Reviews (page 12 of 14)
I appreciated the historical significance more than the actual music.
I tried, but ultimately… not a fan.
A verdade é que non me gustou nada.
not my thing
2 estrelas pela C.R.E.A.M e Protect Ya Neck, duas únicas músicas boas que eu considero legais, o resto é fezes.
I was already familiar with Wu-Tang Clan but not really any of their material. This is about what I expected - it's a rap album. The lyrical content is not compelling to me, and the beats are a bit boring. I had to start skipping after 3 tracks. There's nothing here for me and I would not listen again.
If u listen to the first 30 seconds of song you can go ahead and skip, nothing new happens. I was pleasantly surprised to hear tearz from recognizing the sample from jpegmafia. This album provides some legendary grainy loops for future rappers to sample, but the group themselves don’t do much on the beats.
This album just sounds like nagging after a certain point
Offensive black street boy rap
2,5
Nope, still not convinced towards "not much music, a lot of talking" approach to hip hop.
A lot of songs sounded the same.
Too much.
Just a bit too MFing much for me
Oooooh I actually think I haven’t heard this one!! Excited to
Too hard for me. I thought I might like it, but I just didn’t.
Not a fan of this older rap. I get why others love it though but just not for me.
Musically and flow wise it's inspired work, but the content leaves a lot to be desired.
Like the kung fu film samples but it's very one note and repetitive. 2/5
I'm not a big fan of rap. Some of the samples worked but a lot of it was quite boring and overly sweary.
Yeah I know it’s important I just don’t like it very much Favorite was Wu Tang Clan ain’t nuthin ta F wit
Nope
I really like when the vocals and instruments work together while both being interesting.
힙합 싫어
4/10 There's nothing wrong with this album, but I just don't find it sonically pleasing. Compared to other early 90s rap/hip-hop albums (which I've received a glut of lately), this is a well- produced but kind of soulless album. Interestingly, having looked at other reviews, this critique is unusual - most people say the opposite. I just feel like they use a whole bunch of words to say very little, and the samples from classic kung-fu movies, 60s/70s motown, and interviews are pretty interesting. Ultimately this just isn't my kind of music.
Nope and nope. To me, hip-hop has to be more melodic to like me.
I had high expectations for this one, but it fell short for me. Wu-Tang’s a huge name, but I was pretty disappointed by the album.
I guess this was an ok rap album. It didn’t completely annoy me, but I didn’t enjoy it. Rap isn’t my thing so this just seemed like another rap album. What makes this one special? 2/5
I think I'll like this! Or maybe not! First track's cool I guess, I just don't get much from it. This seems like an old rap classic, and even to someone who doesn't listen to tham much from the genre, its influence can be felt in lots of modern rap acts. However, to someone who isn't the biggest fan of the genre, this does not do much for me. The lyrics are good, sure, but lyrics aren't enough to make a good song for me. C.R.E.A.M. is the first song I actually enjoy. The piano's nice, and a change of sound from the same beats that every previous song used. Was not expecting the homo-erotic torture method description in Method Man. But ok. I feel conflicted though, because I do like the rest of the song (it helps that the beat stands out and the rapping is on flow), but I do not want to ever listen to that intro again. I like Tearz's beat. But not much else. Last song's cool. But too little too late. Yeah, this was just not for me. I can appreciate a lot of what this record has to offer, but in a very distant way, as most of it does nothing for me. So while I don't say this is outright bad, it just does not work for me specifically, at this point in time. But hey, I liked two songs! Oh well.
I know people love Wu-Tang. I do not.
Das duas uma ou ouvi o álbum 2 vezes ou então as musicas pareciam todas iguais
Nao e a minha cena
I like it
Best Track - "Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'"
While I understand the cultural significance, the album itself hasn’t aged that well. Beats are OK, delivery meh, and so much swearing. Like… I get why it’s so important as a piece of art, paving the way for generations to come, but, it doesn’t do much to me.
Fine listen but with no stand outs for me.
When to listen: Feeling NYC pride? Honestly I wish I was cool enough to like Wu-Tang Clan but I don't care for rap, I didn't care for the lyrics... all around nah. Bumped up a point for cultural impact.
A little fun, but not my bag. Sometimes offputtingly crude. Makes me just want to listen to the Roots.
Meh. Hip-hop is not my thing. I kinda get the vibe but I'd rather listen to something else instead. Plus I didn't understand the lyrics.
Edelleenkään ei räppi oo mun musiikkia. Aivan liikaa uhoa, F- ja N-sanaa.
