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

didn't end up voting for any of these results so far, but all good stuff. I think w "Impossible" I left it off cuz I don't love the Tekitha hook or the beat, really.

yeah never liked that hook

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#67 Ghostface Killah - R.A.G.U. Points: 59 Votes: 2

glad this poll is rolling, great stuff so far!

can I ask what program you used to do the cool graphics?

mostly adobe indesign + a little preliminary photoshop work

cool, thanks!

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#66 Wu-Tang Clan - Rules Points: 62 Votes: 3

I had this p high. Post-9/11 banger

All the chopped vocal samples at the beginning are killer (also v Preemo)

otm has that preemo bounce. meth's verse is classic

one of the tragedies of the war on terror is that they could've just sent in the Wu and avoided a lot of bloodshed

Deck's verse is great too. "Stop hearts like cholesterol/let's brawl"

yah for sure. his flow fits perfect on that

rules was a late cut from my ballot, all the iron flag singles are dope imo

both of those ironman tracks were late cuts from my ballot too. Ironman isn't as perfectly cohesive an album like OB4CL and LS, but it's so packed with great tracks I listen to it more than any of the other first wave releases at this point.

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#65 Ghostface Killah - Cherchez La Ghost Points: 62 Votes: 4

the sample does a lot of the heavy lifting on this one, but I love Dr Buzzard and I love Ghost, so this is always a fun interlude on Supreme Clientele

I heard this *before* I heard the Dr. Buzzard song so I was very "wtf" @ this one on first listen - like, "why is he giving Tommy Matolla shit? Is he beefing with ...Mariah?"

haha

cherchez is both kind of a banger and weirdly muted, and i go back and forth on whether i actually like it. ghost's opening couplet is so great, but u-god's verse is kind of bad imo

xp, oh yeah i definitely didn't hear the dr. buzzard before i first heard SC, but I also had no idea who Tommy Mottola was either, so I just felt the vibe

I love “Cherchez” but Ghostface only raps for about 20 seconds on it - he’s a bit player on his own hit. The female singer whose Dr. Buzzard lift takes up most of the running time doesn’t even get a “featuring” credit.

What’s even weirder is that I didn’t know the Dr. Buzzard song when I first heard “Cherchez LaGhost,” but the Tommy Mottola reference still made perfect sense. Mottola was the head of Ghostface’s record company at the time, and I assumed “he lost his lady” was about the divorce with Mariah. I was more confused to hear the same lines on the original 1976 song once I got around to it.

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#64 Wu-Tang Clan - The M.G.M. Points: 63 Votes: 3

I voted for the MGM. love how rae and ghost pass it back and forth

Mottola was the head of Ghostface’s record company at the time, and I assumed “he lost his lady” was about the divorce with Mariah. I was more confused to hear the same lines on the original 1976 song once I got around to it.

yeah I went through the same process. It just seemed like a weirdly specific callout to me at the time, like why would he give enough of a fuck about Motolla/Mariah to make a song out of it, it seemed uncharacteristic.

didn't vote for MGM but yeah good storytelling on that one

love the mgm, i feel like i could listen to hours and hours of rae/ghost story raps

i kinda love u-god's verse on cherchez

aw i love the mgm

i'm very sorry i didn't vote

it's cool brad, join us in the rollout!

i remember listening to it on repeat in college bc i was just amazed at rae and ghost

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Wu-Tang Clan - Let My Ni**as Live (f.Nas)

#63 Points: 66 Votes: 3

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#62 Killah Priest - B.I.B.L.E. Points: 69 Votes: 4

late cut from my ballot

love that song although was always confused as to why it was hanging out at the end of liquid swords

I really wanted to get (Killah) Priest on the album. And when I did, he said he could cover the whole track, so we let him do it. It’s incredible to me, man. Some people still tell me that that it’s their favorite song off the album. I mean, it’s a really deep song. He broke down lots of things: preachers, ministries, churches, details, and a lot of insight on a lot of stuff. “The earth’s already in space, your bible I embrace, a difficult task I had to take…” The song’s just perfect and ends the record out brilliantly.

... ok gza, makes sense

i actually heard heavy mental before liquid swords so when i finally got around to it it was weird for me. gza otm. one of my fav wu tracks

great sub bass too. and that little vocal sample.

song would have fit really well on ATLiens

Killah Priest shoulda been an official member. Feel like he and GZA coulda had a Rae/Ghost type of camaraderie on records. The few tracks they did together were all awesome.
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#61 Wu-Tang Clan - Clan in Da Front Points: 70 Votes: 3

im guessing every 36 chambers song is gonna make it (except maybe 7th Chamber pt. 2?)

great song. it takes a little too long to start, so I don't return to it as much outside of the album context, but it's an awesome showcase for the genius

bonus points for inspiring the poll title lol

i love the intro, helped me in remembering who was all in the group and all the others i needed to check out hah.

use of the thelonius piano sample is inspired

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#60 Ghostface Killah - Mighty Healthy Points: 70 Votes: 3

song is ok, Ghost gets off some great lines and beat catches the ear

the "Woodrow the Basehead" interlude that follows is one of my favorites tho

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#59 Wu-Tang Clan - As High As Wu-Tang Get Points: 74 Votes: 5

voted for this, a highlight of the album. GZA's verse is insane, so dense.