@@CulturalistTheory and I DID listen to it all the time, when I first discovered that album I was playing it front to back constantly. You can’t just hold all these albums to the standard of Cuban linx or whatever and go “there’s not even any wu tang appearances” that shouldn’t inherently matter lmao like I get why we all want that, but n***a please is hardly the type of album to have cypher verses. Half of it is singing, and y’all give Kanye so much credit for doing that “first” and you aren’t giving ODB ANYTHING for literally doing something NOBODY had the guts to do at the time, but now everyone does it. That’s just why it’s cool in concept, the absolutely insane off the wall lyrics and performances aren’t just what make the album so special, that’s like WHAT ODB IS ABOUT. That album is him at his most unfiltered and the fact it’s NOTHING like any other Wu tang release is super respectable to me and it keeps it fresh. I can accept maybe most people don’t like it and it will forever be a personal favorite that I find underrated, but I highly suggest going back and giving it another chance with a more open mind. Remove the stigma of “where are all the other guys? Where’s the hardcore RZA production and samples?” And just listen to it as it’s own experience and I think you might like it more, maybe you won’t idk I just love that album sooo much it makes me sad other people don’t get the same feeling. I think it’s probably bc that feeling is totally different from practically every other Wu tang release, the only one that reminds me of it is Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry by Ghostface which is another album I think is super underrated. It has more singing and the production is much less grimy and boom bap. The thing with ODB is it’s easy to go “this is bad he isn’t singing well” but nobody says that about Kanye who can’t hold a note for his life, ODB being on pitch would probably be worse bc him being so all over the place is what made him who he was. Personally the cover they do on that album of “good morning heartache” with lil mo is one of my favorite covers ever, but I’m sure lots of people think that song is literally unlistenable. I’m not even saying you have to LOVE n****a please, but I think it was the THIRD from the bottom if I’m not mistaken and I reallllly strongly feel like a lot of the albums coming up are gonna be worse then this one.
Also since you asked my favorite Wu affiliate stuff is probably Killarmy, Shyheim, I kinda doubt Gravediggaz count as “Wu affiliates” but if they do obviously 6 Feet Deep would be first
It's a shame deck's album was lost, he has some of the best verses on some the groups biggest songs. His verse on triumph is to me one of the best verses of all time.
I LOVE Uncontrolled how it is!! this guy said the first half of the album is "Rough around the edges" HOW? after Movas And Shakers, the next son is 9TH CHAMBER, one of the finest Wu Afilliate cuts ever made, The title track is fire, and femme fatale is damn near as good storytelling as GZA on top form. And he say NOTHING about Word On The Street!!
The Purple Tape was one of the most influential rap albums of the 90s and objectively one of the best albums of the 90s. And it only recently went platinum. That's crazy.
The Pillage is absolutely banging, it would have done well on here. That Bob Digi placement is crazy, Holo's verse on Silkworm alone is better than quite a few of those albums
The Pillage was off the racks. It would definitely fare well on this list. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Also you nailed it on the Holocaust verse on Silkworm. Mind bending lyricism
That RZA Bobby Digital was a Decent album. Songs like "Unspoken words, Air waves, Holocaust, Domestic Violence, & NYC everything" is the best tracks on that album. But is a shocked to me that Alot of WU Tang fans didn't like that album when it came out
That because RZA went Super Experimental on that album. It was way different than Alot of WU Tang Solo projects ever done. That was suppose to be a soundtrack of a bobby Digital movie, but it never came out. That's why Everybody was confusing like "RZA was just lost his mind on that Bobby Digital album" .
@@killakiss7410 I remember as a kid when I saw that RZA Bobby Digital trailer on a VHS back in the day, I was so Hype I thought the movie is finna come out... And here we are 24 years later lol
Agreed. I kept that CD on constant rotation in my car in 98. Otherwise, I think this is a pretty accurate list. Cuban Linx definitely deserves to be #1 on this list (and many others).
@@CintekzCollectibles i was born about 16 years before this release, and it's a fairly "bad" album for Wu standards. The diggy sound sounded pretty cheap compared to Rza sample based beats, and RZA himself was dealing with substance abuse at this time. There are some bangers on it though.
I’ve always considered Cappadonna an official member. To the best of my knowledge only reason he wasn’t on 36 chambers was because he was locked up at the time
@@hoodpimp1519 the only reason I would think that Supreme Clientele would be left out of this list is that it was released in 2000, best Wu-tang project in my opinion and my favorite hip-hop album
Wu fans absolutely LOVE the Bobby Digital album. It seemed like such a departure at the time but Rza approached it with a bit of tounge in cheek humor. Top 10 solo release for sure.
"Wu Fans"😂. As someone who bought and listened to EVERYTHING Wu in the 90s (even had the commercials recorded on VHS lol) Bobby Digital is def ranked correctly here😂😂😂
Ironman was definitely a 🔥 album. Too many joints on there. Poisonous Darts, Assassination Day, Daytona 500, The Faster Blade. Purple Tape is in the right spot at the top. That album set the standard for most of the members in the group and kicked off a revolution for the remaining members who hadn’t dropped their solo projects
Ghost don't get enough credit for his influence on "alternative rap". Mack Miller, Action Bronson, Tyler and the Griselda crew are def influenced by him.
Facts. Plus The Faster Blade is extremely overlooked, even seen some hating on it. I honestly could never understand why. Dope beat and one of Raekwon’s best verses, and a top 5 flow of all time
Even though supreme clientele is '00s, I still feel like it has the energy of a 90's wu tang album. I wish it could have been included on this list : (..... arguably the best wu solo project. No beef with any placements though--love the vid.
But yo they didnt specify time so it shd have been included i was just writing that they forgot to put that joint chez chez laghost can still bang in this era
I was wondering why it wasn't listed. But yeah, it came out in 2000. The year 2000 was still very 90-ish though. SC is by far the best out of the 2nd round of wu-solo albums and probably, after ob4cl and Liquid Swords, the 3rd best ever.
He did mention that but you right. Beneath the surface could replace that album in the same slot in my opinion. I was very disappointed with almost all clan members sophomore, except Ghost
@V.M. M. Really? You think so? Song for song I'm not sure lol. Maybe had more songs on the radio that's it. Tical one was a bit clashy I agree with the video maker. But tical two didn't have the sting tical 1 did. I did go back to listen to t2 and it made more sense second go around tho. Could be a toss up so I will not challenge you there
No matter what "Beneath the Surface" is the most important album in my life, since my love for hip-hop began when I first heard "Hip-Hop Fury". One of my favorite beats of all time. I spent literal days listening to this joint when I was like 14-16.
It isn't Liquid Swords but it is still an awesome album. One of my most played albums ever. The skits where unnecessary but most of the actual tracks are fire. Close second to Liquid Swords for me.
Mr Sandman is one of the best WU joints ever! Rza's opening, INS raw flow. One of RZA's hardest beats IMO. Carlton Fisk's verse too! GZA's Beneath The Surface is a classic too. UGOD,s RUMBLE is a certified WU Banger!
Stimulation and Mr Sandman are favorites of mine. I wish there would've been a special boxset like Cuban Link, Ironman, liquid Swords and the Dirty version got.