Sadly I can't stand most of hip hop
Homie talking about shoving a piping hot metal clothes hanger up someone's ass had me so baffled that I missed my exit... that said, there were some good jams and I see the impact this album had on hip hop as a whole, but it's not really my genre.
only listened to this bcs it got mentioned in himym
its definitely something
not for me
started off thinking I was a fan. ended up being bored and feeling icky
I get why this was a popular release I dont much care for the profusion of explicit language, and the style of rap is not my go-to It's fine, just not for me
Great beats, good samples. Wish there was instrumental versions. It's a shame. I know it's revered and seminal yada yada but not really for me.
Vraiment pas bon!
Not my thing
Not the biggest fan of hip hop. Old school rap and had some good samples.
Started, wasn’t immediately offended, got distracted, can’t be arsed to go back.
Pugilistic
pas mon truc du tout
Ehhhhhh, wanted to appreciate it more than I did.
It is alright.
Not the kind of music I use to hear, cannot comment or rate it. I'm far away from rap/hip hop.
The best hip-hop is no hip-hop...
I heard a Ghostface Killah album recently and really liked it, making me think I would like Wu-Tang Clan. No is the answer at least for this album. It felt very one note.
Not my style.
I hate to be such a hater!! This just isn’t my fav type of music
No soy mucho del rap de la old school pero lo aprecio
Не мое, хотя некоторые треки похожи на гориллаз
No es mucho mi estilo la vd.
Guns and knives and boredom?
Could never really get into the Wu-Tang Clan, sorry.
A bit too much of all the stuff I don't like in old school rap albums for me. It is somewhat too vague, too angry and the music isn't really standing out at all. 2/5
First listen here. the album was ok, the mezcla was decent/normal I guess, and the lyric to be honest my english is not that good to understand by listening to it once. so I guess I'll listen to it for the rest of the day. But in conclusion to normal not is a big thing.
Me costó mucho terminarlo, no sé si lo amo o lo odio. Lo escuché en el gym y me motivó a levantar más peso, jajaj. Entrene súper bien en el gym con este disco, pero fuera de eso no podría escucharlo.
No favorite
Ehh, I don't love this sort of hip-hop. I get that it was influential for its time, but it just doesn't grab me in any way. The musical side is fairly pedestrian, and the rapping is a lot of guy barking lyrics at you without a lot of variation or interest for me. C.R.E.A.M. is one track I can listen to, but even that overstays its welcome by the end of it.
Not for me. I can appreciate what these guys are doing, how they moved music along. I just don't like listening to music like this.
Have heard big things about WTC in the past, this wasn't for me. would give a 2.5 / 5.
I wouldn't listen to this outside of the generator, I get the acclaim but it's just not for me
Really not my taste. No traditional instruments, versatile musicians. Just couldn’t make it thru…
Good album.
Since I was a teenager in the 90s, I've never understood the greatness of Wu-Tang Clan and listening to this in my 40s, perhaps expectedly, didn't change that.
Very interesting album. The rap is good. Good flow, nice beats. However, the language is very vulgar. The whole wu-tang vibe taken from old Chinese kung fu movies is a bit gimmicky. There isn’t much diversity. It feels like listening to the same song. The beat is always very similar.
Really repetitive beats and seemed to drag on way too long.
I recently had another 1993 hip-hop album (Doggystyle) which I thought had aged really well (in terms of production, not lyrically!) 36 Chambers is, of course, even more solidified as a classic, and it also stands up pretty well, even if the rhythm of many of the flows sound very much of their era. It's interesting that the production and beats in hip-hop seemed to evolve far more quickly than the rapping. That's not to say this has the same trademark "dinosaur flow" which makes much of late 80s hip-hop unlistenable to me - clearly there was significant evolution around the turn of the 90s - even if it is still sounds somewhat primitive in many ways to modern ears. Rhyming "diarrhea" with "gonnorhea" for example, is something that I wouldn't necessarily expect to hear in contemporary hip-hop. Although maybe a bar like that is more compatible with the brainrot music of 2026 than I'd like to acknowledge. Everything comes full circle huh. Anyway, despite showing it's age, it's easy enough to see why 36 Chambers is revered as a classic. The sheer number of different characters who get on the mic keeps the flows from sounding too stagnant, the kung-fu movie samples make the beats sound unique (even if I expected more of these samples tbh, they largely disappear after the first track). But at the end of the day, this is rap from a time before the technical evolution of the late 90s, with the trademark tedious skits and some questionable bars spat over dusty, boombap beats. I can see why it's so revered, and it's a good time, but this sort of thing is just not something I have any real affection for or desire to return to. Ok I was gonna give this 3 stars and then in 'Method Man' they start talking about how they're gonna apply torture techniques to a guy's balls, dick AND asshole. Like, that's weird AF, why was this scene so simultaneously homophobic and obsessed with penises? Odd behaviour honestly. So there you have it, I prefer Doggystyle to 36 Chambers I guess? Mad.
