Supreme Clientele

1	Intro Raz 0:47
2	Nutmeg 4:24
3	One 3:46
4	Saturday Night 1:39
5	Ghost Deini 4:05
6	Apollo Kids 3:54
7	The Grain 2:34
8	Buck 50 4:02
9	Mighty Healthy 3:21
10	[Untitled Track] 3:04
11	Stay True 1:39
12	We Made It 4:37
13	[Untitled Track] 1:56
14	[Untitled Track] 1:30
15	Malcolm 4:15
16	[Untitled Track] 2:44
17	Child's Play 3:33
18	Cherchez Laghost 3:11
19	Wu Banga 4:23
20	[Untitled Track] 2:40
21	[Untitled Track] 1:58

Barnes & Noble

It takes an eclectic hip-hop head to reference Malcolm X, Judy Blume, Sammy Davis Jr., Van Halen, and Pamela Anderson Lee all on one album. But on his championship-caliber follow-up to IRON MAN (1996), the mighty Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah does that and more as he drops a stellar album that rebels against the mediocrity of today's commercial rap fodder. SUPREME CLIENTELE excels not only because of GFK's bizarro rhymes and breathless flow but also for the contradictory fact that this nearly-perfect disc is an exquisite-sounding mess. We're talking busted loops and "I don't give a [bleep]" skits -- in one interlude, female rappers are rated on their desirability; new rap agitator 50 Cent is dissed hard in another. Ghost and his Wu friends even rhyme over three consecutive tracks based on classic, well-known breakbeats (the exhilarating "The Grain," "Buck 50," and "Mighty Healthy"). But no matter; whether freestylin' up a storm at the end of the Juju-produced "One," celebrating rap fame on the victorious "We Made It," or fondly reminiscing about teenage love on "Child's Play," SUPREME CLIENTELE will keep Wu-Tang customers plenty satisfied. Gabriel Alvarez

All Music Guide

Most of the members of rap's Roman Empire, the Wu-Tang Clan, experienced sophomore slumps with their second solo releases, whether artistically or commercially (usually both). The second offerings from Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, GZA, and Raekwon featured some of the old Wu magic, but not enough to warrant a claim to their once total mastery of the rap game. Just as the Wu empire appeared to be crumbling, along came the second installment from the Clan's spitfire element, Ghostface Killah (aka Tony Starks, aka Ironman). Every bit as good as his first release, Supreme Clientele proves Ghost's worthiness of the Ironman moniker by deftly overcoming trendiness to produce an authentic sound in hip-hop's age of bland parity. Some of the Wu's slump could be contributed to Wu-Abbott's (aka RZA) relative sabbatical. This album has RZA's stamp all over it, but the guru himself only provides three tracks. On this effort, the Wu-Pupil producers at times seem to outdo their teacher. RZA's best composition is the piano-driven, double-entendre-laced childhood retrospective "Child's Play." But of the many standout cuts, it's the slew of disciple producers paying homage to the Wu legacy that truly makes this album fresh-sounding: "Apollo Kids" (Hassan), "Malcolm" (Choo the Specialist), "Saturday Nite" (Carlos "Six July" Broady), "One" (JuJu of the Beatnuts), "Cherchez la Ghost" (Carlos Bess), "Wu Banga 101" (Allah Mathematics). While the album is complete and characteristically Wu-sounding, each track is distinctive lyrically, thematically, and sonically. Ghostface's Supreme Clientele is a step toward the Wu-Tang Clan's ascent from the ashes of their fallen kingdom. The once slumbering Wu-Tang strikes again. ~ M.F. DiBella, All Music Guide