Article: The powder party is over, but he's still a killah

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Ghostface Killah

The Big Doe Rehab

Def Jam

The sixth album by the Wu-Tang Clan soldier alternately known as Tony Starks (although that isn't his real name either) makes only a limited amount of sense unless you know what came before it. Following 2006's cocaine-themed Fishscale, and its baby brother More Fish, the overwhelming atmosphere of The Big Doe Rehab is that of a comedown. Opening skit "At the Cabana" may sound like a white- powder party at Tony Monero's house, but it isn't long before reality kicks in and Ghostface is detailing the desperation of drug life, and the venal things he'd do "for a quarter, never mind ...

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