1/3. Maybe I need to give it a listen in headphones rather than speakers (ironic for a rap album), but holy shit this is muddy. Couldn't understand most of the lyrics (not good news for rap) and the production just sounds so lo-fi. As a fan of 3 6 Mafia I don't think that's a bad thing, but their music has the low-end thump to make up for the muddiness, where these guys don't. I know it's legendary and iconic, but I was not a fan.
I know people love this band and I appreciate rap and hip hop but I’m also at the point in my life where I need more expressive lyrics that “mother fuckin’ n****r.” And to be fair there are some really clever lyrics and creative samples and references, but way too much “ mother fuckin’ n****r” for my taste.
Ok
Still not my genre.
non mi è piaciuto
yooo
Im ngl i didnt like it that much. Lots of chatting in between songs about not very nice things.
03/03/2026 1. bring da ruckus - like the spoken word intro.... love the samples. alright, but doesn't have that oomph to push it into something i really like. like the kindof glitching sound near the end. 2. shame on a xxxxx - liking this one more immediately. love the horns and the scratching. love the piano. got a bit bored towards the end... 3. clan in da front - love the bass in this one. alright. 4. wu-tang: 7th chamber - liked this one more than the other songs, but still not massive on it :/ maybe it's not my thing? or i'm not in the right mood? *5. can it all be so simple/intermission - love the sampling and the bass(?)... reeaaaally nice. 6. da mystery of chessboxin - like the scratching. gets a bit boring after a while... 7. wu-tang clan ain't nuthing ta f'wit - same as the others really... *8. cream - love the samples!! liking the lyrics more as well. really liked this one!! 9. method man - not massive on this one either. 10. protect ya neck - like the squealing sound in the back. too long for me. 11. tearz - liking this one more... probably wouldn't choose to listen to it again though. 12. wu-tang: 7th chamber part ii - liking the beat... wasn't massive on the gangster rap lyrics (eg. the start of method man....) or the beats which just sounded the same after a while... really liked the more political and emotional lyrics of cream or tearz though.
Niet echt voor mij
not my apple
Really not my vibe
Might just not be my genre or decade for that genre but I think this is just fine.
It's not my thing.
Je sais à quel point cet album est un monument. Bien évidemment sans cet album, une partie immense de la musique n'aurait pas existé, mais l'écouter aujourd'hui est difficile. Je trouve que l'album a bien trop vieilli. Tout est monotone, la prod est vraiment basique. D'autres qui ont suivi ont fait mieux et ont même repris des samples du Wu Tang Klan. Mais voilà, aujourd'hui, c'est devenu compliqué de voir cet album isolé de son contexte comme un moment plaisant à passer. Note : 2 À réécouter : Non
Muy entretenido, muchísimo flow e instrumentales simples pero funcionales
Du rap sans vraiment de morceau qui sort du lot
Pretty crap
Meh
I dalje nemam sposobnost da nađem bilo šta zanimljivo na hip hop albumu.
- I love me some rap but I just can never get the Wu .... maybe someday but not today. -
Not my taste
Not really my bag
was vibing with this but the speaking parts really threw me at times lol
È sicuramente interessante come ogni testo racconti un aspetto diverso della vita di strada, anche da punti diversi. Mi ha colpito particolarmente la canzone Tearz, anche perché dal punto di vista proprio musicale è quella più vicina ai miei gusti. Un album per chi più dei suoni e delle parole in una canzone e in un album vuole trovare un racconto.
It's not my style, but I still gave it a chance and listened to the whole thing, and I saved a few tracks I liked. I give it a 3/10; it's simply not my kind of music.
well, I'm not sure how to rate it. It for sure is not my cup of tea but it has a really good flow and i really liked the old school beats. Maybe it's just that i can't relate to the lyrics, and that I like songs to have a bit more of melody.
Ugh.
Nie moje klimaty, mogłabym posłuchać w czasie gry w GTA, ale tak to niestety zbyt płaskie i proste dla mnie. Rozumiem, że to jest klasyk hip hopu i jest ważny dla Amerykanów, ale ja nie jestem amerykanką.
Ok
This album just want for me.
Mouais, je ne suis pas convaincu, sûrement meilleur à l'époque que maintenant
okayyyish
Really had trouble getting into this one, other than the beats.
I get the reason for its importance, but eh.
Things are happening way up in the sky. Pressures changing, temperature’s rising. Down here, Europe’s living through heatwave after heatwave and the surface of the sea’s the hottest it’s been since giant woodlice scratched around the earth, fighting off scorpions the size of two welded together Jimneys. We are looking at an El Niño so profound that I won’t believe in it until a respectably handsome scientist operating, inexplicably, in a moodily lit lab looks up from his microscope (?) and issues a portent of doom that also foreshadows a specific element of narrative closure later down the line. Societal collapse probably not now, but definitely in someone you’ve mets lifetime. Billionaire class ready to boot to New Zealand and live as alone as they’ve always wanted to; should have, always. Reasons to think any of it will get better just one by one turning off, like lights on a hospital ward. Anyway these dudes were really tough. Be kind to each other.
