No Face (song)

"No Face"
Single by Ghostface Killah and Kanye West
from the album Set the Tone (Guns & Roses)
Released	May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:35
Label	Mass Appeal
Songwriter(s)	Dennis Coles Lamont Porter Kanye West
Producer(s)	EZ Elpee
Ghostface Killah singles chronology
"Scar Tissue" (2024) "No Face" (2024)
Kanye West singles chronology
"Carnival" (2024) "No Face" (2024) "Gimme a Second 2" (2024)

"No Face" is a song by American rapper Ghostface Killah and American rapper Ye. It was included as a track on the former's 2024 album, Set the Tone (Guns & Roses), released on May 10. It was later released on May 31, 2024, as the album's second single.

Background and release

The track is a collaboration between Ghostface Killah and Kanye West, marking the third time the two have collaborated.^[1] They previously worked together on the remix of the former's "Back Like That" (2006), as well as on "New God Flow.1", an alternate version of West's "New God Flow" (2012).^[1] Ghostface Killah also previously teased a 2022 release for Supreme Clientele 2, a sequel to his 2000 album, stating it would be executive produced by West.^[2] It is unknown if "No Face" was originally set to appear on Supreme Clientele 2.^[2] Ghostface Killah was also set to release an album on West's Stem Player platform.^[3]

Produced by EZ Elpee, "No Face" is the seventh^[a] track on Ghostface's Set the Tone (Guns & Roses), released through Mass Appeal Records on May 10, 2024.^[1][5] The song was then released as a single on May 31, 2024.^[6]

Reception

Teejay Smith of HotNewHipHop opined that the track helped maintain interest in the album's first half.^[7] West's feature received praise from music reviewers. Brad Callas of Complex wrote that the track is a stand out on Set the Tone and yielded "one of Ye's best featured verses in years".^[1] HotNewHipHop's Zachary Horvath concurred with this, calling it one of West's "better verses".^[8] Robin Murray of Clash also complimented West's performance, stating "he doesn't phone it in" and opining that his verse is "thorough and thought through, if veering from excellent to awful in the same few bars".^[9]

Notes

1. Sources have listed it as the sixth track,^[2][4] though this was done so excluding non-song skits that appeared on the album.

References

1. Callas, Brad (May 11, 2024). "Ghostface Killah Enlists Ye for New Collaboration "No Face"". Complex. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
2. Moore, Sam (May 7, 2024). "Ghostface Killah Taps Kanye West, Nas & More For 'Set The Tone'". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
3. Robinson, Ellie (January 10, 2023). "Ghostface Killah to drop new album exclusively on Stem Player, shares new single '6 Minutes'". NME. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
4. Blake, Cole (May 7, 2024). "Ghostface Killah Teams Up With Kanye West, Jim Jones, & More For Star-Studded "Set the Tone" Tracklist". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
5. Strauss, Matthew (May 7, 2024). "Ghostface Killah Enlists Nas, Raekwon, Method Man, and More for New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
6. "No Face - Single by Ghostface Killah, Kanye West". May 31, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024 – via Spotify.
7. "Ghostface Killah "Set The Tone (Guns & Roses)" Review". HotNewHipHop. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
8. Horvath, Zachary (May 10, 2024). "Ghostface Killah Continues To "Set The Tone" For What It Means To Be A Legend On New LP". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
9. Murray, Robin (May 10, 2024). "Ghostface Killah – Set The Tone". Clash. Retrieved May 31, 2024.