The Big Doe Rehab

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The Big Doe Rehab
The Big Doe Rehab cover
Studio album by Ghostface Killah
Released Flag of the United Kingdom December 3, 2007
Flag of the United States December 4, 2007
Genre Hip hop
Length 47:55
Label Def Jam
Producer Ant-Live
Anthony Acid
Baby Grand
Davey Chegwidden
Frequency
Ghostface
LV & Sean C
Scram Jones
Syience
Professional reviews
Ghostface Killah chronology
More Fish
(2006)		 The Big Doe Rehab
(2007)		 The Wallabee Champ
(2008)

The Big Doe Rehab is the seventh album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah. Ghostface first announced the album's release in a video on his MySpace page on October 9, 2007.

The album was released on December 4, 2007. This initially conflicted with the release date of Wu-Tang Clan's fifth group album 8 Diagrams, a fact Ghostface was reported to be unhappy with, according to an interview with MTV.com[1] In response to this, RZA subsequently announced the delay of 8 Diagrams by a further week so as not to clash with the release of The Big Doe Rehab.[2]

Contents

[edit] Album Title

“ Yeah, the Big Doe Rehab. Y'all already know what it do, yanahmean? ...This one is based on... I had a vision one night, it came to me, yanahmean? I dreamt I was in rehab, yanahmean? But for having mad money yanahmean? Like like like, me and a bunch of old white dudes yanahmean? Dreams is funny, you can't really remember the dreams — but I was someplace, I don't even know if was rehab, but it was mad money in there yanawhmean? So when I woke up, the first thing that came to my mind was The Big Doe Rehab. I take a list of titles and write them in my book, my rhyme book, yanawmean? which I might use in the future, yanawhmean? So when I got up and I caught that vision, this one, for some reason, this one just stayed in my head, and I said, "Imma run with that" Imma make my album cover line along with that...

In the rehab, you could have the old, old, old... ..you know the kid that Anna Nicole Smith was banging, yanawhmean? That type of old dude that just... ..money since the '30s. A Chinese man could have got rich from the Chinese restaurant in the rehab with you... ...a baby, he got rich from inheritance, too much money.... ...I wanted to go in the era, in that realm and starting painting a few pictures... That's what The Big Doe Rehab is based on, someone that got showered with mad cream, yanawmean? ...cash rules everything around me, but it don't rule me, you feel me? It don't rule me cause, I'm the sole controller of all this. So the The Big Doe Rehab is just like is, yo man, is how you say it. The first thing that come to your mind, that's what is is.

 ”

Ghostface explaining the reason for the album title in an interview for MTV.com

It should be noted that frequent Wu collaborator Cappadonna can be heard using the album title in a verse for the song Careful (Click, Click) from the Wu Tang Clan album "The W", released in 2000 ("...catch me at the big doe rehab...").

[edit] Album Information

The album features guest appearances from fellow Wu-Tang members Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, and Masta Killa as well as from Kid Capri, Cappadonna and members of Ghostface's Theodore Unit crew. It also features production from LV & Sean C. from Sean "Diddy" Combs' production team, The Hitmen.

December 4 will also see the release of a book based on a previous series of Ghostface MTV2 appearances, and entitled The World According to Pretty Toney.

Full audio of a clean-edit version of The Big Doe Rehab is currently streaming on Def Jam's web site.

The Big Doe Rehab debuted at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and sold about 36,000 units in its debut week,[3] similar to the numbers of More Fish last year.[citation needed] Ghostface has since posted a video on his MySpace page expressing disappointment in most of his fans for downloading the album.

[edit] Reception

Rolling Stone (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Ghost's bouncy, more direct approach on cuts like 'Walk Around' shows off his ability to turn crack-slinging narratives into big, hooky pleasures."

Entertainment Weekly (p.130) - "[W]ith Rehab, Ghostface proves his tried-and-true technique has plenty of juice left in it."

Q magazine (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's packed with big numbers showcasing his maniacal rhyme style..."