Decent.
Similar feelings as with the GZA solo album I had just two days ago. It's good rap, but like all early rap, it's just people speaking over basic beats. Actually It's slightly worse than GZA album. I can hear the beginnings of what would become my favorite songs, but it's like seeing childhood videos of amazing actors. Best song: C.R.E.A.M.
Ikke den værste af den slags, men ensformig.
Enough already of the Wu-Tang Clan collective and solo efforts. They do nothing for me. So tired of the pathetic aggressively masculine posturing and hectoring vocals in this genre
I dig the raw sound, but it's not my type of music.
No está mal pero no me llamó demasiado la atención.
Yeah not my type of music… but nice vibe. Imagine East Coast 90s wow
Ikke noe galt med beaten, men i grenseland mellom glorifisering og manifestering av kulturen enn ren beskrivelse av den.
Not great for me
2 1/2 stars. Maybe I should listen to it. I just don’t get it.
Very fun
Not really what i like, but sounds okay
Apparently this album was responsible for the renaissance of East Coast rap music and has been designated as historically significant. Esteemed music critics viewed as one of the best albums of all time. For me it was just another hip hop record. I did enjoy some of the lyrics, however.
Not bad, short
Fine, but not for me
What makes this more special than much of the rap out there?
Didnt really like this kind of rap
J'imagine que c'est un bon disque de rap mais je n'aime pas le rap ! 2 ou 3 titres s'écoutent quand même !
There are people that enjoy it for sure, I believe I could find a song if I kept listening
this is maybe the 3rd time im listening to this album and maybe finally starting to see its appeal. for whatever reason keep zoning out and cant seem to focus on the lines (which im assuming might be part of the allure, because musically not much going on). might keep giving this a shot becuase its so highly regarded though i feel bad.
I get why this is important, I just don’t really dig it
If this is one of the greatest hip hop albums ever, then I don't like hip hop. Congrats on the influence, but don't want to listen to it again.
love method man but 70% of this album is for me unlistenable for a variety of reasons
legend. but not my style
Not really my vibe. Enjoyed a couple of songs briefly but just not amazing.
I can respect the art but I couldn’t get into any one song. I did enjoy the theme of the samplings throughout the album.
Não muito minha vibe. Pode ser um clássico do hip hop mas achei que faltou algo para me prender e cativar. Muito barulho algumas músicas.
The overall impression is of protest, it isn’t music. Some of the backing tracks could sound good with some music played over the top. The shouting was unintelligible and apart from encouraging aggression makes no discernible political points. It might be that I cannot appreciate the genre but I thought it was just noisy shouty rubbish.
Apparently this is older hip-hop and feel more like trad jazz compared to Kendrick or Doom who are more free and bebop. First intelligent conversation with Jonny about Hip Hop. Still don't particularly like it and can't tell what they're on about but it has wit and that counts for something.
Not my jam
I realize how important this album is to the history of hip-hop and rap... Still doesn't make me want to listen to it though. The concept of them being like a Chinese martial arts monk order is pretty cute at first, it all still just boils down to the usual rap-isms of flexing how much cooler and stronger you are than your "opponents". Eh.
Meh
I dont like it, although some songs are chill
It’s impressive they invented a whole sound while smoking meth but I’m not too into it
Not really my thing
No standouts, Wu-Tang may not be for me.
Not my kind of music so this may not be the best review but I could not enjoy this. The movie dialogue was the best part.
Some good beats but man, there's a lot of it. The chatting bits are especially tedious. I liked when it finished.
Sounds like Beastie Boys. I hated Beastie Boys
There's a lot I can say about this album and what it's influenced, and how distinctly American it is, how it couldn't be anything but American. But in the end I can just say it's not for me.
Today was not the day to listen to violence glorifying music. There was some really sick stuff in here, the torture descriptions in "Method Man" come to mind. The music was really nothing special either, but they found their gimmick.
Classic oldschool hip-hop album that was instrumental in the 90s. Explicit and aggressive, generally. "Clan in Da Front" has sweet piano work. Strange vocal choices to create a wavey sound "C.R.E.A.M. Cash Rules Everything Around me" is surprisingly mellow with a simple beat, piano plucking, and steady rap rhythm.
I honestly did not like this album one bit. I guess one of my problems with gangster rap in the first place is I can't get behind the message of gang and Thug Life it's something i neither experience for myself so can relate nor something that I aspire for my personal choices. I guess what gets me the most is the anger and rage at herent in the material kind of manifest itself inside my listening experience and I don't like that feeling at all. I definitely can't call this a bad album which means that it's not going to be something I write lower than two stars. But my inherent dislike for this style of rap will put it at the lower ens of two stars 4.1 ★★
Depends on the mood
Hip hop is just not my thing 2/5
I can respect its influence on hip-hop, but it’s not my jam. I know some people find a lot of charm in this record, but it felt muddy, messy, and just not very enjoyable to me. Probably not something I’ll ever revisit.
