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Remembering the Wu-Tang era
That sh*t was massive in the 90s and early 2000s...then they practically vanished, but lets take a moment to remember how dope they were
Anyone remember this jam?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lzBVEIEgY[/url]
and next...legendary
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcsEop0NPGM[/url]
One of my favorite Gza tracks
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSwXV4DUX2I[/url]
and not to mention:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmnOJ0bq1Gw[/url]
yessssir
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-2klRHBvxo[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgZ8xICliQA[/url]
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[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6jwab3HWk[/url]
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anyone remember this one?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6jwab3HWk[/url]
good stuff there…
EDIT:
looks like i got beat by Richie2k6
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i'm seeing ghostface live this coming monday
my top 5 fave wu tracks:
protect ya neck
4th chamber
nutmeg
criminology
CREAM
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It's too bad the "quality" Wu era was very much short lived. When RZA was on-point, the Wu was on point, and vise versa. At one point, they practically helped build a massive underground community luring a lot of once metal / rock alternative white fans into the rap scene. If you look at some of the Wu's most hardcore fans (past, present & future) they're mostly gonig to be some crazy ill ass white dudes, a lot on that wig[COLOR="Black"]g[/COLOR]er sh*t but a lot just crazy ass skin-head like bastards. There's quite a few backpack black kids that live & die for the Wu, but not like their white counterparts.
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One Wu track I never really enjoyed or felt was that ill for the longest time was M-e-t-h-o-d-Man! Now when I listen to that track is really showcases just how ill Method Man really was and why he was the shining star of the Wu Clan.
Still, nothing will top GZA's performance on Liquid Swords. Never has a rapper's flow / style coincided so well with a single album's production.
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hands down the greatest gza track of all time.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXVnsZRCqY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXVnsZRCqY[/URL]
:bowdown:
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[IMG]http://wknc.org/blog/post/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/wu-tang-clan1.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=Legend of Josh]Still, nothing will top GZA's performance on Liquid Swords. Never has a rapper's flow / style coincided so well with a single album's production.[/QUOTE]
Not my favorite, but that album was money :pimp:
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Strange that this thread is made, since I'm listening to "Chamber Music" right now.
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zuzdyzztzzt[/url]
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[QUOTE=KoolKat]Not my favorite, but that album was money :pimp:[/QUOTE]
Which Wu albums (solo or group) you like more? To me, Liquid Swords > 36 Chambers > Only Built > Bobby Digital > everything else.
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[QUOTE=Legend of Josh]Which Wu albums (solo or group) you like more? To me, Liquid Swords > 36 Chambers > Only Built > Bobby Digital > everything else.[/QUOTE]
iron man and supreme clientele are >>> bobby digital
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Ghost was always dope on the Wu bangers, but IMO he shines his best on his solo works. I know he keeps dropping new albums like water, but the majority of them are high quality work IMO. One of the most abstract writers out there, solid delivery and an underrated charismatic persona on the mic. Props to Ghost for being one of the very few Wu members to keep up with the times and keep his shtick fresh.
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[QUOTE=playtetris]iron man and supreme clientele are >>> bobby digital[/QUOTE]
I know I think highly of Bobby Digital but that's just me I suppose. Ironman I felt was "forced" because to me Supreme Clientele is by far his greatest album where Ghost sounds the most... Ghost. Ironman to me just felt like Chost wasn't really in control of much of the album.
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Protect Ya Neck is my second favorite rap beat of all time. Great song.
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[QUOTE=Legend of Josh]Which Wu albums (solo or group) you like more? To me, Liquid Swords > 36 Chambers > Only Built > Bobby Digital > everything else.[/QUOTE]
Enter the Wu & Some GFK albums :pimp:
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[QUOTE=i seen hippos]Protect Ya Neck is my second favorite rap beat of all time. Great song.[/QUOTE]
Production wise, IMO 36 Chambers is overrated. Don't get me wrong, still one of hip-hop's best and most influential albums as an ending product, just that RZA's best work is not on 36 Chambers (it would be found on Liquid Swords & Only Built).
While we're on the subject of 36 Chambers, Tearz IMO is the album's best instrumental. I'm sure that's against popular opinion, but no doubt that beat is one of the very few I can never seem to get out of my head.
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RZA did his best work on Enter and Tical imo.
Although Liquid Swords was epic and 4th Chamber is a top 5 Wu Tang beat.
