Reviews (page 8 of 9)
Ugh
De l'ice-cube rap tout ce qu'il y a de plus glacé et cubique en somme, ces gars-là n'ont rien inventé.
ça faisait longtemps un bon alubm d'ice cube rap d'1 heure, ça nous avait pas manqué.
sounds like MF doom but shit
Overall Rating - 8/10 Favorite Song - 4th Chamber Grew on me, not super familiar with this rapper but will listening to more of his solo work as well as the rest of the Wu Tang Clan
It was alright. Not huge on it, but had some good old-school sounds on it. Fave tracks: Shadowboxin', 4th Chamber
This is a very interesting album. I love the overall theme/vibe and incorporation of old samurai move samples. The beats are excellent and the flow is very relaxing. Personally I felt like I could not concentrate on this album well enough to fully appreciate all of the lyrical themes and ideas that are being explored here. Which may be my loss, because according to some write-ups there's a lot to unpack. Perhaps I will need to take some time to come back to it in the future. Fav Tracks: Duel Of The Iron Mic, 4th Chamber, B.I.B.L.E (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
Good rap album definitely some good and bad songs
Hip hop, un poco rollo, pero bueno, bien
Lower end of a 3/5 for me. It was ok
a true snapshot record, a vision of the east coast scene of ‘95. hypnotic, and i could feel their skill and clever messaging being transmitted out to me but my only satellite was facing the wrong way to absorb it, saving the extremely powerful closer. a great space to get lost in and a great literary world of power i hope to revisit when the east side hosts cooler waters for me. a masterclass in sampling and storytelling, truly a finest record throughout
Dark work with intricate rhymes, can’t help that all 90s hip hop has the same vibe
Banger
Possibly the best thing to come out of Wu-Tang. Beats are incredible, rapping is pretty good with some minor downfalls
Again not really my jam but I can appreciate the lyrics and skill
This is a great album, but like most hip hop I listen to I get tired after 40 minutes. An easy listen, and GZA is very smooth with his delivery. Ghostface til I die, but this is still worth the listen. 7/10
noooooo
Yeah it's a vibe. Sounds like something Ken Roy would listen to unironically.
Liquid Swords, Duel of the Iron Mic, Living in the World Today, Gold, 4th Chamber, B.I.B.L.E 4.5/5
wow incredible sounds at the beginning of songs... Heh hyvää biisin napsukkaa albumin lopussa.. jeesus viini ..oletteko säästäneet hyvän viinin tähän saakka heh kun väki on humaltunut heh.. yleensä heh toisteppäon heh
I liked the excerpts from the old martial arts movies better than the actual music and that’s not a good sign. Not sure what all the fuss is about, but this is pretty pedestrian hip-hop to me.
Mwah
Tja t is old school hip hop met vrij weinig crossover appeal. De loopjes waren eentonig en geen muzikale ideeën die spannend genoeg waren om zo lang te herhalen, en ik was geen fan van de meeste rappers hierop (hier en daar was wel een aardige feature though - zijn ze allemaal van wu-tang?) Misschien dat de bars hard gaan ofzo maar je kan maar zovaak verteld worden dat "Lyrics are weak like clock radio speakers" peak rap is voordat je moet concluderen dat het genre niet voor jou is.
Amazing solo album from GZA.
Clan 4evah
classic hip hop. you just can't really go wrong with this album. shadowboxin is insane. ghostfaces verse on 4th chamber is amazing
Nice work man you did great work
Not for me
3.5
Underwhelming
Clever lyrics, good beats. Not the best rap I've heard, but good enough to listen to again.
Rap nope
3.8 - If I'm honest, the "Shogun Assassin" samples are my favorite part of this album, and while I like the rhymes and flow, this feels more of a record for true hip hop-heads, of which I'm not. GZA has a heady, laid back delivery, which I like. RZA gets praise for the production but I find some of the beats distracting (e.g. "Cold World", "4th Chamber"). I wish I was more familiar with each individual MC on Wu-Tang because I'd appreciate their cameos as much as I probably should.
🔥 Immediately added to the rotation.
Fire. Crazy production🔥🔥
This will likely be the most 90's thing I hear this week. I hadn't heard this before and really enjoyed it. Though as with a lot of rap albums from the 90's, I could have done without all the skits. But, it's a tradition and I won't dock points for it.
Banger. Loved it
Some decent songs but I just struggle to get into older hip hop/rap music as a whole
Did I want to listen to this album again? No Do I respect the album and appreciate the songs? Kind of. 3
Shadowboxin' and B.I.B.L.E. are interesting, the rest of the album is quite bland, repetitive. I don't really feel the vibe
Were these songs any different from each other? I don't know much about hip-hop but this just sounds very generic.
At first it was good but unfortunately not enough for whloe album
I definitely prefer this the Raekwon album I got on this list a few weeks ago. This album has the right balance of dirty hoodlum and grooves. My only negative is that it feels like an adjunct to the Wu-Tang sound rather than a stand alone
Pretty much a hip-hop concept album, I love how textured and layered this is, plus its scattershot pop-culture references. Despite its length it never gets boring. An awesome achievement.
Decent refreshing hip hop
This was fun but not remarkable for me compared to some of the other rap from this era we’ve had so far
GZA is an amazing rapper and lyricist and the production on this is cool as hell.
Just awesome all the way through
One of the greatest MCs ever, backed by one of the greatest producers ever. Not even a feminist harpy like me can hate on those questionable abortion bars on B.I.B.L.E.
The \"Taxi Driver\" of the rap world
EI enjoyed the GZA
not my jam
Pretty solid, deserves a relisten with lyrics.
Not good. I enjoy hip hop but this just had me bored. Very repetitive and bland.
I am very fond this album, my favourite alongside ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linz’ of this rich period of Wu Tang-affiliated records. It’s the tauter of the two albums though, similar to its siblings, it still would’ve benefited from a couple of songs dropped. Still get shivers with the opening of ‘4th Chamber’. That wiggly squeal diving into the fuzz bass is still one of the heaviest snatches of music I know. The cheesy dialogue samples have an unironic, Lynchian quality, excerpts from a cheaply dubbed version of the “Lone Wolf and Cub” series, adapted from an incredible, intense, bloody and deeply melodramatic manga, to which the wooden delivery adds a haunted mannequin quality, right for this pulpy, shamanic-beat action-horror anthology record. I’m tired, having trouble getting my head round this record I’ve known for almost thirty years, and I’m going to mutter a strangled “hauntology” and move on. They were (are?) loopy AF, but the nutty religious sci-fi proselytising is concentrated in the last track, which at least has a fun acronym, Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Some of the lines are shivved into my skull: “Picture bloodbaths in elevator shafts” … “Tommy ain’t my motherfucking boy” Yet how often do I listen to this now? Enjoyed my first run through, got distracted through my second, possibly suffering whiplash from this following “Layla blah blah blah”.
