Fishscale was very high on my ballot, propelled by the Dilla and DOOM beats, plus Shakey Dog, Kilo, The Chanp to start it off
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:22 (six years ago) link
the w over wutang forever is nuts
― marcos, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
your vote would've saved it lol
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
:(
― marcos, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
fuuuck... guys I’m the #1 for The W but only bc I assumed it would be unfairly overlooked. If I’d known there would only be 17 ballots I would have voted Forever easy.I broke the Wu poll ;_;
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
Both of the last 2 woulda been higher if I’d voted
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
haha it's more fun this way. unpredictable
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
I prefer “The W” to “36 chambers” even though the latter is more consistent
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:59 (six years ago) link
that's crazy talk
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link
it's easily my least fav of their first 4
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
it's so disjointed. four standouts (gravel pit, cant go to sleep, hollow bones, jump off and I like the monument too) and the rest is just... ok
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
put pretty toney in my top 5 iirc, i love that whole damn sloppy emotional album
― intheblanks, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
I don’t think it’s *better* than 36 Chambers
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
I'm interested in why you prefer it.
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
Oh by “last 2” I meant W and Fishscale, never really got into Pretty Toney the way other people seemed to. Felt like it was a step down both lyrically and beatwise. I realize this is not a popular take.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
W is just so grimy and weird, I dunno. A lot of it has to do with timing, too; between the time I first thought I was going to buy 36 Chambers and when I actually did was about 5 years, by which point it had accrued such mythos that it could never live up to what I had imagined it to be.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 16 November 2017 01:33 (six years ago) link
that makes sense
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 03:18 (six years ago) link
#5 Ghostface Killah — Ironman https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61dzXALUL5L.jpg14 votes 108 points
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 03:21 (six years ago) link
^^ amazing album, RZA's masterpiece
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:16 (six years ago) link
yeah front to back
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:19 (six years ago) link
#3 GZA — Liquid Swordshttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/619Rol9S6VL.jpg15 votes 151 points
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
lol whoops skipped one
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:30 (six years ago) link
HERE is #4
#4 Ghostface Killah — Supreme Clientelehttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51RbUZW2T9L.jpg 11 votes 114 points 3 firsts
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:31 (six years ago) link
4 ghost albums in a row
Supreme clientele is my number one. Gloriously soulful word salad
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link
man for a few months there Liquid Swords just owned me
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:23 (six years ago) link
the lone wolf and cub samples alone...
that said, there's at least one track on Ironman that had a shot at #1 on my ballot
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:24 (six years ago) link
#2 Raekwon — Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61o3G-Ixn%2BL._SS500.jpg15 votes 167 points 6 firsts
#1 Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambershttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51EKcrTjiqL._SS500.jpg15 votes 174 points 4 firsts
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 06:54 (six years ago) link
not much between the top 2, which seems fair. Cuban Linx is the Wu solo album I go back to most, but I voted 36 Chambers as my #1, on the unimaginative basis that it's where it all began
― Neil S, Thursday, 16 November 2017 07:28 (six years ago) link
hardly surprising, but a beautiful top 5
― niels, Thursday, 16 November 2017 08:18 (six years ago) link
I felt unqualified to vote in this and yet it turns out I own 12 of the top 13 albums on CD. Think I'm just daunted by the sheer volume of high quality material. Looking forward to the tracks rollout: next week's listening sorted!
― Jeff W, Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
Highly recommend the reconstructed version of the pre-release Bulletproof Wallets someone put together: http://claaa7.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/gfk-raekwon-bulletproof-wallets-c7.html
― devvvine, Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Just boarded a plane for a last minute biz trip. Should have some time (and my computer available) to start the track rollout tonight, hopefully.
― Spottie, Thursday, 16 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
what up fellow OB4CL #1 voters
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
Epic Records managed to fuck up the album quite heavily, switching the track sequencing, and completely deleting some of the highlights like "The Sun" (which Coles recently revealed had to be deleted since RZA couldn't find the original record he had sampled)
lol. too bad tho, because that song is incredible and would've def improved the album
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
Iirc there was a whole archive on unreleased ghostface stuff going around, it wasn't just bulletproof wallets that had stuff cut.
One of my fav wu details is how many album covers are Rae and or ghost just casually hanging out
― plums (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
looking at shoes, buying cereal
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
so Black Shampoo will be the Sway of this poll, right?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 20 November 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
the Sway is gonna be from Pretty Toney Album if I had to guess
― voodoo chili, Monday, 20 November 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
Good guess but i have no idea what the consensus track is there (i did put one up p high)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 November 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
This catalogue is so vast and sprawling that we might have a rollout full of Sways or a weirdly consensus-y one
― voodoo chili, Monday, 20 November 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
mostly just bumping for lols tbh... i don't think it's giving away too much to say Black Shampoo didn't quite make my cut
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 20 November 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
also huhhttp://www.vulture.com/2017/11/bjrk-says-her-lost-wu-tang-clan-collaboration-was-magic.html
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 25 November 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
Was there a different thread for the songs or has it not happened yet
― plums (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 25 November 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
He sold the tracks rollout to Shkreli iirc
― JoeStork, Saturday, 25 November 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
ended up out of town for a while then i came back and it was thanksgiving. monday-friday this week for the trax. i'm doing the top 72.
― competitive shooter - - - - (Spottie), Saturday, 25 November 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Let's do this.
― competitive shooter - - - - (Spottie), Monday, 27 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
http://i65.tinypic.com/bhet5d.jpgWu-Tang Clan - Visionz Points: 55 Votes: 3
― competitive shooter - - - - (Spottie), Monday, 27 November 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
^^ all about Rae's verse
― voodoo chili, Monday, 27 November 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link