Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan

Advantages: Raw Style Rapping, Great Price, Made Careers
Disadvantages: The Shaolin Sword Side Could Have Been Improved

...is the track list for enter the 36 chambers Shaolin Sword 1. Bring Da Ruckus 2. Shame On A N***a 3. Clan In Da Front 4. Wu-Tang : 7th Chamber 5. Can It Be All So Simple Wu-Tang Sword 6. Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' 7. Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin Ta F**k With 8. C.R.E.A.M. 9. Method Man 10. Protect Ya Neck 11. Tearz 12. Wu-Tang : 7th Chamber Part 2 13. Method Man (Skunk Remix) There are two sides to this album and nobody could argue which ...
...chart releases in America which did rather well they are as follows: Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' ------------------------- This song has hardly any beats to it but they fill the song with pure raw style rapping which really shows there abilities as quality rappers without background music most people wouldn't hold there nerve but these guys pull it off to great affect. C.R.E.A.M. ------------------------- This word is an acronym for Cash Rules ... Read review

Advantages: Awesome power; perfect rapping
Disadvantages: Ciao is not a rap-friendly place

For seasoned rap observers like myself the glory days of this particular genre of music was the three year period 1988 to 1991. This was the birth if "gangsta" rap and the mellow, polar opposite "DAISY Age" murmurings of De La Soul and PM Dawn. Then Ice Cube left NWA and went solo, NWA split up, Dr Dre discovered Snoop Dogg, and the pioneers of rap in the late 80s failed to find their voice and repsond successfully to the poppier direction in which ...
...came a crew of eight random individuals so effective as solo units and incendiary and explosive as a group, that rap music took a long overdue slap on the arse upon their very arrival. They were the Wu-Tang Clan and lined us thus: The RZA (pronounced Rizza), Method Man, U-God, Rebel INS, Shallah Raekwon, Ghostface Killer, Ol' Dirty Bastard and The GZA (pronounced Jizza). On the next album they would be joined full time by Inspecktah Deck and on a ... Read review

Advantages: Unreal production. MCs of the highest quality
Disadvantages: None I just wish the next two could've been as good

I simply cannot believe that this album is appearing in bargain buckets or on reduced shelves. It is so good it hurts! Back in 1993 Hip Hop was changing tack. New York was always home of what is now the biggest selling type of music on the globe, but the West Coast was taking over thanks firstly to the gangsta rap of NWA then the G-Funk of Dre, Snoop Warren G etc. But straight outta Staten Island NYC came the clan. They first dropped a 12inch single ...
...a debut single can be this mature is hard to figure out. The clan were 8 strong and all eight have their segment on this song, and it was the perfect introduction to their different MCing styles. Then we saw the album and every song makes you gasp. The opening track "Bring Da Ruckus" is probably the best opening track in the history of music and perfectly describes what was to follow. But in addition to these two tracks there are eleven more to ... Read review

Advantages: Wu-Tang.
Disadvantages: Disappointing second album

What can you say about the Wu?........they are comming though and the outcome is critical...This Album, totaly redefined the way hiphop was heading. you get lazy rapping from Puff Daddy, and commercialised from Will Smith, but as Dre, Eric B and Rakim, sugar hill gang all go down in history as shaping hip hop. This Album, when Hip hop was looking a bit sorry for itself, blew up the whole of the industry, what was left???....just raw beats from RZA, ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic rhymes and rythms
Disadvantages: None

With the hip hop industry heading on a downward spiral into obscene amounts of guns and violenve lead by the west coast g-funk, rap was becoming some what, over the top. But then "Wu-Tang Clan" stepped on the scene, a group of 9 rappers with fresh and hard hitting sounds. "Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" is un doubtedly one of the most influential rap albums of all time, with the razor sharp production of the RZA and the flowing rhymes of such ...
...not to be amazed by this album. It can hit u with in your face beats and banging tunes such as "Bring Da Ruckus" but around the next corner there will be a slow peaceful sounding melody, "Can It Be All So Simple", "Cream". One thing that will shock u is the variety of styles within "the clan", where as "N.W.A" and other such rap super groups follow the leader with similar rhyming patterns and flows, each member of "Wu-Tang" sounds completely different ... Read review

Advantages: Classic Wu-Tang Album, Great Music
Disadvantages: Took 3 Years To Make, A Couple Of Weak Tracks, Gets Outdated To Quick

...for such tireless production. I Can’t Go To Sleep This is the song that features none other than the man himself, Isaac Hayes, you’re damn right. It provides two different styles and gels them together for perfection. Isaac Hayes’ deep but smooth voice and the rough beats of RZA and Ghostface Killah. This song really is a great one to listen to and reminds me that all rap isn’t gangsta. Careful (Click Click) = This is a really dark Wu-Tang song that is reminiscent of songs that feature on Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), there first ever album. By doing this song the Wu-Tang Clan still prove that they can return to there roots, even when producing such great music. The video produced for this song showed them having a gunfight with people in a nightclub, which goes well with the style and lyrics of the song. All... Read review

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Advantages: Nice guest rappers like Ghostface and Raekwon turn up at AFTERPARTY and THE TURN respectively.
Disadvantages: The lyrics from Method man are disgusting and the musical production is revolting! SAY WHAT?

...members the Wu-Tang Clan, an army of rap soldiers who released their exceptional Enter The 36 Wu-Tang Chambers album in 1993. Although Method Man is formerly a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, most British fans of mainstream urban music probably know him better for his partnership with Redman. Hence he and Redman have released a Hip Hop album entitled 'Blackout' that was highly talked about amongst fans, publicly gaining popularity throughout Canada, UK and the USA. The album was therefore a major success, charting at number (No.) 1 on the US Top R'n'b / Hip Hop Albums and going platinum. The commercial success of this record, enabled Method man to make the most progress in the mainstream than any other Wu-Tang Clan artist like Inspectah Deck and Raekwon. Even before Method Man hooked up with Redman in 1999 to create... Read review

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Advantages: Deck is an amazing lyricist, Some Truly Excellent Beats, Good Subject Matter
Disadvantages: A few average tracks, some weaker beats

...Inspectah Deck is arguably the most forgotten member of the Wu-Tang Clan, regardless of the type of fan you happen to be. Right on par with the top lyricists of the Wu-Tang Clan (Gza, Masta Killa, Priest), Inspectah Deck has always been there to shine on every song he appeared on within the first two Wu-Tang albums. Inspectah Deck is known by many non-casual fans as the man who dropped the second verse on the infamous Wu classic "C.R.E.A.M.", and the opening verse on the truly memorable hit "Triumph. In fact, all of his appearances on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and Wu-Tang Forever were excellent, as he often stole the show. In 1999, the Wu-Tang Clan was virtually in shambles. Method Man was embracing his pop-status, ODB was locked up, Rza was fast selling out transforming into Bobby Digital, Raekwon's second album was nothing... Read review

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