Nobody in here truly believes GZA has any charisma but few would say it because nikkas are so sensitive about their precious rappers, especially when it comes to Wu Tang nikkas
I think GZA has a good voice but nothing about him pops out when compared to nikkas like Meth, Ghost, and Rae. They have voices and energy that cut through and leave a presence. Even RZA's hilarious ass voice leaves a mark
The charismatic Wu members I mentioned also have a memorable performance somewhere.
Meth has features ànd singles that are a part of history. Even if you toss his entire Wu career aside he has You're All I Need
Ghost has character and Supreme Clientele created a sub genre of hip hop. Nikka Supreme Clientele created Kanye West!. We talking about a nikka that wore bathrobes and a giant eagle bracelet everywhere
Rae will always have Ice Cream, and OB4CL also created a sub genre
ODB needs no explanation
Hell even Deck has I BOMB ATOMICALLY
GZA has none of these qualities. He's an extremely skilled rapper but nobody outside of die hard Wu fans are reciting a GZA line, nobody ever tried to dress or talk like GZA. He'll always have 4th Chamber, but nikkas love that song more for that cinematic intro than anything said on the track
But I already know nikkas gonna read all this as me calling GZA trash so what's the point?
How does GZA have no charisma when he literally pulled off one of the very best lyrical album performances of all-time with Liquid Swords
GZA was kicking so many lyrically descriptive hood tales he was on another planet. His charisma was that he was so lyrically sharp that he went straight to the point no frills. He was the complete opposite of ODB in that regard. Very interesting MC in the way he chopped rhymes. He wasn’t just rhyming to rhyme. Everything he was kicking you felt that shyt in your chest! I look at MC’s and rate them on how they perform on an album. OB4CL is a CLASSIC album but Raekwon did not perform lyrically anywhere near GZA on Liquid Swords and was helped tremendously by Ghostface’s performance. Ironman was Ghostface benefitting from Raekwon’s performance.
GZA - Cold World
It was the night before New Year’s, and all through the fukkin' projects
Not a handgun was silent, not even a TEC
Outsiders were stuck by enemies who put fear
And blasted on the spot before the pigs were there
You know hoods, robbers, snipers new in sight
fukk blue and white!
They escape before them flash the fukkin' lights
Gunshots shatter first-floor window panes
Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game
Whether pro-calisthenic, any style you set it
Beat nikkas toothless,
physically cut up like gooses
But with iron on the sides, thugs took no excuses
Therefore, your fifty-two handblocks was useless
Linx was snatched off necks, left scars on throats
Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats
Against those who felt the cold from the steel
Made ‘em fold and squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his grill
Construction worker who was caught for his bomber
No time to swing the hammer that was hangin' from his farmers
And it’s bugged how some nikkas catch slugs
And pockets dug from everythin' except check stubs
And it does sound ill like wars in Brownsville
Or fatal robberies in Red Hook where Feds look
For fugitives to shoot cops, nikkas layin' on roof tops
For his
C.R.E.A.M he stashed in a shoebox
But he was hot, and the strip was filled with young killers
You don’t suspect, so cops creep like caterpillars
And born thieves stay hooded with extra bullets
Those who try to flee, they hit the vertebrae
Increase the murder rate
Similar to hitmen who pull out TEC's and then
Drop those who crack like tacos from Mexican
Rapid, like recipients cashin' checks again
Back to the motherfukkin' spot on Lexington
Bruh
