when I compare this to other intelectual technique rappers (such as Canibus) I see that this album is almost a classic...and for some reason, less mainstream oriented like LS
when I compare this to other intelectual technique rappers (such as Canibus) I see that this album is almost a classic...and for some reason, less mainstream oriented like LS
Great album. Kind of fell in the shadows because of 'Supreme Clientele'. Definately deserves more attention. I actually probably like this album better than SC, being that I am a big Gza fan. The only part of this album I don't like is the 'Victim' chorus. Oh and also the skits. Other than that it's really rather splendid.
yeah the skits didnt work well imo.
its a quality album, gza was at his usual lyrical best here.
beats werent great for me though, i still like the album, but i probably prefer "Legend of the Liquid Swords".
i voted, superior.
disagree, thought the skits went well. they had a message and the backround music was dope
Math's best body of work (aside from his albums) all 5 of his beats were great. Mic Trippin is GZA's most underrated song, incredible stuff. personal classic, not a bad track. great guest work from Masta, Sunz, Timbo, hell everyone on it.
only drawback is not enought GZA, one more solo cut + another verse on Victim and one on Feel Like An Enemy would have been nice. ah well he let the fam shine on this and LS, then did the bulk of LOTLS and Grandmasters. interested to see how his new one shapes up
yeah, can't wait for the new album..the poster was cool
Great album, tapes r mad, especially High Price Small Reward...
I also love beat in Breaker, Breaker...
It;s really mad....
10/10
Never got to this for some reason.
1.Intro
2.Amplified Sample
I like this opening track, Beat is pretty simple, but Gza opens up with some Ill dartz and proves he hasn't fell off a bit, this is a pretty solid track, nothing else to say. 4/5
3.Beneath The Surface
I like this track alot, you have the beat which is Superb and then Gza's opening dartz are fire, he just shreds the industry with his shit and goes in strong, Killah Priest came in strong equal to Gza on here, his story is mad vivid, this is definitely a great track. 4.5/5
4.Skit #1
5.Skit #2
6.Crash Your Crew
This shit gets me hype, the beat is mad loud and Gza comes in and goes in "While the stage shook, carpenter made errors, craftsmen had his head severed" lol, Gza is witty on this track no doubt, the only thing that I don't like is that Hell-Razah's verse isn't on here, he ripped that shit, but now you just have to sit through the rest of the track.... 4.5/5
7.Breaker, Breaker
This is definitely a classic, Gza is going at other Mc's on here, he's not playing no games, I used to hear this on the radio all the time as a kid. It even sounds better today, my favorite line is "The Wu is coming through, the outcome is critical".... 5/5
8.High Price, Small Reward
Beat comes in and it sounds like something is about to happen, Gza comes in strong a quotable
I wipe the chrome off with the dust cloth before I bust off
What's the cost? Life lost, high price to pay for a small reward
Kill for that Bushwick and Halsey broad
I provided the jumper cables thru the booster mini-pack
Based on the drama, unfold it in the tracks
I don't hold back or spare no one, swords swing like Shogun
Now who want it, I see the truth then act upon it
I see the fire's is full view, ain't an MC that I hit
Can pull thru, y'all niggaz are like kids, flashin plastic tools
Unaware of the multi year, diagnastic rule
What? You stupid?
then Masta Killa just takes off on this track, Classics dartz spit on the
mic, this is a supreme wu track. 5/5
9.Hip-Hop Fury
I first heard this on Wu-Chronicles II, Classic, I love how Gza brings his BK
squad to the forefront, they all spit Ill dartz, there's reall nothing else to say..
"Looking like Rockwell wearing V-Necks........" Lol 5/5
10.Skit #3
11.1112
This is a definite banger, the beat is raw and hardcore Gza starts it off hard
"Bobby Said fuck spending 50 on a whip, buy equip, Mental flip got 1,000 tracks stored on a chip"
Masta Killa comes in crazy
"Give no extention to the lynching.."Woooooooo
they not playing No games on this album, but my favorite verse has to be Killah Priest, he goes in with the beat
Burnin’ desire, ebony eyes
Painted toe nails, legacies die
Woman by the well, Egyptian queens, Arabian sheiks
are paid to knock off rich kings, for the joy some sing
Graveyards filled with scarlet widows, who stabbed they husbands
Sleepin’ on silk pillows, blood on they robes
Disguised as beggar in cheap wool clothes
Lambs and wolfs in black hoods, pull out they gats
like magic wands, castin’ spells, sendin’ niggaz to Hell
Trappin’ they souls in realms, baptize ‘em with holy water
Springin’ on the heads of plenty witches' daughters
Interviews with the richest reporters
Silent nights over Nevada
A thoudand Muslims bow before the Kaaba
Hebrews flee to the hills of Masada
for the love of God, guns make a loud sound
I'ma show you how thugs get down
Shoot outs, bullets turn into bloodhounds and hunt you down
Cursed nation, lost generation
X-Files, found them in the future as cosmic rulers
Fallen angels from space intruders
Dyin’ saints, blood spilled on the floor like wet paint
See it in the pictures, read it like the lost scriptures
And solve it with your 100 proof liquorI never heard that girl before but she went in hard, this is..
5/5
12.Skit #4
13.Victim Never really felt this track right here, nothing else to say about it. Beat is boring, Gza came correct but i'm really not interested when there's tons of head bangers on here. 3/5
14.Publicity
Who be first to catch this Beat Down?
