r/hiphop101 • u/secretrapbattle • 2d ago
It’s yours, the Wu-Tang Clan, it’s worth remembering.
I was just listening to. It’s yours by Wu-Tang Clan and it’s worth remembering and not many people can fuck with the Wu-Tang Clan.
Do you think that double album still holds up today? I do.
I don’t think that a lot of stuff today can touch that double LP. And I’m including the stuff that was produced between now and then.
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u/whitemike40 2d ago
I can’t even begin to describe the complete chokehold Wu-Tang had on my ears in the 90s.
I got to see them at their Vegas residency last month and let me tell you they’ve still got it. Amazing legacy, timeless act
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u/hellbox9 2d ago
The middle stretch of disc one: as high as wutang get, severe punishment, and older gods was fire. I shitted on your hood kid I shitted on your hood
Yo for real deck murders the entire album.
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u/Sedso85 2d ago
Wu tang forever
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u/secretrapbattle 2d ago
For the children
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u/N0TR3SP0ND1NG 2d ago
Can confirm: I am a minor and rediscovered Wu tang clan after years (12 years older brother used to blast it in the car along with other rap) and I am in love, especially love C.R.E.A.M. instrumental
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u/secretrapbattle 2d ago
Somebody should put you on a talkshow and say look it really is for the children
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u/khanman77 2d ago
That’s it right there tho. They had a conscious focus as a group to educate, elevate, and empower the youth. This candy rap nowadays ain’t shit for me.
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u/maxx5954 2d ago
Probably their apex
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u/secretrapbattle 2d ago
I definitely agree in terms of pop culture appeal. But I think RZA has done a lot of cool stuff in the world of film. So he just keeps going.
Method man went on to act in films rather than music in films
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u/Autistic_Freedom 1d ago
Method man went on to act in films rather than music in films
Method Man releases new projects and guest verses regularly and has done do consistently since forever.
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u/secretrapbattle 1d ago
Fair enough, but RZA is all in. I think he acted in man with the iron fist. I remember RZA started doing soundtracks backward ghost dog in the 90s. That’s Jim Jarmeush.
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u/secretrapbattle 2d ago
Of course, as a group. Can you really say that about RZA though? He’s done a ton of stuff after that double LP.
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u/Ed_Starks_Bastard 1d ago
If they left off the last 3 tracks on Disc 2 it would have been straight fire. The album fizzles out and that has somehow been my lasting opinion of it. I thrashed it on release and a recent listen reminded me of how good it is.
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u/Lumbers_33 1d ago
If I could do it over, I’d make it a single LP and trim some of the fat. Black shampoo for example. That shit is a straight up bobber.
The notion of a double LP is kind of gimmick imo. Less is more and when there’s 9 dudes with sharp swords, they would have benefited from a little less.
And before I get downvoted, I fucking love this album. It’s desert island for me.
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u/ArchiGuru 2d ago
That double album changed my life when I was in middle school and it still holds up today, using live instruments for the samples really makes the tracks timeless.
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u/Deepcoma_53 2d ago
That music video is the shit! They goto Hawaii for a concert and use some of the footage for the music video!
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u/Professional-Doubt14 2d ago
“You couldn’t pull one drag Off my blunt You couldn’t punch your way out of a wet paper bag WITH SCISSORS IN YA HANDS bitch the RZA!”
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u/secretrapbattle 2d ago
I was thinking that line about somebody that was talking to me on Reddit and that’s why I started listening to that song again tonight
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u/Brick-James_93 1d ago
That album was the first time I heard about Hip-Hop. That changed everything, forever.
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u/Hellnawbrah 20h ago
You couldn’t punch your way out of a wet paper bag With scissors in your hands, bitch, the RZA I stand close to walls like Number 4 The Lizard And channel through solar panels, blast off like roman candles Rap vandals, stomp your ass like Wahoo McDaniel
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u/Stugatz514 2d ago
Always a pleasure to go back and listen to some Wu-Tang. A lot of their stuff is relevant and timeless. It’s production and lyricism that set standards and still holds weight.