this was my 1st wu joint too, i copped the cd single
― and what, Saturday, 18 August 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
No Osirus of this shit; no credibility.
Still Deck though.
― rogermexico., Saturday, 18 August 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i bought this along with a bunch of other cds my friend stole from his brother. i remember people being bummed when the show w/rage against the machine got canceled.
― artdamages, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Also my intro to the Wu, I caught the video at random one day and was mesmerized. Kept sitting around hoping they would play it again, but I guess at seven minutes long (or whatever) it wasn't really in the top of the buzz bin. I never got Forever (still haven't!), but a kid on my bus had a tape of 36 Chambers and Liquid Swords and I copied that for my fix, memorizing every word.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
get Forever
― tremendoid, Saturday, 18 August 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
deck for me, too.
― poortheatre, Saturday, 18 August 2007 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Sunday, 19 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
this was my first wu track too. i bought the album when it came out without ever hearing 36 chambers.
i cant decide here.
― gr8080, Sunday, 19 August 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i should be allowed to vote for ODB.
― gr8080, Sunday, 19 August 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Monday, 20 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
meth shutout is surprising. kind of spinning his wheels thematically but he packs some superb analogies/references in such a tight space, I'd put it a strong 2nd easily.
― tremendoid, Monday, 20 August 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
deck (i bomb atomically, socrates philosophies and hypothesies) 17
wow
― and what, Monday, 20 August 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Are people just impressed cos it sounds cool (which is fine - a lot of my favorite verses are that way). Cos I sort of think you can't top U-God's way with words: ("A jungle junkie, vigilante tantrum")
― paulhw, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
LYRICALLY PERFORM ARMED ROBBERY
― gr8080, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
MADE EM JUMP LIKE CLYDE DREXLER
― stupid fruity crazy swag crew jumpin in yo thread (The Reverend), Monday, 18 January 2010 07:15 (fourteen years ago) link
this track is so hollapants, it's hard to decide which verse is best.― Wrinklepaws, Friday, August 17, 2007 2:30 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Wrinklepaws, Friday, August 17, 2007 2:30 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― miley stylus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 January 2010 07:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I always thought Rae was saying "raw strychnine" until this thread― energy flash gordon, Saturday, August 18, 2007 9:46 AM (2 years ago)
― energy flash gordon, Saturday, August 18, 2007 9:46 AM (2 years ago)
still have no idea who Rod Strickland is btw
― Your Sinclair magazine (sic), Monday, 18 January 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
somehow rod strickland became clyde drexler in my head. huh. strickland was a basketball player. as was drexler.
― stupid fruity crazy swag crew jumpin in yo thread (The Reverend), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
used to own the domain name http://www.ibombatomically.com fyi
― max, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
cant believe someone voted masta kilr
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
masta killas verse is terrible
― subversive time travel (FACK), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
*dies in his own iniquity*
― Na'vi Girls (Need Love Too) (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
fuk u guiz <3 masta kilr
― stupid fruity crazy swag crew jumpin in yo thread (The Reverend), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
it's okay, I was happy not knowing!
masta killa's verse > cappa's verse
― Your Sinclair magazine (sic), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
so i can squeeze your advantage, and get wasted
― samosa gibreel, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I voted Deck at the time and still would but it's the other bookend that really elevates this to "epic" and worthy of the title.
The swift CHANCELLOR, flex the white gold tarANTulaTrack truck diesel, play the WEED god, SUBSTANTIALA!Max MOSTly, undiVIDed then slide in - SICK'nin'GuarantEED, made 'em jump like Rod STRICKland.
Like, damn, dude.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
ugh why did i look this up on rapgenius.com
"Forensic detectives use ultraviolet light sources to detect things like explosive resins, gunpowder, and other crime scene elements. INS is saying that the tremendous explosion from his pen causes the forensics team to be blinded by all the light the residue left over generates as it is being scanned by the ultra-violet light."
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
I know a lot of people think Deck's verse is like the best rap verse ever, but could someone explain what makes it so great? It isn't even my favorite verse by Deck.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
it blew my mind in hs but i find it pretty corny now
― flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
actually i take that back, i think i just don't like the first four bars the rest is insane
― flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
the whole thing is classic
― D-40, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
heads by the score take flight incite a war
I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophiesand hypothesis can't define how I be droppin thesemockeries, lyrically perform armed robberyFlee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
this does nothing for me tbh
― flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
the military motif (shacklin the masses, melting steel, tear gas, pound footprints into solid rock) is really fantastic & places the verse in, like, another time so effectively compared to ,like, esp other wu stuff where all the kung fu references just make it fun
― flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
I'm guess i'm just not sure why this is a supposedly standout verse. unless i had been told to pay attention, i don't think i would have given it much thought, compared to say, Ghost's verse on Impossible or Deck's verse in Let My Niggas Live.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
or U-God's verse in Black Shampoo
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
in general, you should pay attention to music that you are listening to without being told
― flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
Masta Killah tends to.confuse rap.with the recitation of Proust excerpts
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 December 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
Woulda voted for GZA
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 December 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
i sing a song from sing-sing sippin on ginseng righteous wax chaperone rotating ring king
^ gtfo with 0 votes for this incredible nonsense
― r|t|c, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
agreed. we should move into caves and be self-taught on all the intellectual riches of the world.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
otm xp
― flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
my orchestra graceful music ballerinas
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
U-god's verses are so wack, what the fuck is he talking about
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
^ the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum
― r|t|c, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
Agreed. U-God is dumb.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
ugod's verse on this is the best
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
righteous wax chaperone rotating ring king
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, Deck's verse stood out to me from the first time I heard it, didn't know it was "supposed" to be good so maybe just, YMMV? I like flopson's point about the thematic suggestions, really set up the whole apocalyptic vibe, Wu at the frontlines of this vague future war. Most of the other verses pick up on this same material but dude opens the thing up with no less than atomic bombs. Can't really picture any of the other verses opening this thing. It's like an album, it just "feels" like an opener and the others feel like deep cuts (and Ghost/Rae NAIL the closer).
Always thought U-God was saying "rotating Wing Dings" but, uh, yeah.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
omg wow forgot how lopsided the poll results were though, i mean, yeah, deck's verse is dope but there's a lot of other great stuff on this song.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
don't remember if i voted in this but would have voted for rae i think
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
or u-god
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
war of the masses outcome disastrousmany of the victim's families shaved they asses
― Poliopolice, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
btw only 8 years left to cast your vote in this important poll: #1 favorite wu-tang member
get on it folks
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
This song has everything, I've even been known to use it to put a baby to sleep
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
hahahah what the hell with that thirteen-year wu member poll
btw just started this one best verse on protect ya neck
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
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― flopson, Monday, December 10, 2012 1:30 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the Deck verse grabbed me the very first time i listened to the album, and i went out and bought it at a midnight opening of a record store, so there wasn't anyone telling me that that particular verse was standout
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, December 10, 2012 2:06 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Exactly the same for me! Thats the only album I ever bought for a midnight opening (lol Sam Goody). My high school friends and I had that verse memorized within a couple of hours. The buzz was ridiculous around that album, definitely the most anticipation for an album I've ever felt and THAT verse was the first thing I heard, I'll never forget it.
― small-scale fux with (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link