Killah Priest - Heavy Mental

Killah Priest - Heavy Mental (1998 )

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01 : Intro
02 : One Step ft. Tekitha & Hell Razah
03 : Blessed Are Those
04 : From Then Till Now
05 : Cross My Heart ft. Inspectah Deck & GZA
06 : Fake MC's
07 : It's Over
08 : Crosaids
09 : Tai Chi ft. Hell Razah, 60 Second Assassin & Father Lord
10 : Heavy Mental
11 : If You Don't Know ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard
12 : Atoms To Adam ft. Shangai The Messenger
13 : High Explosives
14 : Wisdom
15 : B.I.B.L.E.
16 : Mystic City
17 : Information
18 : Science Project ft. Hell Razah
19 : Almost There
20 : The Professional


Out of any Wu-fam album debate of "which is the best fam solo?", you better believe that Heavy Mental will be mentioned. Some hip hop critics would catigorize this album as one of the best lyrical albums in hip hop with "dense with religious imagery and filled with evocative sounds"(wutangcorp.com discography).

If I remember correctly, this album is certified gold.

The success of this album may be one of the reason why Killah Priest is one of the most widely known and possibly popular wu fam members (of course some would say Cap)

Anyway.....I rate this album 10/10. And Im not even the type of person that would give a 10 to every Wu album before 1997.

Lyrics, lyrics, and more lyrics. I don't think many people who listen to this album are gonna understand it, because 90% of the stuff is over peoples heads. This album is way too ahead of it's time. Take Killah Priest, and insert some of the most knowledgeable lyrics ever, combine that with True Master and 4th Disciple on the boards, and something totally original and unheard of comes out. There are many classic songs on this album. This isn't a classic to me, but it's 9.5/10. Go pick it up this album is so amazing.

10/10 i don't think any wu solo album compares

def 10/10, this album is hot, lyrics are mindblowingly explosive
get it if you haven't yet.


peace

This is one of my favourite albums ever.

Priests best effort. A really classic album. It goes from Gorgeous to a fucking tyrannosaurus. I love those Movie quotes dunno from which movie, about Judas betraying Christ. Really well planned album, production is good and Priest is outstanding lyrically

Amazing album, still listen to it quite often. One of the dopest wu fam albums ever. Can't wait for the offering.

One of the best albums ever released lyrically.I didin't like it at first as it went over my head and just seemed a little 2 abstract 2 me but after multiple listens i can appreciate it 4 the master piece it is

not one of my favorite wu cd's, killah priest is a nice lyricist but his flow has that sleep-inducing effect, the hardest i heard him spit was on no said date

try listening to the heavy mental track trippin.

Album is one of the great definitions of how Hiphop supposed to sound.

a definate personal classic. 10/10. if you dont have it you need to get this IMMEDIATELY!!

not only best wu fam but one of the best wu albums. The only one I'd put on the same level is Wu Forever. It's all about the education.

10/10 Best Wu album ever hands down (and he's Wu Fam). From start to end it is a hip hop massacre. No doubt Priests a fucken lyrical madman. Buy it...

I cant take it, Beauty that was once sacred
is getting face lifts, fake tits & fake lips,
cold embraces, memory erases, from the slave ships
my princess, used to spot her from a distance,
holding my infant, burning incense,
moment intent, for her to step into my wife tents,
now we step in pre-sents, for your ebony prince, the smell of frankincense
was once treated like a pharaoh, with royal apparel,
anointed with myrrh and aloe,
we used to wallow, amongst the mallow,
we had herds of sheep and cattle, now we battle
used to pass over the brooks of Qeron,
towers of Lebanon and the pools of Yechuan
we used to sing songs, upon, Mt Hebron,
how is gold turned to bronze, how is gold turned to bronze

we was the wisest and the richest, now we turn to snitches,
women turn to bitches, in the time of harvest
we was the smartest, worshipped wisdom like a goddess,
now we act retarded, forsook the wisdom of the fathers,
we used to have 1000 flaggons of wine, in Palestine.
now we sip Ballentyne, and raise up in the violent mind
we used to have 100 measures of oil, 80 measures of wheat and barley,
we lived godly, listening to Bob Marley,
until the devils robbed me, chasing us through the African Safari

^^^ Love that verse

Dope Album. I'd give it a 8.5/10. The first half of the album is just amazing, some of the best lyrics you'll ever hear. I think it falls off just a little bit towards the end, it is a must have.

Amazing CD. One of the best I've ever heard. 10/10

word word and word...

Best album Besides Grandmasters to come out after Wu-tang Forever...

i think "If you don't know" is the GREATEST song EVER made til this day by any producer of Wu-tang...which means True Master is the fucking GREATEST....

i've never heard such good beats...Killah Priest is far from my favorite rapper, but putting an album together properly is 3/4 of what being an artist is all about, and he got himself one of the best albums...the other 1/4 of being an artist is stickin-dick-in groupies...

this is the only wu-fam joint i think comes anywhere close to matching the first round of wu solo albums. its better than any wu album after forever except supreme clientele. great album to smoke to- just sit back, nod ya head and take in the poetics. "from then till now" is one of my favorite songs ever

word, word, word and work.
Can't agree the more with you guys this is surely a must have for every true wu-head.
I say it is a classic better than a couple of wu-member albums, lyricallly and beat wise it's dope....and please listen to the lyrics cause it's very educative.

11/10 classic shit here, dont sleep

Dope album again.

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Originally Posted by ElusiveFugitive

10/10 Best Wu album ever hands down (and he's Wu Fam). From start to end it is a hip hop massacre. No doubt Priests a fucken lyrical madman. Buy it...

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Some people call it the best Wu album- I prefer to call it the most over-rated Wu album.

I love Heavy Mental this album is fire from the first to last song I still listen to it everyday!

an ablum with many levels and many vibes, its propably the deepest hip hop album ever

classic 10

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Originally Posted by Jesus Shootin Heroin

Some people call it the best Wu album- I prefer to call it the most over-rated Wu album.

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it's not over-rated in any possible fashion...

one of the sickest albums made in hominoid history...

Science projects is now my favorite track at the moment of HM...

Classic material from Killah Priest. 10/10

behind the eye sockets is where il build my sky rockets...the bissniss.. not better then other wu stuff just purely in a class of its own. thank you mister priest for being so heavy with my mental

def a clas-sick album ... 9.5/10

Classic. 10/10

Absolutely this is a classic.

Simply a classic hip hop album , wu or not.

I have only had this album a few weeks, wasn't sure at first listen, but loving it now.

Lyrics:93%
Production: Science Projects, Atoms to Adam, Tai Chi, fuck 100% ( igive these out very rarely)

overall 96.5% goodness
10/10

10/10 def a HIP HOP classic.

Killa made me go pick up a book after hearing this album.

....classic

What can I say more? It's a classic and one of the best LP's ever, not only in Wu catalogue. Wisdom. wisdom, wisdom... plus sick beats, what do you want more? If You Don't Know is one of the illest tracks ever:clap: But songs like One Step, Cross My Heart, Tai Chi or From Then Til Now are classics too.

all i gotta say is one of the best fuckin hip hop albums ever in the history of the shit, Priest = one of the greatest hands down

poll for heavy mental

BANGER some classic shit on it though.

My opinion changed from the review I had. Now I think it's a definate classic. Overlooked album by the masses.