Big Ghost is an anonymous online personality, hip hop writer and blogger, [1] and music producer. [2] He was once best known for his witty writing style and satirical humor on his earlier hip hop album reviews and blog posts. [3]
Big Ghost is an anonymous online personality, hip hop writer and blogger, [1] and music producer. [2] He was once best known for his witty writing style and satirical humor on his earlier hip hop album reviews and blog posts. [3]
Big Ghost began as a parody of Wu Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah, which many believed to be Ghostface himself. [1]
He was interviewed by various online magazines including GQ, [1] Genius, [4] and Complex [5] and later began writing for and collaborating with major blogs and websites such as Okayplayer [6] and the Genius website. [7]
In early March 2011, rapper Wiz Khalifa publicly went on the air during an interview on The Star & Bucwild Morning Show, and made remarks about rapper Ghostface Killah, saying that he was "corny", for allegedly commenting on Wiz's latest single "Roll Up" on his blog, further stating, "Him saying corny stuff makes him a corny individual".
The real Ghostface quickly responded stating it was not him, tweeting "tell the kid Wiz, its all love i respect him as a artist and got no issues wit him at all, Once again the website is fake, its not ya boy!", then later tweeting again, reaffirming that he had no affiliation with the blogger. [8]
On 3 March 2011, legal action was taken by Wu Tang Corporate to shut the blog site down due to infringement violations but was later made operational once again. [9]
In late 2015, Big Ghost branched out into music production, releasing a free project with production being credited solely to Big Ghost Ltd. [10] It has never been made publicly clear whether Big Ghost Ltd itself is a solo venture or a team of collaborating producers, although a Hector Puente Colon Jr. & The Santiago Men's Basketball Philharmonic Orchestra has been attributed to the instrumentation on all albums. The first release under the Big Ghost Ltd name, was a collaborative project with Buffalo rappers Westside Gunn and Conway, entitled Griselda Ghost, released on 11 September 2015. [11] On 5 October 2018, Big Ghost Ltd. was given full production credit on Ghostface Killah's latest project called The Lost Tapes . [12] [13] [14]
| Album | Artist | Release date | Year |
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| Griselda Ghost | Westside Gunn & Conway | 11 September | 2015 |
| The Ghost of Living | Vic Spencer | 23 September | 2016 |
| Cocaine Beach | Hus Kingpin | 1 June | 2017 |
| Aguardiente | CRIMEAPPLE | 4 March | 2018 |
| Van Ghost | ANKHLEJOHN | 8 June | 2018 |
| The Lost Tapes | Ghostface Killah | 5 October | 2018 |
| Chicaghost | D.Brash | 8 March | 2019 |
| A Bullet For Every Heathen | 38 Spesh | 20 July | 2019 |
| The Only Way Out | Rigz & Mooch | 24 December | 2019 |
| Carpe Noctem | Big Ghost Ltd | 10 January | 2020 |
| No One Mourns The Wicked | Conway The Machine | 15 May | 2020 |
| The Dark Side of Nature | M.A.V. & Rob Gates | 18 July | 2020 |
| All Praise Is Due | K.A.A.N. | 29 July | 2020 |
| The Ghost of Albizu | UFO Fev | 31 October | 2020 |
| If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed | Conway The Machine | 5 February | 2021 |
| Heavy Is the Head | Ransom | 23 July | 2021 |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Eddie Kaine | 15 October | 2021 [15] |
| Two Nights In Marrakesh | Al.Divino | 3 December | 2021 |
| Authenticity Check | Jae Skeese | 19 April | 2022 |
| What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed | Conway The Machine | 17 June | 2022 |
| Wolves Don't Eat With Shepherds | Knowledge The Pirate | 19 July | 2022 |
| Pay the Ghost | Milano Constantine | 20 September | 2022 [16] |
| Gucci Ghost | Mickey Diamond | 9 December | 2022 [17] |
| Gucci Ghost 2 | Mickey Diamond | 23 December | 2022 |
| Wasn't Built In A Day | Rome Streetz | 27 February | 2023 |
| Noir Or Never | Che Noir | 03 March | 2023 |
| Gucci Ghost 3 | Mickey Diamond | 15 December | 2023 |
| Gucci Ghost 4 | Mickey Diamond | 22 December | 2023 |
Vega Bros. feat. Guilty Simpson & Conway The Machine
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CC White [18] (co-production) - Wale
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Original Man feat. ANKHLEJOHN & Hus Kingpin
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The Jungle - Recognize Ali
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Worm Food - Recognize Ali
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Barracudas featuring Knowledge the Pirate, Lord Juco & Guilty Simpson
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Los Traficantes feat. Cousin Feo & Lord Juco
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Bodies In The Hudson feat. Cousin Feo & Lord Juco
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Brands Of High Quality feat. Ty Farris
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Mickey Diamond - Time Wasted
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The Thoughts Of Ghost feat. Ty Farris
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Hus Kingpin - Serotonin High (Redux) feat. Milano Constantine x DJ Q-Bert
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Vic Spencer - SauceMANIA feat. Chris Crack
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Jay-Z - The Black Album Revisited
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Vic Spencer - Siracha Slurpee feat. ANKHLEJOHN
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Vic Spencer - Choose It to Lose It feat. Rome Streetz
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Jay Royale - The Transaction feat. Conway The Machine
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Trust the Sopranos - Big Ghost Ltd.‘83 Miami Edition
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Vic Spencer - Breakfast In Pill Hill feat. Stove God Cooks
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The Iron - Jay Royale feat. Benny The Butcher
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The Ghronic - Speshal Machinery (Big Ghost Ltd Edition)
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Starkstrumentals
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An Open Tomb... An Empty Casket
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Ghost Anthology 1.1: All Power-Ups
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Ghost Anthology 1.2: High Score Jux
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The Unofficial Official Tape - Soles of Mischief
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