If you only have 36 Chambers, then pick this one up immediately. Several of the songs on this album such as "Severe Punishment" and "As High as Wu-Tang Get" are easily on par with their debut LP. These reservations notwithstanding, however, Forever was a worthy followup to the classic 36 Chambers. The intro to the first disc is worthless - it runs six and a half minutes and is nothing more than the Wu-Tang espousing their Five Percent beliefs through spoken word. Not a lot of filler, but about five or six songs should not have made the final cut. At 27 tracks, lasting a total of nearly two hours, there is some filler here. Unfortunately, it should have been a single album. " A lot of niggas tryin' to take hip hop and make that shit R&B: rap and bullshit.this is hip-hop right here, this is lyrics." The group often articulates their "Five Percent Nation" beliefs and take on more serious and mature content than simply "Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthin' to fuck wit." In the Intro song to the second disc, RZA disses other rappers (one must assume that Puff Daddy was one of the targets) for weak lyrics/beats. Raekwon in particular proves that his Only 4 Cuban Linx album was no fluke - out of all the Clan members, he has the smoothest flow, with GZA a close second.įorever also distinguishes itself from the group's debut through its lyrics. As much as ODB's character added to the group, this ultimately does not take away from the album due to the superb performances of GZA, Raekwon and Method Man. Ol' Dirty Bastard is noticeably absent on many of the tracks, only contributing two verses and a couple intros. RZA's unique use of samples on this album would later be copied by producers such as Kanye West, who has given RZA credit for his style today. The beats sound less like 36 Chambers and more like an extension of the critically-acclaimed solo albums by Raekwon, GZA, and Ghostface. Songs such as "Duck Seazon," "Visionz" and "Cash Still Rules" contained nothing more than simple, stripped-down beats with intelligent rhymes and intuitive lyrics. RZA's beats on this album (along with his protégés 4th Disciple and True Master) are more raw than its predecessor. In the so-called "Jiggy-era" of hip hop in 1997, this was quite an accomplishment Straight hardcore hip-hop, yet the song succeeded in getting radio play and contributing ultimately to eight million record sales. The first single off the double LP, "Triumph" was over five minutes long, featured nine verses (one for each member), and contained no hook or chorus. With the critical and popular success of 36 Chambers and the solo albums that followed, one might expect that the Clan would go more commercial.
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) remains an exceptionally popular album kids who weren't even born when it came out in 1993 are listening to it today in 2008. This is how the Clan began their follow-up to one of the most highly-influential albums not only in the history of hip-hop music, but the history of music period. Struck a match to the underground, industry ignitedįrom metaphorical parables to fertilize the Earth
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