Enter The Wu-Tang

Great wu tang album

This album is in line with a few other greats: Nas- Illmatic Notorious B.I.G- Ready to Die A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders Run DMC- Raising Hell It's an absolute classic, I remember visiting new york for the first time, had just started skating and was really interested in hip hop, but was fed up with everything that was released (sadly all i heard was stuff like MC hammer before this album) having walked into a shop, the guy behind the counter gave me this album plus a few others and my life changed. I remember listening to the beats being crude, raw and so unique. The lyrics blew me away since all i had heard before this was "going from london to the bank" to " first things first kid you're messing with the worst, imma come down on you like a f*ckin curse!" was a huge thing at that time ( i was 13 at the time). I remember coming back home and just listening to 36 chambers on tape over and over and bugged my parents to get me the cd. Sadly over the years, moving from country to country i lost track of that cd, and eventually grew personally with my hip hop education, but whats so good about this album is that the msg remains the same, good music doesnt have to be what people or major labels HAVE to have it be. This album was as big an influence on me as Led Zep's Coda ,Tool's Undertow , Beatles Abbey Road , Hendrix's Are You Experienced and the sex pistols Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols . i know thats going over another genre, but for me they all played this important role in my life like enter the 36 chambers. as an adult now i can turn around and listen to it and remember good days skate parks, graffitti and sneaking off with beers and telling a PE Teacher that "hut one hut two hut three hut! ol dirty B**tard live and uncut!" is acceptable language and that he should "shut yo a** up!" if he didnt like it. instant classic, glad i bought it again and I will push this album onto my kids (if i ever have any) and skateboarding when they are old enough to see for themselves whats good and what they like.

Hay discos que simplemente tienen que estar en vinilo, y este es uno de ellos. El prensado es de buena calidad, el sonido es contundente y los temas hablan por sí solos. Tenerlo en el tocadiscos es otra experiencia comparado con el streaming. Para cualquier fanático del hip hop, esto es obligatorio.

10/10 this album is fire.

I've always been a huge fan of 1960s and 70s rock, like Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, CCR, Johnny Cash, etc., and in past years I've disliked more and more rap/hip-hop. I would listen to the popular tracks on the radio and enjoy them for a couple days until I realized they all are just terrible rehashed beats and lyrics about nothing. A few months ago I decided I wanted a good rapper/rap group to listen to, and I remember always seeing the Wu-Tang Clan appear in Chappelle's Show (my all-time favorite tv show), but I never listened to them. I bought "36 Chambers" with only the knowledge that it was rated very high here on amazon. When I first heard "Shaolin shadowboxing, and the Wu-Tang sword-style" I was confused to say the least. Then out of no where I hear "Bring the motha f@#%!n ruckus" and I was blown away. I listened to the entire album 3 or 4 times in a row, and then proclaimed to myself that the Wu-Tang Clan is the best rap group of all-time. Lyrics are very important to me in music, and today's music has no lyrical depth. The Wu has crazy good lyrics that took me a while to understand a lot of the metaphors used (I'm sure I still don't understand half of them, but that's a good thing in my opinion). Inspectah Deck's verse in "Protect Ya Neck" is probably my favorite verse of the album. Raekwon's verse in "7th Chamber" is tight as you know what. "Shake the ground while my beats just break you down" gets me every time! I also love the repeated terms such as "rap assassin", "rap fanatic", "Shaolin style", "Killa Bees", etc. They just used their own experiences, styles, and flavor in every word; something that isn't done very often today. Speaking of style and flavor, it amazes me that the Wu (mostly RZA) had the balls to incorporate so much Kung Fu and martial arts film references in this album. It really could have tanked the album, and certainly wouldn't be successful in today's world. But the risk paid off in dividends. It's the only album out there with such a unique style, which is evident throughout "36 Chambers". The beats are good enough to listen to without lyrics. It certainly has the 90s sound that put hip-hop to forefront of the music industry, but has unfortunately been abandoned over the years. To sum this up as best as I can, I owe the Wu-Tang Clan a lot for awakening me to what hip-hop and rap can be when done correctly. This album, as well as the other Wu-Tang Clan and Wu solo albums, will be on my playlist forever. I stepped to the Wu, and it was the best decision I ever made in my life.

Wu tang at their best

This is a review of the vinyl version, quality, Amazon experience, etc. not of the artist or music. Thankfully it all worked out in the end. The first copy I received was warped and the sound was at a very low volume even turned up high. I contacted Amazon and was issued a replacement that arrived in a couple of days. I had some apprehension that this copy would be much like the bad one I returned, but to my elation, I could feel right away that it was a heavier gram weight and not warped. The sound most importantly was also louder. Not sure what happens with these re-issues and new vinyl presses, different batches/runs, and where they come from, but apparently it's hit or miss. I see a few reviews complaining of the issue that I had yet rated it 4/5. If this wasn't resolved after receiving a replacement that was of better quality, I would have given it fewer stars. You're taking a dice roll apparently.

Dieses Album hat das Rap-Game verändert. Roh produziert, düster, lyrisch kompromisslos – Enter The Wu-Tang ist ein Meilenstein. Die Energie der Tracks ist bis heute spürbar, der Einfluss auf ganze Generationen unbestreitbar. Die CD liefert satten Klang und kommt ohne unnötigen Schnickschnack – genau wie der Wu-Tang Clan selbst. Klassiker mit Kultstatus.

Wu-Tang Clan es como lo mejor de todo. Cuando combinas los flows de Das EFX, la rabia de Onyx, la magia lírica de KRS-One, la energía de Lords of the Underground, las producciones innovadoras de Tribe Called Quest y los versátiles estilos de rap de Freestyle Fellowship, aún no tienes suficiente para describir a Wu-Tang Clan. Es más que eso. Un proyecto muy ambicioso de la mente maestra RZA, un álbum como éste debería haber sido un fracaso. Nadie había intentado nunca hacer un álbum con 9 raperos, no había reglas sobre cómo hacerlo. El Wu-Tang Clan estableció las reglas. Por lo demás, decir que el envío sin duda ha sido espectacular por parte de Amazon y el CD llegó rápido y en perfecto estado.

Me encantó el producto, el único detalle es que tiene las etiquetas del lado A y B invertidas, pero no afecta de ninguna forma la escucha. Si vas a comprar este producto, ten muy en cuenta que el volumen es mucho más bajo que el de otros discos de vinilo, así que tendrás que amplificar más la señal, si no tienes problemas con eso, es un excelente disco, un clásico del Hip Hop

Très bien un classique un album à avoir

If you haven't heard this masterpiece yet, what are you waiting for? You won't regret it. I think there are few albums you can listen to from start to finish without skipping a song or songs. This is one of those albums. In my humble opinion, this is one of the greatest of all time.