When Wu Tang first came on the scene were they seen as cool or weird ?

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

I was young to experience Wu Tang when they were at their peak and during their rise. With the chinese influence and pro black content were they seen as dope or were they seen as weird and edgy ? I ask because I remember when Odd Future first came on the scene in 2010 some publications were making the comparison to Wu Tang Clan.

 

[LoMax30]

I was young to experience Wu Tang when they were at their peak and during their rise. With the chinese influence and pro black content were they seen as dope or were they seen as weird and edgy ? I ask because I remember when Odd Future first came on the scene in 2010 some publications were making the comparison to Wu Tang Clan.

Bro, this is what made them so unique and dope. There was NEVER anything considered "weird" about them The first time I heard all the kung-fu samples a nikka was You gotta understand, a lot of black folks born in the 60's, 70's and 80's came up on kung fu flicks and black awareness. They were definitely seen as the cutting edge of hip-hop and they weren't even niche, they were considered popular rap They even sold Wu-Tang t-shirts at the beauty supply stores When 'Tical' came out I couldn't count how many dudes would be sitting in class with aluminum foil fronts trying to roll one eyeball up

 

[Cladyclad]

They were but it wasn’t a knock

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I was young to experience Wu Tang when they were at their peak and during their rise. With the chinese influence and pro black content were they seen as dope or were they seen as weird and edgy ? I ask because I remember when Odd Future first came on the scene in 2010 some publications were making the comparison to Wu Tang Clan.

wutang was just an extension of what was already normal in the black community




Odd Future was/is more weirdo-like

 

[DontEemTry]

I wouldn't say wierd but they were definitely unorthodox in an intriguing way.

The beats they used and the flows they used as well as how their songs were structured felt almost alien.

But in good way. shyt was fresh

 

[MrRDU]

Wu was ill from the gate

 

[Grand Eeezus Maxwell]

nikkaz in my hood hated Wu, but the reasons they gave usually meant “I don’t read much, if at all.”

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Protect Ya Neck was some shyt Hip Hop fanatics liked. It was a little weird to a mainstream audience because of the amount of MCs on it and the kung Fu shyt. But that didn't last long cause they dropped Method Man right after and that got all kinds of love from everyone and it was not weird in the slightest it was that new new shyt you had to like or be up on to be considered in the know. Then when they dropped CREAM if was over they were next level and the hype wouldn't even have a chance to die down. People wanted more and more Wu-Tang, they couldn't be stopped.

 

[I love Latina women]

They were cool the minute they came out

 

[Curioser]

It wasn’t even clear they had a chinese influence at all at first. They dropped protect ya neck and it was a standard posse cut. I personally almost ignored it although I think it blew in NY. Then Method man dropped and a lot of people fell in love with his flow and charisma. This still had no clear chinese influence. I was personally like who is this old smoked out dirty ni66@. But when CREAM dropped I jumped right on the train. The use of that chinese sample was the dopest shyt ever at the time and that laid back, street style of Rae was ill.

They were never seen as corny or weird because the time period was so creative and diverse. There was way weirder stuff than that.

 

[old pig]

I was away @ college @ the time but cats gravitated to their music immediately...it didn’t hurt that some of us met them when they were giving away cassette singles on campus

 

[Knicksman20]

They were cool the minute they came out

Exactly

Their style was in sync with the era so there was absolutely nothing weird about them.

Most of us old enough to understand the music grew up watching kung fu movies every Saturday when they aired & Wu Tang incorporated that along with pro Black talk in the music

 

[Stick Up Kid]

They were seen as regular street nikkas with flavor

 

[I love Latina women]

Exactly

Their style was in sync with the era so there was absolutely nothing weird about them.

Most of us old enough to understand the music grew up watching kung fu movies every Saturday when they aired & Wu Tang incorporated that along with pro Black talk in the music

First time I heard Wu, my sister had Enter 36 Chambers on cassette.

shyt was the hardest damn thing I'd ever heard and the thing about it that stood out to me about the album, was how muffled the album sounded.

I liked that RZA's style of production didn't sound clean.

 

[Curioser]

They were seen as regular street nikkas with flavor

Honestly, “street ni66@z” wasn’t really a thing back then....