Instead, for this final, and slightly belated installment of 20/20 Vision, I want to dive into why Supreme Clientele is so important to hip-hop history, beyond just being a great listen: the doors it opened, the traditions it carried on, and the distant eras in music it draws on, links and inspires. I cannot imagine any circumstance where you, the reader, aren’t aware of just how great Supreme Clientele is beyond just being too young, and if that’s the case – stop reading this and go listen to one of the greatest works in the history of hip-hop. Second, it’s been done: our editor has written the definitive review and a contributor to this site has written an entire book on Ghostface. There are a few foundational principles that form the intellectual bedrock of this stie: Don’t Come to L.A., Listen to more Jazz, music and counterculture is a tool of resistance against the encroaching evil of capitalism, and Ironman is invincible, his remarkable armor is supreme. Or at least, that’s not why I’m writing it.įirst, if you’re reading this, you already know. This piece will not try to convince you that Supreme Clientele is one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Son Raw is the inventor, 86’ rhyming at the center. Help us continue to guzzle Dom and smoke with scratchy throats by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon.
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