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.
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. The singles "Back Like That," and "Be Easy" entered the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, with the former peaking at the 14th position. Upon its release, Fishscale received universal acclaim, with critics praising the album's cohesiveness, lyricism, and production. As of November 2009, the album had sold 332,000 copies.
ghostface: hey, yo that's soul right there don't touch that radio.
kid: Fuck you
g: what'd u just say?
kid: shut the fuck up
g: come on before i beat your little ass you little sucker
kid: get your ass of the couch
g: what I tell you bout turnin that? this my couch, your mom's know you talk like that huh?
kid: you're not my daddy
g: I'll knock your daddy out
kid: he would fuck you up
g: punk ass daddy, you got a lotta problems, you know that little boy?
mom: Is everything OK in there?
g: Yeah everything allright in here, we just chillin
g: Senority
Mom: ok just checkin
g: back to you you little motherfuck, i should just paint your ass
kid: ....mother fucker
g: ima paint the shit out of you, ima get my son to fuck you up
kid:bitch ass nigger, eat a dick
g: eat a dick huh? thats how you feel huh? yall mothefuckers dont get beat no more thats what it is. your parents dont bust yo mother fuckin ass. but lemme tell you something ima take this fuckin belt off and ima whip your motherfuckin ass myself ya little bastard