Ghostface and Swollen Members.

Ghostface puts out one of the best records of the year and somehow turns up on just about every hip hop album worth noting this year as well. No clue how this guy is doing it, but when he shows up he brings it. The latest guest spot by Mr. Ghostface is on a track with our crazy neighbors to the north; The Swollen Members. I remember catching these guy's show in college (B.C. where they are from is about an hour from where I went to school, they also rocked our campus one year with BEP & Mix Master Mike). So listening to Battle Axe artists is a bit nostalgic for me.

While SM have gone a bit more mainstream in their appeal and I haven't found their latest efforts as attractive as Balance and Bad Dreams, but regardless they still bring a tremendous amount of energy to their songs. The new track "Weight" was produced by The Alchemist.

Mp3: Swollen Members feat. Ghostface Killah - "Weight"

The track will be featured on Swollen Member's forthcoming album Black Magic out in Sep 12, 2006 on the BC independent label Battle Axe Records.

Thanks to Spine Magazine for the Heads up on this track!