It would have been like Nas trying to make an Illmatic II – make no mistake, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… is up there with Illmatic as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.īut Rae did it. You can’t blame Rae, just think about the pressure he must have been feeling. After 14 years of keeping hip-hop heads waiting and in between dropping a couple of mediocre solo albums, Rae finally delivered what we were all waiting for – a worthy sequel to The Purple Tape. Singles: Singles: “New Wu”, “House of Flying Daggers”, “Walk Wit Me”, “Have Mercy”, “Catalina” So remember, don’t sleep on Iron Flag, it’s one of the best Wu-Tang Clan albums of all time, no doubt about it. Those gritty soul samples and menacing loops still remained, although they were somewhat refreshed, while the obligatory Wu posse cut “Uzi (Pinky Ring)” is still burning to this day. Still, don’t think the Wu switched it up too much. RZA even pulled in some outside help from Trackmasters and Flavor Flav to liven and modernise things up a little for listeners.
Straight off the bat, the album’s opener – “In the Hood” – kicks things off with some much needed energy with Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck and Streetlife all bodying their verses.
While the previous Wu album, The W, definitely had some joints, it sounded like The Abbott was getting a little tired of that murky, gully shit he helped create. After changing the game with his lo-fi signature sound – twisted soul samples over basement drums – RZA was in a bit of a funk when the 2000s arrived. Singles: “Uzi (Pinky Ring)”, “Back in the Game”, “Rules”ĭon’t sleep on Iron Flag. So let’s get into it, from their game-changing 1993 debut to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… and Liquid Swords, to Wu-Tang Forever and Supreme Clientele, we’re ranking the top 10 best Wu-Tang Clan albums of all time. Unlike other hip-hop crews, like say the Hit Squad, early Wu solo albums felt exactly the same as group albums – they were all produced exclusively by RZA and other Wu members would show up to drop multiple deadly verses on each album. Not only because of their incredible group albums, which includes classics like the genre-shifting Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and the monster Wu-Tang Forever, but also because of the solo albums. The Wu-Tan Clan is the greatest hip-hop group of all time.
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