Music : Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0078636633626
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: November 09, 1993
Sales Rank: 3359
Studio: RCA
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Vinyl Classics reissue of the 1993 album comes as a vinyl look-a-like CD that's packaged in a die-cut, see-through Slipcase. BMG. 2005.
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This debut revolutionized hip-hop (and launched half a dozen solo careers), as much for The RZA's raw barrage of off-kilter, off-key loops and sound effects as for its elliptically violent lyrics. Martial arts--at least as they appear in kung fu movies--are the Wu-Tang Clan's favorite metaphor, but they're also the organizing principle of the group, a crowd of eight rappers, each with his own way-out-there "fighting style." They created their own little self-contained culture, with its own symbols and shifting identities, and let listeners figure it out for themselves. Unless you're willing to immerse yourself in its world, it can be baffling and a little dry, but its aggression and originality are undeniable. --Douglas Wolk
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If your a Hip Hop Culturist & Activist like myself...this album is a must have. Either on cassette or cd, you'll play this album from start to end without fast-fowarding anything.
-Bugzee One of Uncontrolled Substance
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Once in My life (the 90's to be accurate) I listened to nothing but hip-hop. That period is over a long while ago, and lot's of the albums I owned I couldn't listen to ever again! One of the great exceptions is the debut of Wu-Tang Clan, that really holds up well more than ten years later. What I really liked about their music, and still does, is not only their quirky idea of sampling sound-bits from chop-sockey films. It was even more their minimalistic, raw and kinda gritty sound. Most of the tracks were made of only one small sample and a drum beat. And all of the rappers are good, and could deliver some surprising kicking lyric. Check tracks like 'Tearz', 'Protect Ya Neck' and 'Clan in Da Front', that's it! Just forget the latest flops from the clan and go straight for the 36 chambers of death!
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A little F.Y.I. - the facts I'm gonna drop, are not assumptions, I got them from RZA, and other Clan members in interviews.
Dr. Dre's The Chronic ('92) and Snoop Dogg's Doggy Style ('93) were the two rap albums that stood out the most (sales/public wise) when this was released. Wu Tang, out of nowhere came, brought the ruckus and helped put New York back on the map, thanks to college radio, a little airplay on Yo MTV Raps, and most importantly ... skills, and originality. The West Coast for the most part, boasted about degrading women, selling narcotics, and murdering fellow human beings. All of which basically encourages non prosperous lives, jail, and even death (I must add, that I'm not knocking on those albums. The chronic was one of the first rap albums I ever got, I'm just stating the lyrical content.) Then you got Wu Tang, who have classic battle rap lines (which is traditional in Hip Hop) and lyrics that cover REALITY, not FANTASY/NEGATIVITY. A few examples; "Can It Be All So Simple" deals with the outcome's of street life. It was very necessary to have Rae and Ghost hold the fort down on that track, being that those two partipated in that lifestyle more than the other members. Then you got C.R.E.A.M. which deals with poverty, and certain things people will do to get out of it. Rae, and Deck brief up their life story's in each of their verses. I love the chrous/acronym of it "cash rules everything around me" Indeed we can all relate to that - money does ... Read More
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I should not have to write a review for this album For this album compares to the Beetles White album or Mozart. what fans (and Non Fans) of the Wu-tang Clan do not really realize is this album was a necessity for the east coast during this time. a lot of artist and albums after Enter the 36 pretty much copied this formula of lyrics, Beat making, and even group affiliation. back then it was unheard of to have Nine Emcee's (who all had an exceptional level of skill) in a group. but since this album, you had the boot camp clique, Flipmode squad, terror squad, and the dirty dozen (commonly known as D 12). Lyrics took a dramatic turn to be way more metaphorical. Rhyme schemas were influenced, story telling became more dramatic, Beats became more raw & more complexed. Alot of producers today are Directly or indirectly influenced by the Rza. The rza was the first beat maker who put a singing samples over lyrics. He was also the first to infuse far eastern samples and sounds with raw hip hop drums and bass. I can go on for days about this album but for the people who have not heard this album it is O.K . because this is one of the great albums of the 20th cenutry that will be studied in furture years to come.
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If you think back, the years leading up all the way through the middle of 1993 had been dominated by the West Coast, and rightfully so.
You had one of the best beatmakers on either coast in Dr. Dre, produce an outright classic of an album (The Chronic). His protege (and probably the world's best known rap artist), Snoop Doggy Dogg goes on and produces another classic LP in " Doggystyle". Add to that mix urban film classics such as " Boyz N Da Hood" and "Menace To Society", and the West Coast owned the scene until...Wu-Tang Clan drops "Enter The Wu-Tang".
Now it must be said, "Enter" is far from a perfect album. As a matter of fact, I heard more miscues on this album then any album I could ever remember. For example, listen to the beginning of C.R.E.A.M. as Raekwon tries to initiate the song w/o the beat. They make up for this with raw energy, action packed rhymes, and innovative production.
That raw energy can be found early and often in songs like " Bring Da Ruckus" and " Shame On A N!&&@". Now, this album has an early intermission, but with that comes the classic "Can It All Be So Simple". This is one of those joints you just sit back to with a drink and just think about yesteryear.
The next two tracks do a great job of setting the stage for one of the best acronyms in the English speaking world with "C.R.E.A.M.". I mean, the song is perfect, from the lyrics to the hook, and don't get me started on the staggering piano loop. ... Read More
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