I think this is one of the most underrated wu cds. I really feel it. I know i can be blamed for this but i really find it a classic in the real sense. Rza tried to make something different, international to combine everything and i think he really did a great job. I love a lot this album, is very ebntertaining and very different comparing it to the others. The idea is great. Everything.
It's very underrated. Maybe the marketing was not good, the promotion, i don't know but this is a masterpiece in my opinion.
What ya'll think?
07-12-2005, 11:52 AM
Mark
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It's a Wu bangah! I really like most of it.
The intro with RZA and Kenetic is funny.
The first joints are fuckin' raw.
02 : mesmurize (feat. feven) // sweden
03 : det e sa jag kanner (feat. petter) // sweden
04 : on the ground (feat. diaz, petter & feven) // sweden & norway
05 : the north sea (feat. diaz) // norway
^Straight bangin' really. I really love this Diaz dude. He is raw. English and Swedish verses.
06 : saian intro
07 : saian (feat. saian supa crew & ghostface killah) // france
08 : please, tends l'oreille (feat. bams & u-god) // france
^I love that shit. The Supa Crew is funny and RZA and Ghost got wild on this beat. I love U-God on the other song really much. Some heavy up-tempo shit. It's bangin' altho the girl got even sing! :D That's because RZA got a crazy beat on track 08.
09 : warning (feat. n.a.p.) // france
10 : dedicace (feat. passi) // france
11 : seul face à lui (feat. iam) // france
^IAM is dope and some other mc's come strong. It's nice shit, but not really classic. I was loving the shit from Sweden more than the France shit. RZA spits darts on the IAM song.
12 : souls on fire (feat. xavier naidoo & deborah cox) // germany & canada
13 : ich weiss (on my mind) (feat. curse) // germany
Track 12 ain't great imo. Kinda boring. Track 13 is a famous mc from Germany spitting over the Iron Flag (track) beat.
14 : black star line-up (feat. afrob & sekou) // germany
^FUCKING SICK. One of the best beats ever made imo. Crazy mc's too. English and German verses.
15 : i've never seen... (feat. xavier naidoo) // germany
Chill track. Really fuckin' famous in Germany. It was on #1 for mad weeks.
16 : boing, boing (feat. blade, skinnyman & mr. tibbs) // united kingdom
17 : make money, money (feat. bronz'n'blak) // united kingdom
18 : passaporto per resistere (feat. frankie hi n.r.g.) // italy
19 : uzathan gelen ses (feat. fuat, bektas & germ) // turkey & germany
^The whole end of this cd wasn't really great imo. Some nices flows and cool RZA beats, but not really special.
Overall this cd is pretty dope.
07-12-2005, 12:50 PM
Prisma
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I think Europeans tend to enjoy this album more than Americans, because of the concept ofcourse.
I like this album, it sounds really fresh. Some beats are subpar though, so there is no way this album can be called a classic. Some tracks are sick as f*ck though, like track 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 16.
A good album, but nowhere near classic IMO.
peace
07-12-2005, 12:53 PM
Prince Rai
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
nah i liked it for sho tho..
maybe cos there were many languages goin on at the same time, is the reason why not every1 diggd this album...
good stuff though
07-12-2005, 12:59 PM
100pr00f
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i never even heard of this cd......is t calle d the world according to rza...never seen it in the stores
07-12-2005, 01:00 PM
Prince Rai
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 100pr00f
i never even heard of this cd......is t calle d the world according to rza...never seen it in the stores
damm u seriously never heard?? yo the world according to RZA.. chek it out
07-12-2005, 01:00 PM
100pr00f
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ill try...if i can find it
07-12-2005, 01:01 PM
Prince Rai
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
peace 100, tell us what u think when u do hear, pretty old stuff tho!!!
