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Music : Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by: Wu-Tang Clan List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $8.97 You Save: $5.01 (36%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0078636633626 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: RCA Manufacturer: RCA Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: RCA Release Date: November 09, 1993 Studio: RCA Sales Rank: 1191 MPN: 66336 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Vinyl Classics reissue of the 1993 album comes as a vinyl look-a-like CD that's packaged in a die-cut, see-through Slipcase. BMG. 2005. Amazon.com: This debut revolutionized 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 favorite 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." They created their own little self-contained culture, with its own symbols and shifting identities, and let listeners figure it out for themselves. Unless you're willing to immerse yourself in its world, it can be baffling and a little dry, but its aggression and originality are undeniable. --Douglas Wolk Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Still greatOnce in My life (the 90's to be accurate) I listened to nothing but hip-hop. That period is over a long while ago, and lot's of the albums I owned I couldn't listen to ever again! One of the great exceptions is the debut of Wu-Tang Clan, that really holds up well more than ten years later. What I really liked about their music, and still does, is not only their quirky idea of sampling sound-bits from chop-sockey films. It was even more their minimalistic, raw and kinda gritty sound. Most of the tracks were made of only one small sample and a drum beat. And all of the rappers are good, and could deliver some surprising kicking lyric. Check tracks like 'Tearz', 'Protect Ya Neck' and 'Clan in Da Front', that's it! Just forget the latest flops from ... Read More: Rating: - A Dirty, Grimmy - Hip Hop Juggernaut MasterpieceThis albums's gotten quite a bit of 5 star reviews, but I can't help, but add another. A little F.Y.I. - the facts I'm gonna drop, are not assumptions, I got them from RZA, and other Clan members. Dr. Dre's The Chronic ('92) and Snoop Dogg's Doggy Style ('93) were the two rap albums that stood out the most (sales/public wise) when this was released. Wu Tang, out of nowhere came, brought the ruckus and helped put New York back on the map, thanks to college radio, a little airplay on Yo MTV Raps, and most importantly ... skills, and originality. The West Coast for the most part, boasted about degrading women, selling narcotics, and murdering fellow human beings. All of which basically encourages non prosperous lives, jail, ... Read More: Rating: - The cornerstone of east coast hip hopI should not have to write a review for this album For this album compares to the Beetles White album or Mozart. what fans (and Non Fans) of the Wu-tang Clan do not really realize is this album was a necessity for the east coast during this time. a lot of artist and albums after Enter the 36 pretty much copied this formula of lyrics, Beat making, and even group affiliation. back then it was unheard of to have Nine Emcee's (who all had an exceptional level of skill) in a group. but since this album, you had the boot camp clique, Flipmode squad, terror squad, and the dirty dozen (commonly known as D 12). Lyrics took a dramatic turn to be way more metaphorical. Rhyme schemas were influenced, story telling became more dramatic, Beats became more raw & ... Read More: Rating: - Torchbearers of the Golden EraIf you think back, the years leading up all the way through the middle of 1993 had been dominated by the West Coast, and rightfully so. You had one of the best beatmakers on either coast in Dr. Dre, produce an outright classic of an album (The Chronic). His protege (and probably the world's best known rap artist), Snoop Doggy Dogg goes on and produces another classic LP in " Doggystyle". Add to that mix urban film classics such as " Boyz N Da Hood" and "Menace To Society", and the West Coast owned the scene until...Wu-Tang Clan drops "Enter The Wu-Tang". Now it must be said, "Enter" is far from a perfect album. As a matter of fact, I heard more miscues on this album then any album I could ever remember. For example, listen to ... Read More: Rating:  - overrated, overrated, overratedThis is the first review that I have written for Amazon, yet I felt compelled to do so. I purchased 36 Chambers on the recommendation of almost everyone who has ever written a review; which is to say that almost everyone loves this CD. Let me start by saying that I am a huge student of rap music, have listened to almost every highly rated (and some not so highly rated) CD of the past 20 years, and continue to explore my collection daily. 36 Chambers is probably my least favorite. That is not to say that it's bad: I can see the merit in what it presents (especially lyrically). But to present this as a seminal work of rap makes no sense. The beats are predictable at best, sounding dated and irrelevant through many listens. C.R.E.A.M. is really the only ... Read More: |
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