I agree 100% with you and that was my fave song on Meths album, that song was flat out RAW. I am glad someone mentioned it because since day one MR Sandman caught my ear, used to rewind it over and over.
My first concert was after Wu Forever dropped at Hampton University. Killer Army opened and Dirty even showed up. He froze like a mannequin on stage for 90 seconds in the middle of Shimmey. The crowd went crazy. 👊🏾
HU Essence Class of '87. The last time I saw WU (my favorite group) of all-time was here in Brooklyn, NY on Coney Island in 2009. It was the Wu's first return to NYC as a full group. I had seem them before in mini-groups and solos. I was so amped to see them together and they laid a major egg. Granted, the sound system was horrible, but you could tell that playing back-to-backs at their age was too much to ask. Meth and U-God were the only ones with any energy. (Lil' Dirty Bastard also, if you want to count him). GZA looked like he needed a rocking chair. RZA was disinterested. Ghost brought some energy, but he looked dirty as hell and was easily winded. Deck's voice was hoarse and he wore another one of those cheap looking plaid shirts that he tends to favor. Masta Killa barely got any versus. Cap looked drunk, but managed to bark his versus as usual. Rae was just fat as hell to the point that it was a distraction. (Seriously, his waist is wider than he is tall). The show was a mess.
I will say this...Master Killah and U-God did a 30-35 minute sound check before the show, whereby they just freestyled. U God sounds completely different when he's just kicking basic rhymes. I can see now why he was automatically put in the group when he came home from prison. At an old school park jam, you could tell he was a complete beast.
The beat on "Beneath the Surface" which was produced by Deck really deserved a mention. It's an awesome track. Makes me wonder if you really listened to all these albums?
I like how he broke down the list, but Supreme Clientele needed a mention IMO. As dope as Iron Man was, it is probably 3rd on the list of great Ghost albums.
I consider ODB's N%$gga Please to be nothing less than a masterpiece, and one of the last hip hop albums I brought in '99 before mostly walking away from the genre. With the exception of Rawkus artists in the early 2000s(Mos Def, Hi-Tek), and right after The Black Eyed Peas kicked out the Black girl for Fergie, Hip Hip had become TRASH by the mid 2000s. N.. Please and The Root's Things Fall Apart represent the end of Golden Hip Hop era before P.Diddy drama and mumble garbage took over rap.
@@CaribbeanSports84 Facts, my homie and I couldn't get past Nutmeg and One, we replayed them joints for about 45 minutes, it took us about 3 and a half hours to get through the album the 1st time
I've always loved ODB's Sophmore album, I might be a little biased because I love ODB so much though. It takes all of the craziness I loved from his debut and ramps it up to 1000. It's completely unfiltered, and honestly I respect that
I actually consider it a MASTERPIECE and to me, it also represented the end of Hip Hop's Golden Age. In '99 I volunteered for the Peace Corps in Africa, and took The Root's Things Fall Apart and this ODB album with me. I returned to the USA three years later and saw that Hip Hop had become a empty, vapid, wasteland of crap. With the exception of Rawkus artists like Mos Def and Common, Hip Hop was dead, and I walked away from it.
I've been juggling Liquid Swords, OB4CL, and Ironman in the top spot forever and it changes every time I listen to either of those 3. Can't wait for you to do an MF DOOM album ranking.
GZA was supposed to have to have two verses in his song Shadowboxin' from the Liquid Swords album. Method Man said “It’s crazy because I had put those two verses on there. GZA was supposed to put two verses on there too, but he only put one. I don’t know what happened. That’s RZA. Being in the studio, in the dungeon by himself, he’ll think the shit out like, ‘Fuck it. Let’s do it this way.’”
Liquid Swords OB4CL Ironman Return of the 36 Chambers Tical Tical 2000 Beneath the surface Uncontrolled Substance Bobby Digital Best WU Tang Solo albums of the 90's
I'm good with this list. I always looked at Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords as season prices that almost compliment each other. OB4CL is definitely as Summer album and Liquid Swords is the definition of Winter music! "Cold World" alone give it that title. Lol. Thanks for posting. I'm glad I stumbled here. I gotta check out the rest of the channel. This was quality. Thanks again.
Bobby digital in stereo is in my opinion actually the best second wave (after wu tang forever) solo project. Unfourtunetely most second wave solo projects are not that good but bobby digital has a solid production and some tracks are actually hard asf for example Mantis with masta killa.
I agree bc 1999-2005/2006 was def the LAMEST era of hip hop… Minimalist simplistic beats with a single violin or piano riff/note (thanks to Dre’s second album setting the tone for the next 5 or so years). And very few worthwhile, thoughtful lyrics amongst any of the popular mainstream artists… Really took the “money, btiches, & weed” summary of albums to new heights… Nelly, Lil Jon, Fat Joe, 50 Cent, etc… And the artists that had been putting out top tier albums and thought provoking lyrics started struggling as they lowered their standards to cater to the lowest common denominator of thought with “party/club” tracks like their younger peers (Busta and Cube, I’m looking in your direction)… But thru that over half a decade drought in quality hip hop, Wu-Tang and the Beastie Boys were two of the very small group that managed to retain their sound and integrity while continuing to grow and not get stale.
I predicted GZA's "Liquid Swords" or Ghostface's "Ironman" to be number one but I can't be mad at 19:44 as CJ's number one pick. "Liquid Swords", "Ironman" & 19:44 has to be in every Wu-Tang fan's top 5.
Damn...I guess I'm a Wutang Stan....I don't have anything bad to say about any album.....even the offshoots like Gravediggaz, Killa Army, Sunz of Man...etc..
I think the list gets better starting from method mans solo album up. I think by far the most disappointing thing about Wu is how so many members solo projects were neglected and left in the dark. - I mean, Deck ? U-God? Masta? Even Rae’s future productions, oh man. RZA could have made the rest of the members solo projects larger than Rae’s and ghosts, but once that 5 year contract was up he kicked dust. (If you watched American Saga, you’ll see how Deck was hounding him to get his solo started SMH). The next biggest failure for Wu is how RZA forced his personal agenda as a producer over classic wu sound branding. - I’ll admit, Wu-tang forever made some classics, but it wasn’t the same Wu-tang as their first album, and the production on prior solo albums… RZA really tried to fix something that wasn’t broken because he got talked down by some old dude in a music store, hence why Wu-tang forever has instruments, and sounds less gritty and more early 2000’s club rap. Rae said it first. And again, once that 5 year contract was up, everything after that went downhill. All I have to hope now is that the wu members get the Alchemist to make beats for them, he’s one of the few producers these days to really understand 90’s beats. A rapper is nothing without the right beats, or production that compliments them. - this video proves that.
Yea RZA's own creative mind got in the way of what made Wu great to begin with. He wanted to be bigger than just a typical 90's New York producer. He wanted to be the black Quentin Tarantino (which if you look where his career went in Hollywood makes even more sense). It made sense that Rae and Ghost would push back the most cuz it was their styles that were directly effected by this. Meth had a more commercial appeal and thus he'd be more accepting of where RZA was trying to go. It is a shame Deck's original album got ruined in the flood cuz the level he was at in '95 lyrically, that album that the potential to be right up there with OB4CL and LS. It's just crazy cuz as much as the rest of the clan didn't get along with RZA, the Wu truly wasn't the Wu anymore once RZA stopped being "RZA". Having said that, guys like Ghost and Meth still had successful careers in that post 5-year plan era, but that also speaks to how great they were as emcees that they could rise above relying solely on RZA to prop them up. They were the true stars of the group in retrospect.
