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Q MagazineFeb 11, 2013If seeker of the hip-hop's next wave need not apply, those with an appetite for rugged, screwfaced late-90's New York rap should find this keeps them scowling like it's 1999. [Mar 2913, p.111]
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Jan 10, 2013Sheek and Ghost may lead the army to battle on every track, but the rotating cast and general camaraderie makes Wu-Block feel like the no bullshit Wu-Tang sort of album segments of the fanbase have been clamoring for since 8 Diagrams.
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Jan 7, 2013The 2012 debut is a pretty accurate throwback to the sound of golden age East Coast rap, complete with soul samples and boom-bap beats.
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Dec 13, 2012Wu-Block isn't a necessity, not for the Wu, not for the Block, not for hip-hop, not for the fans. And yet while it may be nothing more than a stopgap for all involved, it makes sense, not in theory but de facto.
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Dec 4, 2012It's a knowing retread of what works and what's expected--but boy, that's no problem.
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Dec 4, 2012Everyone on the album sounds engaged and happy to be in the room.
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Dec 3, 2012From mic to plug, Wu Block is a vintage Rap release only lacking in invention.
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Dec 3, 2012It may play a little too closely to everyone's strengths, but in the moments here where those strengths are at full tilt, that's not a bad thing.
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