This sounds really good in the background but the individual tracks don't have much for me that stands out. And again with the Tony Stark references - grow up dudes
Pretty good I guess. Tried to make it epic. Maybe got close. I enjoyed the ninja movie dialogue.
I like the idea of mixing in dialogue from a movie into a concept album. It’s a rap album, I really can’t say much about if I liked it or not. Pretty standard stuff.
This was a really tough one to rate. When I first heard it a few years ago as I was still getting into hip-hop I was completely blown away, the production was like nothing I’d ever heard and the cinematic vibe of it really appealed to me. For years it was my favourite Wu Tang adjacent album by a long way but after a few listens I think it loses a bit of steam towards the end and some of the verses get a bit repetitive, while my appreciation of some other albums like 36 Chambers, Supreme Clientele and Cuban Linx has grown. Still an incredible album though - would have been an easy 5 a few years ago, I’m still going to give it a 5 but it’s not as clear cut. As a side note, I also just love how nerdy a lot of Wu Tang stuff is at base level. This entire record is just a love letter to samurai films, comic books, and chess and it somehow sounds cool as fuck
I'm afraid I didn't catch any of the lyrics outside of the spoken samurai story, but I loved the beats and Afro-Samurai is such a cool aesthetic.
What a classic - great beats and lyrics. Ninjas for life!
I didn't particularly care for it.
With only passing familiarity with Wu Tang it felt right at home with the rap I heard tangentially during high school. Not a fan of all the movie clips/skits but not so much that it detracted from the album as a whole. Solid beats - no issues as background music if it's on.
Classic hiphop
Not a bad album, it just didn't connect with me as other rap albums from this era.
Not always one for bears but I liked this album.
OK. I pasted over the dialogue.
-EXCITED about the genre change happening for me rn -NOTHING compares to this shit, the stuff that came out in the 90’s -like seriously this is so cool -loving the beat and flow on these tracks!! -favorites: living in the world today, i gotcha back -seriously, this album is so good. like hello????? ghostface killah?????
Unexpectedly cool and very smooth. 3.5/5
Borde egentligen tillhöra boken "1001 album du bör undvika annars finns en överhängande risk att du tar livet av dig".
vocals a little hard to hear on some tracks
Een hiphop album zoals vele andere. De teksten zijn wel wat dieper en poëtischer
Loved this, miss when hip hop could be this vibey
The sound mixing/ samples used on this are fire. Really well made album. I love how songs flow into each other I’m not a huge fan of rap at the best of times but this is definitely a vibe. Hard to know what rating to give An album, artist or genre I would have never listened to before so it was definitely a cool experience Favourite song - Gold
Something special about sitting and have someone rhyme at you for an hour, some fantastic lines dotted throughout and i liked the Wu Tang callbacks Solidly decent, never reaches any particularly high quality but no dips either, Shadowboxin', I Gotcha Back are the standout hits for me Simpin' for Jesus at the end caught me off guard, definitely wasn't expecting what i think is black Israelite stuff? Full of irony and drops the album for me, poor closing
Gjorde ikkje så masse inntrykk
Pretty good, nice storytelling.
It's a good enough album, but aside from a couple of tracks, I doubt I'll ever listen to it again.
Minus the other members of Wu-Tang, this ended up sounding a little same-y as the tracks wore on.
Nice, I’m mot super into rap or any wu tang things but this is nice 3/5.
Samurai
Good
I liked the overall sound and tone of the album.
finally some good fcking food !
Brap bap bap
Pretty fricking cool. Old skool.
Fine. Kinda blends into one song after a while.
Was not expecting a GZA album on here but that's one way to start out a week, in the best way. I think Stevie told me about these Wu Tang fellas who did their own albums and Liquid Swords sounds super familiar so listening to this was really great. Especially from something from the mid 90's and when comparing to the Limpy Biscuits. Some fantastic hip hop on here and while I'm not as familiar with GZA as my brother probably is, I'm glad we got this one.
Automatic five star, hell of a way to start the week. This is an album that I identified as my favorite rap album from the year of its release, 1995. I noted in my review of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx that this is my favorite Wu-Tang solo project, and that holds up. GZA's lyrical output is outstanding here, and the production (handled almost entirely by RZA) is amazing. So many excellent movie samples, the opening dialogue about the father and the samurai chills me every time. There are also just some really interesting instrumental choices throughout, not the least of which is the accordion beat on "Liquid Swords." This is just prime, old-school hip hop, with those dusty, spooky beats that we know and love from Wu-Tang plus dazzling lyricism. Of all the '90s hip hop albums that I've listened to, I hold this one way up there with the best of the best. Also, huge shout out to "I Gotcha Back," the line "trapped in a deadly video game" would later be sampled by the Molemen on their fantastic "Put Your Quarter Up." Go listen to that track ASAP. Favorite tracks: Living In the World Today, Liquid Swords, 4th Chamber, I Gotcha Back, Swordsman, Cold World, BIBLE. Interesting enough, I still have songs hearted from the last time I listened to this, and there were at least two new ones that I added to that list today. Album art: ICONIC, truly. One of the all-time great hip hop album covers, and I doubt that's just my opinion. The comic book art style has played a role in hip hop for a long time (see others from Outkast, MF DOOM, Czarface, etc.), and this is such a great one. Worth noting, too, that I'm sure this played a big role in inspiring Marvel's hip hop album cover project; comic book artists created homages to tons of hip hop albums with Marvel variants, and there are actually vinyl releases with those Marvel variant covers (I have the variant pressings of this album and Get Rich or Die Trying, another 5/5 we've had on this list). Warriors in hoodies doing battle on a chessboard. The two guys in the forefront is what always comes to mind, but there's some compelling brutality behind them, and I love the robed guy standing menacing in the back. Just an amazing album cover, deserves a place in a museum. 5/5
A bunch of bangers and a surprisingly moving ending. There are great beats and rhymes on here, so I don't think that I can ask for much more. A great record.