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[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBKLl6jYT0o[/url]
One of my faves RZA beats, the intro is sick
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[QUOTE=KoolKat]Enter the Wu & Some GFK albums :pimp:[/QUOTE]
Enter the Wu is the same as 36 Chambers (I guess some could confuse it with "Return" to the 36 Chambers which is ODB's debut album which is not that great IMO compared to other Wu debut releases).
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Perhaps the most enigmatic clan member of all is The Rebel INS. Inspectah Deck, you can't front on the guy's raw skills. One of the most ear-commanding rap artist, ever. When he spits on a fire track he's usually crowned the king. Unfortunately, his solo albums are sheer doo-doo, and Deck on his solo joints sounds very, very mediocre. It can be very perplexing at times. He's one of the rap game's more underrated "potentials" (or if there was a plural for the word?) out there.
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Could never and still cant get into Rza. He is wack like U-God. And Masta Killa is ok but he is not someone I check for. I'm going to listen to some Wu Tang, start with thier double CD.
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This song alone makes Tical #1.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumqStn1oQY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumqStn1oQY[/URL]
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Wu-Tang is one of the few rap artists that I can really get in to.
Inspectah Deck is my favorite. The only rapper who can sound like a thug and an intellectual at the same time.
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[QUOTE=Legend of Josh]Enter the Wu is the same as 36 Chambers (I guess some could confuse it with "Return" to the 36 Chambers which is ODB's debut album which is not that great IMO compared to other Wu debut releases). [/QUOTE]
Yep, it's the reason i chose to type Enter The Wu instead of 36 Chambers.
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36 chambers and liquid swords = both top 5-6 hip hop albums of all time
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[QUOTE=i seen hippos]RZA did his best work on Enter and Tical imo.
Although Liquid Swords was epic and 4th Chamber is a top 5 Wu Tang beat.[/QUOTE]
I know I'm a Liquid Swords homer, but if we're talking about "best Wu beats" of all time, a handful would have to be pulled from Liquid Swords. Even some of the album's less popular tracks thump almost any other highly respected rap beats out there from any rapper, group, etc of any era.
Cold World - commonly accepted as one of hip-hop's GOAT tracks
Like you said, 4th Chamber & Shadowboxin' is watertight. It doesn't get much better than that.
I Gotcha Back is a sick sick sick beat. Listen to it again (find it on YouTube, I don't have access at work).
Living In The World Today sick. Gold, sick. Duel of the Iron Mic sick sick sick. The intro track Liquid Swords is sick.
The album just flows so... sick. Liquid Swords is sick. More ill than 36 Chambers.
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[quote]Inspectah Deck is my favorite. The only rapper who can sound like a thug and an intellectual at the same time.[/quote]
You know, that's a good way of explaining his rap demeanor. Never thought of that before LOL.
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Wu Tang is my favourite group of all time. We'll never see such a collection of lyrical talent again.
I was just listening to Heaterz the other day
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz_EQ6x8UFs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz_EQ6x8UFs[/URL]
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I got the album on my computer luckily. Shadowboxing is dope. You got that right.
Cold War has been used so many times. I knew that beat long before I ever heard Cold War.
As far as the beats topping anything by other rappers/producers, I'll take early Havoc over RZA easily.
Infamous and Hell on Earth had better beats than Enter, Liquid Swords, Tical, etc. My opinion.
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Yeah, Havoc was a beast on the boards way back when. It's just so damn shameful how those cats fell off so hard after Murda Musik. I thought Hell On Earth was decent, nothing ground-breaking or anything.
While Havoc's beat may have been more "grimy" I guess you could say, RZA's production on Liquid Swords was so damn clean and razor sharp it's just something that'll never be challenged, of course IMO.
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Sometimes there are one or two verses on a track that absolutely murder it in a negative way though.
Triumph for instance. One of the greatest openings of all time with INS & Method's verses, and then that clown Cappadonna and the RZA proceed to [I]f[/I]uck up the whole track.
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I've been on a LS kick of late. I used to prefer Tical mainly because of my preference for Meth to Genius, but lately I've flopped back into the more popular consensus. That opening, particularly right where the beat kicks into something a little poppy, before dropping into the deadly atmosphere that spills into the rest of the album - genius, and excuse the pun. Lyrically I wouldn't say it's right up my ally, although that isn't to say I don't appreciate the entire Wu's work on it. But the production goes above and beyond the typical and right into the dark and grimy that's become Rza's trademark.
