Ghostface Killah is revered as one of the game's best, but his name is hardly ever mentioned in the same breath as LL Cool J, Fabolous and Drake when it comes to romancing on the mic. For most MCs, the requisite for-the-ladies joint is a contrived effort to appeal to the female demographic. Not for Ghost. It's an art form. He's even dedicate an entire album (Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry) to the ladies. Through his extensive catalog, Ghost has explored practically every emotion men feel in relationships. He's been spiteful ("Wildflower"), begged for forgiveness ("Do Over"), caught his wiz cheating ("Never Be the Same Again," "Back Like That") and has gone quasi pornographic ("Stapleton Sex"). In celebration of the Wally Champ's 41st birthday, XXL looks back at Ghostface's Greatest Girl Songs. —XXL Staff


20.Ghostface feat. Jim Jones, "Handcuffin' Them Hoes," Apollo Kids (2010)
Best Rhyme: Give a fuck if that's your broad, she shouldn't be out/We in the club lookin to put somethin' fat in her mouth/Easy! Hold on, I see a fox comin'/Between now and a few hours I'll be up in her stomach"


19. Ghostface "Save Me Dear," The Pretty Toney Album (2004)
Best Rhyme: "Baby, come home, you not alone, be strong whether right or wrong/Our bond is even more stronger when the night is gone/Say, 'Yo, Starks relax, you know I got the hot water runnin'
Baby, oiled down, pots in the oven"


18. Ghostface "Cruisin," Unreleased (2009)
Best Rhyme: "Always keep my fingernails filed and…/you do the math/I’m a rich nigga, I land money to Trump/My financial game’ll give you what you want”


17. Ghostface "Big Girl," Fishcale (2006)
Best Rhyme: "I'm thirty three, I look twenty six with big furs on/What y'all inherent the Santa Maria? Y'all money that long?/Your father must have fell back when y'all started fuckin'/
You asked me what I think about dude? I say fuck him"


16. Ghostface Killah "Maxine," Bulletproof Wallets (2001)
Best Rhyme: "Y'all get the fuck in the room, fuck you, you ain't our real Daddy/Next time you see my caddy don't fucking flag me"


15. Ghostface Killah feat. Estelle & Vaughn Anthony "Paragraphs of Love," Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry (2009)
Best Rhyme: "She dropped the bracelet, I kneeled down/Prestigious gentleman, with my right hand, I picked it up/I stood up, to the cutest eyelashes, as I gave her, her jewels back/Miss thing started rubbing her gut"


14. Ghostface Killah feat. Amy Winehouse "You Know I’m No Good," More Fish (2006)
Best Rhyme: "I'm a don, and, top of the line, I stay flyin'/Stop tryin', to keep cuff analyzin'/Using my credit cards to buy diamonds"


13. Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna "Camay," Ironman (1996)

Best Rhyme: "But you sexy mothafucka DAMN whats the recipe/You make a nigga wanna GOD DAMN/Can you cook darlin', at the stove you're revolvin'/Bake macaroni, turkey wings, a nigga starvin'"


12. Ghostface Killah feat. Raheem Devaughn "Baby," Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry (2009)
Best Rhyme: "If I'm aggressive, just pardon my gangsta/I just wanna get to know you, get to show you/The way I move, that's part of my gangsta/Like art, yo, I can sit you down and paint cha"


11. Ghostface Killah feat. Raheem Devaughn "Do Over," Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry (2009)

Best Rhyme: "Of course, she knows now, I ain't used no bag/My excuses, I couldn't cum like that/She warned me of days like this, if this should happen/She'll be out, and we'll be the ones, sharin' the napkin"


10. Ghostface Killah "Keisha's House (Skit)," The Pretty Toney Album (2004)
Best Rhyme: I need some pussy though, that kind that be gushy though/That warm platinum pussy, with a dynamic pussy hole/I gotta fuck somethin', if not, I'mma fuck my girl/
That's what's up, fuck the fight, yo, baby, let's peel.."


9. Ghostface Killah "Beauty Jackson," Fishcale (2006)
Best Rhyme: "I was infatuated/She put the perfume to her neck and sprayed it/Plus the bottle was nickel plated/It make a young girl steez yo feel outdated/And know the married chicks shoppin' with they man's hated"


8. Ghostface Killah "Stapleton Sex," Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry (2009)
Best Rhyme: "Turn around, get on all four/(You pulling my hair) Shut the fuck up/(Why you fucking me like that?) Shut the fuck up/This ain't no R&B dick, this hood/
My slow jam dick is on Thursdays, if my sugar high/My dick don't get up, you know I'm the best/Just, shut your mouth up like you under arrest"


7.Ghostface Killah feat. "Strawberry," Bulletproof Wallets (2001)
Best Rhyme: "Dick is sensitive, you move, baby here it is/Oh Lord, I told you not to move, you dirty broad/Comin' for days, wettin' ya cage/My dick is like the sprinklers and maybe ya dush, I'm here to save the day"


6. Ghostface Killah "Child's Play," Supreme Clientele (2000)
Best Rhyme: "She had a ass like Deborah Cox, face like Lauryn/Waist like a Coke bottles scoring/Pretty young thing loved the swings/And times she got my ding-a-ling hard"



5. Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon, Carl Thomas & Dave Hollister "Never Be the Same Again," Bulletproof Wallets (2001)
Best Rhyme: "It was the beauty that caught me and held my soul hostage/'Member those days had you smellin' my boxers"


4.Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Capadonna "Ice Cream," Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Best Rhyme:I'm high powered put Adina Howard to sleep/Yo pardon, that bitch been on my mind all week, but uhh/Back to you Maybelline Queen let's make a team/You can have anything in this world except CREAM"



3. Jodeci feat. Ghostface Killah and Raekwon "Freek'n You (Freek Mix)," Get On [Single] (1996)
Best Rhyme: "You're razor baby, this a stick up, throw your legs up/You fake freak in the morning cuz at midnight, you gave up"



2. Ghostface Killah feat. Ne-Yo "Back Like That," Fishcale (2006)
Best Rhyme:"Bounce to your momma house, pack your shit/I don't care if you cryin', you'se a ruthless chick/Gots to watch you, these eyeballs in my face'll spot you/My girl cousins, they gon' rock you"



1. Ghostface Killah "Wildflower," Ironman (1996)
Best Rhyme: "That's all you ever said to me, thought that could hold me/Remember when I long-dicked you and broke your ovary?/You crab bitch, chickenhead hoe, eatin' heros/
I'm the first nigga that had you watchin flicks by DeNiro"

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