It is a decent album for sure. I personally struggle with this format though. The key selling point of albums like this is the rap and apart from that has zero musical merit from my perspective (repeated numb beats). Therefore makes this quite a slog to get through and the sillyness and macho element doesnt really appeal so struggle to find a connection with it.
Could've needed more bas
I'll start the review by saying I'm not the biggest fan of Hip Hop so you'll have to take everything with a grain of salt. A few positive things I could find on this album are the following: The lyrics can be funny at times although I felt like it lacked actual themes because most of the album's themes can be summarized with: "I'm better than you and I'm gonna hurt you fuck you", which I totally get it can be someone's vibe, just not mine. The vibe is pretty much constant throughout the album and the MCs are most definitely charismatic and they differentiate from each other very much, great performance at the very least. Now I'll go with what I didn't like: The skits (but I generally don't like skits, so that's just me) The beats. I don't get how people are saying they are beautifully produced and all of that when it's always the generic 4/4 drum beat accompanied by a bass line and a minimalistic piano. In every song. Like, who are we kidding? Illmatic came out half a year later and the beats aren't as lazy or boring as these ones are, it's not even a "it was good for its time" thing. Review is relatively short, but since, as I already said, I'm not much into hip hop, there's nothing else really I'd be able to say. Perhaps I'm just too white and european to fully get this. Either way, this is just my opinion. So try not to pay too much attention to it.
Like others, I appreciate the cultural significance of this album. I find the skits cringe to listen to and the kungfu style a bit stale. The beats get repetitive and the lyrics are just violent, yet real. Maybe that’s the appeal, but as a white boy from the suburbs it’s not my taste. C.R.E.A.M. Is a classic though, 2.5 stars.
When I heard the first song, I thought it was exactly my cup of tea. But the more songs I listened to, the more they felt very standard. It’s like listening to the same Gorillaz song over and over again.
This was pretty good. Really flows from track to track. I’ve never really listened to wutang outside of some songs here and there. So this was interesting but what stands out the most is this sounds like a rap album from the mid to later 90s, not 92. Which really tells how far advanced the sound on this was. Or that everyone started copying wutang.
En jaksanut kuunnella loppuun. Biisit kuulostaa aika samalta joten kyllästyi nopeasti. Hyvät biitit kuiten, mitta nekin toistui niin kauan että alkoi ärsyttään. Ja miksi joka toinen sana on kirosana? Ehkä hiphop vaan yleisesti ottaen ei oo mun juttu.
Not my thing at all. No melody, harmony, or complex instrumentation.
Some say it's good
Non fa per me
2/5 - I needed to hear this record so I could say I tried. It’s hard to access this album without a guide when it’s so far outside what I typically listen to, especially lyrically. Obviously, this is a landmark hip-hop album, and it will get plenty of high marks. I was fine with several songs, but when you’re not in on the joke on the skits, it’s annoying, and the album doesn’t invite spending more time on it.
This is a style of rap I have never really enjoyed. The beats are lackluster and that is what usually makes up for the dated style for me on these older albums. I feel like this album began all the trends I dislike in east coast 90s rap.
very popular band, but i'm not able to vibe with the tracks
Hmmm ok head bopping stuff but a but boring after a while
2/5, ain't nothin to f*** with
sin las letras es un disco pesado.
Not my genre, just C.R.E.A.M was listenable (
Day 4 First listen- I enjoyed it the first few songs more than I thought I would, although I started to get a bit bored halfway through. I need to listen again for fair judgement. (2.5/5)
Boring, with super simple bases and with not fun at all "humorous" interludes (skits, they say). Why can you be gangsta and at the same time keep doing stuff for fun? This is something I cannot understand at all. Shouldn't you be all danger and seriousness? Whatever. I know this album *is* a classic, but to be honest, I don't get it.
Ich ghöre d Qualität, Ich gsehne d Pionierarbeit im Hiphop vom Clan und Ich schmöcke das fein süüberlich abgschmöckte und ahgrichtete Album. Und trotzdem bliibts am Endi vom Tag 90er Jahr Hiphop woni nöd viel demit ahfange chan. Zudem wird mer zviel gredet. Losi da es Musig Album oder es Hörbuech? Obwohli keis Lied gspeicheret han und au ned wükli spass gha han zums lose gsehni d qualität für es 2.5. Abgrundet hald wider zwei pünktlis direkt is rechte Naseloch ineballeret
sicherlich wegwiesend für die ganz hip-hop kultur. aber finde 90er Rap scho sehr nervig und nöd würki losbar. aber wu-tang hed mi überrascht, isch chli weniger nervig als antizipiert. Uhhh, C.R.E.A.M ishc au uf dem album druffe, würki na e schöne hörbare track. aber. aber. jetzt isch d frag öb ihne 3 sternli gebe wege fettem ihfluss uf e kultur und musikszene woni geil finde oder eifach pure zuelosfreude wie eich bi fast allne album bewerte und es 2äre nur 2 sternlis. alos glaub mir muss fair bliebe und dem ganze 2 neighborhood's nach LA geh.
