Ghostface Killah “Twelve Reasons To Die: The Brown Tape” Release Date, Cover Art & Album Stream

    In conjunction with last week’s release of Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah’s Twelve Reasons To Die album, Soul Temple Records produced a special remix album, made available for Record Store Day. Mello Music Group producer Apollo Brown remixed the Ghostface accapellas for a specially-packaged cassette bonus to brick-and-mortar purchasers of the tenth G.F.K. LP, as Twelve Reasons To Die: The Brown Tape.

    Today, XXLMag.com has confirmed that Twelve Reasons To Die: The Brown Tape will is formally available digitally, and coming to LP and CD formats on June 7. A Bandcamp stream of the remix project is available below, with buy links:

    The Detroit, Michigan-based Apollo Brown has previously collaborated on full-length albums for O.C. (Trophies), Hasaan Mackey (Daily Bread), and his group The Left (Gas Mask).

    RELATED: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die [ALBUM REVIEW]

    50 thoughts on “Ghostface Killah “Twelve Reasons To Die: The Brown Tape” Release Date, Cover Art & Album Stream

    1. Look at this old as dude trying to spit like he’s still got it. He needs to hang it up. What a disgrace to hiphop. The album will flop for sure. RIP Wu Tang.

      1. Rick Ross has his hands on the pulse of the people. He’s all over the radio, performing at sold-out stadiums and all in the club. Ghostface hasn’t produced any material that people actually wanna hear since the 90s.

      1. It’s mind-boggling the heart wants it, the mind rejects it
        Fuck the past, let’s put the present in perspective
        That’s my lady, she would never back-stab or cross me
        Stand butt-naked in the storm, sippin’ the frosty
        Force me to choose, I’mma follow my heart
        She was there from the beginning, but I tore ’em apart
        No more Delucas, straight Killa Bee on the swarm
        And when it’s time to get big, she put her game face on

        GFK

    2. if id known it was gonna be released a week after 12 reason to die i probably wouldnt have bought that $60 collectors pak with the brown tape cassette.

    3. Jesus Apollo Christ! This murders the already great original version on so many levels – really getting a glorious throwback vibe from this one, feels like listening to Cuban Linx for the first time again. Immediate buy!

    4. Fuck Soul Temple Records. They still haven’t shipped my album yet, and a lot of people who bought The Man with the Iron Fists deluxe bundle from them still haven’t recieved theirs, and it was supposed to ship all the way back in October.

      Fuck Soul Temple Records. I warn you, DO NOT buy from them. You will get ripped off.

    5. just pre-ordered my vinyl and if it never comes fuck it cause they just gave me a high quality audio download instantly. i knew these guys would come through considering the demand for it. thanks for being quick about it! i do feel kinda bad cause now all those special orders seem a bit less “special”

    6. “Mello Music Group producer Apollo Brown remixed the Ghostface accapellas for a specially-packaged cassette bonus to brick-and-mortar purchasers of the tenth G.F.K. LP, as Twelve Reasons To Die: The Brown Tape.”

      WOOOOAAAHHHH!!! IS THAT NERD TALK????

    7. AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!

      I’m sorry – Brown Tape > 12R2D

      Ghost Deni!!!!

    8. Yo, it’s Tone Starks the don, the face of a killer
      The voice of the past and presence, I speak thrillers
      Rock the purple robe, crush them with 24 karat gold
      The chain is chunky like the neck of a monkey
      Glass slipper, my wallows is made from lion skin
      King of the jungle, ain’t shit about me humble
      Rock a black panther hoodie, nigga, made from panther skin
      I’m black on the outside and black within
      The hood superhero, the motherfucking Don Dada
      The Don Wilson, nigga, I do what I gotta
      I’m a boss, them DeLucas trying to front on my skin tone
      I left the fam to start a fam of my own
      A black Italiano, big pinky rings from Sicily
      I move like the don of the fam, its officially
      War time Starky, on some black avengers
      Shadowboxing with killers that move like ninjas

      [Hook: Ghostface Killah]
      I declare war, war on De Lucas
      Bulletproof jet planes, nigga, you can’t shoot us
      Can’t stop my reign or terrorize the power
      Tony Starks, new king of this crown, y’all better cowar
      War, war on De Lucas
      Bulletproof jet planes, nigga, you can’t shoot us
      Can’t stop my reign or terrorize the power
      Tony Starks, new king of this crown, y’all better cowar

      [Verse 2: Masta Killa]
      I’m prepared to go to war for the battle of supremacy
      There’s nothing now to remedy this decision
      The only thing left is the loyalty of the family
      Cause once we establish the power they gone turn sour
      And use everything in their power to shut us down
      We’ve come to far to turn around Tone
      Got a new connect, Don Stone
      Flew his private jet from Rome to talk business
      He heard about your crime saga poems looking to invest millions
      It’s up to you Tone, this move can make us both rich
      The crew is on cocked and ready to rock steady
      It’s non-stop hustling, flow of their own casino
      RZA Tarantino
      It’s Wu Gambino for life, you know how we go
      And to the last death blow, mi amigo

      [Hook]

      [Outro: RZA]
      Born into a world with violence, death and destruction surrounding him at every turn. Tony Starks took control of his own destiny and expired to become one of the foremost leaders of the criminal underworld. Regardless of his will, and the ability to run the streets with invincibility, there were still those who chose to stand in his way.

