Fishscale

Fishscale
Studio album by Ghostface Killah
Released	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	64:48
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Sean Combs Cool & Dre Crack Val Ghostface Killah J Dilla Just Blaze MF Doom MoSS Lewis Parker Pete Rock Sean Cane & LV Studio Steve Xtreme
Ghostface Killah chronology
Put It on the Line (2005) Fishscale (2006) More Fish (2006)
Singles from Fishscale
"Be Easy" Released: October 25, 2005 "Back Like That" Released: February 28, 2006

Fishscale is the fifth studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, released March 28, 2006, on Def Jam in the United States. The album features guest appearances from every member of the Wu-Tang Clan, as well as Ghostface Killah's Theodore Unit. It also features production from several acclaimed producers, such as MF Doom, Pete Rock, J Dilla, and Just Blaze, among others. The album follows an organized crime theme, and is named after a term for uncut cocaine.

Fishscale sold nearly 110,000 units in its first week of release, and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it the highest charting Ghostface Killah album since his 1996 debut, Ironman.^[1] The singles "Back Like That," and "Be Easy" entered the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, with the former peaking at the 14th position.^[2] Upon its release, Fishscale received universal acclaim, with critics praising the album's cohesiveness, lyricism, and production. As of November 2009^[update], the album had sold 332,000 copies.^[3]