Фоном особо не напрягало. Больше запомнилось инструментальное оформление (оно, по-моему - основа этого альбома). Низкую оценку ставлю потому, что специально слушать вряд ли когда буду. 4 из 10.
Hoo boy. Another hip-hop album. Been rolling a lotta these lately. There’s like ~30 of these on the list, right? I’ll be through these soon enough, right? I’m not crazy, right, right? Just joshing. I’m benevolent and think all forms of musical expression are worthwhile. There have been some winners in the hip-hop scene lately. I’ve added four hip-hop songs to my 1001 Albums playlist. A respectable achievement given that I, rather fittingly, only have 101 songs on that playlist. It’s just that these albums are always so long. I was absolutely left for dead with the hour ten runtime of Stankonia and now I have to wade through another hour-longer. The movie samples are fun along with the pop culture references. There’s a nice underground atmosphere to some of the songs and I enjoy the mild Chinese theming, but this ain’t for me. I’ve bitched and moaned about hip-hop at great length, so I’ll just move on to the highlights. Shame on a Nigga is the best song on the album – very catchy with the best instrumental and vocal performances on the album. C.R.E.A.M. is pretty alright, too. I like the instrumental and the songwriting is very competent. Let’s check the book. I know Wu-Tang Clan are popular (if only due to my familiarity with the infamous Once Upon a Time in Shaolin), so as far as music history goes this is a solid pick. Unconventional subject matter. Eight-man band. Still timeless years later. Taking a peruse through the Wikipedia page reveals that this album is more influential than the book lets on. Can’t fault this one. Solid pick.
Meh. It is alright. I don't see the appeal.
i am not a fan of rap, but ill give it two stars for impact
not my cup of tea or preferred rap genre, it was a tough listen especially through method man which i think has scarred me slightly. more misses that hits although the hits would have me shaking ass at a club. my favourite song was Wu-Tang clan aint nuthing ta F' wit which i would listen to again.
Ну такое, слишком агрессивный хип хоп, слушать не слишком приятно
Not my style but good tunes for others :).
Dug it but not my favorite
I really didn't like it.
Репчик со вставками фильмов про ушу
4/10
I know of Wu-Tang more than I listen to them. Maybe this was groundbreaking at the time, but it seems basic and a bit silly now. Shlock Horror Hip Hop, I guess. Probably more a fan of the solo projects, such as Method Man, tbh.
This genre is not for me.
Didn't feel like relistening because it's good (obviously) but ehhhh
Not my cup of tea.
It’s OK
Just not my sound 2/5 #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge
Hólímólí hvað þetta er leiðinlegt dæmi. Þetta er rapp sem ég fíla ekki. Reyndar voru þarna nokkur lög sem ég fílaði en það var ekki vegna Wu-Tang Clan heldur vegna Girl Talk sem hefur endurnýtt lögin þeirra í sín frábæru endurblöndunarlög. Gef þessu 2 stjörnur fyrir að vera gott hráefni í betri tónlist.
If I liked hip hop I would have liked this album
Ça ne m'a pas vraiment parlé, peut-être parce que ce n'est pas ma culture, et peut-être aussi parce que je n'aime pas le rap.
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Disclaimer: not a rap fan. Lyrics were fine, music was fine. Definitely not on my future playlist
360/1001
5/10 Highlight: C.R.E.A.M.
I like the first song A LOT and the sound is great. Usually not a huge rap fan so this was interesting. I like the rhythms and it was overall enjoyable to listen to.
Gikk meg hus forbi
Not going to listen, not my thing.
Not for me
So many interludes, so little time. I usually really like old-school, sample-driven hip hop (and I’m aware that this record has a LOT of prestige and is basically an icon of the east coast 90s scene) but it wasn’t clicking for me on first listen. On a positive note: I really enjoyed the sample in Cash Rules Everything Around Me.
I just can't get into Wu-Tang. I think I like this better than some of the solo albums on this list, but I still don't really like it.
Complete
Absolutely not my style, but I appreciate the sounds 2/5
I think I can see why people like this. It's fairly monotonous but exactly that works. It's a bit too long, like many nineties-albums. This time the track I like best is also the biggest 'hit': C.R.E.A.M. The best hiphop-album so far. Although I liked the musical elements better on Snoop Dogg's album, I certainly think the rapping is much better here.
