Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge Team for Twelve Reasons to Die II, Share “Let The Record Spin” Featuring Raekwon

Ghostface Killah and composer/producer Adrian Younge are teaming up for a new album, Twelve Reasons to Die II, which is out July 10 via Linear Labs. It’s the sequel to their 2013 album Twelve Reasons to Die.

Described as a “cinematic,” “Mafioso concept album,” Twelve Reasons to Die II is narrated by RZA, and also features Raekwon, Bilal, and Vince Staples. That’s the artwork above.

Ghostface and Younge have also shared the record’s second single, “Let The Record Spin”, which features Raekwon. Listen to it above. Previously, they shared “Return of the Savage” featuring RZA.

The album is available in various formats, including a box set with the album on CD, LP and 7″s, plus a t-shirt.

A press release describes the backstory of the album:

Twelve Reasons to Die Part II is set in the grimy streets of mid-1970s New York City. Descendants of the DeLucas are running the city but a new and powerful crime syndicate is rising, commanded by black gangster Lester Kane (personified by Raekwon). As his power grows, Kane takes on the DeLucas and a war ensues. Kane has always known the legend of Tony Starks, who was killed by the DeLucas in Italy (in part 1) and whose remains were partially used to create twelve vinyl records. When played back in the “old world,” the Ghostface Killah rose and destroyed the Italian faction. Enter Twelve Reasons to Die Part II.

Said Younge of “Let the Record Spin”:

The saga continues in New York City, 1974…where Raekwon summons the spirit of Ghostface Killah by spinning 12 vinyl records comprised of Tony Starks blood from 1968. Ghostface Killah wants Rae’s character, Lester Kane, to resurrect his spirit from the dead so… Let The Record Spin.

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