Ghostface Killah: The '90s

The nascent days of Ghostface Killah's career combined absurdist lyrics with a bracing style. On "Incarcerated Scarfaces", he spits choppy syllables over a rock-hard breakbeat, while the grace-note bassline and haunted chorus of "Can It All Be So Simple" underline the pathos of verses where he recalls a criminal youth. Ghost lets down his armour on "All That I Got Is You", a heartfelt rumination on family.