And agreed with whoever said the beatwork on 36 Chambers was overrated. Because it is. Rza didn't hit his stride until a few years later I don't think. Although I still have yet to listen to OB4CL - at some point this summer I will - I just keep forgetting about it.
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[QUOTE=LJJ]Sometimes there are one or two verses on a track that absolutely murder it in a negative way though.
Triumph for instance. One of the greatest openings of all time with INS & Method's verses, and then that clown Cappadonna and the RZA proceed to [I]f[/I]uck up the whole track.[/QUOTE]
Cappadonna's verse was weak. Cappadonna is weak-sauce to begin with. RZA's verse however on there was fire IMO. I thought Meth's verse was one of the weaker ones on Triumph.
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Some sick tracks off of HoE, LoJ. The two best:
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTzYlH8OMzc&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTzYlH8OMzc&feature=related[/URL]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ZjuoT3x5k&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ZjuoT3x5k&feature=related[/URL]
Won't derail this thread anymore though. lol
Ridonks, you've been pushing that off for how long now? lol
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[QUOTE=RidonKs]I've been on a LS kick of late. I used to prefer Tical mainly because of my preference for Meth to Genius, but lately I've flopped back into the more popular consensus. That opening, particularly right where the beat kicks into something a little poppy, before dropping into the deadly atmosphere that spills into the rest of the album - genius, and excuse the pun. Lyrically I wouldn't say it's right up my ally, although that isn't to say I don't appreciate the entire Wu's work on it. But the production goes above and beyond the typical and right into the dark and grimy that's become Rza's trademark.
And agreed with whoever said the beatwork on 36 Chambers was overrated. Because it is. Rza didn't hit his stride until a few years later I don't think. Although I still have yet to listen to OB4CL - at some point this summer I will - I just keep forgetting about it.[/QUOTE]
When did you first get into hip-hop music? How old are you today? Please don't think I'm coming off an offensive, I'm just trying to gain a better understanding of where you're coming from in terms of your tastes in music.
That's the beauty of rap music though (well any music for that matter), it can be decades later and you can come across an album released 15 years ago and hear it for the first time and it's like blissfulness.
Over the years, well going back the past 15-20 years I've been anxiously awaiting release dates for music (all rap). I remember waiting in line 12:00 midnight release date to get my hands on Wu Forever. I guess what I'm saying is I always felt I had to be the first to listen to something when it came out. Back in the day when a hip-hop magazine or Yo MTV Raps was your source (no pun intended) you always keep pace and knew what was coming out before it dropped.
Then the rap game was flooded with garbage about the same time the 'net took off full speed ahead and become commonplace in every US household. That's when the quality of rap went down, too many clowns on the mic and the tradition hasn't shifted; just more and more clowns hitting the scene. Man, I sure do miss those good old golden era rap days.
:cheers:
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Wu-Tang are one of my favoritetest (I realize that's not a word) groups ever. Anyone ever tried ranking their favorite Wu members? Sh*ts mad difficult. You always end up with someone pretty worthy around 7 who probably shouldn't be the 7th best rapper in any group.
Sidenote: Cappadonna isn't in Wu for a reason.
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[QUOTE=Looptroop]Wu-Tang are one of my favoritetest (I realize that's not a word) groups ever. Anyone ever tried ranking their favorite Wu members? Sh*ts mad difficult. You always end up with someone pretty worthy around 7 who probably shouldn't be the 7th best rapper in any group.[/QUOTE]
U-God is last tho :oldlol:
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Liquid Swords is the only rap CD you can currently find in my car...
I stopped listening to rap altother, but that CD is timeless to me...
prime Wu might be the only thing listenable to me at my age, probably the only rap I can still take serioulsy...
there is other stuff I like for nostalgic reasons...(Dre & Snoop, Spice One, Mc Eight, **** you would find on a Menace 2 Society sound track, ect)....but it is impossible to take any of that stuff seriously now...
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[QUOTE=Legend of Josh]Cappadonna's verse was weak. Cappadonna is weak-sauce to begin with. RZA's verse however on there was fire IMO. I thought Meth's verse was one of the weaker ones on Triumph.[/QUOTE]
Cappa destroyed it on Winter Warz.
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[QUOTE=Jackass18]Cappa destroyed it on Winter Warz.[/QUOTE]
Hell yes.