he just sounds like he's gassed AND dejected from the 96-06 run:

1996: Ironman; platinum w/ semi-hit "All I Got Is You"
1997: Forever; 4x plat. lets not pretend he didn't begin to steal the show here
2000: SC; gold w/ semi-hit Che Che La Ghost
2000: The W; gold - fans are lukeworm Ghost murders this shit
2001: Bulletproof Wallets; went wood and was fucked by label unable to clear samples
2001: Iron Flag; gold, critical flop
2004: Pretty Toney; debuts @ 6 on the charts than falls off
2006: Fishscale; sells 250k in first week which landed him @ no.4 w/ strong Ne-Yo assisted single and than the label does nuthin to push the album after. that album is still not gold

that's a shit load of music/verses to record in a decade and all the critical love in the world isn't gunna mask that you were part of one of the greatest groups ever and 10 yrs later it seemed like white kids with degrees and a blog where the only ones who gave a shit

everything since has seemed phoned-in with jewels here and there.
More Fish, 8 Diagrams, Big Doe Rehab, Wizard of Poetry, Apollo Kids, 12 Reasons to Die, and all them Wu Block, Wu Massacre, Theadore Unit shits

If i was Ghost I'd be a lil uninspired after 15+ yrs of critical acclaim, past fame and a new rap landscape celebrating dudes who are 1/10th nice as you