The whole point of RZA forming the Wu-Elements production team for Wu Tang Productions was to keep up with everyone's projects and provide the traditional (Forever/OBFCL/LS) Wu-Tang Sound. This information isn't in the show or any documentary movies. This comes from RZA and also Dj Allah Mathematics.
If you're going to leave out The Pillage, then Words from the Genius shouldn't be included either. The album was released prior to the formation of Wu-Tang, therefore it's not a Wu-Tangy solo album.
I liked Cappadonna's Pillage album. The beats were nice, had decent guest appearances, and many memorable tracks. My favorite Wu affiliate album is Killarmy- Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars. Killa Sin man.. Killa Sin. Shyheim- Lost Generation I really like as well and I gotta throw GP Wu out there. An album I wasn't so into at the time that I now really like now is Killah Priest- Heavy Mental. I think at the time of its release I was too young and was just looking for bangers, but that album is actually really good. La The Darkman- Heist of the Century would round out my top affiliate albums.
Yea if he included that it would be top 5-6 but people still don't consider Cappa a main Wu member even tho he's contributed more than U-Got and Masta Killah. Had he not been in jail, he would have been on 36 chambers.
Surprisingly, I (almost) totally agree with this list, in it's order. & yes, Cappadonna's album is a true WU album, being that he's actually in the group.
Bro why does no one talk about golden arm redemption I personally like it I think It finally gets to show u gods talent he didn’t have the best production but I still think it’s a good listen
It was just forgettable. And U-God ain't really the type to be able to carry a whole album. Honestly, Cappadonna is better than him and deserved more of a full time spot in the group. The Pillage is a better album than anything U-God ever did.
Damn...No Masta Killa "No Said Date" or "Made in Brooklyn"? No Supreme Clientele? I wonder how these projects would have affected the placements on this list?
The Pillage was a real solid album very dope Slang Editorial and Run are on point ! My favorite WU affiliates are Killarmy, WU-Syndicate, and Sunz of Man. Silent Weapons for Quiet wars is grimy ill. Wu-Syndicate's debut is slept on it's dope from beginning to end. Thug War, Bust a Slug, VA Cats got them dudes spittin.
Killarmy kinda confused me.. Killa Sin I think is hip hop’s “best kept secret”,very talented. Berreta 9, Dom Pacino are great MCs, even Islord monotone is sort of entertaining.. 9th Prince might be the worst rapper ever, so off beat and trash. Rappin’ Granny from the Howard Stern show was a better rapper than him
@@v.m.m.7729 KIlla Sin was DOPE! I always wanted a solo but he got in a bunch of legal trouble and I think he is still locked up today. He could hold his own though with any member IMO. 9th Prince is wack, agreed.. I can't even bother.
Incarcerated Scarfaces beat was for GZA originally. RZA said "I wasn’t making that beat for Rae. I was finished with Rae. I like having 13 tracks. I don’t like having 18. I was making it for GZA probably. He was next. But then Rae heard that beat, grabbed his pen and paper, and started writing. Two hours later, it was written."
I can get down with the order of the list from this video. My personally preference I would swap Liquid Swords for Cuban Linx. For me I like the sounds (production) of Liquid Swords. Very good breakdown on this video. 🙏
I've got no problem with the order of your top 5, but I will say that Tical has really grown on me over time. The grimy production leaves a few cuts feeling murkier than many might like, but also gives it a cohesive feel that's unique from the other albums. I feel like Stimulation is the only real miss and Bring the Pain is probably one of my top 10 hip hop tracks of all time.
Do an early 2000s list too ! This was awesome even if I didnt agree with the ni*** please & bobby digital ranking I feel like everything else was perfectly placed and the commentary was on point. Def gained a new subscriber with this one
It's a hard list to create and it was clear that even lower places will be great, but the first Bobby Digital album is one of the most innovative and varied Hip Hop albums of all time. I mean it has his "the anthem" verse as kind of a 2 minute throw in. Love Jones, Mantis, Holocaust (Silkworm), My Lovin is Digi, Domestic Violence, Project Talk, etc. are absolutely masterful productions and still sound futuristic and out of this world today.
Well listening to ODBs N***A Please review, I'm pretty sure that the list was mostly compiled by people that grew up after the albums were released and are either not completely getting the humour or are taking things to serious. "Clearly this wasn't meant to be listened to on a regular basis" while the album was constantly running on repeat at a lot of my frirends places while we were hitting bongs to it :D
The first Killarmy album was the best wu group spin off album of all time followed by their sophomore album both instant rap classics and even the third album was dope.
Y’all should do a sequel to this video covering the 2000s solo albums. There’s quite a bit to cover, including supreme clientele, the lex diamond story, Cuban Linx pt 2, Digital Bullets, Legend of The Liquid Swords, and a couple others
I’m mad that Deck project got washed away in 95. He would have went platinum. He had a lot of momentum and that shit was guaranteed to be great since RZA was in his prime at the time. His whole career was “ruined” by that flood 🤦🏾♂️ On another note, those late 90’s Wu solo projects were 🗑️. It’s sad to me.
They over saturated the market. I wanna say between the Fall of '98, till by the time Supreme Clientele came out in February of 2000, we're talking like 9 Wu related albums in 15 months, and the majority of it was mediocre outside of Blackout and SC. It was just too much. Plus at that point the Wu weren't the hottest thing out anymore, not even in New York. By that time you had Jay, Pun, DMX, Busta, Nas, etc... all were bigger than Wu in popularity by then.
Release yo Delf is a classic track for me. Method Man’s main issue is way too many features on his albums. Since tical 2000, it’s ridiculous how many features he has on his solo efforts.
Dope breakdown, only thing I don't really agree with is there being too much Streetlife on T2000 - dude had some ill verses and went bar for bar with Meth, biggest problem is that the album was too long and they could have cut quite a few mediocre songs off it. And Stimulation is my fave song of Tical lol. Heavy Mental I'd say is the best Wu-fam album, would be dope to have a list of them as well!
@@tdog1983-v6c new ones got some banger s on it it's on youtube,tell me what I think of it after u hear it ,I'd be interested to read what u think.peace
Damn no The pillage? I understand the criteria but man that would easily be too 10, so I do get it lol, but Solid list tho. Definitely got the last 5 right💯 keep it up y’all
@@thablackkat9905 technical you are right bro, he was an affiliate. I did slip a little, but I understood the criteria. Where do you think the pillage would rank if we’re included in this list?
Solid List. The only thing I'd change is moving N*gga Please up higher. Maybe 2 spots. It's not great in comparison to his first one but it's def an enjoyable listen for Dirty fans. Also I actually like Tical, Mr Sandman, Stimulation, and Release Yo Delf. Method def took some cues from Ol Dirty on these.
I can't wait for that one! We all know UNI 5 is going to be at the bottom of the list. E. 1999... Eternal will likely be no. 1, but The Art of War was such an amazing album that will def be no. 2
Perfect ranking pretty much. Cuban Linx is so beautiful, it’s like a hip hop classical . RZA’s finest moment musically, and Rae and Ghosts formula went on to change NY rap the following the year: Nas with his sophomore, Hov’s debut, Biggies sophomore, and Mobb Deep’s 3rd album all borrowed from Cuban Linx.
