Twelve Reasons to Die
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| Studio album by Ghostface Killah | ||||||||||||||
| Released | April 16, 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 39:04 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Soul Temple, RED Distribution | |||||||||||||
| Producer |
RZA (exec.), Adrian Younge (standard version) Apollo Brown (The Brown Tape) |
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| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A– |
| The Boston Globe | 9/10 |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.4/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | 7/10 |
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| XXL |
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Twelve Reasons to Die is the tenth studio album by Wu-Tang Clan member, rapper Ghostface Killah. It is a concept album based on a comic book of the same name. The album was produced and composed by Adrian Younge. It was also executive produced and narrated by RZA. The album was released on April 16, 2013, by RZA's Soul Temple Records label and RED Distribution. It features guest appearances from Wu-Tang members Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna along with William Hart and Killa Sin.
A sequel, Twelve Reasons to Die II, was released on July 10, 2015.
On September 13, 2012, Ghostface Killah announced that his new studio album would be titled Twelve Reasons to Die, and would be produced entirely by Adrian Younge, and executive produced by RZA. He also announced a release date of November 20, 2012 through RZA's Soul Temple Records. The album would be pushed back from its original November 20, 2012 release date so it would not compete with the soundtrack to RZA's film The Man with the Iron Fists.
During an interview Adrian Younge revealed that Twelve Reasons To Die will serve as the score to a vintage Italian horror film, that takes place in 1968. He also cited RZA and Italian composer Ennio Morricone as two of the inspirations behind his production on the album. Younge took two weeks to write the foundation of all the tracks.
The album's story is set in 1960s Italy of a character of Ghostface Killah, Tony Starks. He is an enforcer for the DeLuca crime family, who is murdered by his former employers after striking out on his own and falling in love with the kingpin's daughter. His remains are melted in vinyl and pressed into a dozen LPs that, when played, resurrect him as the Ghostface Killah, a force for revenge incarnate.
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