For crying out loud!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:42 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe it turns out we finally hit ILM's exact Wu-Tang saturation point.
I think the verses are surprisingly even on this track, and it's a weird case on the record where I don't find any of the verses mind-blowing (other than the mountain climber line) and yet love the track.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:43 (eleven years ago) link
Deck's and GZA's are incredible IMO. And ODB's opening and closing couplets basically stake out his entire territory/career. This was everybody's effective debut, right? So it's interesting as each of them presenting a kind of mission statement in a way, presumably bringing the best stuff they had in the can at that point, 'cause who knows if you're going to actually get the album deal? (Note, I'm pretty fuzzy on the chronology here. But it would make sense in some way that this material predates the majority of 36 Chambers.)
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:45 (eleven years ago) link
crazy flamboyant for the rap enjoyment
― the late great, Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:45 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, fuck. I should have voted for Ghost, his builds steam continuously, just gets more and more classic as it goes. Rae's too, but, of course, in a more laid-back way.
Also love RZA, who sounds fucking pissed off, just tearing his way into the studio. "MY CLAN INCREASE LIKE BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT!" - balances a clever boast and the god damned injustice of what it is he's using as a springboard for the boast.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:48 (eleven years ago) link
But I do, true, can I get a SOOO
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:48 (eleven years ago) link
several of the MCs on this track got way better within a few years imo
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:49 (eleven years ago) link
Would agree completely. I mean, "Triumph" is basically the imperial-phase version of this cut. Who would you say specifically?
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
Never saw this thread actually.
GZA cause "now the money's getting stuck to the gum under the table" gets me every time (a mountain climber who plays the electric guitar is the icing on the cake).
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Raekwon and Ghost especially I think are so much stronger on their solo records and other later work than on 36 Chambers
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:52 (eleven years ago) link
"Also love RZA, who sounds fucking pissed off"
Lol, he definitely sounds like a car drove through a puddle and splashed him on his way to the studio.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:54 (eleven years ago) link
ok, i really like that verse but LOL
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 22 December 2012 07:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 23 December 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Poor U-God.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 23 December 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
he only has like 4 short lines
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Sunday, 23 December 2012 03:55 (eleven years ago) link