Best Wu Tang solo album? Definitely in the conversation! I can listen to this all day! RZA on point with the beats and the GZA is a phenomenal emcee, really paints a vivid picture with his rhymes!
Another stone cold masterpiece and probably one of my five favorite hip hop albums of all time. Everything in *Liquid Swords* is pitch-perfect. GZA's lyricism and his deadpan delivery--here coupled with RZA's hypnotic instrumentals--are legendary. The words hit hard, the music is cinematic... To put it in a nutshell, what you have here is hip hop heaven--even if the world it conveys sounds like hell on earth, itching, teasing and even tormenting you like few releases in the genre do. Those evocative *Shogun Assassin* samples are transporting you into another universe from the very first seconds, and what follows never disappoint. To me, this is the best Wu-Tang solo output by a very wide margin, as awesome as Raekwon and Method Man's first solo LPs were. Only the Wu-Tang Clan debut can beat that one, thanks the latter's iconic anthems. And yet *Liquid Swords* is actually more satisfying if you take into accounts the particular dynamics of going through an album in one sitting. The title track, "Duel Of The Iron Mic", "Living In The World Today", "Gold", "Shadowboxing"... They're all gems. "B.I.B.L.E--Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth" is also an exhilarating closer aptly conveying the sort of twisted mysticism only the Wu-Tang collective is capable of. And 'Swordsman" is a slap in the face, with its heavy, HEAVY beats, and its moody orchestral samples. 5/5. "The G.O.D., the G.O.D," GZA repeats. But what he meant is the *G.O.A.T.*. Number of albums left to review: 573 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 206 (including this one). Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 99 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 126
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Like most Wu-adjacent stuff, patchy.
Toen ik dit ooit voor het eerst luisterde begreep ik er niet zo veel van maar dit album ben ik steeds meer gaan waarderen. Toch wel een van de parels van de hele wutang groep
Ik hou altijd wel van een beetje storylines in een album en vond dit best nice!!
Geweldig album voor op de vrijdag. Ik hou van de mixing, de skits en de laidback manier van rappen van GZA. Soms klinkt het alsof die met een dikke sigaar op een oude bruinleren stoel z'n lines geeft. Na dit album gelijk ook weer wat andere wu tang albums geluisterd, kreeg er helemaal zin in. Klassieker en een van de beste solo albums van de groep.
Does he have a cold? One likes the lower-key rapping style, the seeming subtlety and understatedness. The tighter, at times, minimalistic beats. There’s a drama and an eeriness, that befits a kung fu-esque, martial arts-themed record. Quieter, less boastful, with a lo-fi quasi-documentary feel at times and weird and woozy flourishes that are effective and engaging. One finds oneself a bit surprised at the burgeoning affinity for a broadening range of hip-hop.
I’m a big rap fan, it’s the first genre of music I started listening to and then I went out from there but I still haven’t gotten around to listening to a lot of the more classic 90’s hip hop albums so I was excited to see GZA, one of the founding members of Wu Tang, come up as I knew this was going to be an album full of quality rhymes and exceptional lyrics. So I’ll start with what I like about this album, the majority of the album is filled with cool lyrical focused songs that GZA really floats on, some particular stand outs to me are ‘Duel Of The Iron Mic’ which has some killer performances from the features especially the verse from ‘Inspectah Deck’ where the beat fades away temporarily as he takes the stage. Another favourite being 4th Chamber which is similar to the above track as everyone is just so consistent, the best is grimy and it just all fits together so well. Lastly, I have to mention the last track ‘B.I.B.L.E.’ which has my favourite performance from Killah Priest and probably my favourite beat too, somehow equally relaxed yet grimy, it’s a fantastic way to finish the album. There were a few duds to be honest and it’s unfortunate to see that they were mainly the tracks where it was just GZA, in particular ‘Gold’ and ‘Labels’ where his performance is very understated, there’s just not a lot of fire to these tracks and really the album is fairly long as it is I think it can be done without these. So to me the album does get a little stale at times but there are a nice bunch of high moments that I can appreciate too. To conclude, not one of my favourite rap albums that I’ve heard but I did enjoy it and looking forward to more rap albums in this list. 4/5
Fire
I liked this. Kinda sounds like Madvillian/MF Doom with all the samples of old timey movies.
Todella hyvä! Nerokasta samplaamista ja musta aika hyvää lyriikkaa. Jotenkin kunnianhimoisempaa kun muu ysäriräppi. Tässä on päästy pullistelusta ja uhkailusta jo aimoaskel kohti nerokkuutta 4/5
Upea. Kestää aina hetken, että lämpenee, mutta lopulta luo ihan oman maailmansa. Lyriikoitakin kestää kuunnella!
Klassista Wu-Tang-laatua, toimii! 4/5
Legendary. Amazing.
I loathe rap at the best of times, but this is ridiculous. No creativity at all. Every track is the same as if cooked from a set recipe: 1. Play a random film dialogue sample to start 2. Introduce a plodding beat 3. Add a short (max 5 notes) repeated backing 4. Talk rubbish over the top - include lots of swearing and bragging - just make sure it rhymes. This is terrible.
Hell yea
One of the all time greats. I think this thing basically earns 4/5 stars just for its intro. The flow on this thing is out of control, and I feel like (being whatever the opposite of an expert on rap is) it really ushered in a new era for the genre. A favorite for many years.
Goed hiphop album
Absolute banger of a hip-hop album
There's a lot of bangers in this genre and this is one of those albums that work
A bit too much for my taste, but a couple of tunes I recognised
This is different level hip hop I appreciate the style & moods this one put out
I really enjoy how much GZA leans into the classic Kung Fu movie themes.
If there anything that the Wu-Tang Clan were better at than music, it would have to be business. They recognized that individual success for each member would lead to increased success for the group as a whole. As such, members were free to pursue their own solo albums in between group albums. Easily one of the best of the solo albums is Liquid Swords. Hard-hitting, memorable production with peak 90's hardcore MC delivery. What this album excels in is subtly: GZA floats along RZA's beats in ways that compliment one another. Basically it's excellent.