ODB album return of the 36 Chambers went too hard. It was one of my albums I used to love to get drunk too! rawhide was one of my favorite tracks on the joint that beat was too crazy one of rza best in my opinion🔥🔥🔥
Loved the Bobby Digital album and I listened to Uncontrolled Substance album and it's not as bad as I thought. What's missing is Supreme Clientele which should be #2 on the list.
RZA not the sharpest on the mic?! Wowzers. Release Yo’ Delf, Stimulation, and Mr Sandman unremarkable?! Wild takes my man. Lol I can never place OBFCL at number one for a SOLO album. 12 of the 18 tracks are features. That’s a Wu-Tang album starring Raekwon.
@@lewisalba7825 Not over thinking, these are my thoughts and opinions. I understand art is subjective, and that I do not have to go along with the public zeitgeist. RZA is a dope lyricist to ME. And Rae’s album was feature heavy; same criticism’s levied at Drake over the years. I welcome these spirited debates. Peace.
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Bro, this guy's breakdown is a masterpiece here. I can't agree more
Much respect 💯
I don’t, n***a please is ODB best album. One of the best wu tang albums PERIOD. Arguable the SINGLE MOST forward thinking and ahead of its time.
@@CulturalistTheory and I DID listen to it all the time, when I first discovered that album I was playing it front to back constantly. You can’t just hold all these albums to the standard of Cuban linx or whatever and go “there’s not even any wu tang appearances” that shouldn’t inherently matter lmao like I get why we all want that, but n***a please is hardly the type of album to have cypher verses. Half of it is singing, and y’all give Kanye so much credit for doing that “first” and you aren’t giving ODB ANYTHING for literally doing something NOBODY had the guts to do at the time, but now everyone does it. That’s just why it’s cool in concept, the absolutely insane off the wall lyrics and performances aren’t just what make the album so special, that’s like WHAT ODB IS ABOUT. That album is him at his most unfiltered and the fact it’s NOTHING like any other Wu tang release is super respectable to me and it keeps it fresh. I can accept maybe most people don’t like it and it will forever be a personal favorite that I find underrated, but I highly suggest going back and giving it another chance with a more open mind. Remove the stigma of “where are all the other guys? Where’s the hardcore RZA production and samples?” And just listen to it as it’s own experience and I think you might like it more, maybe you won’t idk I just love that album sooo much it makes me sad other people don’t get the same feeling. I think it’s probably bc that feeling is totally different from practically every other Wu tang release, the only one that reminds me of it is Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry by Ghostface which is another album I think is super underrated. It has more singing and the production is much less grimy and boom bap. The thing with ODB is it’s easy to go “this is bad he isn’t singing well” but nobody says that about Kanye who can’t hold a note for his life, ODB being on pitch would probably be worse bc him being so all over the place is what made him who he was. Personally the cover they do on that album of “good morning heartache” with lil mo is one of my favorite covers ever, but I’m sure lots of people think that song is literally unlistenable. I’m not even saying you have to LOVE n****a please, but I think it was the THIRD from the bottom if I’m not mistaken and I reallllly strongly feel like a lot of the albums coming up are gonna be worse then this one.
Also since you asked my favorite Wu affiliate stuff is probably Killarmy, Shyheim, I kinda doubt Gravediggaz count as “Wu affiliates” but if they do obviously 6 Feet Deep would be first
Yeah, a masterpiece indeed. Talking for 20 min straight and hardly gets a thing right. That's actually not easy to do.
It's a shame deck's album was lost, he has some of the best verses on some the groups biggest songs. His verse on triumph is to me one of the best verses of all time.
Listen to what Deck is doing with Czarface now. Even better than his Wu shit in my opinion.
Agree
Cant even imagine what we all lost in that flood.🙌🙌🐝🐝
I LOVE Uncontrolled how it is!! this guy said the first half of the album is "Rough around the edges" HOW? after Movas And Shakers, the next son is 9TH CHAMBER, one of the finest Wu Afilliate cuts ever made, The title track is fire, and femme fatale is damn near as good storytelling as GZA on top form. And he say NOTHING about Word On The Street!!
“Abombatomically, Socrates Philosophies and Hypothesis Cant Define How I Be Dopping these Mockeries..”
Rhymes go deep
The Purple Tape was one of the most influential rap albums of the 90s and objectively one of the best albums of the 90s. And it only recently went platinum. That's crazy.
The Pillage is absolutely banging, it would have done well on here. That Bob Digi placement is crazy, Holo's verse on Silkworm alone is better than quite a few of those albums
The Pillage was off the racks. It would definitely fare well on this list. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Also you nailed it on the Holocaust verse on Silkworm. Mind bending lyricism
Too me pillage was better put together than forever. The beats the mix
Yea, RZA confirmed Cap was always an original member. He was just locked up at the time. Pillage should have been here
@@dumbmoveguy I agree 100000%
Facts that shit gotta be in the top 5 wu albums
That RZA Bobby Digital was a Decent album. Songs like "Unspoken words, Air waves, Holocaust, Domestic Violence, & NYC everything" is the best tracks on that album. But is a shocked to me that Alot of WU Tang fans didn't like that album when it came out
That because RZA went Super Experimental on that album. It was way different than Alot of WU Tang Solo projects ever done. That was suppose to be a soundtrack of a bobby Digital movie, but it never came out. That's why Everybody was confusing like "RZA was just lost his mind on that Bobby Digital album" .
@@killakiss7410 I remember as a kid when I saw that RZA Bobby Digital trailer on a VHS back in the day, I was so Hype I thought the movie is finna come out...
And here we are 24 years later lol
It had like 2 or 3 joints on there, but Alot of the songs were Hit & misses & the Productions could've did a whole lot better.
@@goodvibestv707 WU Fans was mad too. Even now people still got mixed feelings about that album. You neither like it or not. Ain't no between
@@killakiss7410 if you listening to that album in today's time, it Definitely aged very well
Bobby Digital was a fire album. Crazy. I want to see the credentials of who made this decision.
Someone who undoubtedly was born after its release. I'm guessing
Agreed. I kept that CD on constant rotation in my car in 98. Otherwise, I think this is a pretty accurate list. Cuban Linx definitely deserves to be #1 on this list (and many others).
This list is garbage. ODB's Nigga Please is a masterpiece and to me, the end of Hip Hop's Golden Age before southern mumble crap took over.
@@CintekzCollectibles i was born about 16 years before this release, and it's a fairly "bad" album for Wu standards. The diggy sound sounded pretty cheap compared to Rza sample based beats, and RZA himself was dealing with substance abuse at this time. There are some bangers on it though.
@AgentLemmon like u said it had some bangers. Still worth a buy and I gave it a fair rotation.for a.few yrs, that's 4sho
I’ve always considered Cappadonna an official member. To the best of my knowledge only reason he wasn’t on 36 chambers was because he was locked up at the time
Facts. But why is everybody forgetting about Supreme Clientele ?? Its like the 3rd best solo
@@hoodpimp1519 the only reason I would think that Supreme Clientele would be left out of this list is that it was released in 2000, best Wu-tang project in my opinion and my favorite hip-hop album
Because he is an official member.
