Wu-tang were so ahead of their time with their Wu-Tang Forever album

[Billy Ocean]

i was 14 when it dropped and knee deep into Hip Hop. Maybe not old enough to say this but I don’t remember none of that shyt he was talking about. Wu tang took over the WORLD with this album. I don’t remember any criticism that sounded like ole boy. nikkas thought RZA went to the future and came back.

it reminds me of college dropout vs late registration. I always look at LR like a fully realized version of college dropout. Like if Ye had those same resources and budget, he would’ve done that on the first album. That’s how I feel about forever vs 36.

None of the shyt @Threnody posted is factual. Son bugging. Wu Forever catapulted Wu into another stratosphere. They started losing heads when the quality of their albums dropped AFTER Wu Forever.

 

[Roxx the King]

I love these threads on The Coli. Somebody makes an appreciation thread about a highly regarded album and out comes the contrarians, dapfishers and trolls trying to shyt on the album.

Dude in here said Wu Forever is where Wu lost Black people

that was the wildest shyt he said lmao

None of the shyt @Threnody posted is factual. Son bugging. Wu Forever catapulted Wu into another stratosphere. They started losing heads when the quality of their albums dropped AFTER Wu Forever.

ghostface supreme clientele was the peak. Everything after that was the decline.

The W is low key one of my favorite wu albums but even I can admit you can see the decline on that album beginning

 

[Billy Ocean]

that was the wildest shyt he said lmao



ghostface supreme clientele was the peak. Everything after that was the decline.

The W is low key one of my favorite wu albums but even I can admit you can see the decline on that album beginning

Several albums came after Wu Forever and before Supreme Clientele and none of them got the acclaim the first string of albums had. There was a noticeable decline in quality. SC was basically the return of that quality people expected from Wu.

I'm a big fan of the W album also, btw. Album is strong from start to finish and damn near classic to me.

 

[Roxx the King]

Several albums came after Wu Forever and before Supreme Clientele and none of them got the acclaim the first string of albums had. There was a noticeable decline in quality. SC was basically the return of that quality people expected from Wu.

I'm a big fan of the W album also, btw. Album is strong from start to finish and damn near classic to me.

it was a tough couple years in between. I remember being very disappointed in Immobilarity because of the lack of rza production. Sounds better with age tho.

 

[Wild self]

The way that RZA prophetize the contamination of Hip Hop and RnB being mixed into its own hybrid subgenre was

Now we got people who claim Hip Hop, singing melodies on fabricated autotune beats.

 

[Danie84]

So ahead of time, a 90s Kids still waiting for Forever enhanced CD to take me on a tour of the Wu-Mansion

 

[Alvin]

that was the wildest shyt he said lmao



ghostface supreme clientele was the peak. Everything after that was the decline.

The W is low key one of my favorite wu albums but even I can admit you can see the decline on that album beginning

decline how? I will say RZA was shifting his production

 

[Alvin]

So ahead of time, a 90s Kids still waiting for Forever enhanced CD to take me on a tour of the Wu-Mansion

bought my off amazon couple of years ago and that feature still works

 

[Mandizi]

Smart to cash in on popularity and release a double album, but dudes are nit keeping it a buck. Take 4-6 songs out, and it might have been one of the best hip hop albums of alltime.

The first round of solo albums were better than Forever. And those albums get more burn from general rap fans and even from Wu fans.

Somebody come in here and lie to my face that Forever is better than OB4CL.

That's what I thought.

Forever >>> Tical

 

[The War Report]

Someone DM me that shyt.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I think it’s the best double album ever but I never heard anybody ever say they liked Black Shampoo. Come in this thread and seen multiple people say it

 

[Roxx the King]

decline how? I will say RZA was shifting his production

Popularity or momentum. Your choice.

 

[DaveyDave]

So ahead of time, a 90s Kids still waiting for Forever enhanced CD to take me on a tour of the Wu-Mansion

the enhanced CD worked for me on Forever but they had it on Xzibit ATSOL as well and it never worked for me.

 

[Alvin]

Popularity or momentum. Your choice.

Ok I agree with both, RZA should’ve dropped deck, u-god and killa in that time period after forever and then supreme clientele.

 

[Roxx the King]

Ok I agree with both, RZA should’ve dropped deck, u-god and killa in that time period after forever and then supreme clientele.

Right. If I recall, killa army and suns of man filled that void instead.

That killabeez the swarm album was fire tho