Having just listened to 36 Chambers a few weeks ago, this album seemed like the sequel. Not as good, but with many of the same martial arts and hip hop references, with a very similar style throughout. I enjoyed it because I love the Wu Tang Clan. Selwyn Seyfu Hinds from The Source called GZA "a highly focused master-graftsman" and felt that "throughout Liquid Swords he maintains a clear, precise flow, one that reflects deadly-sharp purpose and skilled execution." Hinds also praised RZA's production on the album, noting his "increasingly sophisticated style: shuffling kicks, neck snapping snares, haunting melodies via strings or vibe-like textures and penetrating bass tones." Great album. Just shy of 36 Chambers, for me.
Not really my genre, so I'm not a fan, but it was a solidly good listen. Enjoyed it enough to listen to the end, so that's saying something.
I did enjoy to a point, but it was not quite my Tuesday morning vibe
Maybe the G is for grossly overrated. I like the incorporation of the films, I just wish they had anything to do with the music.
Awesome. Favourite tracks: 'Liquid Swords', '4th Chamber', 'Shadowboxin''. 4/5
Really accomplished and has a great sound now, 4th Chamber and Swordsman stand out. Also makes me realise again that I think I prefer the East Coast sound over the West.
Not gonna lie, after Dr Octagynaecologist I wasn't that excited by the prospect of a rap concept album starting with a minute long film sample... but this was actually really good. The flow is great, the storytelling is great, despite being of a similar era to a lot of the albums we've had the language isn't jarring or overly misogynistic. Probably goes a bit OTT with the length of the samples, and falls away a bit towards the end, but still gets a 4 from me.
8/10 Really good
Definite method man tide rising the ship that is this album, but GZA is great at meshing some crazy samples together to make an exceptional rap album. I am not a huge Wu Tang follower but I absolutely enjoyed some tracks on this record and will revisit it at a later date. I can comprehend the gravity of wu tang and the effect the group had on rap music. Powerful and lyrical.
This is an example of a very insular art form, so without some context it can be difficult to inhabit. Like much contemporary art, it is not only self-referential but is responding to the work of other artists’ earlier works. The menacing background music supports a boasting, threatening voice about domination and power in a world of threat and oppression. Pride and power seem to be foregrounded in a universe of darkness and paranoia. And there’s Kung-fu. It’s good.
Very 90s rap Fave Song- I Gotcha Back
Music was good, not my taste though
It's a good album and I enjoyed it, but I just don't understand it. I'll give it another listen at some point when I have a better grasp of Wu Tang in general.
top tier recordings weaved in- songs seamlessly run into each other - feel the care put into each word
Great listen, the depth and quality of the beats here are just fantastic - as in Swordsman (recalling Portishead) or Duel of the Iron Mic. The rapping is so dense it can sometimes pass you by but a good listen.
Hearing this album makes me wish that I got 36 chambers after this because I feel like I didn’t fully appreciate the wu tang clan and their members. This was a really good trip hop album that had an excellent atmosphere and vibe throughout; kinda made me wonder if dummy influenced this at all. I especially liked 4th chamber
Good stuff here. Could be 3.5
I am admittedly not the biggest fan of hip hop. It’s one of the few genres that I don’t actively seek out or listen to. But it seemed like this album had a good flow and I didn’t actively dislike anything I heard. 3/5.
Really didn’t enjoy this record at all. Some of the beats were cool, but none of the rapping was interesting to me.
4.25
Dense production and deep lyrics. Requires repeated listens, each one better than the last. A true classic.
another easy five star album
4th Chamber hits
Not immediately my thing but quite an interesting trip hop feel to a hip hop album. I don't think I'd want to listen again though, so gets a low mark.
4th March 2023 Listened during the day while working from home. Busy day working, Rita rehearsals in the afternoon and chilled evening. Nice bit of 90s hip hop 3.5 if I could
Letkeä ja rento boogie koko levyn. Ei ole ollut omilla listoilla ennen, mutta hyvin voi kuunnella vielä lisempiäkin.
Tasokasta räpäytystä. Helppo kuunnella laatua, vaikkei iskiskään kovaa
Fantastic album. The beats are great, the lyrics are great, the rhyme schemes are great, the features are great, I really dont see any issues with this.
Ahhh shit! Can't go wrong with some WU!! It might be a gza solo album but the whole crew makes appearances. When in a Wu mood Liquid Swords gets heavy play in the rotation.
Do I like this? I think so!
Really surprised how easy this is to enjoy. Gritty, with a great flow and lyrical creativity. I like the delivery and atmospheric feel that is layered onto the tracks... definitively fits here and helps this album stand out.
Typical Wu Tang...which isn't a terrible thing. 3/5
Wu are great I'm finding
regular hip hop
I don't get it. Most tracks sound like multiple rappers were recorded independently and their performances were layered together without regard for overlap or context. Give me Ice T or 50 Cent over this any day.
an interesting album! this is an album that was created with such purpose and a clear vision. i don't believe i know of another album that features so much dialogue from multiple movies! the dialogue is used in such a smart way to craft a story. the lyrics could do that on their own (and i do think the lyrics are strong), but using the dialogue strengthens gza's message with such ease. and while i can't pretend to be a hip hop aficionado, i can say that i found myself impressed with gza's lyrics. he rhymes well and the lyrics contain such a message. this was an album that impressed me and was good for what it was, but not something i'd probably put on again.
I have heard of the Wu Tang Clan, but have never heard their music, let alone the music of any of the individual members, so I was eager to dive in and give this a try. I was genuinely surprised by how easy this was to listen to. One thing that hit me about this album was the production quality; personally, based on my inexperienced hip hop ear, this genuinely sounds newer and more modern than 1994/95! Though I've not seen Shogun Assassin, I really did like how the snippets were incorporated into the album; they upped the dark, dramatic factor of the album overall.
Interesting rap, will probably revisit
Not often do you get a hip hop album that manages to be both dense and icey cool. Liquid Swords is spooky, lyrical and backed up by pumping old school beats. There isn't a track on this that doesn't still stand up. RZA's production at its finest. GZA's bars are fierce, no other way of putting it. Special technique *insert eighties kung fu movie skit to make that point again*.
