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I always thought this album is great. And still do think.
An album that has a song like "Gun Will Go" with a beat switch like that, and 3 groundsmashing verses, can't be bad.
Overall, it's 4,5 star album for me. It only lacked a little energy and that 'classic' touch on some tracks like Rushing Elephants and Unpredictable. Of course, mathematically it lacked ( - Dexter Wiggles )
It's collecting dust as we type and it has been doing so 2 days after I bought it
A year later this is still a really great album in my opinion. 3rd best Clan group album, and an overall solid effort from everyone. I understand some of the hate the album gets, but about half of it I still don't get. Whatever, those who aren't feeling it I feel sorry for.
It's all just opinion but I'm surprised you liked it more than Pro Tools. I think Pro Tools is an amazing album and another outstanding addition to the Wu discog.Quote:
Originally Posted by claaa7
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Originally Posted by Professor Rino
It's still a good album, but... nothing more.. And parts of it is extremely boring.
yeah that's exactly what I think of "8 Diagrams" but don't get me wrong, "Pro Tools" is alright but i just think GZA sounds so uninspired on most of there that it's hard to really enjoy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wu-Tang Gambino
for example that track "On The Path of Destruction" which has a NASTY beat, first time I listened to that joint I didn't even understand GZA had started his verse after a couple of bars cuz i thought he was just speaking on the intro and that's saying something about his overall performance on the album. he sounds washed-up... "Alphabets" is incredible though!
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Originally Posted by the silencer
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Originally Posted by Krimewave
i still think this album is amazing with the exception of a couple tracks. this has been my most listened cd since the day it dropped.
i am still convinced that wu fans shit on this album because their lovers rae and ghost did.
True hip-hop head.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAURO DA GRIM LATIN
Which are always a little bit narrow-minded.
I listen to it, but never intentionaly. But it's not like I skip it, cuz it ain't that bad, just disappointing to that point I wanna listen to 30 other better wu-related releases.
i'll have to pick it up again and see if my opinion has changed.
year went by fast didnt it?..
^indeed it did. I'ma have to do that too. There are two tracks I've been bumpin from time to time though and those be Windmill and Weak Spot. Classic Wu shit right there! This album could've been much more dope without all the singing artists, that was the main shit that kinda ruined it for me as a whole.
I still listen to a few joints off it every so often, but it doesn't have the shelf life of other classic Wu albums. Campfire, Take It Back, Rushing Elephants, Gun Will Go...even Heart Gently Weeps are dope. But I can't help but get pissed at RZA for putting out a half-assed album without the entire Clan supporting it. The changes he made to Unpredictable are horrible (the original is so much better), Stick Me For My Riches is awful (why the hell is GZA singing the hook?), and the production on Weak Spot is, well, weak. Plus, with Watch Your Mouth not cleared, there is no posse cut like every other Wu album.
Cappa's verse is freakinf awfulQuote:
Originally Posted by Krimewave
Christ, thinking about it, I probably havent listened to it since the last 8D thread was put on here. Apart from when I random my tracks on the computer.
I just wish this album had more people on each track.
Serioulsy, I would put this album up a notch if it simply had one more verse from a different Wu member on each track