[edit] Track listing

# Title Songwriter(s) Producer(s) Featured guest(s) Sample(s) Time
1 "At the Cabana Skit" Coles, D./ Chegwidden, D./ Rodriguez, R./ Wong, K./Del Puerto, C. Davey Chegwidden Rhythm Roots Allstars 1:12
2 "Toney Sigel A.K.A. the Barrel Brothers" Coles, D./Matthews, D./Coppin, L./Grant, D./Styles, D./Dozier, U./ Hurrt, P. LV & Sean C for The Hitmen
  • "Fallin' in Love With You" by Al Wilson
  • Additional vocals: Solomon Childs
 3:01
3 "Yolanda's House" Coles, D./Singleton, A./Woods, C./Smith, C. Ant-Live
  • Additional vocals: Joi Starr
 3:12
4 "We Celebrate" Coles, D./Matthews, D./Coppin, L./Love, D./Fekaris, D./ Zesses, N. LV & Sean C Kid Capri
  • "I Just Want to Celebrate" by Rare Earth
 4:13
5 "Walk Around" Coles, D./Caputo, A./Craig, O./Rice, M. Anthony Acid
  • "Packed Up and Took My Mind" by Little Milton
  • Vocals: Jayms Madison
 3:32
6 "Yapp City" Coles, D./Shemer, M./Bailey, T./Ames, D. Scram Jones
  • Additional vocals: Solomon Childs
 3:43
7 "White Linen Affair (Toney Awards)" Coles, D./Fryzel, B./Shemer, M./Kyser, P. Frequency & Scram Jones Shawn Wigs
  • "That's the Way It's Got to Be (Body and Soul)" by Soul Generation
 4:07
8 "Supa GFK" Coles, D./Caputo, A./ Watson, J./ Rey, R. Ghostface Killah & Anthony Acid
  • "Superman Lover" by Johnny Guitar Watson
 3:38
9 "Rec-Room Therapy" Coles, D./Adair, R./Woods, C./Hawkins, L./Chegwidden, C. Baby Grand (Additional production by Davey Chegwidden)
  • Additional vocals: Davey Chegwidden
 3:13
10 "The Prayer" Rice, D. Ox aka Popa Don[4] 1:23
11 "I'll Die for You" Coles, D./Matthews, D./Coppin, L./Jackson, C./Yancey, M. LV & Sean C
  • "It's All Over" by The Independents
  • Background vocals: Amille D. Harris
 3:06
12 "Paisley Darts" Coles, D./Matthews, D./Coppin, L./Wood, C./Ames, D./Bailey, T./Smith, C./Hill, D./Miller, B. LV & Sean C
  • Raekwon
  • Sun God
  • Trife da God
  • Method Man
  • Cappadonna
  • "Lie No. 2" by The Originals
 5:36
13 "Shakey Dog Starring Lolita" Coles, D./Matthews, D./Coppin, L./Wood, C./Michels, L./Movshan, N./Smion, T. LV & Sean C Raekwon
  • "Musings to Myself" by El Michels Affair
 3:09
14 "!" Coles, D./ Chegwidden, D./ Rodriguez, R./ Wong, K./Del Puerto, C. Davey Chegwidden Rhythm Roots Allstars
  • Additional vocals: Shawn Wigs & Raekwon
 0:36
15 "Killa Lipstick" Coles, D./ Caputo, A./ Smith, C./Turner, E./Aikens, R./ Crum, T./Harrison, K./Neal, R./ Parker, R./Satchell, C. Ghostface Killah & Anthony Acid
  • "Riding High" by Fazo-O & "Please Listen To My Demo" by EPMD
 3:38
16 "Slow Down (Bonus Track)" Coles, D./ Perry, R./ Payne, C. Syience Chrisette Michele 2:36

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 41

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pitchfork: Ghostface Upset About Wu-Tang Release Date
  2. ^ Mixtape Monday: Nas Talks About 'Crazy Joint' With Jay-Z; Wu-Tang Delay LP For Ghostface's Sake | MTV NEWS
  3. ^ Katie Hasty, "Groban Ties Elvis With Third Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, December 12, 2007.
  4. ^ Popa Don-The Prayer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PsydF8CnMg
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