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― System, Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
it's "can it be all so simple" vs. chessboxin' for me
leaning towards chessboxin' cuz it's so representative
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
The other poll helps narrow this down...I mean this is not an easy choice but just look at Protect Ya Neck: you get the "Smokin' Joe Frazier" verse from Deck, RZA's explosive little tangent, GZA's cool summary at the end, and ODB's best-ever single verse performance ("You bite my style I'll bite your BBZZZ BRZZZ RRZZZZ")...
Of course then, 7th Chamber:
Raekwon - "Champion gear that I rock, you get your boots knocked" Method Man - "I be that insane nigga from the psycho ward" Inspectah Deck - "I leave the mic in body bags" Ghostface - "Slammin a hype-ass verse til ya head burst" RZA - "Ya gettin stripped from ya garments, boy, run ya jewels" GZA - "My Clan is thick like plaster" ODB - "Are you a warrior? Killer? Slicin shit like a samurai"
"Chessboxin'" in 3rd, some of my favorite shit on here but I dunno - I can do every line of the above two tracks in my head without even thinking about it, they've just completely woven their way into my imagination. What a great album.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
some of my favorite lyrics on the alb are on "protect ya neck" but I gotta vote for words + music, and "chessboxin'" has such a freaky instrumental track, it shifts like sand
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
"bring da ruckus" just because it's a great lead-off to an indestructible album.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
(also because i love the word "ruckus")
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:45 (fifteen years ago) link
In defense of "Method Man": references Hall and Oates, The Rolling Stones, Mary Poppins, Dr. Seuss, and so many things I can't identify it all. It's like an encyclopedia of random shit that I also have trapped forever in my own brain.
― kenan, Thursday, 26 February 2009 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
went for clan in da front for the line about shitty drawers and hampers but i could easily have gone with any other track
― vain_bowers, Thursday, 26 February 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Proteck yo neck! Of course its dope but also because mind is blown first time hearing these Wu-tang guys.
― carne asada, Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
This guy I rode the bus with in high school had a dubbed tape of this that was mysteriously missing "7th Chamber Pt. II" and "Protect Ya Neck," so when I finally did hear them, the former felt phony and the latter was this total revelation...so in a funny way the same experience, but not as the first time hearing these Wu guys - but having one of their greatest treasures kept hidden extra long.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
waht hte fuck
― bobby dijindal (and what), Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
?
― carne asada, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
saying 7th chamber felt "phony"
just sb'd u for that
― bobby dijindal (and what), Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
has there ever been a 7th chamber poll? i would go pt. 2 without hesitation.
― carne asada, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, if 7th Chamber II is so definitive, how come it's not 7th Chamber I?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
pt.1 goes better with killa tape intro.
― carne asada, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
"has there ever been a 7th chamber poll? i would go pt. 2 without hesitation."
There was a 36 Chambers Verse poll I think.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.startrek2.com/movies/images/st2.jpg
― bobby dijindal (and what), Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
"Bring da Ruckus"
Shd be a poll for the best bit-between-the-tracks on this album "yeeah, torture motherfucker" et al./~
― Pashmina, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
shit, there hasn't been a poll on this record yet?!?
It's okay, we had a Times New Viking poll instead! Which was totally necessary!
― ilxor, Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Clan in da front for me, Genius at his best, plus quintessential RZA beat = genius. As has been said earlier on this thread, it would change month on month.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
this is a poll where i start agreeing with every post, like "oh yeah totally method man is the best"..."no wait actually bring da ruckus rules!" etc etc
i ended up voting for chessboxin just because i still vividly remember fab 5 freddy introducing it on the saturday yo mtv raps and being like woooooah dude what IS this?
― The Notorious B.Y.O.B. (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
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― System, Friday, 27 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
First things first, man, you're fuckin' with the worst.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 February 2009 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Bring out the girls and let's have a mudfight
― Eerie, Indierocker (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Friday, 27 February 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Wu tang again? Again and again...
