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''Apollo Kids'' is the ninth studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan-member Ghostface Killah, released on December 21, 2010, by Def Jam Recordings.〔(''Apollo Kids'' Track listing ). Def Jam. Retrieved 2010-12-03.〕 Guests on the album include several Wu-Tang members and affiliates, as well as Redman, Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz, and Game, among others. ''Apollo Kids'' is the follow-up to Ghostface's R&B-oriented ''Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City'' (2009) and serves as a return to the characteristic "Wu-Tang Sound". Ghostface Killah recorded the album at Red Bull Studios and Stark Studios in New York City. He conceived it as a mixtape for Def Jam after having recorded ''Blue & Cream'' and opting not to release it with the label. Although it only charted at number 120 on the ''Billboard'' 200, ''Apollo Kids'' received universal acclaim from music critics, who praised its gritty aesthetic and Ghostface Killah's unfiltered rapping. == Background == Ghostface Killah recorded the album ''Blue & Cream'' near the end of his contact with Def Jam Recordings, but discarded it and instead offered the label ''Apollo Kids'', which he recorded as a mixtape. He later said of the exchange with Def Jam in a 2012 interview for ''Complex'': ''Apollo Kids'' was recorded by him at Red Bull Studios and Starks Studios in Staten Island, New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids CD Album )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apollo Kids (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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