RZA Believes 'No Other MC Can Compare' to GZA — Not Even Nas or Rakim

[Mastamimd]

GZA is skilled as hell and the dopest in the Wu imo

 

[King Poetic]

His opinion

But GZA is fukking crazy lyrically

 

[mbewane]

Thats his blood cousin who helped teach him and his other cousin not only how to rap but also helped convert them to the 5% nation and taught them chess.

GZA is like God made flesh to the Wu and rightfully so.

And RZA has been consistent in this stance for years. He’s also said that after GZA, Nas is the greatest lyricist ever. He said that when he first met Nas when Nas was 15 that he was already a master MC.

 

[nieman]

He's always said that GZA is his favorite MC, and no one can compare. Of course he's biased. But he's also said many times Nas is the greatest (next to GZA...and outside his brothers).

He's pretty consistent. He praises GZA, the rest of the Clan and breaks down their lyrics in almost every interview. And then tosses in Nas along side them.

 

[Mikeatris]

Liquid Swords is a legit top 10 rap album of all time. You rap like THAT and you’re solidified for all time. Its the same with Illmatic, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Paid in Full, and Doggystyle. Sometimes a master proves he’s a master his first go round and doesn’t necessarily have to prove it again. Its rarified air to even have an album on the level of Liquid Swords lets not forget that.

Thats not to say he can’t be surpassed but every single member of the Wu gives it up to GZA. They bow to him as the architect that sparked the entire Wu movement that changed the course of Hip Hop music.

That it is but you clearly missed the whole point of my post. And all the albums you mentioned are rappers who are still here. Rappers like BIG and Pac all we have to go by on is what they did in the mid 90's. But Gza as had other albums (Grandmasters being the only one worth a crap after LS) and he just has not aged his rhyme schemes well. People have to judge him off of all his albums, not just one

 

[Mikeatris]

Nah, I think Gza actually has an underrated catalog. Except for his true debut, he's never dropped a half assed album.

Beneath the Surface
Legend of the Liquid Sword
Grandmasters
Pro-Tools

Were all high quality, and Pro-Tools has a track that legit shut 50, who was hot at the time and itching to battle Wu for staircase related reasons, and the Unit the fukk up.

It's just that Liquid Swords is SUCH a fine piece of art that of course it's the first thing we all think of. I'd put LS up against Thriller without batting an eye. What Rza, Gza and the Clan did on there is something else.

Grandmasters is it and maybe Pro Tools, the rest are sub-par at best

 

[MisterMajesty]

I can see that and I said that Meth and Deck is also the best in the Wu. I like Gza and I have tons of stories of him (some good and some pretty bad) as I used to date his cousin and still talk to her to this day. Everyone says Gza based off of Liquid Swords, a thirty year old album. Deck and Meth have been consistent up until now. Gza has had tracks here and there and his rhyme schemes have not aged well. I can't put him over Wu rappers who as still doing their craft up until now but all we want to talk about is Gza and how he rapped on Liquid Swords, an album that came out in '95? Nah I can't do it

Would be dope to hear those stories breh

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

I ain't mad at it

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Speaking of GZA, what ever happened to Dark Matter?

Man why did you have to remind me of this I was having a nice day too

 

[Mystic]

liquid swords > paid in full

Full stop hell nah

 

[bigillwill06]

skill wise hes correct. No one paints a clearer picture than Genius lyrically. Also flow always on point but......gotta have the work put into your career ie: DISCOGRAPHY. Gza has liquid swords which is a 10/10 album. i also like beneath the surface which id give an 8. Outside ofthat he dont have enuff work to compete with the rap heavyweights.

 

[RAX 010]

What's the problem

 

[Crumple]

RZA has shared that he thinks GZA is a better MC than anyone else in the game — including Nas and Rakim.

On a recent episode of Drink Champs, the Wu-Tang Clan Abbot was asked who he rated higher as a rapper between Nas and his cousin GZA. "In which way?” he asked. "They’re both very powerful brothers."

Then, RZA explained his belief. "For MC-ing, my favorite, best MC is the GZA," he said. "I don’t think no MC could beat the GZA. I think what GZA has written for hip-hop, no other MC can compare."

"Even if you go look at Rakim, who is one of the greatest, to most people, one of the greatest. Nas is one of the greatest. If you go look at what GZA offered to hip hop, look at what he spawned," he continued. "He spawned me, Meth (Method Man), Rae (Raekwon), Ghost (Ghostface Killah) — these are all from GZA, the enlightener





RZA ended his explanation by bigging up Wu-Tang Clan’s legendary lyrical liabilities. "What the Wu offered lyrically is what no one has mastered yet," he claimed.

RZA is set to appear in the upcoming docu-series about the creation of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx LP. In the trailer for Purple Tape Files, RZA joins fellow Wu-Tang members like Method Man, plus artists like Kendrick Lamar and Nas to tell the story of one of hip-hop’s most highly received projects in the genre’s history.

"It ushered in the alter egos, the aliases," RZA says in the clip. Lamar also gives his thoughts, saying: "Still, to this day, it’s flows that you haven’t heard before, saying the most wild shyt."

Raekwon also speaks on the album and the process of making it in the trailer for the upcoming series. "I put myself into a serious mindframe," he says. "A serious storytelling album. I had to make this product stand out.

"I knew that purple represents royalty, and that’s exactly what I was looking for."

Facts. Rza wrote this in the Wu Tang Manual book over 10 years ago, and it's inspiring he still thinks the same way about it. Like a Bible principle. Gza is also a bit older than Rakim. Who got famous first doesn't matter.

They're both great anyhow.

 

[ShaDynasty]

I agree. If he was more prolific then it would be obvious.

He was unlucky with his debut, its dope but was a bit dated by 91. The rhymes are fire and Easy Mo Bee did most of the beats, but it feels much more like an 80s record than a 90s record.

 

[summwunn]