March 21, 2021

Raekwon vs. Ghostface Killah (Verzuz Playlist, 3/20/21)


March 20, 2021: Verzuz returned with their latest "battle", the legendary Wu-Tang swordsmen, Raekwon vs. Ghostface Killah! I tuned in at the beginning, but cycled in and out... I had to go back to watch how the full battle unfolded this morning. What I took from this Verzuz was the epic amount of love and respect that these two brothers have for one another. That was made crystal clear! The classic stories and exchanges between records also reminded us that these two are still masters of their own languages, lol. To breakdown each individual round would annoy me and bore you, but the full playlist is available below compliments of Shake of 2DopeBoyz. Now... when I first considered their respective catalogs, I thought Ghostface was a shoe-in to win this thing. Even at times during the battle, I felt like Ghost was up by a lot, yet when I go track for track, it's almost dead even... to me! I would have included several different songs, which is to be expected, but I understand they had to move differently because they are on many of the same records, and ultimately they want to showcase their catalogs, too. As was the case a year ago with DJ Premier vs. RZA, this was a lot more than the music, so the culture can rejoice... Wu-Tang is Forever! Dig in...