THE POLL IS COMIN THROUGH, THE OUTCOME IS CRITICAL — WU-TANG CLAN — Artist Poll — Results

song cracks me up and i love it

Ha! Let's get druuunnnnk! Ha!
Let's get drunk and hiiiiiiiIIIIIIGH yeahhhh!

love the ghost-as-businessman trope of the first verse

tearz was my #1, way tooooo low.

it's the song that best encapsulates what makes the early wu so special, with that grimy organ and the haunting laughs, and an aggressive, abrasive, and genuinely moving tale from the RZA (Ghost's verse is great too, if a little dated).

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#42 Ghostface Killah - Whip You With a Strap Points: 111 Votes: 4

MAMA HIT ME FOR NO REASON

agree that RZA's story is great on Tearz but his delivery (as usual imo) grates a little, it sounds more hectoring than sorrowful

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#41 Raekwon - Ice Cream (f. Method Man) Points: 113 Votes: 7

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#40 Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog (Fishscale track) Points: 118 Votes: 5

man, "walking through the darkness" is so good

love shakey dog

rainy dayz way too low!

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#39 Wu-Tang Clan - It's Yourz Points: 125 Votes: 5

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#38 Wu-Tang Clan - Careful (Click Click) Points: 125 Votes: 6 Firsts: 1

sorry i exported these three at the wrong size

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#37 Gravediggaz - 1-800 Suicide Points: 126 Votes: 6

Rae's verse on It's Yourz >>>

this is so great, thanks Spottie! Lots of stuff to be catching up on as well, the Wu really is the gift that keeps on giving

1-800-Suicide is an incredible beat, and it was somehow only the second-best Wu-Tang related ephemera in The Leftovers Season 3

(yes this is the original audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzSiViTYleU

first time I'm gonna say: too high

How long has it been since you listened to that album, shakes?

a year or two

but c'mon that track is not better than Tearz or Shakey Dog

maybe not but I think voters probably wanted to mix up there ballot with non wu/ghost tracks a bit. i love this song but it's not my fav on the album.

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#36 Method Man - Release Yo' Delf Points: 130 Votes: 5

1-800-Suicide is an incredible beat, and it was somehow only the second-best Wu-Tang related ephemera in The Leftovers Season 3

― voodoo chili, Thursday, November 30, 2017 8:36 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

loved this when it came on

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#35 Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck (The Jump off) Points: 131 Votes: 6

this was the other wu-tang song in the leftovers season 3!

ha, that's right.

It's been fun watching the music videos for a lot of these, had honestly never seen a fair share of them, didn't even know they existed. The Click Click video is hilarious. The U God scene where he's getting shot at lmao his reaction is priceless. Of course someone already gif'd it:
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hahahaha I have def never seen that

so good.

ugh i hate gyphy, anyway here is the link to click click on
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lmao

Is there any way that ever got shown on MTV? The entire video is gun violence! And are they shooting an LL Cool J stand-in?

Obviously MTV not the only outlet for Wu-Tang videos, or even necessarily the primary one, but iirc they used to blur out guns, right?

Obviously I had never seen that, but I’m glad I have now

whole video is incredible. got a whole new appreciation of the song now. one of RZAs weirdest productions.

not sure i was done watching mtv by 2001. cant imagine the song got much traction either, it's not radio friendly at all.

the hook almost sounds like a child's singalong song or something, especially at the end when ghost starts whispering the hook then ugod takes it "something in the hall went.... *whispers* click click... the boxcutter went... click click... something in the hall went.... *whispers* click click... the boxcutter went... click click... something in the slum went rapumpapum pummm".

lol i'm def gonna try and sing it to my kids tonight.

Love U Gods verse on It's Yourz

Super Freak physique, like Raphael Saadiq

Love U Gods verse on It's Yourz

― competitive shooter - - - - (Spottie), Thursday, November 30, 2017 11:29 AM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, his pinky ring verse is also quite good. I say this as as someone who was criticizing him upthread, but i think his reputation as the worst clan member has led him to actually be a little underrated. I don't rep him hard or anything (he was #8 on my ballot), but he's not that bad by, say, '96 (Black Jesus, from Ironman, is his best moment imo). From Forever through Iron Flag, he puts together some really good verses, even if he still lags behind his groupmates.

worst rapper in the clan is like being the worst player on an all-star team. you're still pretty good.

It's Yourz ended up surprisingly high on my ballot, I ended up listening to it over and over in September, I love the way the drum track keeps switching up, and every verse save the RZA's, is outstanding

ive been called into some meetings for awhile so not sure when i can get back to the rundown. hopefully in a few hours.

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#34 Ghostface Killah - Buck 50 Points: 137 Votes: 5

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#33 Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids Points: 137 Votes: 4

Feel like someone on ILM called U God the best one-verse mc ever

I love the way the drum track keeps switching up,

Just had flashbacks of drumming along to it, was one of my favorite simple beats to go aggro on.

lol I expected genius to win this