Once you go beyond the lyrics (that are still part of the genre, I give you that) it's a pretty solid hip hop album from the mid 90s; it's well executed, the flow is right, the background music is really good. Not a huge fan of gangsta rap, but clearly a good record.
Gangsta rap as a genre is a relentless assault on the senses, more for the lyrical content than the music. This album from Wu Tang Clan alumnus Raekwon has some good points - the track Rainy Day featuring vocals by Candi Lindsay (aka Blue Raspberry) is gorgeous and the John Wu samples are always fun. However, the between track recordings of (apparently unscripted) conversations are hard to listen to. It’s a grim lifestyle with only one way out.