Ghost is my GOAT but let's be real:
1. The Lost Tapes is a misleading title. This is not an album of forgotten gems. It's an album of new music, with a ton of features.
2. Ghost has disguised his last five albums as solo albums, when they have really been side projects. This one is a side project with Big Ghost producing, and collabs on every track. Previously, there was Twelve Reasons I and II with Adrian Younge, 36 Seasons with The Revelations and Sour Soul with BADBADNOTGOOD. Not bad projects, but certainly not Ghost solo projects. Even Wikipedia doesn't count them as such. Doesn't mean they're bad, but they're not great either. IMO it brings down his value but I'm not complaining. Just saying, the last true Ghost solo was Apollo Kids in 2010, eight years ago.
3. Do you really still want Doomstarks, at this point? As much as I hate to say it, Ghost and Doom don't sound as good as they used to. Like, Rae still sounds mostly the same. Not everyone sounds different as they age. But Ghost and Doom have changed, for the worse. Just my opinion, maybe I'm off, I dunno. They still ok but used to be godly.
That said, I'll probably buy this shyt just because I want to support dude. It's a pity buy though. Sigh. He's still good, but he doesn't rhyme like he did a decade ago. And some of his peers DO.
Good for Big Ghost, though. That wacky blogger did his thing on the production tip.