07-12-2005, 01:02 PM
100pr00f
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fo sho
07-12-2005, 01:19 PM
Create
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
I Heard Of It
Never Heard It Tho
07-12-2005, 01:24 PM
wilson177
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
The reason why its underrated is because it aint in english.. it might be a great album but i probably speak for a good amount of wu fans when i say i cant understand a word of it.. im sure u Europeans love it because i thin kits safe to say that you are all at least Bi or even Tri-Lingual.. that shwy it will never be considered classic
The best album in the last 7 Years (1998-2005) (Nightmare in A-Minor & The Black Market Militia comes close!!! ..almost =)
dope beats, good MC's ..
my favorite is Black Star Line UP ..
Afrob doin' mad shit .. like allways!
IAM bringing the raw hip hop
Feven reprezenting the heat ;)
maybe the reason becouse I like this album so much is, that I speak 4 languages + I understand other 4 languages :)
07-12-2005, 01:37 PM
Ink Is My Drink
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
i still need to buy this album. sounds real interesting
07-12-2005, 01:38 PM
Create
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where can u buy it ?
07-12-2005, 01:44 PM
Prolifical ENG
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of course it is underrated.....it was only released in Europe.
I remember the threads here when it was released....the European cats love it....therefore its really not underrated.....its just that some people in N America never heard of it.
I've thought of orderin this album for so long. when it came out tho i was still in school n broke, i could've bought it. now that i'm workin i keep spendin my dough on other shit.
i just ordered the problem tho (along w/ ravipops, hope it's good)
yeah, but i'll def get this album (1 week, a month, a year from today or whatever)
i've got mesmerize on my ipod n i love that shit. i've also heard snippets of other tracks
one
07-12-2005, 03:04 PM
pablobaluba
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Rza is ok
07-12-2005, 03:44 PM
Welshkillabee
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Yeah this is a banger some really nice production on there
07-12-2005, 05:16 PM
Jet Set
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I got 2 versions
the non german N the german version with Hotel track
07-12-2005, 05:21 PM
THE W
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
i like this album better than a lot of wu albums in the past 4 years. i dont even care that i cant understand jack shit, i just look at it as a Rza instrumental album.
8.5/10
07-12-2005, 06:19 PM
OwnageNinja
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His song with xavier naidoo was HUGE on the world charts. That album was a great World Album, I wish more Rappers would do something like this. I think we all forget that Hip Hop in Germany and the UK is HUGE.
They greatly appreciated RZA directing a whole album to the world instead of just the states, and it sold very well out there.
USA didn't really get it though.
07-12-2005, 07:14 PM
sakk
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its a good album
especially for gaining new perspectives, hearing rap in different languages
07-13-2005, 04:02 AM
Racailla
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WAR is a decent overview on European HipHop-acts, no less and no more. RZA dropped some hot beats but I didn't like his raps.
Still it would have become an instant classic if RZA selected the best emcees of each country and not the ones that don't have anything to say. I mean, how can he take Passi who was famous years ago and let out Oxmo Puccino? Same in Germany: Why Optik Crew instead of Torch, Samy Deluxe, Azad or Main Concept?
I agree that the Scandinavian tracks were the hottest together with some French ("seul face a lui" and "saian" as a club banger) plus two German tracks ("Ich weiss" and "Black star line up") and the raw British "Bong. bong"
Hope RZA really gives us a second volume like he's announced in the booklet.
With some Asian emcees and some from Eastern europe
3rd be Africa
:D I know I'm dreaming
07-13-2005, 04:23 AM
venex
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
the production is very good, aswell are the lyrics!
it's a very good album!
peace!
07-13-2005, 05:14 AM
PowerHouseKickout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pablobaluba
I think this is one of the most underrated wu cds. I really feel it. I know i can be blamed for this but i really find it a classic in the real sense. Rza tried to make something different, international to combine everything and i think he really did a great job. I love a lot this album, is very ebntertaining and very different comparing it to the others. The idea is great. Everything.
It's very underrated. Maybe the marketing was not good, the promotion, i don't know but this is a masterpiece in my opinion.
