Wu-Tang Forever (The Album)... your thoughts?

ZEB WALTON

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When this shyt dropped, it recieved insane press, but was an album that divided its fan base. For various reasons people either hated it or loved it. RZA famously stated heads wouldnt figuyre it out until the year 2G; and in 2013 the two most popular artists in hip hop pay direct homage (drake - wu tang forever song) and kanye (wu all over his records as of late, rocking wutang forever shirts on tv). side note. i bought this album fdor 18 + tax on tape when it dropped cause i was 9 bucks short on the cd price... 27$ for a double album in 1997 brehs which i ended up buying as well...so i dont wanna hear NADA about sales from heads

So what im saying is, did it sink into you yet? The album to me is the most important album of my life. Being from stat, basically sharing the experience, taking the rza literally that you can do what you want and be successful... hearing the string of BANGERS that preceeded it. and then THIS

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a powerful summer school lesson. Its an all time doubkle album. If RZA compressed it to 80 minutes we'd lose out on some classics but definetly have the greatest album ever created in hip hop. tyhey were all in rare form on that album.

Ugod even created drakes style on it lol while still dropping BOMBS.
the rza was about to drop the cure and be the illest mc/producer/musician/artist ever.
ghostface came through and crushed cuban linx, slid back a tad and let rae shine, then came with the supreme clientele style and crushed everything until wallets came out
rae put on a show leading into immobilarity. his verses were getting even better
meth was killing everything, this was no different,. EVERYONE waited for that meth verse
gza and odb... they werent on it much but their presence was felt. half short twice strong gza killed the album with the first verse of teh album
deck held this album down more than anyone imo. he showed signs of greatness on here from the production and atmosphere. he never capitalized on it fully but this was him at his brightest
mk and cap were mk n cap.killa with the weird spoken word rhymes that somehow worked and cap with the udnerrated slanging.

the production was amazing. the best of rza 4th disciple and true master. reunited. impossible. heaters. bells of war. triumph. for heavens sake. older gods... i always love dthe song with tekitha too. classic wu skits.

it was a concious album from a top 3 gangsta group. that hurt them with the fair weather fans, but ended up making them goats instantly. imagien if diesel, sunshower AND america were on this like I believe they were supposed to.... too much. 7 albums all diff. This was the period on the wus sentence. if i amde this album, i woulda did this too

 
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2nd favorite album of all time behind Heavy Mental by Killah Priest. I cut school to cop the double cassette on release day, I didn't even know sun shower existed until 2005
 

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It's a dope album.

I was one of the Wu Stan's expecting more though and I rarely listen to it any more.
 

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realistically there was NO WAY RZA was topping his work on 36 liquid swords, & cuban linx
I just accepted the fact by then that not every album will be classic status. the fact the rza has been part of so many indisputable ones is enough. I pretty much enjoy his life work and think things like ghostdog are just as good production wise as early wu albums
 

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I just accepted the fact by then that not every album will be classic status. the fact the rza has been part of so many indisputable ones is enough. I pretty much enjoy his life work and think things like ghostdog are just as good production wise as early wu albums
how many original tracks are on the ghost dog soundtrack? I thought he just tossed a couple beats.. maybe Im mixing it up with kill bill?
 

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Brilliant album.

Basically. Best double album of all time. Waaay ahead of it's time. The rhymes and beats still sound fresh. The album definitely was orchestrated to be listened to in linear order but random sampling is good as well. Basically entire sub-genres of Hip-Hop birthed from this. The storytelling, getting a VIOLINIST to compose an original tune, progressive yet gritty lyrics, I can go on...The album is a forward look piece. 20 years from now this album is still be studied.

This is album is in my top 3 albums of any genre. RZA and the Wu made it easy for me to argue how this album is better that your favorite rapper's album. Test me.
 

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this album blew my damn mind. the production as a whole wasn't even a quarter as dope as Linx or Swords. But they had all perfected their styles at this point, so to have 9 dudes that could rhyme comin at your ears for X number of songs was something I never heard before. props to Cappadonna and Streetlife for their contributions as well.
 
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