here's what one person thinks
thoughts?
here's what one person thinks
thoughts?
Retired.
Great! Wu Banga is one of his best.
Yo, too advanced, Digi' stance, made the CD enhanced
I move with the speed and strength of ants
Identical in form with the Beez they swarm
Hold up the cold current appear warm
My first verbal brawl, started on some yes yes y'all
to the beat y'all, break your windshield, your jeep stall
Mr. Traffic, dumbin shit, from ecclesiastic
Cashier, holdin out, fine, cut off the plastic
See the logo? A monument in hip-hop
Carved out, in the giant landscape, of broken rocks
Whether heard in herb spots, jukebox or malt shops
Uncut live, drop eighty-five, in one shot
Spotlight hits the metal mic, majority stare
Heard the Wu snare, while my iris cut down the glare
Walk a road the great length you find too long to measure
My Clan a make me rhyme like D. Banner under pressure
No surprise, double disc touched five
Those elements, kept environments colonized
with the high flyin death-defyin flow like the Rebel
Right there, but you're one light year, from my level
https://genius.com/Ghostface-killah-wu-banga-101-lyrics
https://wutangcorp.com/forum/showthr...a-wu-banga-101
Loyalty is Royalty. Strength and Loyalty
picture blood baths in elevator shafts, like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft...
Off the top of my head -
Liquid Swords 1st verse
Swordsman 2nd verse
Protect Ya Neck
Older Gods
Uzi
Beneath The Surface
Back In The Game
Guillotine
Weak Spot
Necklace
^solid list, where would you put his Triumph verse?
Idk if I could list his best verses off the top of my head because some of his more obscure albums (Legend of the LS, Grandmasters) are full of stuff that can stand side by side w/ LS
I forgot to mention The Monument verse. Classic.
https://genius.com/2772266Move up the block, giant box blast my song
Non-stop strictly hip-hop, march on
Doo-rag hang long, metal tape is high-bias
Graphics, captured with the colorful, iris
I zoom in, while the listeners tune in
Some assumin' they paid dues and joined the union
Lost nigga couldn't rumble in this wild jungle
Quick to crumble, type to be on the stand and fumble
Divine Master, threw on the track that made 'em bleed
He produce at unattainable rains of top speed
This powerful magnet, that left 'em stagnant
Was unlikely in cameras in larger fragments
Un-filled rifle, scout sniper, shots precise
Starlight scope, with the night vision device
Splendid marksman, that'll shoot the one off the dice
Split a grain of rice, in one shot we kill 'em twice
Last edited by IrOnMaN; 08-20-2022 at 06:31 PM.
Loyalty is Royalty. Strength and Loyalty
I agree with TSA that GZA released dope lyrical albums well in to the 2000s that are on par with the classics but I haven't listened to that stuff ever since it was released so I couldn't give a definitive list.
I read somewhere about Liquid Swords where GZA said it wasn't his best work lyrically which is interesting because I am sure the majority opinion from fans would be that Liquid Swords was his best work.
Sha put Liquid Swords 1st verse only but I think the second verse deserves a spot on a top 10 list.
Posts by The Hound are signed TH.
Quoting ≠ Agreement.
I'm into his concept songs too next to him straight rhyming his ass off. So tracks like Animal Planet, Labels etc I have a soft spot for.
I turned 'Animal Planet' into a listening exercise for kids in their second year of English (age 15). Phew that takes me back, I haven't taught English in probably eight years.
Retired.
I'm surprised Shadowboxin hasn't been mentioned...I love that verse. But I agree as stated before I couldn't come off the top with my top 10.
What would you suggest on Grandmasters holds up to Liquid Swords verses? I'm genuinely curious since that's when I felt he started struggling/rhyming off beat and shit and I have a hard time listening.
But I do need to revisit LotLS...i remember liking a few joints on that
WEAK list, I was thinking about doing one of these for each member but I never got around to making the videos. My list for GZA would be different than this. Half of these songs wouldn't of made it.
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.
A lot of my favorite GZA verses are on Beneath The Surface. I love his verse on Silverbacks and Fam(members only) too. ‘My bad weather blew the feathers off 100 flocks’
On a man-made lake, there's a sheet of thin ice
Where unskilled skaters, couldn't figure-8 twice
At 16, uncut, direct from the cult
Head on assault, the result, death by the bolt
In a vote, it spoke aboat the average loss commission
That was seen by a king in a prophetic vision
Like a plane crash from a bomb blast
Special broadcast, slot time with con cash
It kept the jury quiet, and now a riot will form
While satanic man, now hang in his dorm
I swing, on you fake, radio personalities
Boost ya ratings, but hypes behind casualties
Fire shots, for low-pressure water gun play
Instantly, slap ya fire like it's Palm Sunday
I fashion the first tool, from the elements
The earth use, and built it to a complex
Network, of communications, you're up against a hopeless, situation
I screen every vehicle, through enemy observation
Swarmin' unpredictably, we spread terror
Increase the force significantly, change the error
Check my wind pattern, it's headin' west
Success is freedom, failure could mean death
Humans sweat, aim shovels
Dig up the debris and rubble
Permanent, damage caused by the double-
You, know who, cowardly urge you to merge through
And think the workers'll serve you
Signin' marvel, who just dropped the next novel
Worldwide, practically marred in marble
His accountless, amount of MC's I saved
And those same niggas want to squander those gifts I gave
[Chorus: RES sample]
Scratch underneath the surface, where does your purpose lie?
It seems our world is worthless, like we're pawns beneath the sky
Change the race by reason, and ashes just the wind
The left is so our we're breathin', keep ourself from givin' in
[Killah Priest of Sunz Of Man]
Love and hatred, home is most sacred
Both species, they lay naked in the tombs of oasis
Think back on niggas I ate with, spent the day with
Guns we played with, niggas I relate with
We broke bread, I heard through a vine niggas workin for the Feds
Sent out secretly to take my head
I lay back and meditate to the words they say
Skip town for a mutten goofy dred
Had a friend tell my family I was dead
Return at the last fall of the autumn leaves
Operate the plan accordingly, in case the Feds are recordin me
Sign all documents, usin forgery, 'cause just a near thought of me
Like Solomon, spoke bluntly
Told the word I'm black and calmly
Howls from the grave haunt me
The smell of death's upon me, I dwell in the hills like Gandhi
Been in the presence of mad peasants, and old kings
Who sold everything, on a quest for god's divine
Slept in caves to get a clear mind
Who prayed 3 times, when the moon lit and the sun rise
I met dwellers in the desert, talked to shepherds
Been in the mouth of many leopards
Felt the death kiss, of Satan's mistress
Walked the vacant districts, for 4 religions, studied Pagan scriptures
True philosophers and physicians, on a cure missions
Who harden their hearts, to ward the weak, sick and ifflicted
Candles lit, gamble with a bitch
Who made me love her, when I touch her, soft cause hide claws
Bees with sweet honey in they mouth
Have bitter stingers at they tail
Walk through the chambers of death, take a hold on to hell
Embracing her was like embracing a 3rd world
[Chorus]
N.I.
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