@@tuchesuavae I'm referring to when their tracklisting would say "feat Cappadonna".
@@njdallass4561 oh ok true i didnt noticed it said 90’s
Wu fans absolutely LOVE the Bobby Digital album. It seemed like such a departure at the time but Rza approached it with a bit of tounge in cheek humor. Top 10 solo release for sure.
I didn't like bobby digital
Who Remember the "Dododododo Bobby Digital" 😭
That Holocaust verse on that Silkworm Track is better than that whole album
Holocaust ripped it
"Wu Fans"😂. As someone who bought and listened to EVERYTHING Wu in the 90s (even had the commercials recorded on VHS lol) Bobby Digital is def ranked correctly here😂😂😂
Ironman was definitely a 🔥 album. Too many joints on there. Poisonous Darts, Assassination Day, Daytona 500, The Faster Blade. Purple Tape is in the right spot at the top. That album set the standard for most of the members in the group and kicked off a revolution for the remaining members who hadn’t dropped their solo projects
I read that shit wrong at first I thought you said "IRON FLAG" nevermind..
Ghost don't get enough credit for his influence on "alternative rap". Mack Miller, Action Bronson, Tyler and the Griselda crew are def influenced by him.
After The Smoke Is Clear is my Fav!
@@maxvanopdorp9108 delf!
Facts. Plus The Faster Blade is extremely overlooked, even seen some hating on it. I honestly could never understand why. Dope beat and one of Raekwon’s best verses, and a top 5 flow of all time
Killah Priests Heavy Mental was an amazing solo album from an affiliate. Might be the best solo from a Wu affiliate.
"It's Over" 🔥 best track on that album.
LA the Darkman Heist of the Century. Best wu fam album
Japp definitely
Fully agree!
Shyheim, the rugged child was a banger too
I was in Iraq when ODB died. I miss ODB….he was a unique human being. Ason Unique RIP🙏🏽🕊️
Respect
Even though supreme clientele is '00s, I still feel like it has the energy of a 90's wu tang album. I wish it could have been included on this list : (..... arguably the best wu solo project. No beef with any placements though--love the vid.
one of my favorites, this album flows start to finish like few albums do - regardless of genre
But yo they didnt specify time so it shd have been included i was just writing that they forgot to put that joint chez chez laghost can still bang in this era
I was wondering why it wasn't listed. But yeah, it came out in 2000. The year 2000 was still very 90-ish though. SC is by far the best out of the 2nd round of wu-solo albums and probably, after ob4cl and Liquid Swords, the 3rd best ever.
Damn people don't like ODB's NP album? I love that record. It's as if you entered ODB's crazy mind and taking a walk around it, absolute insanity
There isn’t one song other than got ya money that I like on that album lol
It’s not the same feel as his 1st one 🤷🏿♂️
That NP album is dope, you have great taste, odb was special.
Gza was not a wu member when he dropped his 1st album cause the wu-tang did not exist, so why is it on the list?
That’s a good point!!
He did mention that but you right. Beneath the surface could replace that album in the same slot in my opinion. I was very disappointed with almost all clan members sophomore, except Ghost
@@miguelrosado7014 Meth’s Tical 2000 Judgement Day was better than Tical
@V.M. M. Really? You think so? Song for song I'm not sure lol. Maybe had more songs on the radio that's it. Tical one was a bit clashy I agree with the video maker. But tical two didn't have the sting tical 1 did. I did go back to listen to t2 and it made more sense second go around tho. Could be a toss up so I will not challenge you there
😂exactly, people need to get their facts str8.
No matter what "Beneath the Surface" is the most important album in my life, since my love for hip-hop began when I first heard "Hip-Hop Fury". One of my favorite beats of all time. I spent literal days listening to this joint when I was like 14-16.
Bro Hip Hop fury is MY SHIT! That's the first song i ever heard on that album
It isn't Liquid Swords but it is still an awesome album. One of my most played albums ever. The skits where unnecessary but most of the actual tracks are fire. Close second to Liquid Swords for me.
Mr Sandman is one of the best WU joints ever! Rza's opening, INS raw flow. One of RZA's hardest beats IMO. Carlton Fisk's verse too! GZA's Beneath The Surface is a classic too. UGOD,s RUMBLE is a certified WU Banger!
Stimulation and Mr Sandman are favorites of mine. I wish there would've been a special boxset like Cuban Link, Ironman, liquid Swords and the Dirty version got.
I agree 100% with you and that was my fave song on Meths album, that song was flat out RAW. I am glad someone mentioned it because since day one MR Sandman caught my ear, used to rewind it over and over.
@Sean Cagney It stood out. Rewind? Wow! I got it on tape when the album first dropped
I used to blaze and zone out to Tical.
How about Stimulation on the Tical album 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Meths Tical is probably the last album to have RZA crazy old flow that changed when he appeared on the Purple Tape! 👐
My first concert was after Wu Forever dropped at Hampton University. Killer Army opened and Dirty even showed up. He froze like a mannequin on stage for 90 seconds in the middle of Shimmey. The crowd went crazy. 👊🏾
I was at that same show! Dirty was in a basketball outfit and got the biggest ovation. Best concert of my life!
It’s called “stuck”
HU Essence Class of '87. The last time I saw WU (my favorite group) of all-time was here in Brooklyn, NY on Coney Island in 2009. It was the Wu's first return to NYC as a full group. I had seem them before in mini-groups and solos. I was so amped to see them together and they laid a major egg. Granted, the sound system was horrible, but you could tell that playing back-to-backs at their age was too much to ask. Meth and U-God were the only ones with any energy. (Lil' Dirty Bastard also, if you want to count him). GZA looked like he needed a rocking chair. RZA was disinterested. Ghost brought some energy, but he looked dirty as hell and was easily winded. Deck's voice was hoarse and he wore another one of those cheap looking plaid shirts that he tends to favor. Masta Killa barely got any versus. Cap looked drunk, but managed to bark his versus as usual. Rae was just fat as hell to the point that it was a distraction. (Seriously, his waist is wider than he is tall). The show was a mess.
I will say this...Master Killah and U-God did a 30-35 minute sound check before the show, whereby they just freestyled. U God sounds completely different when he's just kicking basic rhymes. I can see now why he was automatically put in the group when he came home from prison. At an old school park jam, you could tell he was a complete beast.
Liquid Swords was out of this world
The beat on "Beneath the Surface" which was produced by Deck really deserved a mention. It's an awesome track. Makes me wonder if you really listened to all these albums?
Yeah the lyrics on the title track is MCEEING at its best
B.t.s is hottest tune on tht gza album
@@josephmills-mw2hs Defo
I like how he broke down the list, but Supreme Clientele needed a mention IMO. As dope as Iron Man was, it is probably 3rd on the list of great Ghost albums.
Respect. SC will be on the 2000's list we're working on!
I consider ODB's N%$gga Please to be nothing less than a masterpiece, and one of the last hip hop albums I brought in '99 before mostly walking away from the genre. With the exception of Rawkus artists in the early 2000s(Mos Def, Hi-Tek), and right after The Black Eyed Peas kicked out the Black girl for Fergie, Hip Hip had become TRASH by the mid 2000s. N.. Please and The Root's Things Fall Apart represent the end of Golden Hip Hop era before P.Diddy drama and mumble garbage took over rap.