What ya'll think?
do you fully understand all the lyrics???if not how can you consider that a classic??
the production and the concept is simply dope i agree
07-13-2005, 05:57 AM
Rebel_INS
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I heard it was really good. But I havent got it yet
07-13-2005, 07:17 AM
pablobaluba
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerHouseKickout
do you fully understand all the lyrics???if not how can you consider that a classic??
the production and the concept is simply dope i agree
yes you're right. but ii apreciate a lot what you said...the production, the idea, the concept...everything
i understand....english, german, french....and that last turkish song...that's fuckin ill
hahahha...man that's crazy....i laugh as an insane when i listen to that...hahaha
about a new WAR...it would be great....with some asian mcees
really really great
peace
RZA IS OK
07-13-2005, 08:33 AM
wu-tang1988
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by pablobaluba
I think this is one of the most underrated wu cds. I really feel it. I know i can be blamed for this but i really find it a classic in the real sense. Rza tried to make something different, international to combine everything and i think he really did a great job. I love a lot this album, is very ebntertaining and very different comparing it to the others. The idea is great. Everything.
It's very underrated. Maybe the marketing was not good, the promotion, i don't know but this is a masterpiece in my opinion.
What ya'll think?
I agree with what your saying! but i dont understand why RZA picked Diaz to represent Norway, on the album... Theres alot of MUCH BETTER MC's here in Norway... But the album is still bangin'!
I also want some african and asian MC's on it too!
07-13-2005, 10:32 AM
Racailla
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Diaz is the shit, my Norwegian friend!! RZA did right to pick him
07-13-2005, 11:37 AM
undergrounddigga
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Rza was obligated by the record company to work with certain MC's! (becouse of the succes)
The other half of the MC's was picked up by Rza!
This was the deal between he and the record company.
Personaly I'm satisfied with the line up!
Afrob, Curse, Sekou, Xavier one of the best German MC's.
I like Samy Deluxe, Azad, D-Flame, Torch to, but maybe it would be too much 4 this only one CD.
about the French site ..
I'm sorry that Supreme NTM was left outside.
But IAM, Bamz, Nap, Saian are just as good as NTM.
I don't realy know the Skandinavians, but I'm surprised, that he didn't work with Looptroop (sweedish rap group, with english flow, very well known in Europe).
and I'm sorry that he didn't work with hungarian cats .. although, he's got some friend MC's here .. but I supouse, they were left outside by the Rec Company.
once again, this CD is one of my fav. Dope Dope Dope:)
07-13-2005, 11:54 AM
thirdworld
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this ablum sounded slapped togeather ...very sub par for the rza
07-14-2005, 06:41 PM
Frank Drebin
Re: The World According To Rza !!!
That Super Saian song I likes. Think the production is nice as fuck, but a couple of the artists on it I dont like. But overall very good
07-14-2005, 08:42 PM
jayeye
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dope album no question
07-14-2005, 09:15 PM
num2son
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jayeye
dope album no question
Doper Beats.
09-22-2020, 09:26 PM
Sense-A
This album was awesome. Production was stellar.
It's hard to pick a favorite track.
But SkinnyMan goes so hard on a Rza beat I have to pick this:
when you take the concept into account, so many artists in so many different languages, this album worked out well enough. I don't give it too much play, but the beats are ACE and some of the songs are just dope in their own right thanks to the artists
I would have loved to hear some generals rap over some of these beats. Just like I would have loved to have some of the Ghost Dog beats used on a Wu group album.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
09-23-2020, 03:00 PM
BigSchnikkel
RZA must've made a bunch of euros with that Xaiver Naidoo song.
It has more views than Triumph and M.E.T.H.O.D. Man on Youtube. 68 million
09-24-2020, 05:29 AM
Kutman
^^Ah man, that was the shit back then (2003). Great times!
09-25-2020, 06:33 PM
rzatrax
One of my fav. Rza compilations. i admit though i think i listen to the instrumentals more . Rza beats on this comp. were on fire !!!!