Min kunskap om vad som gör en rapvers bra eller vad som är ett bra flow må vara begränsad, men shiiiit, detta måste vara så nära perfektion man kan komma. GZAs mjuka flow över RZAs minimalistiska beats, de följer varandra åt så bra. Hörs extra mycket i andra versen i 'Living In The World Today', eller Method Mans andra vers i 'Shadowboxin''. Texterna är också fantastiska, intellektuella, på ett sätt att jag skulle behöva sitta en vecka och bara googla och dechiffrera referenserna i texterna. Som i RZAs vers i '4th Chamber'. Som för övrigt är helt SJUK, vilket beat. Galna beats även i 'Hell's Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304' och 'Swordsman'. 'B.I.B.L.E' är ju egentligen ett extraspår och räknas inte, men den är ändå otrolig. Ibland är de långa kung-fu introna aningen irriterande, men det är väl lite Wu-Tangs grej. Men jag vill ju höra låten!! Bästa låt(ar): 'Living In The World Today' eller '4th Chamber'.
Un tres bon album avec une realisation a1 et des flows a coupe le souffle. 4.5
No doubt he's got incredible skills but fuck it's so dark. Way too dark for a Monday anyway.
1.5
Find this pretty dull wu tang without the edge
Boom bap
Vicious precise lyrics, sinister alluring beats, and very relatable (they wish they were east asian, just like me)
De finns annan hiphop än wutang robert ..
3.5/5. Good stuff, I enjoyed this.
I'm starting to think I'm not much of a Wu-Tang Clan sort of person. Both this and when I scanned through 36 chambers were pretty unnotable to me. Perhaps I'm being too hasty, as I said I only scanned through one of them, but I found this pretty boring.
I really liked this album. I hadn't heard much Wutang music before, but I knew that their songs were lyrically great, and this was no exception. I found myself old-school bopping to this whole thing
Yeah okay. I lind of like this. Probably as brutal lyrically as 2Pac but it sounds less aggressive.
Pure art and yet, not for me.
Rap no rhythm.
Yea it good
Strongly themed, tightly rhymed great record by GZA - from the memorable sample from the opening track to the very end of the album this is a strong strong showing from the ex-Wu Tang Clanner. Moody, dark - but without going overboard it's just right.
Cool
The best.
Such and incredible album, every track just stays with me. Amazing production from RZA, outstanding rapping from GZA and the rest of the Wu Tang Clan. To think I originally listened to this the first time because of a really stupid meme involving Joe Biden (https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/joe-biden-liquid-swords-tweet). And the extended version on Apple Music has instrumental versions of all the tracks!!!
Lacking Clan.
still trying to figure out how a liquid sword would work
I feel like this album is trying to tell me a story but I'm not sure what it is. I did enjoy it and I think my fave track is B.I.B.L.E.
A solid portion of Wu Tang Entertainment Product. I much prefer extended samurai film samples to skits. Fave track - "Liquid Swords" and "4th Chamber" - the ones with the most samurai dialogue 👺
Definitely one of the better rap albums we’ve had so far
Guy who sounds like he’s cumming: Your… technique… is… magnificent…
Think I listened to this?
Wow, what a great listen. Great flow with vocals, awesome production. What an album! 4! TBz 1. Living In The World Today 2. Shadowboxin’ 3. Hell’s Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304 4. Investigative Reports 5. 4th Chamber
Well what a week we've had, from the wholesomeness of parsnips, lemon & thyme to the precision of GZA's metaphors. Although I'll confess, I had to look at the lyrics to truly appreciate the flow. Hoppity-hipping
Gritty East Coast boom-bap for your punk-ass. I find East Cost hip-hop of this era to be too grimy and gloomy at times, but this was decent. Not amazing, but decent
THE REALEST FROM THE CLAN. Great flow. Interesting. SOT Liquid Swords Gold Cold World 4th Chamber Hell’s Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304 3/5
Nope
Always been more of a RZA guy but I can get down with this cousin. Cold world is such a nasty song. It's basically a Wu album with all the guest spots but I'm not complaining love Wu. Intelligent hip hop> Over this dumbed down shit today. I think by looking at the year this came out not too far after 36 chambers. If so damn. The growth is crazy good for gza. Shadowboxing got method man, fuck yeah always loved his flow and delivery he sounds like glass, smooth when together but sharp and dangerous when broken. Solid 8/10 album. Or 4/5 stars. Haven't listen to Wu members in a long time, besides the "Enter the Fellowship" which is Lord of the rings soundtrack over Wu vocals.
Really ?? Not the worst I've heard but how did it make this list ? Shame that the vocabulary was so limited too ( maybe that's my age !) 2*
I quite liked it to start with but that when I thought it was going to be a story about some samurais... if it was - I couldn't follow it.
i mean it was fine, nothing really stood out though.
At first, listening to this album for the first time in 5-10 years was a bit underwhelming. However, the more I listened, the better it got just as I remembered. I used to love this album in highschool when I first discovered hip-hop. The production, GZA's lyrical ability, the features from other Wu-Tang members and affiliates made this such a great album. RZA's production on this album is one of his best. My favorite tracks was #13, which surprisingly wasn't produced by RZA.
When cut across the neck, a sound like wailing winter winds is heard, they say. I'd always hoped to cut someone like that someday, to hear that sound. But to have it happen to my own neck is ridiculous.
Terrible album and hard to finish...
Lyrical masterclass.
Nice old school hiphop
Nice flow, got me hyped
Wicked.
Love anything that sounds from NYC
I could do without all the unnecessary dialogue. It just gets in the way. Would have graded higher if I'd have known to skip all of those parts. The songs themselves take you on a goddamn journey.
One of my favorite albums of all time.
Favourite song: Swordsman
A fantastic album. GZA flow and lyrics are incredible. The beats are minimalistic, but at the same time perfect for GZAs style. Never been a fan of skits in albums, especially if they don’t really add to the album. Enjoyable, but perhaps got a little too repetitive. 4/5
Undeniably stylish production, but when the Kung-Fu B-movie samples are more memorable than the verses, you should take some time to work on content. Killah Hills 10304 has the best narrative with its champagne bottle bomb specialist and drug mule that underwent surgery to smuggle a brick in his leg but it pales in comparison with the at once lucid, swift and impressionistic pen of prime Ghostface. Some musings on crime as product of environment on other tracks but pretty light compared to Nas or Public Enemy.
Could've showed some restraint with the skits, but solid.
I was into it.
This one just gets better on every listen. Mostly just because that production is LUSH. Mmm. I love this one. It has flaws, but not very impactful ones.