― carne asada, Friday, 27 February 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Swingin' through your town like a neighborhood spiiiiiderman
― ☻ (The Reverend), Friday, 27 February 2009 01:09 (fifteen years ago) link
the wu is too slamming for these cold killin' labelssome ain't had hits since I seen aunt mabelbe doin' artists in like cain did abel now they money's gettin' stuck to the gum under the table
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 27 February 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
This is all wrong. All wrong.
― kenan, Friday, 27 February 2009 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
^^ mountain climber with an electric guitar
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 February 2009 06:21 (fifteen years ago) link
the wu is too slamming for these cold killin' labels
I never thought about this, and never researched their history (post out of character), but did they try to sign with Cold Chillin'??
― Layzingtron (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
gza was signed to cold chillin
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
can't believe I'm schooling pappawheelie, that's just rong
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Word_From_The_Genius_original_cover.jpg
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:28 (fifteen years ago) link
^ this album is butt btw ^
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
dry or juicy?
― kenan, Friday, 27 February 2009 06:35 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL
― Joe Biddden (The Reverend), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:35 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahahahahahahaha
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:41 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^more like it
― Joe Biddden (The Reverend), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:42 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost that is kinda genius.
― kenan, Friday, 27 February 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
woops, yeah, i did own that album, and promptly lost it
― Layzingtron (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
literally heard it once
― Layzingtron (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:44 (fifteen years ago) link
once is all you really need
thought this was the best pre-wu gza track
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 27 February 2009 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i like 'come do me,' pretty hot/ridic fake-kane track
― deej da 5'9 (deej), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda ruins the mystique of 'liquid swords' tho
"Most necessary gimmick change for a rapper" would probably be a good poll.
― Eerie, Indierocker (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
this really has nothing on hawaiian sophie
― deej da 5'9 (deej), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone post some of Lupe's pre-fame erstatz Lox shit.
― Eerie, Indierocker (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
― deej da 5'9 (deej), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
honestly i think that song knocks
― deej da 5'9 (deej), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
this album makes me think they should never have gone solo.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
goddamn dude
― deej da 5'9 (deej), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Suggest this user to be banned.Confirm.
oh stfu, ffs.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 27 February 2009 14:28 (fifteen years ago) link
There is something to the dream-world version of a succession of unstoppably great, not-a-dud-on-them Wu group albums, containing nothing but the best cuts from all the solo records. It's basically the ideal "what if the Beatles had stayed together" scenario, applied to the Wu.
Of course then you lose all the great side tangents, digressions, and general fabric that lets the best of the solo Wu albums have their own distinctive feel. I wouldn't want to have to give up "Killah Hills 10304" or "The Stomp" or whatever...
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 February 2009 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't imagine why anyone would want a Wu-World other than the one we got (maybe minus a little of the post-97 flood of inferior releases and plus a bit more consistent productions on the second round of solo albums.)
― Alex in SF, Friday, 27 February 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
― deej da 5'9 (deej), Friday, February 27, 2009 6:07 AM Bookmark
I actually feel like the track works.....except for GZA. As a new jack swing joint it's pretty good, but gza isn't the right rapper for it at all. He's laconic in a very dry way, and not so smooth. Gimme Heavy D.
― The Reverend (rev), Friday, 27 February 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
where's the Ladiez Love Raheem or whatever RZA's shitty solo joint was called
― Comic Book Morbius (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 February 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont *want* a wu-world other than the one we got, and of course its inevitable that they were going to go solo (even when 36 came out they were talking about it), but i wouldnt mind one where the wu were still as much of a real cohesive unit like on the first album. i wouldnt have minded if they all just went back to being only group members after the first batch of solo albums actually, but that would never happen for obv reasons.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 28 February 2009 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link
going to see them on their 25th anniversary tour tonight. haven't seen the clan since 06, and they're doin all of Enter the Wu-Tang.
anybody caught this shit?
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 October 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link