The Truth Behind Making "The W"

[Hollow Dartz]

[Cinematic]

Yo, thx for this juicy nugget right here! Very enlightening.

[Kutman]

I wish they would release Wu-Tang Revealed already, how long can 1 wait...

[phadde96]

Who is this man narrating who seemed to get invited into rzas Office along with ghost and meth? I want you, you... AND you to come to my office.

[GHOSTTOAST]

Favorite clan album after Forever !

[human torch]

According to the WU they havn't made a album they liked since forever. This dude tells good stories, Whats his name on you tube?

[LoboTek]

According to the WU they havn't made a album they liked since forever.

I saw an interview where Ghost felt that way, but I'm sure Rza probably feels diferently.

[the silencer]

Not really sure what's the big revelation about the story... Ghost and Meth had a fight, Rza chastised Meth for shitty attitude, and they thought the album was too commercial...


so they quickly made Iron Flag to make up for it?


The W gets better and better with age... gritty as fuck, dark and gloomy joints like "Can't Go to Sleep" and "Jah World"


Iron Flag is mostly lame




best part of the story is imagining Meth shitting on Ghost for his obscure opaque rhymes. Starks was at peak uniqueness, definitely my favorite stage of his career

(also kinda weird because Meth has said Supreme Clientele is his favorite Wu solo album)

[JEM]

There is nothing commercial about "The W" except "Gravel Pit"

Honestly..i feel that at the time (2000) the Wu maybe should've made a more commercial sounding record. That was around the time the Neptunes really popped off. Sure the hard core fans wouldve hated on it..but they had just finished pumping the world with loads and loads of WuTang and Wu-Affiliate music that sounded (even tho i loved it) the same..

The W is grimey as fuck....really ahead of its time. Rae killed it. Ghost killed it. Deck too. Gza came correct. Masta Killa too, wouldve like to hear more U-God on the album. Meth seemed restricted.

Every album after Forever should have been a double. I mean cmon...10 or 11 Mc's in the crew..plus affiliates..and you wanna add features like Snoop, Nas and Redman? Has to be a double.

I listen to The W and Iron Flag as one with a cpl extras from around the same time period. Nothing commercial and it sounds great like this. Recommend you check it out.

1. Chamber Music
2. Careful Click Click
3. Hollow Bones
4. Redbull
5. One Blood Under W
6. Conditioner
7. Proteck Ya Neck 2000
8. Let my Niggas Live
9. I Can't Go To Sleep
10. Babies
11. Radioactive
12. Do You Really
13. The Monument
14. The W
15. Y'all Been Warned
16. Fast Shadow
17. Iron Flag
18. Jah World
19. What You In Fo (Bonus)

[JEM]

o yea and i hear Rae told RZA he was sounding to scientific back then...and should chill off the mic for this album..i wish RZA just went in and killed it.

[human torch]

What track was more commercial, Triumph or Gravel Pit?

[JEM]

gravel pit for sure..Triumph wasnt commercial at all..no hook..just bars. from ALL of them. It may only seem commercial because it got alot of air time..revolutionary track for sure.

[human torch]

I probably listen to Triumph the least out of any Wu track. IDK usually automatic skip when i pops up. Its my least fav all Wu posse cut.

[GHOSTTOAST]

I probably listen to Triumph the least out of any Wu track. IDK usually automatic skip when i pops up. Its my least fav all Wu posse cut.

Are u gay or just trolling ?!

[human torch]

4 real maybe I heard it to much when it came out. I dont really like the beat. Its not that "WU" sounding at all