This album is The Tits. Usually, if I were to hear martial arts film quotes interspersed through an album, I'd assume that the artist was targeting specifically to the sort of awkward, friendless no-hoper who wears cat ears and buys "Katanas" online. His low-grade steel will be pride of his collection, alongside his waifu bodypillow. Of course, the whole sorry lot would be under a cloud of stench that's managed to develop its own personality. This is not that album. The beats are great. The flows are great. The lyrics are catchy and engaging. The film quotes are referenced with a wink rather than an adolescent stiffy. And the album builds. It takes you as a listener on. Journey. I like it. I like it rather a lot.
I tried, but I just couldn't get into this. I think I'm allergic to most 90s rap :( 2/5
Not gonna do a review this time but instead bitch about how I had tickets to see Wu-Tang in September and bailed for reasons I barely even remember now, and they did a Liquid Swords set! So pissed that I missed that. A-
THE BEST WU TANG SOLO ALBUM
LP
Oh snap, solid gold five stars here, GZA one of the greatest to ever do. Everything on this album pops - RZA's grimy Kung Fu sampling production, guest stars bring their A-Game and then there is GZA's delivery: witty, elegant, incredible flow, whip smart, near unsurpassed word play. 'Labels' a brilliant idea, perfectly executed, 'Liquid Swords' an infectious, catchy album opener built around an unlikely sample ('Groovin' by Willie Mitchell) and 'BIBLE' a smart and informative closer.
An interesting and complex hip hop album. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Shaddowboxin Date listened: 04/01/23
A few good songs but not really my style
I loved almost every song on this album.
Meh
i can appreciate it for what it is but also not my thing 😭😭
Not a big fan of rap and newer hip hop. And this one doesn’t change my views..
this album makes me want to get really into hip hop, so good
Pretty average 90s hip hop. Not bad, but it's got that real minimalist drum and bass sound of the time that I find boring. It doesn't suck, but it doesn't stand out. Funnily enough, the last song was the best. 3/5.
Can't Am too hungover Will rate based on cover Solid 2 The most listenable of all wu-tang members
When I was little my father was famous He was the greatest samurai in the empire And he was the Shogun's decapitator He cut off the heads of a hundred and thirty-one lords It was a bad time for the empire The Shogun just stayed inside his castle and he never came out People said his brain was infected by devils My father would come home, he would forget about the killings He wasn't scared of the Shogun, but the shogun was scared of him Maybe that was the problem Then, one night The, the Shogun sent his ninja spies to our house They were supposed to kill my father but they didn't That was the night everything changed This album is crazy good. 5/5
Much better than I thought it might be.
All of the Wu-Tang releases around the 36 Chambers era are just straight fire but this one might be my favorite solo release from that period. All killer no filler. Great beats, fantastic samples and biting lyricism.
10/10 one of my favorite rap albums the production is so goshdarn cool
Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it. Not really a rap gal, but sounded very 90s so enjoyed the nostalgia of it all.
Having heard the Raekwon album recently I feel I at least have a reference to compare this against, and my verdict is… they’re pretty similar. The murky beats on this one maybe create a more consistent mood but OB4CL has more standouts. It’s an album that sounds perfectly competent but it must be 'one for the purists', as nothing really excited me (my favourite was the bonus track, which apparently doesn’t even feature GZA…)
Joe Biden was right, this thing slaps
Not exactly the sort of person to listen to rap, but hey - I'm more than OK with listening to it if it means I begin to understand and appreciate what people listen to, and with this album in particular, I think I get it. Unafraid to use samples, lyrically complex, clean and sharp vocals...it's pretty good.
Good album, fairly solid but rapping imo was a bit weak.
Liquid Swords doesn't distinguish itself with lyrics or flows, though I think it stands with contemporaries if not far ahead of them. The happy surprise was the way this record prefigures almost all hip-hop produced afterwards while retaining the nineties-Eastern grit. A great project to break a bit of a rap fast.
This record is a classic. Atmospheric, dark, incredible lyrics and beats. Still as good now as it was when it was released.
I didn’t have a chance to make it through the entire album, but I plan to go back to it.
Yes. This was the best album on here in a looong time.
Wu Tang still one of the best.
Example of a record heralded so much in the mid-90s amongst college friends & crowds, but which I never actually listened to. This "albums generator" exercise is already more than proving its value for music listeners like me who otherwise would prbly never have inititated the investment to explore such a consequential record like this independently, particularly given that rap & hiphop, while heavily respected, has otherwise not been a genre which previously connected w/ myself in any important level. That said, this album, along with Beasties' Paul's Bputique, is dfntly a game changer for me. So many things to enjoy, respect and appreciate. Lyrics first and foremost imo. Going thru every track's lyrics, i'm not sure if you can't make an argument of greatness when comparing against a modern day Dylan, while maintaining its own total signature & tone. Samples & background. On the third listen of this record, i am left very impressed by all of the tasteful samples and background accompaniment. From a production pov, my guess is that it takes as much, if not more, talent, skill, vision and discipline to score something like this as it does a respectable independent film. Where to punch in, where to cut out, where to ride the backbeat. To the rest of us mere mortals it may sound like an easy impulsive cakewalk. My guess is that each & every beat & phrase was the result of careful debate and intentional artistic license over & over. The care & vision shows. A wild chaos is telegraphed all over these tracks which in the end is anything but wild or chaotic. It is the cold, calculated control of master artists & musicians at the helm who recognized way beforehand that they were bottling magic nearly 30 yrs before the rest of us could manage to catch our breaths to be in a position to appreciate it.
It sounds Wu Tan but not a Wu Tan album. This is great. Hip hop from higher levels
I liked it
A lyrical story from start to finish
Straight up 🙏🏾
Hip hop tranquilo para amantes del género. En línea con el género de la época
I enjoyed a little more than I expected, but I'm still not blown away.
Kickass kung-fu masterpiece
I love Wu-Tang and the first wave of solo projects was pretty outstanding. I think it's debatable if this, Cuban Linx, or Tical is the best of that particular grouping but regardless this is damn good. A borderline 5, but if I'm being honest there are a couple tracks that keeping it from reaching that score.
Hip-Hop. *sigh* The cover looked to promising ... 1/5
Scrappy, raw, beats combine with the classic Wu-Tang flow of catchy hard-hitting truths and irreverence. designed for loud blasting, but I can't help but wonder why some of these beats have some extra layer of dissonance to 'em.
supaboring, yo
not bad
Just not a genre I enjoy very much. Repetitious and boring, and too long. I'm sure if you're into hip hop this is good. 2 stars.