I had Supreme Clientele on repeat all day for about a yr. Lolllllll
@@CaribbeanSports84 Facts, my homie and I couldn't get past Nutmeg and One, we replayed them joints for about 45 minutes, it took us about 3 and a half hours to get through the album the 1st time
I've always loved ODB's Sophmore album, I might be a little biased because I love ODB so much though. It takes all of the craziness I loved from his debut and ramps it up to 1000. It's completely unfiltered, and honestly I respect that
It was honestly ahead of it’s time especially if you look at music today
I actually consider it a MASTERPIECE and to me, it also represented the end of Hip Hop's Golden Age. In '99 I volunteered for the Peace Corps in Africa, and took The Root's Things Fall Apart and this ODB album with me. I returned to the USA three years later and saw that Hip Hop had become a empty, vapid, wasteland of crap. With the exception of Rawkus artists like Mos Def and Common, Hip Hop was dead, and I walked away from it.
This. It's a good filter.
That album is crazy. I also always loved it. Maybe not what people expected but yeah, it's great.
Didn't like it initially. Then it grew on me big time
The pillage,sunz of mans first album,wu syndicates debut along with Killarmy Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars were CLASSIC 🔥
I've been juggling Liquid Swords, OB4CL, and Ironman in the top spot forever and it changes every time I listen to either of those 3. Can't wait for you to do an MF DOOM album ranking.
For me it’s liquid swords, supreme clientele and OB4CL
Liquid Swords for me then OB4CL
For me it's Tical vs. Liquid Swords.
...and Return to the 36 Chambers but that's hard to compare and rank.
Liquid Swords stands alone at the top for me.
I mean, dat animated creative album cover alone is too damn hard for it's own good...ain't nothing fucken with Liquid Swords.
I love that 1st Bobby Digi album.
GZA was supposed to have to have two verses in his song Shadowboxin' from the Liquid Swords album. Method Man said “It’s crazy because I had put those two verses on there. GZA was supposed to put two verses on there too, but he only put one. I don’t know what happened. That’s RZA. Being in the studio, in the dungeon by himself, he’ll think the shit out like, ‘Fuck it. Let’s do it this way.’”
The pillage is really a great album, not the best but it's bangin for sure especially "Milk the Cow", that shit goes hard
Milk this cow the best way we know how!
Park Hill Projects Chicka Bloaw!
OB4CL will forever be a classic… whew 🔥🔥🔥. Solid Top five 👏🏾
Liquid Swords
OB4CL
Ironman
Return of the 36 Chambers
Tical
Tical 2000
Beneath the surface
Uncontrolled Substance
Bobby Digital
Best WU Tang Solo albums of the 90's
I'm good with this list. I always looked at Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords as season prices that almost compliment each other. OB4CL is definitely as Summer album and Liquid Swords is the definition of Winter music! "Cold World" alone give it that title. Lol. Thanks for posting. I'm glad I stumbled here. I gotta check out the rest of the channel. This was quality. Thanks again.
Bobby digital in stereo is in my opinion actually the best second wave (after wu tang forever) solo project. Unfourtunetely most second wave solo projects are not that good but bobby digital has a solid production and some tracks are actually hard asf for example Mantis with masta killa.
i agree that album was unique for it's time alot rememberable bangers on that album.
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German Intro 😅
Greets from Germany 420 🤙
The most slept on WU Tang Solo albums of all times
I agree bc 1999-2005/2006 was def the LAMEST era of hip hop… Minimalist simplistic beats with a single violin or piano riff/note (thanks to Dre’s second album setting the tone for the next 5 or so years).
And very few worthwhile, thoughtful lyrics amongst any of the popular mainstream artists… Really took the “money, btiches, & weed” summary of albums to new heights… Nelly, Lil Jon, Fat Joe, 50 Cent, etc… And the artists that had been putting out top tier albums and thought provoking lyrics started struggling as they lowered their standards to cater to the lowest common denominator of thought with “party/club” tracks like their younger peers (Busta and Cube, I’m looking in your direction)…
But thru that over half a decade drought in quality hip hop, Wu-Tang and the Beastie Boys were two of the very small group that managed to retain their sound and integrity while continuing to grow and not get stale.
“…Yo i got a crazy idea how to do Clarks now…”
The Pillage is underrated af
Damn right it is
I predicted GZA's "Liquid Swords" or Ghostface's "Ironman" to be number one but I can't be mad at 19:44 as CJ's number one pick.
"Liquid Swords", "Ironman" & 19:44 has to be in every Wu-Tang fan's top 5.
Ghostface has the best solo Wu catalog.
The #1 pick comes as no surprise. And to be clear it’s my #1 as well
Everyone knew OB4CL would be No 1.
Wu-Syndicate. Better than many Wu albums that came out around that time. Instant classic.
I totally agree
I love that damn album.
Yuuuup. I love that album
Got that as soon as it dropped still have the original cd 👐
The "affiliates" held it down in the late 90s, Heavy Mental, Sunz of Man, Heist of the Century, Wu Syndicate, Killarmy...lot of great albums
Ol dirty return to the 36 chambers is flawless
Damn...I guess I'm a Wutang Stan....I don't have anything bad to say about any album.....even the offshoots like Gravediggaz, Killa Army, Sunz of Man...etc..
Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep is top 5 Wu-related album
Liquid Swords is the best
hands down. 25+ years later, I still play this on the daily.
That tical 2000 got way to many skits on it
AGREED
Very messy
That shit was gahbage.
It was also the first Wu member since Nas on Cuban Linx that featured a NON Wu member.
same with the saga continues😑 but still a great album
I think the list gets better starting from method mans solo album up. I think by far the most disappointing thing about Wu is how so many members solo projects were neglected and left in the dark. - I mean, Deck ? U-God? Masta? Even Rae’s future productions, oh man. RZA could have made the rest of the members solo projects larger than Rae’s and ghosts, but once that 5 year contract was up he kicked dust. (If you watched American Saga, you’ll see how Deck was hounding him to get his solo started SMH).
The next biggest failure for Wu is how RZA forced his personal agenda as a producer over classic wu sound branding. - I’ll admit, Wu-tang forever made some classics, but it wasn’t the same Wu-tang as their first album, and the production on prior solo albums… RZA really tried to fix something that wasn’t broken because he got talked down by some old dude in a music store, hence why Wu-tang forever has instruments, and sounds less gritty and more early 2000’s club rap. Rae said it first. And again, once that 5 year contract was up, everything after that went downhill.
All I have to hope now is that the wu members get the Alchemist to make beats for them, he’s one of the few producers these days to really understand 90’s beats. A rapper is nothing without the right beats, or production that compliments them. - this video proves that.
