Quote Originally Posted by Shaolinmonk View Post
So actually they did pick the right songs for singles, just didn’t really push them through proper music videos like the W. I bet that would’ve made a difference. Still maintain that thinking Uzi is the video to start off with was and is stupid. Holy shit, never knew they did a video for Y’all been Warned lol. A shame that Back in the Game Now video never happened.

Any chance you have that Crank Yankers video?!

Thanks a lot for the info.

This is In The Hood

Here you can find the Chappelle skit:
https://www.wcostream.tv/crank-yanke...3-wu-tang-clan

Here is the Y'All Been Warned video:


I believe the original uploaded made the video private couple years after uploading it. They also stated that they forgot about it.

In regard to reception, I remember when we heard some of these for the first time (in fucking RA format). Like the earlier version of Y'all Been Warned, which was received as a boring loop, it was just the first loop without the later added sounds in the loop. Uzi, Rules & In The Hood, after the more slickly produced The W, were positively received. Gone was the Gravel Pit hip pop, even though it was huge in Europe.

What did strike people, was the outside production by Trackmasters with Back In The Game now. Flavor Flav being featured, as a substitute ODB. Both were received mixed. Some though Flav to be a good fit, like Busta previously. Some were not having it. Which brings it back to the album being and uneven product, that turned out to be actually slapped together.

A part from the album dropping out of nowhere, I do remember the album trying to use more online marketing. Could simply be due to the fact that the money was gone. Because as mentioned, the video for Uzi is very basic, with Y'all been Warned being even more basic compared to that. A year earlier we got a DVD with a 3 song mini movie, which was followed up with a emotional video for I Can't Go To Sleep with Isaac Hayes and Ghost spitting cereal while rapping dressed in pj's.

In any case, the support for the album was short lived.

(Being that One Blood was released late in The W's lifespan as a 12", I am left wondering if they were planning a video for this as well. It has since become a staple for Killa during shows. Something that can not be said for many of the other tracks of these two albums. Safe for Click Click with Cappadonna.)