Switched to the clean version after a few minutes into the first song. Still feeling pretty gangsta, though. CREAM baby!
great flow, and i know wu-tang was instrumental to the genre. But i’ve never been a fan of the repetitive and simple backing tracks in hip hop
Method man song’s descriptions of hot hangers up ur ass and rusty screwdriver on ur tongue was a bit much for my lovely sunny commute on Fri xx I think this kinda hip hop is a bit lost on me
Not a hate but an ‘urgh samey’
I usually quite like hip hop but this just didn't grab me.
The sound of this was good. The rap rhythms were nice. I have no idea what they were rapping about and I got distracted and went to put up some coat hooks, so I guess it didn't do enough to keep my attention. The hooks looks nice though.
I can respect the influence this album has. But this was a little long, and became very dry over time. Much better rap came after this, and can hold my attention for far longer.
Only heard the biggest hit from it before. Not my kind of hip hop, honestly. But C.R.E.A.M. is on the album at least 2/5
1st Song is a Thumper, not so much for the rest of the album.
I get that this was a really important album in the evolution of hip hop, and listening to it I can understand why, but it feels like the genre has surpassed this so far that it hasn't aged well. I'm glad to have listened to it, but I won't again.
regular hip hop album 2 stars
I fuckin'... fuckin' found this fuckin' album notable only fir bein a fuckin' swearfest on a fuckin' epic fuckin' scale. I'm gonna fuckin'... fuckin' fuck it wit fuckin' two fuckin' stars.
Not for me
Don’t want to hear so much swearing and rapping about how great they all are.. I’m clearly not Wu-Tang’s target demographic. Wish I appreciated this more than I did, but that goes for all the solo albums by these members as well. 2/5
On one hand I liked a couple of songs, on the other - the long ass skits were annoying and the rapping felt too old I'll rate it lower for no reason
A bit too harsh for me
Early hip hop - ok if you like that sort of stuff
Hip hop that I didn’t really enjoy listening to but was fine.
Some classics on here like CREAM, Wu tang clan ain’t nothing ta f wit, etc. I don’t love it overall, though. I’d say NWA was the better rap group of this era. Kids in middle school whose favorite movie was the Boondocks Saints would always slap people on the back of the neck and yell “PROTECT YA NECK”
70 seconds in... oh God, there's gonna be an hour of this? Still, better than Kanye West.
Good reminder that I’m not much of a fan of hip hop/rap
4/10
In the middle of all this raucous trash, someone actually broke into song and mouthed words that seemed to have some thought and intent behind them, but most of this is just loud-talking junk - doesn't fall under my definition of "music" and has no discernible redeeming social value. One track sounds like a committee discussing the enterprise's mission statement - why take up anyone's time with that? The dang album is 70 minutes long as it is - cut that junk at least.
Not quite my style as a whole. A few good beats, but I like my rap usually a bit tamer, 80’s I suppose.
Not for me
I usually find gangster rap albums heavy going, but this one is a little easier than most. It has an engaging sense of humour with all of the kung fu movie samples and the music has a raw edge to it. Apparently it was recorded in a studio so small that only 8 out of the 9 band members could fit in at any one time, so they would organise impromptu rap battles to decide who was going to appear on each track!
I almost gave up on this one before even getting to the halfway mark. Lyrically it had nothing to offer except the usual "I'm the greatest, I'm going to kill everyone" type shit. The beats were uninspired and boring. Truly terrible skits. I got to "Can It Be All So Simple" which offered a bit of variety so I stuck with it. So after listening to the whole album I'm still not really impressed. I do like the raw sound and the samurai movie thing is interesting even if not used well. There's some moments of brilliance, but most of it just repeats the same ideas.
It was alright 1001 album worthy: No - 31/55
Not for me but I’ve heard worse.
Somehow I made it through.
J - 2 S - 2
Not a fan
Not an album that I would choose to listen to but can see how this genre of music might appeal to some people.
I just couldn’t get into it
Okay, so I know how influential the Wu-Tang Clan was back in the day but I enjoyed the more melodic kind of rap from several years later because it was more of a song and this was more of a recording of people talking. Yes, this had music in the background but it wasn't really my type of rap.
I like my rap like I like my coffee, with so many extraneous elements l get laughed at for saying I enjoy it. At the very least with some fluffy sweetness in the form of lush beats. This is pure espresso (not the Sabrina Carpenter kind). A very good espresso mind you, but I personally take two sips and I've had enough. A CD 60 minute runtime does not warm me up to it. Score is for my own enjoyment, I completely admit its actual value is much higher.
Not m'y style.
Had one good part on one mediocre song. Could’ve been worse though
I hated this less than I expected to.
Wu-Tang Clan aint nothin' to fuck with. Trotzdem gar nicht mal so gut Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine
Sounds exactly how I expected it to. Lived through this period of time, but not in the Bronx. Far reaching influence but not for me.