Yea RZA's own creative mind got in the way of what made Wu great to begin with. He wanted to be bigger than just a typical 90's New York producer. He wanted to be the black Quentin Tarantino (which if you look where his career went in Hollywood makes even more sense). It made sense that Rae and Ghost would push back the most cuz it was their styles that were directly effected by this. Meth had a more commercial appeal and thus he'd be more accepting of where RZA was trying to go. It is a shame Deck's original album got ruined in the flood cuz the level he was at in '95 lyrically, that album that the potential to be right up there with OB4CL and LS. It's just crazy cuz as much as the rest of the clan didn't get along with RZA, the Wu truly wasn't the Wu anymore once RZA stopped being "RZA". Having said that, guys like Ghost and Meth still had successful careers in that post 5-year plan era, but that also speaks to how great they were as emcees that they could rise above relying solely on RZA to prop them up. They were the true stars of the group in retrospect.
The whole point of RZA forming the Wu-Elements production team for Wu Tang Productions was to keep up with everyone's projects and provide the traditional (Forever/OBFCL/LS) Wu-Tang Sound. This information isn't in the show or any documentary movies. This comes from RZA and also Dj Allah Mathematics.
You sleeping on that Gza album, that is so deep I give it 1 over the purple tape.
If you're going to leave out The Pillage, then Words from the Genius shouldn't be included either. The album was released prior to the formation of Wu-Tang, therefore it's not a Wu-Tangy solo album.
Bobby digital was a hit, love that album.
NYC everything
Holocaust
My Lovin is Digi 🔥
@@warnutztheloser the song and the rapper aka war cloud is just off the charts. Classic.
@@thomasramirez718 too me Warcloud Aka Holocaust Aka robotank was the greatest wutang member
If we did all we albums supreme clientele would be top 3
No doubt
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The St Ides in the background score Spot Runners came on! Truly appreciate this fam! Thank you! Wutang Forever!👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾
I liked Cappadonna's Pillage album. The beats were nice, had decent guest appearances, and many memorable tracks. My favorite Wu affiliate album is Killarmy- Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars. Killa Sin man.. Killa Sin. Shyheim- Lost Generation I really like as well and I gotta throw GP Wu out there. An album I wasn't so into at the time that I now really like now is Killah Priest- Heavy Mental. I think at the time of its release I was too young and was just looking for bangers, but that album is actually really good. La The Darkman- Heist of the Century would round out my top affiliate albums.
The RZA "Domestic Violence" was🔥
That beat was stupid crazy
"your pussy smell like a fishmarket"
Cappadonna's '98 project "Pillage" is dope! I won't stand for this Cappuccino slander 😂
Yea if he included that it would be top 5-6 but people still don't consider Cappa a main Wu member even tho he's contributed more than U-Got and Masta Killah. Had he not been in jail, he would have been on 36 chambers.
I know affiliates don’t count but I actually liked Gravediggaz: 6 ft deep
Man I forgot about that album! Gonna go listen to big shot dead right now haha
Love it, can’t wait for Bone Thugs one💎
Yessir!
Bottled Up In Smoke - Bizzy
"Somewhat serviceable" NYC EVERYTHING?!? ok. That's a banger. Also would have likes to see where you ranked The Pillage on this list
Immobilarity was such a disappointment. No replay value at all!
Cappadonna The Pillage went hard.
Surprisingly, I (almost) totally agree with this list, in it's order. & yes, Cappadonna's album is a true WU album, being that he's actually in the group.
That's fair. Preciate you tappin in
Super underrated channel. Love these videos!
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Harlem World was dope. It made me realize how great ODB was.
Can't beleive you actually did it. Do 2000s next!
Say less 💪🏾💪🏾
Do the ghostface discog at somepoint too.
Bro why does no one talk about golden arm redemption I personally like it I think It finally gets to show u gods talent he didn’t have the best production but I still think it’s a good listen
It was just forgettable. And U-God ain't really the type to be able to carry a whole album. Honestly, Cappadonna is better than him and deserved more of a full time spot in the group. The Pillage is a better album than anything U-God ever did.
I definitely didn’t agree with it being ranked the worst album in this video.
Damn...No Masta Killa "No Said Date" or "Made in Brooklyn"? No Supreme Clientele? I wonder how these projects would have affected the placements on this list?
Its a 90's list, trust me i had words
The Pillage was a real solid album very dope Slang Editorial and Run are on point
! My favorite WU affiliates are Killarmy, WU-Syndicate, and Sunz of Man. Silent Weapons for Quiet wars is grimy ill. Wu-Syndicate's debut is slept on it's dope from beginning to end. Thug War, Bust a Slug, VA Cats got them dudes spittin.
Killarmy kinda confused me.. Killa Sin I think is hip hop’s “best kept secret”,very talented. Berreta 9, Dom Pacino are great MCs, even Islord monotone is sort of entertaining.. 9th Prince might be the worst rapper ever, so off beat and trash. Rappin’ Granny from the Howard Stern show was a better rapper than him
@@v.m.m.7729 KIlla Sin was DOPE! I always wanted a solo but he got in a bunch of legal trouble and I think he is still locked up today. He could hold his own though with any member IMO. 9th Prince is wack, agreed.. I can't even bother.
That album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥,
I still listen to that album like it dropped yesterday. Joe Mafia be Chopping
Incarcerated Scarfaces beat was for GZA originally. RZA said "I wasn’t making that beat for Rae. I was finished with Rae. I like having 13 tracks. I don’t like having 18. I was making it for GZA probably. He was next. But then Rae heard that beat, grabbed his pen and paper, and started writing. Two hours later, it was written."
Worldwide street and club banga!
I can’t believe the disrespect for Bobby Digital on this list… it’s all good though
I can get down with the order of the list from this video. My personally preference I would swap Liquid Swords for Cuban Linx. For me I like the sounds (production) of Liquid Swords. Very good breakdown on this video. 🙏
Respect
I've got no problem with the order of your top 5, but I will say that Tical has really grown on me over time. The grimy production leaves a few cuts feeling murkier than many might like, but also gives it a cohesive feel that's unique from the other albums. I feel like Stimulation is the only real miss and Bring the Pain is probably one of my top 10 hip hop tracks of all time.
Do an early 2000s list too ! This was awesome even if I didnt agree with the ni*** please & bobby digital ranking I feel like everything else was perfectly placed and the commentary was on point. Def gained a new subscriber with this one
Preciate that William! We'll work on that 2000's list!
Release yo delf is what? Man i almost unsubscribed lol!!
Mannn, I still have trauma from listening to Bobby Digital! “B to the O to the B to the B to the Y” 😂
Cap was an original member by time “The Pillage” dropped and he sold 500k copies in the first two weeks.
Golden Arms Redemption was a tough record to get through, but “night the city cried” is an absolute gem. Go check it out.
Pillage definitely should be up there n killa army best affiliate album
It's a hard list to create and it was clear that even lower places will be great, but the first Bobby Digital album is one of the most innovative and varied Hip Hop albums of all time. I mean it has his "the anthem" verse as kind of a 2 minute throw in. Love Jones, Mantis, Holocaust (Silkworm), My Lovin is Digi, Domestic Violence, Project Talk, etc. are absolutely masterful productions and still sound futuristic and out of this world today.
Well listening to ODBs N***A Please review, I'm pretty sure that the list was mostly compiled by people that grew up after the albums were released and are either not completely getting the humour or are taking things to serious. "Clearly this wasn't meant to be listened to on a regular basis" while the album was constantly running on repeat at a lot of my frirends places while we were hitting bongs to it :D
The first Killarmy album was the best wu group spin off album of all time followed by their sophomore album both instant rap classics and even the third album was dope.