    9. [Verse 1]
      Beware, son, I got the stare of Medusa
      With the rope tied around your neck, it won’t get looser
      I might shoot ya, make your ass an example
      You can’t fuck with Tony Starks, get knocked, get trampled
      Get hunted like a rat in a field, I hate that
      Hate fake ass niggas that love to set traps
      Murder the don, I’m back with a bird on my arm
      Back to pillage, I rock a live grenade as a charm
      I want bodies, DeLucas, spread into the waters
      I want mothers and sons, I wanna murder their daughters
      Revenge, all I see is blood in my eyes
      Like the rise of your worst nightmare come alive
      Ghostface Killah, let’s see who’s gonna survive

      [Hook]
      He spares no one
      He’s not forgotten, cause he was somewhere

      [Verse 2]
      Yo, look away, don’t stare into the eyes of a killer
      Metal lungies, junkies, nigga, I pack the nine millers and thrillers
      Bulletproof robes and wave caps
      Revenge more, nigga, you know Ghost gone stay strapped
      Hunt them down in alphabetical order
      Each person that crossed me, watch the man slaughter
      The butcher, the baker, the torturer, the taker
      I’mma send you right back to your maker
      A few extra holes, miss your soul sold to the devil
      It’s the rebirth of a slave brought back as a rebel
      I’m immortal, gonna kill generations of your fam
      You tried to loathe my legacy away, but I stand stronger
      GFK, the pain prolonger

    10. I formed a crew, niggas straight tell me I’m slippin’
      I’m the boss of the fam, I need to watch my position
      Bitches are sneaky, triflin’, and not to be trusted
      A weak link in the team, in the chain will get busted
      Don’t trust her, love is for suckas
      Too many enemies is out there son, tryin’ to bring the ruckus
      Keep a tight circle, don’t let her rain on your parade
      Keep doin’ what we’re doin’, gettin’ money and gettin’ paid

    11. It’s mind-boggling the heart wants it, the mind rejects it
      Fuck the past, let’s put the present in perspective
      That’s my lady, she would never back-stab or cross me
      Stand butt-naked in the storm, sippin’ the frosty
      Force me to choose, I’mma follow my heart
      She was there from the beginning, but I tore ’em apart
      No more Delucas, straight Killa Bee on the swarm
      And when it’s time to get big, she put her game face on

    12. [: Ghostface Killah]
      Medusa stare, my guns bust in silence
      I’m a black vigilante killer, pro violence
      It’s the rebirth, born again
      Rise through the vinyl spin
      They took out Starks but the light shines within
      It’s the almighty rise of the murderous Ghostface
      Bodies dropped in Owls, left a cold case
      Colombian neckties from a black Gambino
      Bodies get dumped in the black El Camino
      It’s Reno, gangster wars, money, power, respect
      Revenge is felt like the heat from a tec
      Tommy guns are irrelevant, I’m bulletproof now
      I could fly through the air and duck your chick-a-pow
      Black superhero, crime boss arch nemesis
      Good vs. Evil since the first book of Genesis
      Battle to the end that’s the way of the thriller
      And Starks is reborn as the Ghostface KILLAH
      No one could get iller

      [Hook]
      Murders, bodies chopped into ziplocks
      Kill or be killed on these cobblestone street blocks
      Crime boss, I call warn the DeLucas
      Watch my eyes turn red, I got a squad full of shooters
      Murder, murder, kill, kill, kill
      When the gas start to hum I put the spark to your grill

      [Verse 2: Ghostface Killah]
      Late night, stuck in the limo
      Hogtie the capo all up,
      Beheaded the driver
      Left the bitch in the back with no tongue as the survivor
      Raw dog, spit in her mouth, disappear in a swarm of killer bees
      Cripple ’em from they knees, take they legs out (Nigga you know the steez!)
      I’m a nighthawk, eagle eye, power of mind control
      Faster than the speed of light, you catch a big hole
      Ruthless, six bodies hung in the meat room
      The butcher shop, I call it the body shop
      Start from the bottom, killin’ all the way to the top
      Carve my name in your skin, pull a stocking mask over your face for recognition
      No time for remission, attack till there’s no one left in the position
      The return of the worst case scenario, uh
      Ghostface attacks on land and now aerial

      [Hook]

    13. cant remember the last time i bought an album but im getting this new ghost shit for sure..u gotta pay your respects to the man for coming with some shit this ill after 20+ years in game, its unprecedented

    14. On that Molasses track with Rae and Ghost, Rozay done killed the Wu on their own song.

      BAWSE!!!!!!!!!

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