Ironman (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Iron Maiden - (featuring Raekwon/Cappadonna) ~ Ghostface Killah

2. Wildflower ~ Ghostface Killah

3. Faster Blade, The - (featuring Raekwon) ~ Ghostface Killah

4. 260 - (featuring Raekwon) ~ Ghostface Killah

5. Assassination Day - (featuring Raekwon/RZA/Inspectah Deck) ~ Ghostface Killah

6. Poisonous Darts ~ Ghostface Killah

7. Winter Warz - (featuring Cappadonna/U-God/Masta Killa) ~ Ghostface Killah

8. Box In Hand - (featuring Method Man/Street) ~ Ghostface Killah

9. Fish - (featuring Raekwon/Cappadonna) ~ Ghostface Killah

10. Camay - (featuring Raekwon/Cappadonna) ~ Ghostface Killah

11. Daytona 500 - (featuring Raekwon/Cappadonna) ~ Ghostface Killah

12. Motherless Child - (featuring Raekwon) ~ Ghostface Killah

13. Black Jesus - (featuring Raekwon/U-God) ~ Ghostface Killah

14. After The Smoke Is Clear - (featuring The Delphonics) ~ Ghostface Killah

15. All That I Got Is You - (featuring Mary J. Blige) ~ Ghostface Killah

16. Marvel ~ Ghostface Killah

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Cappadonna, Method Man, The RZA, Inspektah Dek, U-God, Masta Killa, Street (rap vocals); Mary J. Blige, The Delphonics, Force MD's (vocals).
	Producers include: The RZA.
	Recorded at Mystic Studios, Staten Island, New York.
	Audio Mixer: True Master.
	Recording information: Mystic Studios, Staten Island, NY.
	Illustrator: Ron Croudy.
	Photographer: Michael Levine .
	Arranger: True Master.
	IRONMAN is the first solo album by a member of the Wu-Tang Clan in almost a year, and rap fans waited a long time for it. The previous year, after all, yielded four of them, all largely produced by Wu-Tang mastermind RZA. IRONMAN is an RZA production, too, largely a masterpiece in its own right. It's likely to raise the level of anticipation, if that's possible, for the full band's follow-up to the 1993 landmark ENTER THE WU-TANG.
	IRONMAN is as singular an album as any of the individual Wu-Tang releases. Within its raw, basement sound are so many separate elements that it's sometimes hard to believe they're actually coalescing into a single song; it's as if the songs are defying the laws of physics. Lyrically, Ghostface's rhyme style is more complex than it first appears. Whether shouting his creed ("Daytona 500") or romancing an older woman ("Camay"), Ghostface speaks to his listeners in a private slang, and it often takes more than one listen to pick up on his metaphors. Most of the other Wu-Tangers make cameos here; Ghost's sidekicks Raekwon and Cappadonna are all over this album.
Engineer: Steve Neat; RZA
Musical Guests
	Raekwon
	Cappadonna
	Force MD's
	Mary J. Blige
	The Delfonics
	RZA
	Method Man
	Masta Killa
	U-God
	Inspectah Deck
	Street

Artist Overview

With more successful releases under his belt--including IRONMAN and the SUPREME CLIENTELE--than any other member of the venerable Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah is arguably the Wu's biggest star. While other members of the rap collective have broadened their artistic palettes over the years to include film and TV work, Ghostface has remained dedicated to releasing stellar records marked by expansive soul-based samples and a dizzyingly complex ghetto-slang vocabulary. In 2006, he collaborated with underground star MF Doom for FISHSCALES.

Artist Followers
Cam'ron | Jadakiss | Juelz Santana

Compilation Appearances

	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Explicit Version)
	Love Hell Or Right (Explicit Version)
	Scarface-Music Inspired By (Explicit Version)
	Mouse And The Mask
	Back To Black
	Supa Gangsta Extraordinary Gentleman
	Strange Hip Hop
	Blade Trinity (Explicit Version)
	Last Kiss(Explicit Version)
	Last Kiss (Clean Version)
	2k6 Tracks
	Waist Deep 0606(Explicit Version)
	Record Collection
	Record Collection
	Wu Block
	Good Music Cruel Summer(Explicit Version)
	Born Into This(Explicit Version)
	Wu:story Of The Wu Tang Clan(Explicit Version)
	Tapes
	Man With The Iron Fists (Ost)(Explicit Version)
	Czarface
	Tbd
	Man With The Iron Fists (Ost)(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

	Adrian Younge
	Ghostface
	Mick Boogie
	Raekwon
	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx [PA] ~ Raekwon
	Wu Massacre [Clean] ~ Various Artists

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/29/1996
	Original Release Date : 1996
	Catalog ID : 67955
	Label : Razor Sharp Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00074646795521

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/12/96, p.82)
- 3.5 Stars (out of 5)
- "...After defining the music's rhythm in his dusted, offbeat, signature style, RZA emphasizes simple, precise percussion and bass thuds that are augmented by moody traces of lush strings, baroque riffs and samples from '60s soul records..."

Spin (2/97, p.90)
- 7 (out of 10)
- "...Ghostface raps a more explosive variant of the chippy, Wu-Tang rhyme combinations....This guy just sounds mean--brutal, skilled, and unpredictable....As usual, [RZA] provides awesomely dark and eccentric backdrops for the MCs' dark maneuvers..."

Entertainment Weekly (11/08/96, p.69)
- "The latest from the Wu Tang Clan member finds Ghostface talking vehemently about sex, politics, and sexual politics..." - Rating: B

Q (6/00, p.123)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...More about lyrical finesse than anything else. 'Daytona 500' is a maginifcent, fast-paced testing of skills with Raekwon and Cappadonna....everything is delivered with tongue-twisting Wu-Tang virtuosity that untangles with every listen..."

The Wire (10/01, p.46)
- "...A masterpiece....Raekwon and Ghost raise the slang bar quickly, analogizing various mysterious practices to various foods..."

Vibe (12/96, p.186)
- "...Ghostface bangs out sarcastic, street-camouflaged wildness....If ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX...had you open, prepare for another gaping wound."

The Source (12/96, p.124)
- 4 Mics (out of 5)
- "...introspective lyrics, haunting melodies and intense emotional moments....[T]he RZA does another masterful job, topping himself in terms of sonic diversity..."

Rap Pages (1/97, p.25)
- "...yet another tangled web of expectations-bashing yarns; an exhilarating listen...with moments to inspire both cardiopulmonary palpitations and contemplative nods....IRONMAN is the Wu-banger to challenge your demands and ultimately win you over..."

NME (Magazine)
(12/21-28/96, pp.66-67)
- Ranked #29 in NME's 1996 critic's poll.