There back and this time the trio team up with another Wu-Tang Clan member, non other than Ghostface Killah! Who many consider the greatest talent to emerge from the collective. This new chapter, themed loosely around classic comic book vibes again, looses a little freshness from the lack of surprise in its tone and demeanor. The instrumentals bring tight percussive grooves on loops with steady sampling and arrangements to set a tone complimentary to the theme. The voicing of heroes and villains in dialog has the most impact but the beats never muster much gusto to spark imagination, they are mostly reliant on darkly vibes from the sampling selection.
On this record its the rhymes that are king and there is a lot of meat to chew through in its compact forty minutes. Ghostface and Inspectah Deck go hard with endless strings of coherent and intelligent rhymes, his Czarface collaborator deploys flows very akin to Jay-Z in spots. The Wu-Tang pair are consistent in quality, spitting like the veterans they are. Flows are slick, rhymes are smart and witty and across the record a handful of lines stick in the mind. It is however Inspectah who edges out his guest. You might expect Ghostface, the more acclaimed rapper, to have the best material but it didn't seems so. Its another collection of firm beats and creative raps which doesn't leave me with anything drastic to comment on, it was a good listen however the instrumentals could of raised the game but otherwise time well spent.
Favorite Track: Masked Superstars
Rating: 6/10