RZAs production on the 1st works of the Wu-Tang Clan is flawless. If the term "urban" was orginally intened to describe sound, RZA eptomizes it. Mixing a thick set of scratchy samples, blurred instrumentation, and real-drum beats... It's classic.
This song's lyrical content doesn't have anything much to contemplate over in terms of meaning, but it's a good represenation of 8 of the original 9 flows of the Wu-Tang Clan. My personal favorite is Inspectah Deck's: "I leave the mic in bodybags, my rap style has the force to leave ya lost like the tribe of Shabazz". In that line alone, he opens and delivers a killer braggadocio phrase and makes mention of Afro-American history that most are probably not even aware of.
RZAs production on the 1st works of the Wu-Tang Clan is flawless. If the term "urban" was orginally intened to describe sound, RZA eptomizes it. Mixing a thick set of scratchy samples, blurred instrumentation, and real-drum beats... It's classic.
This song's lyrical content doesn't have anything much to contemplate over in terms of meaning, but it's a good represenation of 8 of the original 9 flows of the Wu-Tang Clan. My personal favorite is Inspectah Deck's: "I leave the mic in bodybags, my rap style has the force to leave ya lost like the tribe of Shabazz". In that line alone, he opens and delivers a killer braggadocio phrase and makes mention of Afro-American history that most are probably not even aware of.