Great lyricism and atmosphere. Production is a bit generic wu-tangy though, which is partly great, but partly made me want something a bit different.
Some cool beat production. I really like the strange dissonances- Cold World sounds like it’s on 3 different keys at once. I was enjoying the album but the pro-life lyrics at the end kind of ruined it for me
I tried twice to get through this and failed. Maybe not the worst band I’ve ever heard but definitely in the running. 0/5
This was okay. I feel like many of the songs had great rhymes but at the expense of the song’s theme. I had a hard time understanding what certain songs were about. I liked 4th Chamber and Shadowboxin’ the best.
Nothing stood out as good or bad.
Did not enjoy
A solid hip hop album from a founder of the Wu-Tang Clan. I enjoyed it but it didn’t stand out. I might listen to it again
Czarny piatek, to i czarny album wylosowalo, dodatkowo jeden z moich ulubionych rapowych krazkow, najlepszy solowy material wutangowej rodziny, plyta z chyba najbardziej zapadajacym w pamiec skitem otwierajacym w historii czarnej muzyki, zsamplowany z szogunowego zabojcy, no i dodatkowo album ktory musi byc osluchany na kazde swieta, gdy za oknem jest zimno, czyli liquid swords od pana GZA z roku 95, im bardziej osluchany material tym mniej sensu jest sie rozpisywac nad nim, bo zdanie jest juz wyrobione i utrwalone, a liquid swords to chyba jeden z moich najbardziej osluchanych materialow, bo na samym last fmie z ponad 50 przesluchan sie nabilo, wiec boje sie pomylec ile bylo jutubowych, czy niezeskroblowanych, jedyne co chce dodac, to fakt jak mocno zarysowany jest tutaj wystep pana killah priesta, bo chyba wlasnie dzieki temu nagraniu stal sie jednym z najpowazniejsyzch wutangowych okoloczlonkow
Ci provo, ma tranne rari casi non riesco a farmi piacere i pezzi hip-hop. Non li trovo inascoltabili, ma faccio fatica ad ascoltare un album intero.
I dug what I heard of this, but I must confess, it wasn't enough to keep in my ears through that day. A solid 3 and I'll maybe go back to it.
Relatively enjoyable - I'm a particular fan of the elliptical, paranoid lyrics and creepy atmosphere. As with many Wu Tang affiliated projects, it has the dusty, slightly uncanny feel of old found footage. What elevates this from three to four stars is '4th Chamber', one of my favourite rap tracks full stop. The sample from 'Shogun Assassin' that kicks it off is supreme, and it just gets better from there on in. Was 'Why is the sky blue?' the Wu equivalent to 'Fuckin' magnets, how do they work?'
Happy Thanksgiving! Could’ve used a liquid sword to carve that turkey. Maybe next year. And while I did not pass on having multiple desserts, I did pass on listening to this. But I’ll assume three stars. Excuse me, three STZAs.
Had never heard of this album, but was interesting to listen to as not what I'd ever normally put on. Especially at 6am in the morning ;-) Pretty good for not a hip-hop fan
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Liquid swords, Duel of the iron lic, Cold world, Shadowboxin, I gotcha back, Bible
A very well done solo album by Wu-Tang member GZA. With the simple and stripped 90s beats GZA throws down some very lyrical raps. He does a good job in creating an atmosphere of the shaolin mixed with NY street life. GZA is a bit one dimensional which brings this album down a little but it helps he has several wu tang features and some good samples throughout. This is a strong album always worth a visit if seeking a good lyrical album. 7.7/10
Solid hip hop album. I had it on in the background and enjoyed it but didn't do a great job of writing down standout tracks cause I was busy. I don't know that I'll add it to my regular rotation or anything but it was good. Standout Tracks: Liquid Swords, 4th Chamber
An album so good that I'm sure it won't crack 3.0.
Not my type. Couldn't reach the end.
L'intro i l'outro tenen força gràcia, amb tota la parafernàlia d'arts marcials i violència, si bé l'outro sembla treta més aviat d'un disc de King Diamond. 'Liquid Swords' és una altra de les suposades grans fites del hip hop als '90. I segurament ho és, l'àlbum sona molt musical, les bases són molt bones i l'emprempta Wu Tang és a tot arreu. Però el que se suposa és el gran què, les seves lletres, són complicades de desxifrar per un públic no anglo
NB
As a forever Wu-tang fan, this wasn’t my first introduction to this album, and honestly there’s a reason it’s not part of the standard playlist. This is ultimately unforgettable and just uninspiring. It doesn’t really generate a mood in me, nor does any mood I have seek out this album.
Again, another very popular and seminal (tangential?) act that I never gave the time of day to because I felt like I'd missed the boat. Very good hip-hop, I see why Wu-Tang and their offshoots remain popular to this day. Cerebral enough to be interesting, not crass to a cliche degree as to be off-putting. Standouts: Duel of the Iron Mic, Gold, 4th Chamber, Shadowboxin', Investigative Reports, B.I.B.L.E
notes - gza is a member of wu tang clan and this album has a bunch of people youll recognize - produced by rza, features ghostface killah, inspectah deck, method man - after wu tang’s inital success, a couple of the members went on to do sole albums and this was gza’s second - the beats on this are so great, rza really created a vibe that matches gza’s calm lyrical delivery - i would definitely need to listen to this a couple more times to get the full meaning of a lot of the lyrics on here - he throws a LOT at you fav - 4th chamber - love the fuzzy and noisy samples here, and ghostface :) least fav - labels - didnt really stick with me after hearing it 4/5
typically when I hear 90s rap I'm not a huge fan. but this one did it for me. I thought it was great and some nice casual listening. I might have to revisit more 90s rap with a different perspective 8/10
Klassischer Boom-Bap-Rap mit geilen Sample-Beats!
