acclaim, with critics praising the album's cohesiveness, lyricism, and production. As of November 2009, the album had sold 332,000 copies.

In January 2006, a sampler was released containing full versions of "Be Easy," "Back Like That," and "Kilo," as well as shortened versions of "Big Girl" and "Charlie Brown". It also included an alternate version of "The Champ". "Charlie Brown," which was produced by MF DOOM, contained a sample from Caetano Veloso's "Alfomega" that did not ultimately receive clearance, and the song did not appear on the final album. Similarly, "The Champ" was not cleared and an altered version found its way on to the album.


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