Track of the Day - Ghostface “Holla”

Off of Ghost’s 2004 album, The Pretty Tony Album.

Last night I uploaded this album to my itunes along with a few other choice classics (in my eyes). I added the Lox first album Money, Power & Respect, Dwele’s Subject, Zo & Tigallo Sing the 80’s! and 9th Wonders take on the Black Album, Black is Back.

None of thee would be major albums, but to me they are classics. Besides the more recent 80’s album, the others were all albums I bumped consistently in my Jeep back in college. The forced listening of what ever albums I had on hand made certain ones favorites out of repeat play, and nothing beats physically owning a record. I love having so much digital music, but as I was flipping through one of my large CD binders, holding almost 300 hip-hop albums from 1997-2004, I was walking back through my past with each page turn. 8 Jay-z albums, all pre Kingdom Come, on 2 pages? Awesome. Something about it sure beats scrolling through itunes.

I figured I should pick a TOD that matches up so I went with a very meta track, produced by Ghost himself. On the track the ‘production’ is minimal, if Ghost did anything at all, rapping directly over the original track. Its one of two track on Pretty Tony Ghost built himself, the other “Save Me Dear” is a faster tempo, but has the exact same appeal with its simplicty.

I’ve zipped the two together for your downloading enjoyment, but really, go buy the album for 99 cents in a bin somewhere.

See previous TOD:

Tanya Morgan ft. Phonte & Brittany Bosco-“She’s Gone”