Wu-Tang Clan The W
Q: 3 out of 5 stars - "...Largely a return to murky idiosyncratic form....it plays to the group's main strengths: brutal hooks and scary ambience..."
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CD Details
- Released: November 21, 2000
- Originally Released: 2000
- Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 1/4/01, p.118
Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".Rolling Stone - 12/21/00, pp.169-70
4 stars out of 5 - "...A sonic gestalt that exists somewhere between the Queensbridge projects and OutKast's STANKONIA....reaffirming Wu-world order...as the best rap group ever..."Spin - 2/01, pp.105-6
8 out of 10 - "...Call this music what it is: Blue Urban Dread Improvised Boo Hoo Limp. Nobody Wu's it better."Entertainment Weekly - 11/24/00, p.82
"...Utterly mellow...forgoeing innovation and simply revels in [the group's] stregths....Shifting easily from stark struts...to loose R&B...they're old pros, and they know it..." - Rating: B+Q - 1/01, p.113
3 out of 5 stars - "...Largely a return to murky idiosyncratic form....it plays to the group's main strengths: brutal hooks and scary ambience..."The Wire - 1/01, p.34
Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year" [2000].The Wire - 12/00, p.65
"...THE W feels like some unbathed, 'grit the blade in your teeth, grim and bare arms' type s***..."CMJ - 11/27/00, p.4
"...Revisits the loose grimy methods that first propelled them to stardom..."Vibe - 1/01, pp.137-8
4.5 discs out of 5 - "...A dense, demented, 15-song opus....going against the grain of everything that's going on in rap right now. If originality, innovation, and a mastery of the fundamentals of beats and rhymes still mean something to people, then THE W stands for 'winner'."The Source - 1/01, pp.193-4
3.5 mics out of 5 - "...A sharp effort....it will make you dust off your copy of ENTER THE WU-TANG..."Melody Maker - 11/28/00, p.50
3 stars out of 5 - "...They still rock....if you're genuinely interested in the myriad, spiralling noises that hip-hop can make...then get down to the record shop iommediately..."NME (Magazine) - 12/30/00, p.78
Ranked #21 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".NME (Magazine) - 11/18/00, p.41
8 out of 10 - "...With RZA in blinding form as Maestro Of Tension, THE W wades out impressively into a Fear Zone of guns, slums, cops and the kind of paranoid anxiety you get from smoking vast quantities of hydro and walking down Crackhead St. on your own at 4am..."Tracks:
- 1.INTRO (SHAOLIN FINGER JAB)\ CHAMBER MUSIC (EXPLICIT ALBUM VERSION WITH MEDLEY SEGMENTS)INTRO (SHAOLIN FINGER JAB) / CHAMBER MUSIC
- 2.CAREFUL
- 3.HOLLOW BONES
- 4.REDBULL
- 5.ONE BLOOD UNDER W (FEATURING JUNIOR REID)
- 6.CONDITIONER
- 7.PROTECT YA NECK (THE JUMP OFF)
- 8.LET MY NIGGAS LIVE (FEATURING NAS)
- 9.I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP
- 10.DO YOU REALLY (THANG THANG)
- 11.THE MONUMENT (FEATURING BUSTA RHYMES)
- 12.GRAVEL PIT
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 40,679
- UPC: 886977170423
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