Yea I’d probably put GZA and Meth a tad higher. Liquid Swords by GZA is an all time album and Meth’s first few were classics. Only built for Cuban Linxs was another mainstay in our stereo.
‘From the streets of shaolin’ is a great book that tells their full story and backstory of each album.
Well worth reading/listening to
To me GZA fell off a bit after Liquid Swords but ghost and raek made Cuban Linx, Ironman and Supreme Clientele. I feel outside of Wu albums ghost and raekwon made the most good stand alone music so that’s why they’re 1 & 2 for me but I love GZA and respect his style and intelligence.
Liquid Swords is an all time LP for sure. Saw GZA do the album live and it was a major moment.
I will check that book out THANK YOU. I’m a big context / backstory guy.
Agreed, and wow that’s awesome about the GZA show!
I saw the whole Wu-tang crew and Rage Against the Machine on that ill-fated ‘97 tour when I was 12.
Wu-Tang Forever had just dropped and Evil Empire came out the year before. Needless to say they were my two favorite groups at the time so that concert was one of the best of my life.
My parents somehow let my brothers and me take the train to the other side of town to see it.
Just picture a pre-pubescent kid getting thrown around like a rag doll in a wild mosh pit, and being offered blunts by fully grown adults lol
