Wu-Tang - A Better Tomorrow (12/2/14) - Album Discussion Thread(Stream)

[MartyMcFly]

I'm here, bro! Just soaking this album in. Been on repeat for a few hours. It's definitely the Wu's best album since the W. The beats are top notch, some even sounds like 90's era Wu sh!t. Pioneer the Frontier is Wu Tang Forever type sh!t for real. Preacher's Daughter is nice, even with RZA's cheesy singing. The standout is Miracle, by far. Dope storytelling and that Ghost verse is fvcking incredible... where the dudes that claim he fell off? Ya'll know who ya'll are. Stop trolling.

Lyrically, the Clan are in top form here. Meth, GZA, and Rae stood out the most. 4th Disciple added that Oooo so necessary vintage Wu sound on here and probably got more people on that "4th should produce a whole Wu album" train. Lol.

This album is a nice, cohesive, mixture of classic Wu sh!t and progressive sh!t. I woulda liked some skits with the brothers interacting and the album could've really done without some corny singing at parts (Miracle, Keep Watch, Preacher's Daughter, Ron O'Neal) but that doesn't bring the listening experience down notably.

This is a very dope album. I'd give it a 4/5 for now. A great achievement for the Abbot

happy thanksgiving indeed

 

[u mad son?]

RZA too stuck in his hollywood director, universal music, soundtrack bullshyt

listen to Pioneer the Frontier man ...if he stuck to that production the whole way through we would have a serious banger .... instead dude wants to take tips from Rick Rubin and a bunch of other fukking CACS

 

[SoulController]

Am I the only one who's never gave a damn about a hook when it comes to wu?

its over-stated, people bytched at will about Gun Will Go and a few others on 8D. it didnt bother me, Heart Gently probably had my least favorite and i love Badu. Starter's was super wack but i didnt really like that song much to begin with

i understand that a couple of em are wack, but dudes go overboard

 

[MartyMcFly]

its over-stated, people bytched at will about Gun Will Go and a few others on 8D. it didnt bother me

i understand that a couple of em are wack, but dudes go overboard

Yeah on a track where the basic premise is to see them spit and spit their asses off they do, I really don't give a damn about the hook. I get from an A&R standpoint it's awesome but as a fan, do not give a fukk

 

[Diunx]

song is raw, tho

No doubt, one of the best on the album with the intro and hook edited out.

 

[Figaro]

Yo this album would have been tough if it weren't for these Disney channel hooks.

The chorus on 'Miracle' sounds like some Peter Pan theme music.

 

[SoulController]

ok I cant lie that is a truly bizarre hook on Miracle might need @Brayden to help us out with cool edit on that one. its distracting, where I can ignore the other 2

Keep Watch is much better with the final edit, Nathaniel is only on it briefly instead of being on quite a bit of the demo. Tekitha is doing the background vocals on Preacher's Daughter imo, still not sold on the whole track

40th St is so odd, but I don't hate it. I cant make up my mind about that making my final cut

 

[SAJ!!]

WTF is RZA thinking with those hooks?

 

[SubLyminalz]

Yo this album would have been tough if it weren't for these Disney channel hooks.

The chorus on 'Miracle' sounds like some Peter Pan theme music.

 

[smARTmouf]

I love how they stay in their lane after all these years....my nikkas..

 

[ZEB WALTON]

i can honestly say none of the hooks to me outta the song.

 

[SoulController]

apparently Big Horn is some unknown type of file that people are finding impossible to rip

im all for new forms of audio delivery but thats not cool, i dont wanna buy the fukkin speaker

even the grumpy euros on wucorp are giving this the thumbs up

 

[Diunx]

Album is fire, would be the best since Forever if it wasn't for the corny hooks.

 

[smARTmouf]

That Miracle does sound like some Prince of Egypt Disney shyt....I fukks with it tho....

 

[HNIC973]

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