My RapPages be The Source
Ego Trip remain victory, and no loss
Rap Sheet show you Details of wars in streets
Where the most live, catch Vibe and Blaze heat
Double XL kings who rush through, got Right On
Quick to Stress ya, sound crew to get a mic on
Math lets the plates Spin
Consecutive hits, promoters' face grin
The dawn catch fist, keep the paper direct wire
See them jake be tire
unlike the story that Echoes out with chronic liars
Like those who feast on hogs, eat Murder Dogs
A Village Voice kid with his heart and soul calm
Killa Beez produce the honey, that fortify the platinum
plus the DJ claws fiend to scratch them
Thus street team takes shots of criticism
Promotional vehicles wiffin wit mad rhythm
With the lockout of one of our Source Sports
We spice the stand and launch the stage on the ball court
During the first half, number one draft
Rap lords, swing swords, slam microphone, shatter Billboards
Forty-eight in sight, after inhalin the herb
Vision impaired, when the silhouette emerged
One nut out the Clan
Get your whole click banned from radio
PD's cut your raps man
Forcin me to move on from one world to another
on the gulf, from the fuel Jet to hover
Take cover wit the radical, Urban Latino
No Hip-Hop Connection wit Us and Janet Reno
I do an interview and they aim to trace my Essence
To know more than is necessary blunts your weapon
My group's Nova, remain unsober
And serve High Times wit king cobras
I shoulder low-post MC's, your whole style lafeast
Second to get your Word Up, then the troops unleash
Creative low fling, to the grand opening
Wit my ray gun scoping, you're hoping
Uniforms be fridged when they walk the Black Beat
in the heat, of razors exposin fresh meat
In Bedrock and Gambling - Rolling Stone, out of zone
Where they can't monitor my 'xact poem
Collide wit the Tiger Beat, rappin raga
Ebony eyes, folks see the saga
5/5
15.Feel Like An Enemy
This track is hot, they all coming hard on the mic, but there's something missing....oh yeah Gza's not even on here, Hell Razah started this shit off crazy, Prodigal Sunn ending this crazy this is a banger. 4/5
16.Stringplay
Alot people don't like this beat, but it's cool, we have Method Man on the track they both go hard lyrically, this track is nowhere near Shadowboxin' but it's pretty good. 4/5
17.Mic Trippin
Gza rips this shit, the beat is already crazy, Lyrics are off the chain
this is another quotable in my book, Gza proves he's the head of the clan.
5/5
18.Outro Gza isn't on this one, but this joint is crazy, beat has some knock to it already and La the Darkman just goes off "My Team is like USA the way we conquer, Lay back, roll more chocolate than willy wonka"
"My logic, money, bitches, land and lessons,allah blesses me with automatic weapons"
He went off on this track. Timbo king
adds fuel to the fire, niggas caught plaque from bitin off the platinum
Dumb MC's caught the gum disease, ask them
who's style they took, 2 wild brooks
Try to take a page when I'm the author of the book...
They bought the heat, this is a 5/5 and Gza ISN'T EVEN ON IT!
5/5
Beats - 4.5/5
Lyrics - 5/5
Overall - 4.5/5
A great follow up to a classic, the beats aren't better than liquid swords but they are great, don't get me wrong. Lyrics on this album are SHARP. No wack lyrics, Gza does NOT play. I love how he put all his BK niggaz on, they all came HARD NO WACK LYRICS. They should've formed a team with Gza as the leader, this is a Superior
album. ****Overall 4.5/5**** ****Certified Wu-Banger****
Last edited by Hollow Dartz; 07-27-2008 at 08:13 PM.
Only a few years ago Hip Hop purists may have felt superior listening to hard core while their less enlightened companions snacked on commercial rap. As Shaolin research began to point out the overwhelming benefits of raw production, true hip hop enthusiasts started turning back to traditional styles. Wu-Tang in particular, has been shown to myriad beneficial effects, from warding off ignorance and poverty to reducing the risk of incarceration and death.
yeah, thanks.
Only a few years ago Hip Hop purists may have felt superior listening to hard core while their less enlightened companions snacked on commercial rap. As Shaolin research began to point out the overwhelming benefits of raw production, true hip hop enthusiasts started turning back to traditional styles. Wu-Tang in particular, has been shown to myriad beneficial effects, from warding off ignorance and poverty to reducing the risk of incarceration and death.
seeing that review makes me wanna go back and listen to it again
A great follow up to a classic, the beats aren't better than liquid swords but they are great, don't get me wrong. Lyrics on this album are SHARP. No wack lyrics, Gza does NOT play. I love how he put all his BK niggaz on, they all came HARD NO WACK LYRICS. They should've formed a team with Gza as the leader, this is a Superior
album. ****Overall 4.5/5**** ****Certified Wu-Banger****
this is album is one of my favorites concures with Hollow Dartz everything is sharp as fuck i mean GZA went hard and the production shined allot. i mean you saw the beginning of allot of artist on here such as Hell Razah. but yeah i remember copping this around the same time as copping sunz of man and you know 1999 was good year for the wu.
I love this album, but I could not have been more dissapointed with theMethod Man track, considering their first duo was Shadowboxin
"The skywalker, that be leapin' over planets"
yup. ima take it a step further and say this is the best wutang solo album yet. yeah i said it. maybe more people would wake up to this if they didnt sheepishly tout OB4CL and LS as such because it's the "unquestionable truth" and the "right" thing to do. BTS is a better overall album than both and a simply superior listening experience. sonically explosive and lyrically sharp, it's the most mature and consistent wutang release according to me.
Last edited by Thug Strength; 08-05-2008 at 04:43 PM.
^ While some people do just follow like sheep and call certain albums classics because they're regarded as such by most, you're a dick to suggest that everyone does this and we're all just pretending they're our favourites. This album is one of my favourites, I just happen to prefer LS. If everyone on earth said this was better then I'd still prefer LS.
9.4/10. One waffer thin mint away from classic.
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