Exactly. Wu renegades and Fair, love & war are banged on the regular still. Wake the fuck up also.
Fear, Love and War > Dirty Weaponry IMO.
Y’all should do a sequel to this video covering the 2000s solo albums. There’s quite a bit to cover, including supreme clientele, the lex diamond story, Cuban Linx pt 2, Digital Bullets, Legend of The Liquid Swords, and a couple others
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OB4CL is about as great as all the 90s great solos.
Incredible sequel album. Supreme Clientele as well. Those 2 are on that level
Uncontrolled Substance really is such a slept on album, I listened to it at work today and I forgot how many good songs are on it
I discovered this album like a month ago (I’m 25) and I was blown away by Movas and Shakers
I’m mad that Deck project got washed away in 95. He would have went platinum. He had a lot of momentum and that shit was guaranteed to be great since RZA was in his prime at the time.
His whole career was “ruined” by that flood 🤦🏾♂️
On another note, those late 90’s Wu solo projects were 🗑️. It’s sad to me.
They over saturated the market. I wanna say between the Fall of '98, till by the time Supreme Clientele came out in February of 2000, we're talking like 9 Wu related albums in 15 months, and the majority of it was mediocre outside of Blackout and SC. It was just too much.
Plus at that point the Wu weren't the hottest thing out anymore, not even in New York. By that time you had Jay, Pun, DMX, Busta, Nas, etc... all were bigger than Wu in popularity by then.
Wu tang forever and tical 2000 were dope af you trippin.
Wtf i still be listening to the Bobby Digital album to this day.. It reminds me of simpler day's and time's..
Release yo Delf is a classic track for me. Method Man’s main issue is way too many features on his albums. Since tical 2000, it’s ridiculous how many features he has on his solo efforts.
Dope breakdown, only thing I don't really agree with is there being too much Streetlife on T2000 - dude had some ill verses and went bar for bar with Meth, biggest problem is that the album was too long and they could have cut quite a few mediocre songs off it. And Stimulation is my fave song of Tical lol. Heavy Mental I'd say is the best Wu-fam album, would be dope to have a list of them as well!
Preciate u tappin in. In the lab working on more Wu lists as we speak
It's sad because Capadonna is and was an original Wu member he was just locked up when they signed the paperwork
Word Up!!!!
'Cappuccino Da Great sitting at the table where the Gambinos ate.'
He taught mef how 2 rap
Now this is the sort of video I love popping up in my recommendations
Respect. Check out the channel. More where this came from!
@@CulturalistTheory yep subscribed! Absolutely amazing channel
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Cappa 100% one of the original members. And the pillage one of the best albums of all time
Dude must want paying attention to the movie capadonna got locked up that's why he wasn't on the first album he is a original member crazy
@@CB-ry4fj exactly. He got locked up. Which means he’s a gangster
Cappas latest album out seven months ago is hot
@@josephmills-mw2hs that’s good because I think, sadly, most of his albums are trash. Needs better production
@@tdog1983-v6c new ones got some banger s on it it's on youtube,tell me what I think of it after u hear it ,I'd be interested to read what u think.peace
The OLD D B Harlem World joint was a fill in the blank song. It makes sense
From GZA’s album Duel of the Iron Mic. Is one of the best ever. Method Man’s Mr. Sandman as well. The beat is out of this world!
1.Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2.Liquid Swords
3.Ironman
4.Return To The 36 Chambers
5.Tical
6.Beneath The Surface
7.Uncontrolled Substance
8.Tical 2000
9.Immobarality
10.Golden Arms Redemption
11.Words From The Genius
12.N*gga Please
Damn no The pillage? I understand the criteria but man that would easily be too 10, so I do get it lol, but Solid list tho. Definitely got the last 5 right💯 keep it up y’all
When The Pillage was released, Cappadonna wasn't a Wu-Tang Clan member. He hadn't become a member until years after ODB's passing.
@@thablackkat9905 technical you are right bro, he was an affiliate. I did slip a little, but I understood the criteria. Where do you think the pillage would rank if we’re included in this list?
Killah Priest's Heavy Mental is dope
Solid List. The only thing I'd change is moving N*gga Please up higher. Maybe 2 spots. It's not great in comparison to his first one but it's def an enjoyable listen for Dirty fans.
Also I actually like Tical, Mr Sandman, Stimulation, and Release Yo Delf. Method def took some cues from Ol Dirty on these.
Uncontrolled Substance is highly underrated. This album should be towards the top the lyrics are sick
BTNH soon🔥🔥🔥 Shouts out to Shaolin🏆
I can't wait for that one! We all know UNI 5 is going to be at the bottom of the list. E. 1999... Eternal will likely be no. 1, but The Art of War was such an amazing album that will def be no. 2
@@thablackkat9905 I agree with what you said. I see E.99 #1, Art of War #2, Creepin on ah come up #3 if that EP included
@@flyking6622 Creepin.... won't be on the list. It was an EP.
Perfect ranking. I wouldn't change a thing
Swords is my favourite Wu album.. always has been
Perfect ranking pretty much. Cuban Linx is so beautiful, it’s like a hip hop classical . RZA’s finest moment musically, and Rae and Ghosts formula went on to change NY rap the following the year: Nas with his sophomore, Hov’s debut, Biggies sophomore, and Mobb Deep’s 3rd album all borrowed from Cuban Linx.
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ODB album return of the 36 Chambers went too hard. It was one of my albums I used to love to get drunk too! rawhide was one of my favorite tracks on the joint that beat was too crazy one of rza best in my opinion🔥🔥🔥
Waited patiently for this!
Loved the Bobby Digital album and I listened to Uncontrolled Substance album and it's not as bad as I thought. What's missing is Supreme Clientele which should be #2 on the list.
Uncontrolled Substance is really solid in my opinion. Friction and Hyperdermix are jewels on that joint
"Supreme Clientele" was released in 2000, so won't fit on a 90's list. But definitely at the top if you did this list for the 2000's.
Quality Content as Always. Now where is my requested Too Short and Forty Water lists
What About Cappadonna The Pillage? That album is better than Alot of WU Tang Solo albums that came out during that 98/99 Era
He wasn't a member of the Wu-Tang Clan at the time. He was just an affiliate like Shyheim, Killah Priest, etc.
He was a WU Tang Affiliate not a WU Tang member
RZA not the sharpest on the mic?! Wowzers. Release Yo’ Delf, Stimulation, and Mr Sandman unremarkable?! Wild takes my man. Lol
I can never place OBFCL at number one for a SOLO album. 12 of the 18 tracks are features. That’s a Wu-Tang album starring Raekwon.
It's a solo man dont overthink it lol ..and rza is not the sharpest , hes not rae ,ghost , gza ,meth and especially deck ,those guys are razor sharp
@@lewisalba7825 Not over thinking, these are my thoughts and opinions. I understand art is subjective, and that I do not have to go along with the public zeitgeist. RZA is a dope lyricist to ME. And Rae’s album was feature heavy; same criticism’s levied at Drake over the years.
I welcome these spirited debates. Peace.
I know right!?! What a hate take
1.Pleasure & Pain - U-God 🔥
2. All I Got Is You pt 2 is better imo
All of Wu-Tang albums are hot
Pretty spot on. 🏆