Pas décevant, meilleur que ce que j'ai écouté de Wu Tang
cool
Didn't really catch my attention
Another Wu-Tang solo album that didn't quite live up to the legend and hype I had in my memory(see also: Method Man). Best track: Shadowboxin'
Never heard of GZA/Genius before this exercise. What I heard was some excellent flows and literate rhyming schemes. I didn't think I would enjoy all the samples taken from the kung fu movie Shogun Assassin that were laced throughout this album, but they flowed into the other music seamlessly. RZA did a great job mixing it. There is some really cool music in this album, some excellent collaboration with the other members of the Wu Tang Clan, and some stellar 90s hip hop. Favourite songs: 4th Chamber, Shadowboxin', Gold, Liquid Swords, Swordsman, Cold World Least favourite songs: Hell's Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304 (good song, just didn't care for the long preamble before the song started) 4/5
Boring
fresh tastes of a future in hiphop. really early hints of melodic rap
Enjoyed the album. Haven’t realized before how great the rhymes and lyrics members of the Clan wrote and rhymes. Good album with interesting themes
Apparently, only one other person who has written a review of this album on this site knows the source of the film samples that provide the album's vertebra. Yes, I know all of us can look it up on Wikipedia, or indeed just click the Wikipedia sample this site offers. But only one other person bothered to mention the actual bloody film, with a few suggesting "martial arts" (I just about agree, but not remotely the point of the original film) and occasionally "kung fu" (completely wrong: wrong country, wrong tradition, wrong plot, wrong aesthetic, wrong clothes, just utter wrongness from heel to brow). I am not a martial arts buff at all; martial arts movies leave me completely cold (it took me a decade to appreciate the now-obvious grandeur of Enter The Dragon, and no other martial arts movie has ever kept me till the end), I have no desire to learn martial arts (4 injuries a year, the average martial artist suffers), and the idea that martial arts teaches any form of profundity strikes me as just so much bullshit (will learning to kick well somehow teach you Gödel's incompleteness theorems?). But I love ultraviolent 70s Japanese samurai cinema. I love Zatoichi, I love Lady Snowblood, and above all I love Lone Wolf and Cub. Lone Wolf and Cub started as a long-running manga (I've never read it, as I have no interest in comic books of any form except for Viz, which I adore to my bones), which became a series of six films involving the Shogun's executioner Ogami Itto, whose prowess with the sword has proven the ultimate lock on power for the corrupt feudal system at play: nobody can challenge a system which has the deadliest man alive in its control. But his expertise stems not just from his finesse, but his cunning: Ogami has no qualm in tricking his fellow duellist to a beheading by shining a mirror in his eyes. A coup tries to cast Ogami as a traitor to the Shogun, thus seizing his position as executioner. Ogami's wife is murdered, and Ogami declares that he shall become a demon and wandering ronin until he has achieved his vengeance, and he racks up the body count befitting a demon. His son Daigogo is an infant at the time, and after delivering the test the album quotes, he takes his son along their chosen purgatorial path in a weapon-loaded baby cart (the films are also known as the Baby Cart series, and the kid amasses his share of corpses). Yes, the films have a touch of exploitation cinema in their indulgence of gore (people here have garden hoses instead of arteries). I can't deny my love of the Grand Guignol. But their real soulmate, like much samurai cinema, is the western. Kurosawa avowedly cribbed from Ford, and in turn Peckinpah avowedly cribbed from Kurosawa. Ogami Itto's tale has some resemblance to that of the platonic western, Shane (by the by, my absolute favourite film of all time): a wandering figure with skills and troubles and questionable morals, upon whom a kid becomes dependent. The Baby Cart films are smart and slyly political, and the ultraviolence, sometimes gleeful, sometimes despondent, sometimes stoic, is always a glorious spectacle. You know how Robocop is a genuine masterpiece? The Lone Wolf and Cub films are similarly sanguine classics. Shogun Assassin is a mutant of the original films. An American dubbed splicing of the first two Baby Cart films, with an added English voiceover from Daigoro, Shogun Assassin became a cult film in the west (and a video nasty in the UK), with Daigoro's voiceover occasionally seen as providing a greater depth to the source material. Kill Bill is practically a remake of Shogun Assassin, and indeed the Bride at one point watches Shogun Assassin with her four-year-old daughter. Personally, I don't wish to watch Shogun Assassin again. Who wants to watch a dubbed film? Also, I fell in love with the originals. Shogun Assassin has nothing to offer me. Anyway, those are the film quotes on Liquid Swords. I have been talking about Baby Cart for so long because there is almost nothing to say about this album, which is the tragedy. Having listened to a few Wu-Tang albums, I have with sadness to conclude that they all sound the same. The producer and mastermind RZA has exactly one style: the same musical austerity, the same lyrical prominence, the same and frankly tiresome east Asian film samples. It's a good sound, and I guess I enjoyed the album. But I can't recall a choice lyric from this. I can't recall any lyric from this. The Wu-Tang sound still hits the spine, but have all their albums just been variations on themes by George Clinton and the Shaw Brothers? I was expecting, hoping to laud this, but it's mainly generosity that's justifying these three stars. With Lone Wolf and Cub, stick with the originals. With the Wu, you can also just stick with the original 36 Chambers. Oh, and really don't bother with the bonus track B.I.B.L.E (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth). Insane Clown Posse's Miracles claiming more street cred.
pass
We've had some good hiphop on the list recently, but this isn't as interesting to me. The instrumentals are kinda bland
Not my style
It's a great album. I had not listened to the whole thing previously, but I had heard some of the songs before. This isn't a full-fledged Wu-Tang album but several of the members make an appearance. I would listen to it again. The only reason this is not getting 5 is because I found the samurai movie audio unnecessary.
indisputable. Horny god
amazing
Sounds like wu tang but it’s same as Cuban links and I can’t really make a personal connection even though I can acknowledge its quality. I do not care about influence
La portada es goooood. Good beats y las intros son muy buenas. Un 6
Very good lyrical flow and I like the cinematic feeling that it gives the listener. Highlights are "Liquid Swords", and "4th Chamber".
like a 6
I really enjoy the cadence and vocals of east coast rap of this era. Great instrumentation. These dudes were also kings of sound bites. Solid album, but nothing really stood out to me.
Not really my thing, for the most part.
I know I'm in the minority here, but I just didn't dig this. The theatrics and bits of dialogue from movies intertwined with the music was admirable though.
3/13, 23%
Pretty good. Crass in a few spots
Was pleasantly surprised by this one. Not big rap guy these days but this one was just hard and well put together. The interludes and general theme work really well with the dark and rough lyrics. A lyrical journey meshed incredibly well with the martial art theme.
Not my genre, thanks
I really enjoyed this album, had classic 90’s bass lines and some good listens for the ears