Josh Osho ft. Ghostface Killah – Redemption Days

Barely higher than Marianas Trench, alas…

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[4.14]Patrick St. Michel: Ghostface Killah answers the question “what would you do to finally have commercial success?” with the baffling “try to tap into that sweet, sweet The 700 Club fanbase.”
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Jonathan Bogart: Aw bless, I guess. Any amount of specificity would have been nice.
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Will Adams: The Verve without verve. Josh tells you that these are your redemption days with all the urgency of a weatherman informing you that it’ll rain tomorrow. Ghostface Killah sounds a bit more lively, but his grey text fits the background too well.
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Brad Shoup: Osho knows when to lay off the husky tone before it wears, accruing all kinds of pop-gospel assistance to this end. Of the Wu-Tang-on-pop-tracks subset, Ghost’s spot is beneath Johnny Blaze’s prefab ruggedness on “Say What You Want” and far below ODB’s paranoic clarity on “Ghetto Superstar”. (And a sight ahead of “Heaven or Hell”.) While little more than a favor, Starks still breaks off the image of him “barefooted, all draped out in linens,” plus a moving reference to glorification. It’s ingratiating, and I don’t care, I’m swept.
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Anthony Easton: I am not sure exactly what Ghostface Killah is doing on this track, or what the implications are when Bob Marley is used as a generic inspirational role model (though it is better than Bob Marley being used as a stoner lifestyle brand).
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Alfred Soto: We all know why we’re listening to this embodiment of good intentions, and when Ghost can’t even work up enough interest then we’re not the only ones who need redemption.
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Iain Mew: “Sweet were the memories, the songs and the symphonies.” Just not enough bitter.
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