I know. I know. The Wu Tang Clan are legendary in the rap world. For me, it’s a slight miss. They have some good moments on this particular album but it’s nothing that lights my musical fire.
an important album for hip-hop and music in general, but not an album for me
This one didn't do much for me. Pretty standard....maybe even cliched rapping and beats that only made me sit up and take notice twice I think... 2 stars
A few good songs...
The beats are fine. I'm not into the rap. It's quite aggressive at times.
Not my cup of tea
mir fehlen da die bekannten Sachen, so lala
Meh
Never heard this before. I recognize it for its historical significance but only a few nice points on this album for me.
Nothing earth shattering. A lot of songs seemed to blend into each other without setting the world alight.
06/10/24 Not a fan.
Hard to listen to. Very limited vocabulary that mostly includes variations of fuck and nigger. Does have a beat.
As usual with this project, I'm very uneducated on hip hop and have a hard time finding stuff that's above 3* for me. I recognize the icons that WTC are but still this is 2* for me.
Supposedly seminal album didn't deliver for me. The Kung Fu film samples were good but I wasn't impressed by the other choice of samples. The subject of the writing was all a bit too aggressive and self centred too. Shame as I expected to like it more x
In a nutshell: a "fuck you, watch me" album. "[Tommy Boy Records] made the decision to sign House of Pain over us. When they dropped me, I was thinking, 'Damn, they chose a bunch of whiteboy shit over me.'" RZA, The Wu-Tang Manual Not completely into it. The skits were distracting; the beats and loops were repetitive. HOWEVER, I can't be too harsh on this album. It's popular, influential and iconic. There will be a legacy with Wu-Tang Clan. C.R.E.A.M. will always be a banger. Overall: 4/10
Wu tang are huge and they have lots of fans, I've just never been one and this album hasn't changed that. Low 2.
Geloof best dat het het beste hip hop album ooit is etc., maar niet mijn muziek. Opzich wel lachen voor rap, beter dan anderen
all of it seems the same. a background noise
Not for me.
Not my thing, but it was listenable.
Meh
Wu Tang is for the Chidren
Okay background music maybe. The music is good but rap vocals are just not something I enjoy.
2/5
I think it’s a testament to this project that I can articulate specifically why I don’t like this. They’re skilled rappers, but these beats kind of suck.
Felt like I heard the same song 15 times
Não é para mim. Ouvi apenas 5 músicas e não deu mais
I felt a bit bludgeoned by this one.
Buen disco pero ai el hip hop 2D
I enjoyed the music i.e. the sampling and effects etc, but the lyrics didn't appeal. I'm not the target audience. I prefer The Herbaliser.
Plenty of cool beats, samples, and hooks at the base of many of these tracks, but they’re inaccessible unless you’re ok with being subjected to lots of nonsense to get them. What nonsense? Intro to Method Man is Exhibit A, but it’s everywhere and prevents enjoying the otherwise cool beats. Tearz is the best track, with only minimal nonsense in the intro.
I know this is probably sacrilege but this is only okay :/
Achei um pouco poluído, mas acho que é muito em função do meu gosto.
This is pretty dull stuff. I kind of like the music, but the vocals come across like a gang of loads of people contributing random violent braggadocio. Oh, and I was streaming an expanded edition.
Not really a whole lot of music on this I mean, just a steady kind of backbeat and then a lot of rapping. I’m not a huge rap fan anyway, but I did like some of the Beastie Boys stuff and some of run. DMC didn’t do much for me.
Why do I remember this being much better than it actually is? I’m by no means offended by the word f*** (not sure if I’m allowed to type it here), but the overuse on this album became annoying, honestly. And although this is an incredibly skilled group of rappers, but I found the beats more annoying than catchy.
Solid flow but not too interesting of music
Ihan kuin tää ois tullut listauksessa jo kerran - sen verran samanlaisia nää Wu-tangit biisit ovat (dollar dollar bill yooo). Tunnustan merkittävyyden rapmusiikissa, onhan nuo taitavia. En vaan jaksa kuunnella tätä samanlaista äänimaailmaa ja flowta yli tuntia, tää tuntui harvinaisen tasapaksulta.
I am not their demographic. Method Man would be my favorite if I had to choose. I don’t love rap but i understand the significance of the Clan. If someone put this on, I would want to know all the words to impress them, but not enough to actually listen to their music. I feel like this is a hot take and I’m going to be hunted down by their fans. I wish I was better but I’m not.
Not my thing. I can see how it's good but I just didn't like it.
Too many mfers and n-words for my taste. They are so angry.
Not for me
Not really my genre, but I guess it was alright. The rhymes and beats were solid, but I didn't really enjoy any of the songs very much. Two stars.
Still nope