favorite member of wu-tang clan?
 

I'm going to have to go with Ghostface... followed by GZA...

I second Ghostface, followed by RZA for the killa beats.

GZA and then Ghostface.

GZA.

Haha.

Which joker is going to reply with "U-God"?

Ghostface. No question. He's the only one that I really feel has stayed relevant and still puts out consistently interesting albums.

Ghostface.

GZA and RZA

GZA, then Ghostface. It's close.

GZA and Rae both made amazing albums, but I dont feel that they've sustained that momentum. I think GZA is still a great lyricist, but doesn't compile full albums that keep me interested. Rae seems to be really getting awesome lately, though. The Da Vinci Code mixtapes were really good, and his recent guest spots (The Game, DOOM, etc) have been great. So maybe CUBAN LINX 2 will be an amazing comeback.

Ghost on the other hand seems to really challenge himself. I put him in the same category as MF Doom or Lil Wayne as people that really, well, TRY to always raise the bar.

all of the above but what about odb? return to the 36 is a great cd.

Yes, RETURN is a great CD. But one great CD does not a great MC make.

RZA, ODB, Method Man
in no particular order

Me and my girlfriend have a series of mixtapes we've made under the title "Method Man is the best member of Wu Tang Clan"- this being her summation and not mine; he's arguably the best dancer and best looking member of the clan, but I don't think he's the best.

A good quote from Method is buried at the end of 'Can It Be All So Simple', where he speaks of GZA "we all form like voltron and he just happens to be the head". It could be the Genius. He doesn't really have the best lyrics but he does overall seem to be a good representative of the group. This being said, I love the RZA for his producution, his verse on '4th Chamber'* and the whole Bob Digi series which is a whole lot of fun.

Ghost and Rae are good, I'm not going to ignore them, but they're always too tied up in the mafioso subject matter that I'm not terribly interested in. Ghost has the best most vicious verse on 'Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' and Rae shines on Cuban Linx but it's just their personas that I don't find terribly appealing compared to others.

Inspectah Deck's verse in CREAM is amazing, by the way. U-God is the Tom Waits of the rap world. And we have an APB on an MC Killa, looks like the work of a master. Meh. It'd be a cop-out to choose ODB as my favourite, although he may be one of the most original vocalists in hip hop ever, as well as a straight-up lunatic and you've gotta love 'em. This is such a difficult fucking question! Ah, fuck it. I know:



Simply because he's been caught playing chess in a bar I frequent, his production is wonderful, Wu would've got nowhere without him and the aforementioned:

Camouflage chameleon, ninjas scaling your buildin'
No time to grab the gun, they already got your wife and children.

wise words danny, wise words.

Straight from tha slumz of shaolin

If we're talking about who has been the best, at the top of their game, then it's definitely GZA for me. Liquid Swords is just unbelievable. That said, if we're talking favourite overall, it'll always be Ghostface, for the reason that noisereductions has stated. He's definitely the member that I'll always be most exited to see a new release from.


RZA kind of deserves a separate consideration. He’s a pretty good rapper, but doesn’t touch GZA, Ghostface, ETC, and yet with his production he’s really a big part of what made the Clan so great. Can’t ignore him. Also, although I’m aware that, objectively, it’s flawed, “Bobby Digital in Stereo” is one of my favourite Wu solo albums. Domestic Violence!

Someone needs to tell Nas that.

GZA, followed closely by Ghostface.

The Genius

Nas has a few great albums: Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic.

Raekwon only has the one great album, really.

method man. his voice is great.

RZA is the consummate musical savant. I bow to him.

RZA, followed closely by GZA

method man's got the illest flow

Never said Nas was great either. ILLMATIC is obviously brilliant. But he's plenty of bad albums, and then a few good ones. I'd say that his last few have been very good, though. Pretty much everything from STILLMATIC onward.

GZA, followed by Method Man

Been listening to Liquid Swords for the last week or so.

1. RZA
2. GZA
3. Tie between Meth & ODB.

Tough picking a favorite, though.

i can't do it. i read through the thread thinking about it.

its GZA/RZA/Ghost at the top.

tho I think Meth has the best flow.

WORD

Meth is my favorite. followed by.... INSPECTAH DECK

They are all special in their own ways & everytime I listen to the Clan I find something different. Ghostface definatly has the most consistent solo output.

GZA is the best lyricist, but I don't know sometimes I find his flow too monotonous. Same goes for Rae.

But the Ticallion Stallion maaan always kills it. He got a lil too poppy in Blackout 2 but it is still a classic joint/

because of common interests.

1.Rza, not only for production HE IS THE BEST RAPPER.
2.Gza, but he sucks live where as rza is mindblowing
3.Masta Killah
4.Method Man
5.Inspectah deck, pretty mediocre solo career but he almost always has the best verse by far on collaborations....#1 as far as pure rapping skills go
6. Ghostface, was my favorite for years, but 90% of his work after supreme clientele is lame, and he gets shown up on collaborations
7.Ol Dirty Bastard
8.U-God
9.Raekwon

1. Ghost
2. Meth
3. O.D.B.

Masta Killah is really awesome.

I agree that he's over-looked as a rapper, but do you think he's better than GZA?

nightmares like wes craven
niggas gunnin
my 3rd eye seen it comin

I mean RZA is certainly capable of amazing lyrics (see: "4th Chamber," "Tearz," the entirety of 6 FEET DEEP, etc), but a lot of the time he sort of puts the lyrics in the backseat (see: BIRTH OF A PRINCE, AFRO SAMURAI VOL 2, etc).

at one point or another they've all been my favourite for one reason or another. aside from masta killa.

^what you said, minus U-God and adding Masta Killah who's phenomenal.