Wu Tang Clan - "Gravel Pit" ...... So Much To Discuss :dead:

[DJ Mart-Kos]

It's a classic in music in general.
It's the biggest hit Wu ever had i think.

 

[BuddahMAC]

rumor has it, this was a scrapped beat from Forever

You can kill the rumor. That's a fact it's from Forever sessions.

 

[The Jewnited States]

Always loved this song

 

[Zero]

You can kill the rumor. That's a fact it's from Forever sessions.

The thought of so much piff just sitting on a hard drive somewhere

 

[BuddahMAC]

The thought of so much piff just sitting on a hard drive somewhere

RZA said in XXL the Iron Flag beat was just sitting on some old reel of beats for Cappa that never got used. There are volumes of that shyt collecting dust. It's a travesty.

 

[Zero]

RZA said in XXL the Iron Flag beat was just sitting on some old reel of beats for Cappa that never got used. There are volumes of that shyt collecting dust. It's a travesty.

This is one of my favorite RZA beats...the violins

This almost got scrapped?

 

[Billy Ocean]

The thought of so much piff just sitting on a hard drive somewhere

RZA said in XXL the Iron Flag beat was just sitting on some old reel of beats for Cappa that never got used. There are volumes of that shyt collecting dust. It's a travesty.

And the saddest part is that RZA is so artistically progressive that he would never put them beats on Clan albums/projects. He doesn't like to revisit the sound of the previous album he did. Forever didn't sound like 36, The W didn't sound like Forever, etc. I like A Better Tomorrow but imagine if last year RZA opened up those vaults and had the Clan rhyming over those scrapped Wu Forever beats?

 

[raoulduke187]

remember what Ol Dirty said...I'LL fukk YO ASS UP

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

Gravel Pit was the second single. Jump Off was the first. (Also Meth saying 2000 BC was a joke)

I think it works better in context of the three videos being connected by the "time travel elevator" thing but it's still a wacky concept.


Jump Off is the straight forward, rhyme in the camera at a venue type vid with a throwback theme (although the video version lacks the beat switch).


Gravel Pit is the over the top wild high-production number.


and then Careful doesn't even start w/ the elevator concept anymore and goes straight into a shootout at a mix of the modern day club, the 88 throwback & the elevator for whatever reason.

It's a messy weird concept all around and none of them are Wu's best videos, but they kind of balance each other's oddness out when viewed all together. My guess is the each version was a section of the crews idea on what type of video they wanted (I could easily see RZA pushing GP's concept) and doing all three was kind of a compromise across the board.

To be a completest, I Can't Go To Sleep kind of brought everything back to Earth with a kinda regular music video (although Wu in PJs and nightcaps & Ghost crying with mouthfuls of cereal and "regular music video" don't really equate). Love this one.




But, back to it, the silliness of the Gravel Pit video actually took me out of just enjoying the song itself for a while, but it still knocks, especially w/ Ghost's flow.

The W itself was always a step-back for the Wu lyrically but an amazingly produced album with it's dark tone and RZA pushing all the drums to the forefront of the beats instead of laying underneath the music. Such a unique & creative sounding album.

Wow. I actually remember when you reviewed those same 3 videos and tracks when they first came out back on SOHH and how many threads were being made about the album and your reviews when it dropped. Doesn't even seem like 15 yrs, but damn time flies.

 

[Zero]

And I can't forget, we almost missed this one too





Dude gotta put out an unreleased compilation before he retires. He has to.

 

[Whitty Hutton]

One thing related to this album I always wanted to find was a behind the scenes video of the recording of The W that played on Heavy.com back when which played many of the beats of songs that didn't make it in the background as Gee Bee interviewed the Clan. It's one of those rare things that hasn't popped back up on the internet.

There was a video on wu-tang.com of them in the studio with a Meth verse over a beat with the same vas gutter as Careful or Let My nikkas

RZA had me thinking he took some African track for that joint...especially with the drums



He just slowed this down

 

[Whitty Hutton]

I'd kill to peep inside of RZA's vault breh



rumor has it, this was a scrapped beat from Forever

That beat was on the Wu-tang Forever Instrumentals

 

[BuddahMAC]

Wow. I actually remember when you reviewed those same 3 videos and tracks when they first came out back on SOHH and how many threads were being made about the album and your reviews when it dropped. Doesn't even seem like 15 yrs, but damn time flies.

People still randomly bring up that W review I did too & I don't even have it to know what I said. Crazy how some things go everywhere/get remembered.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Can't stand nikka that Floss too much.
Can't stand Bentleys, they Cost too much.


I loved this Track and Video from Start to Finish and I still do.


Back Back and Forth & Forth
AS WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Asicz]

The Nas feature in the W LP was crazy.
Ghostface saved the Wu on this LP and on SC