I've been listening to this for the last few days now and I gotta say, although 'I' is bangin', I much prefer The Killa B-Ching version. I put together a playlist using a tracklist from the original Killa B-Ching promo...
Some of the tracks were instrumentals at the time, or maybe just unfinished, I'm not sure... So I used the new versions from 'I' in place of the instrumental tracks and made a dope version of Killa B-Ching... tracklist below...
01. Poison Ring Chamber (Intro)
02. Wu-Tang Martial Expert ('I' Version)
03. Razasharp
04. Valentine's Day Massacre (Original Version)
05. The Trivia (Interlude)
06. The Saga... ('I' Version)
07. Tongue Fu feat. 4th Disciple
08. Blazing Saddles feat. Killarmy (from 'I')
09. Ninja Starz feat. The RZA & Barracuda
10. The Epic of Bitter Triumph
11. Man, Woman & Child (RZA Remix)
12. The Oldest Chamber
13. Energy feat. Beretta 9 & 4th Disciple
14. A Muslim & A Jew feat. The RZA & Remedy
15. Gold Bell Cover
16. Man, Woman & Child feat. Dom Pachino
17. Family (Instrumental)
18. Poison Ring Chamber (Outro)
How fuckin' craaaazy is that tracklist???!!!! 'I' was a dope album, but this shit here would have been a certified top 5 Wu fam classic!! A couple of the tracks that were originally instrumentals on the promo I've switched up, like the Buck 60 instro is Blazing Saddles and the War & Peace instro is A Muslim & A Jew.
I wish Ringz dropped this album back in the early 2000's when it was first announced. Ringz said in the Q&A thread that he was too wannabe'ish and not really saying anything lyrically, but I prefer a lot of the verses on this album because of the energy, Ringz sounds hype as fuck on a lot of these tracks! Listen to the 100% aptly named Energy track... B9 murks it and then Ringz comes in... Ringz, what the fuck were you on when you recorded that joint???? This track makes me want to swing swords and throw darts at snakes necks!!!
I prefer the original version of Valentines Day Massacre as well for the same reason, Ringz is more hype on his verse... and Blue Raspberry is a bit too much on the 'I' version imo.
Ringz, it would be dope if you could drop some knowledge in this thread on the making of these joints. I got a few questions too...
You mentioned in the Q&A thread that Energy was you, B9, 4th and Bronze... so, is there a version with Bronze spitting a verse too???
How many different versions of Man, Woman & Child are there...??? And which one is the original, or the one that you wanted on the album...? I know there's the RZA Remix, there's the version with Dom Pachino on the hook, there's the one with the same beat but without the Dom P hook, I seem to remember an instrumental version as well with another different beat but I can't find it online.
Is there a vocal version of Family or just an instrumental?? That beat is craaaaazy!!!
Was Fuck Americcca recorded around the same time as this as well??? I love the instrumental for that Fuck Americcca beat. I wish there was a studio version with you spitting over it. There is the live version out there that leaked years ago. Dope as fuck!!
Was there any other tracks recorded around the same time that were considered for the album??? Any joints still unreleased??? Was City Limits supposed to be on here? Any other tracks you care to share for us diehard fans??? Hint Hint. Lol.
Put this playlist together and bang it loud, or if Ringz will allow it I can up a link to it... shit is ridiculous!!
Peace!
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