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Ghostface Killah

Ghostface Killah

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Rhythmic sequence

In the early '90s, Ghostface favored a sequence of three rhythms, always appearing together in the same bar:

  1. 2-3 syncopated eighth notes
  2. the last three sixteenth notes of the third beat
  3. a single-syllable rhyme on the fourth beat
Transcript of a line from Ghostface Killah's 1993 song 7th Chamber.
7th Chamber (1993)
Transcript of a line from Ghostface Killah's 1993 song Can It Be All So Simple.
Can It Be All So Simple (1993)
Transcript of a line from Ghostface Killah's 1996 song Guillotine.
Guillotine (1996)
Transcript of a line from Ghostface Killah's 1996 song Motherless Child.
Motherless Child (1996)
Transcript of a line from Ghostface Killah's 1996 song All That I Got Is You.
All That I Got Is You (1996)

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