indeed.

Did anyone get Blackout 2 by the way? Is it good? I wasn't all that into the first one to be honest.

Not yet. I was/am hoping they come on a UK tour and then I can just get it then.

method man and redman are touring europe at the moment, or have just been doing so. they played london a year or two ago and tickets were £35, which is £10 more than it cost to see the whole clan when they toured the year before.

There are a couple of weak joints on it but all in all its pretty damn good.

Why did you not like the first one? That's one of my favorites.

I dont know. I just never could seem to get into it much. I loved TICAL. But can't say I really got into another Meth album until T: ZERO.

Masta Killa is underrated.

"Da Mystery of Chessboxin'"--my favorite Wu song ever. So good even
U-God's wack ass dropped a great verse.

hahahahah

MK's only verse on ENTER THE 36 is probably the best vers on the entire album. It's so insane!

Okay, I've went through this whole thread and gave one point for people's first choices. If someone listed a 2nd favorite or whatever, I gave .5 points. If someone listed more than one "in no particular order", all of them get .5 points. Okay? But if someone listed a lot, I will stop at 3. Also, sorry, I didn't list Capadonna...

In order:
1. GZA - 12.5
2. Ghostface - 11
3. RZA - 9
4. Method Man - 5.5
5. ODB - 3.5
6. Raekwon - 1.5
7. Inspectah Deck - 1
8. Masta Killa - .5
9. U-God - 0

No big surprises.. maybe?

Bill Murray - 1

Just give us a poll, Adam

I consider Cappadonna to be an actual member (though on-again, off-again). He was on sevaral Wu albums without being listed as "featuring Cappadonna"... know what I mean? Like on WU-TANG FOREVER it did say "feautring Cappadonna" but albums after that, it didn't so I'd say he then became a full member.

Odb was on fire to begin with.. Nothing he did after his first album was that great to me..
Method Man and Ghostface tie it for me

The Gza, uh, god damn.

which reminds me... who was Maxamillion?

Ghostface

Okay, update!:
1. GZA - 12.5 *TIE*
1. Ghostface - 12.5 *TIE*
3. RZA - 9
4. Method Man - 6
5. ODB - 3.5
6. Raekwon - 1.5
7. Inspectah Deck - 1
8. Masta Killa - .5
9. U-God - 0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKGL...eature=related
aka ghostface saying, "quit downloading my albums!"

haha

...

He is right, though, considering 50 cent and shit selling a billion copies a day is ridiculous...

^ Gotta love the drum head collection in the background.

On the other hand...

Unlike the average hip hop musician, he has shown little or no concern about illegal downloading, for he simply wants to be seen and heard. He was once asked if he was worried about illegal downloading of his music:
“ Naw, when I make music, I make it to be heard, personally. And, if somebody download it, if they heard it, then my job was delivered. Of course I love to make the money. I get million dollar album budgets, so of course there's money involved with it. But, personally, as a musician, as an artist, the first thing is to be seen and heard. If you're not seen and heard, who cares? I was talking to Jim Jarmusch and he was like, somebody see his film, the guy's happy. He don't care. He wants somebody to see his art and appreciate it and that's how I feel about my music also. I never got pissed off at the Internet kids with the downloading. In fact, I told them, 'Help yourself. Have a good time.- RZA

RZA has stated Ennio Morricone, Mark E. Smith, Syl Johnson, Marley Marl, Augustus Pablo and Danny Elfman as musicians he is fond of.


....

MARK E SMITH!?

For some reason, I can't see RZA rocking out to "Spector vs. Rector".. but maybe!

RZA is my favourite coz he did that album 'the world according to RZA' with all those european people

that's a good album.

Anyone have the import GHOSTDOG sndtrk? It's the actual score by RZA, not the Wu-tracks.

RZA- close second- Ghostface

i like the black motherfuckin bitch slappin homie who is rad in the hood breaking with the bitches and gold bling in teeth and has no vowels in his mother fucking name...bitch!

"I got beef with commercial-ass niggas with gold teeth"--Raekwon

ha! funny an instrumental rap album....the irony!!!

Sometimes they can be cool companion pieces.

which solo RZA record would people recommend? i have like 10-15 wu-related albums, but not a single solo rza

Bobby! Bobby! Digi! Digi!

I understand why it's not seen as a true Wu classic by a lot of people, but personally I fucking love it.

Digi Snacks is the best Bobby Digital album

ghostface, odb and the rza, in that order.

ghostface live was great, he was telling his dj to skip tracks everytime he didn't want to do a song, he skipped like about 30 songs.

I don't actually have Digi Snacks. Will have to check that out. Like I said though, I think "...In Stereo" isvery underrated, although that's partly because it was one of the first Wu albums I ever bought.

Yeah it is, I didn't mean to diminish its status in any manner by the way. It is great. "Domestic Violence" and "Mantis" rule. I just think Digi Snacks is generally more focused and cohesive, acheiving maybe what RZA set out to do with the Bobby Digital character finally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHXGhuzmw_A "Can't Stop Me Now" - album version is much longer btw, has a verse from Inspectah Deck and a long intro skit..

The musical textures on this Digi Snacks are really fantastic, evidenced sort of by the above video there.. the guitar sound, the vintage-soul sounding vocals.. his rhymes on this album are all great too. I can't even explain why I like it so much but its one of my favourite Wu-related albums after Liquid Swords.

shame on you when you step through to the ol dirty bastard straight from the brooklyn zoo

i like digi snacks alot but i think it's kind of half ass sometimes, i love the ideas but some of the songs are executed in a corny way, they were alot better live, long time coming is good on the album, but live it was pretty much the best track i've ever heard in my life