The "W"
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Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings
- Record Label: Loud
- Genre(s): Rap
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| Gravel Pit | |
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| 1, 2, 1, 2, yo, check this out It's the jump off right now I want everybody to put your work down, put your guns down An' report to the pit, the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 14 out of 17
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Mixed: 3 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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It's about as good a hip hop album as you will hear this year. Correction: Make that great.... It's hip-hop that plays to the streets and the suburbs with equal intensity, intelligence, insanity and integrity.
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All the big Wu dogs are here -- Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Genius, etc. -- and it sounds like they've been sharpening their skills like knives. They toss rhymes back and forth with the precision of a machine -- they're so good it's almost scary.
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The W forgoes innovation and simply revels in the Clan's strengths: the way their star rappers toss around rhymes as if playing catch; RZA's skulking, string enhanced beats; all those mystical hip hop words.
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The monotony that blighted 1997's 'Wu-Tang Forever' and the sluggish complacency of some of the Clan's myriad solo projects in the past three years is notably absent. There's a born-again urgency here, with the RZA reclaiming control of the mixing desk from his disciples and trying out a few new tricks to spike the usual routine of cinematic string stabs and virtuoso raps.
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Even the ample cast of guests on The W seems less like a blatant attempt to boost its first week sales than simply a welcome attempt to add to its stylistic diversity. The result is something almost as rare as getting the entire Wu-Tang Clan together: a mainstream rap album that actually sounds like an album instead of a long-playing single.
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"W" does have a few flaws, namely "Conditioner," which features Snoop Dogg and is the only track graced with Ol' Dirty's presence. Despite his trademark voice-cracking inflection, the Dirt Dog's verse sounds as if it was recorded over the phone, detracting from what could have been another Wu banger.
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Although roughly half as long as Wu-Tang Forever, The W is every bit as erratic and overreaching. If Forever was a great single album hidden in a messy two-disc set, The W feels like a good six-song EP nestled inside an uneven album that seems to take its cues from the half-assed weirdness of ODB's N**** Please.
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Jul 28, 2011
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IronMikeFeb 5, 2006if u listen to it first time u will say suck this fucking kack. but if u liston to it more and more u will see what a fantastic album this is
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JamesMMar 31, 2007"10 if u like hip hop 0 if u dont" i agree... but why did u give it an 8 then ?? :S
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MalikMajidAug 18, 2005
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