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01 - Enter U-God
02 - Turbulence (4/5)
03 - The Glide (3/5)
04 - Dat's Gangsta (4.5/5)
05 - Soul Dazzle (3/5)
06 - Bizzare (4/5)
07 - Rumble (3.5/5)
08 - Pleasure or Pain (4.5/5)
09 - Stay In Your Lane (3/5)
10 - Shell Shock (3/5)
11 - Lay Down (4/5)
12 - Hungry (3/5)
13 - Turbo Charge (5/5)
14 - Knockin' At Your Door (3/5)
15 - Night The City Cried (3/5)
Another descent Wu-album that should have been a lot better, it has a handful of real bangers and no particulary weak track. but there's really nothing that really stand out either. Overall rating: 3.25/5
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I really can't get with this album, I like U-God an all, but this is terrible stuff, I can't just blame the production either, Golden Arms delivered his fair share of crap too.
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nothing special, solid album for one-time-listening but nothing above that...
I say 4/10
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I'd give it a 2.5/5 at best. I didn't hate it, but nothing really blew me away on here. It's just a lot of average songs.
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I'ma take a stab at this...
1. Enter U-God - (4/5) At first I didn't like this, but it grew on me. Maybe because there was no music, but I like what he did with the I will Survive stuff.
2. Turbulence - (5/5) One of the few classic songs on here. Beat is nuts. U-God has this stream of conciousness flow that works real well with the beat. amazing.
3. Glide - (5/5) Inpectah Deck track, break ya back. Great beat. Although U-God's second verse he uses a verse from an early Wu freestyle, and it kinda fucks up the flow, but he makes up for it later on.
4. Dat's Gangsta - (5/5) First single. Beat is a masterpiece. U-God goes hard. Everything about this song is perfect, well...the hook wasn't really that good.
5. Soul Dazzle - (3/5) Hook was average, a little long, beat was average.
6. Bizzare - (5/5) Second singe. This is one of the few tracks where Lucky Hands get's his hook prefect. Beat is great.
7. Rumble - (5/5) Probably the crown jewl of the album, maybe second behind Dat's Gangsta. Deck rips this motha apart. Beat is a work of art.
8. Pleasure Or Pain - (5/5) Great slow track, Hell Razah comes in nice.
9. Stay In Your Lane - (3/5) Beat is not really good. It's just ok. RZA fucked him up. Hook is not really good (but what else is new?).
10. Shell Shock - (5/5) Hook is great, Raekwon does his stuff. Leatha Fase was probably better though.
11. Lay Down - (5/5) One of the best beats on the album. U-God lays it down (lol)
12. Hungry - (4/5) This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Alot of people think this song sucks, but I've actually grown to love the hook on here. Beat is good too. Although it's weired how he does the hook twice in the beginning and end, then just raps in between. But it works for me.
13. Turbo Charge - (4/5) This is a solid track. This is an ok beat from RZA, hook is good, but Uey sounds a little rough.
14. Knockin' At Your Door (4/5) Again another messed up hook. Beat is good, rhymes are glood, but nothing really special.
15. Night The City Cried. (5/5) Who the fuck says Uey can't be a storyteller? This song was enjoyable throughout the whole thing, and It left me wondering why it wasn't continued. Next album maybe?
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67/75
5/5
This mother fucker is a classic.
I don't give a shit about what all you U-God haters say. This album was mad slept on. I reccomend this to any Wu fan, hip-hop fan, or Uey fan.
There is one flaw I have though, and to be honest, U-God seriously needs to get help with his hooks. Some songs he nails them, and I can deal with a few tracks with him doing them, but other songs are just plain out ugly and laughable.
Track Picks - Turbulence, Glide, Dat's Gangsta, Bizarre, Rumble, Pleasure Or Pain, Shell Shock, Lay Down, Night The City Cried
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agree ^ 100 percent
to me this is in my top 10 for wu solos. loved it
cant wait for his new shit to drop too
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I'd give it 7.5 out of 10. Decent album.
Some of the choruses are horrific though.
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I'm startin to love this album more and more! I expected much from it, and the first time i have heard I wasn't satisfied at all! But every time I listen to it again I like it more and more, and now. I really like it! I must say that I underrated it when i voted, I had to go for a Superior album, cuz most objective, it is no more and no less than that!
And I must confess that sometimes I really underrate U-God!!!
Peace.................
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Better than LDS which is a given
I don't see why U-God gets so much hate
this was crack
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yo i'm sitting here vibing to Uey and damn i forgot how good this album "Golden Arms Redemption" plus i just finished watching "Rise of the Fallen Solider" on youtube and GAR is such a dope album i mean he has the flavor i hope he comes correct on "Dopium"
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worth having for turbulence and the night the city cried alone
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Have yet to hear this one.. I have alot of wu solo's should this be my nexy buy??? You cant usually go wrong with a first gen WU solo album now can you???
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Chronologically this is a 2nd generation Wu solo album.
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U-GOD is ok.. he wasnt really my fav out of the bunch sometimes he can kill it and suprise my ass but others jut like he has a old school rap flow that bores me most of the time ..
i wont buy his album im just not that intertained by him on that level as a solo .
but when he jumps on dope joint's ill cop it but not enough for me to go out of my way for it s
sorry u god but we all picky maybe if he get s more raw and more fluent with his flow then will see but this is my op.. don't matter but like i said he can kill it on some tracks
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