This debut revolutionised 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 favourite 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."
Tracklisting
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Shaolin Sword |
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A1 |
Bring Da Ruckus |
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A2 |
Shame On A Nigga |
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A3 |
Clan In Da Front |
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A4 |
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber |
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A5 |
Can It Be All So Simple |
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A6 |
Protect Ya Neck (Intermission) |
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Wu-Tang Sword |
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B1 |
Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' |
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B2 |
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit |
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B3 |
C.R.E.A.M. |
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B4 |
Method Man |
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B5 |
Tearz |
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B6.1 |
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II |
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B6.2 |
Conclusion |