Wu-Tang - Deadly Melody appreciation

[flatlinerz]

This song is so underrated probably Wu most underrated track.

Street Life went in on this track, Masta Killa murdered this.

 

[Sean7]

Yeah definitely an underrated track from a classic album IMO. I need to break this out again and listen to it in full.

 

[CHAIN]

The beat lacks soul and character. It's sluggish and robotic.
It feels clean, tame, mild...and polished. It's missing the raw, frantic energy and RZA's chaotic edge.

I was a 12 year old super stan when this came out and I hated it...imagine that.

 

[Cool DOC]

Masta Killa stole the show, but even U God came off, heavily underrated joint.

 

[BuddahMAC]

The beat lacks soul and character. It's sluggish and robotic.
It feels clean, tame, mild...and polished. It's missing the raw, frantic energy and RZA's chaotic edge.

I was a 12 year old super stan when this came out and I hated it...imagine that.

I disagree with all those descriptors except maybe "sluggish," because those are some plodding piano stabs but I can't see the discordant natural piano and drums where you can see the hits through the audio as "robotic" or "polished." It's just raw recorded instruments. Not everyone's vibe, but I think around this time RZA liked to strip some tracks down for spitters specifically.

I think this is akin to what Severe Punishment was on Disc 1, but I'd claim that track as the more 'robotic' with the drum machine beat.

 

[Piff Perkins]

The beat lacks soul and character. It's sluggish and robotic.
It feels clean, tame, mild...and polished. It's missing the raw, frantic energy and RZA's chaotic edge.

I was a 12 year old super stan when this came out and I hated it...imagine that.

Lmao. It’s off kilter and the ultimate “drunken master” RZA beat. Classic.

 

[Bugzbunny129]

The beat lacks soul and character. It's sluggish and robotic.
It feels clean, tame, mild...and polished. It's missing the raw, frantic energy and RZA's chaotic edge.

I was a 12 year old super stan when this came out and I hated it...imagine that.

Not a fan of this beat myself. Not the song i wanna hear after 15 min of high end rhyming with triumph impossible lil ghetto boy etc

Its too slow and ploddy and guys just go off in random directions. Great performances by MK street and ugod tho. Shoulda saved it for MKs solo imo. Woulda been a bigger song there.

Not a bad song really but on a 2 hr + album its the wrong song for track 5 on cd 2 after those verse heavy joints. By this point every relisten im dying for a catchy hook.

 

[Mike Wins]

Beat is super simple but kinda hypnotic, everyone killed it. Ghost flow on this was crazy. Deadly vengeance with a crowbar

 

[clanarchy]

Couple of years ago I started on a Wu Remix project but they kinda been done to death so I abandoned it...
Deadly Melody was one of the tracks I was working on....... I tried to give it more energy.
This is what I had....................

 

[Zero]

As a loosie, I'd like it more but considering what's surrounding it, it's one of the weaker beats on the album. Verses are on point though

 

[Cool DOC]

Not a fan of this beat myself. Not the song i wanna hear after 15 min of high end rhyming with triumph impossible lil ghetto boy etc

Its too slow and ploddy and guys just go off in random directions. Great performances by MK street and ugod tho. Shoulda saved it for MKs solo imo. Woulda been a bigger song there.

Not a bad song really but on a 2 hr + album its the wrong song for track 5 on cd 2 after those verse heavy joints. By this point every relisten im dying for a catchy hook.

Yea you right...

 

[Deadman187]

On an album that long, this shyt sounded like filler at the time to me

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Street Life's verse still lives rent free next to Budden's verse on Family Reunion. Dude came in stomping and pouting for GOATship

I walk with the Shaolin strut, burn a dutch

Watch Street eat'em up, cold crush, bumrush

Spot rusher get touched, backed up and handcuffed

Y'all nikkaz can't fukk with us

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

Lmao. It’s off kilter and the ultimate “drunken master” RZA beat. Classic.

 

[ShaDynasty]

The rapping is fire.

The beat really sounds like the experience of taking too many drugs - like smoking strong weed and being paranoid and disoriented, hearing weird sounds randomly.