Wu-Tang Clan and Rap

[ToyMachine78]

Who likes rap here? Im listening to outkast radio on slacker, and its playing tribe called quest, Wu, Onyx, and Naughty by Nature. All the stuff that was popular while I was playing turbo in middle school. Woot woot!

[Dicer]

Old school is the best school, before it got all angry and about bitches and ho's

De La Soul... give these folks a good hard listen.

[wildfruit]

Treat your mother right

[HailingTheThings]

Wu Tang Clan is not nothing to with which you should fuck?

[ParanoiaDragon]

The Wu is cool, dope, used to be my favorite for years.  Mainly I love Gza, Masta Killa, & Inspectah Deck, oh & Killah Priest of Sunz of Man. 

Underground mc's & group you should check out:
Aceyalone(especially A Book of Human Language, probably my favorite album on the planet)
J-live
Jurassic 5
L*Roneous
Ugly Duckling
Pigeon John
Awol One(& the Shapeshifters, definitely an acquired taste though)
LMNO
Abstract Rude
Phoenix Orion
Blackalicious(& Gift of Gab)
Living Legends
Large Professor
Latyrx(Lateef the Truth Speaker & Lyrics Born)
Mars Ill
Bus Driver
2Mex

Not quite Old School:
Public Enemy
Kool Moe Dee
3rd Bass
Special Ed(his first 2 albums)
Audio 2
Big Daddy Kane
Boogie Down Productions(KRS One)
Eric B. & Rakim
Three Times Dope
Stezo
Kid n' Play
UMC's
Kid Sensation(1st 2 albums)
Def Jef
Lords of the Underground
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Ultramagnetic MC's

[jtucci31]

I used to just have 36 Chambers in my CD player in my car when i first got my license. I never took it out, i love that album. Never really went past that for Wu Tang Clan. Always told myself i would check other stuff out. I guess there's still some time.

Wu Tang Clan is not nothing to with which you should fuck?

Thine cash has dictatorship over all that is present?

[Opethian]

shimmy shimmy yaaaaaa

[bob]

Dr Octogon (and a few of KKs odd ball incarnations)
and
Del TFH were the ones i listened to most.

i never got into Wu or a lot of the others.  i liked hip hop on the surface, but not really a fan of rap.
and yes, there is a difference.

[ToyMachine78]

Dr Octogon (and a few of KKs odd ball incarnations)
and
Del TFH were the ones i listened to most.

i never got into Wu or a lot of the others.  i liked hip hop on the surface, but not really a fan of rap.
and yes, there is a difference.

.  Ha! Dr. Octogonecologyst  lol . You may be the only other person on earth I have met that knows Dr. Octogon... Other than the guys I used to skate with. That was some funky stuff.  3000!

[o.pwuaioc]

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[HailingTheThings]

Wu Tang Clan is not nothing to with which you should fuck?

Thine cash has dictatorship over all that is present?

Probably.

Didn't that Wu Tang guy cut off his own dong and then jump out of a 2nd/3rd floor window and sprain his ankle, surviving to live a dongless life?

I always that rappers were posers, but that was harcaw!

What.

Also, Del is good. I don't listen to rap much at all anymore, but Del is good. Also, I like MC Chris. :3

[ToyMachine78]

http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2014/04/16/wu-tang-rapper-andre-johnson-penis-cut-jump-suicide

none of you heard about this???

.  LOL Guess he won't be rappin  about slinging big dicks turning big tricks no mo!

[GohanX]

I've gotten back into rap lately, but I've been listening to older stuff like NWA and Public Enemy. I thought I had outgrown rap, but it just turns out most newer rap sucks.

[o.pwuaioc]

http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2014/04/16/wu-tang-rapper-andre-johnson-penis-cut-jump-suicide

none of you heard about this???

Of course, it was all over the news. Crazy lunatic. Just not sure how to respond to that statement, though.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Dr Octogon (and a few of KKs odd ball incarnations)
and
Del TFH were the ones i listened to most.

i never got into Wu or a lot of the others.  i liked hip hop on the surface, but not really a fan of rap.
and yes, there is a difference.

.  Ha! Dr. Octogonecologyst  lol . You may be the only other person on earth I have met that knows Dr. Octogon... Other than the guys I used to skate with. That was some funky stuff.  3000!

I know all about that album.  I originally heard Blue Flowers on some random underground hip hop radio show that I think was broadcast out of Santa Barbara in the late 90's.  They played a lot of dope stuff, & helped me explore the underground side of hip hop more.  I eventually found an instruemental version of Octagonecologist, but then was able to special order the album from a tiny record shop near me(along with other underground stuff).  Later I found out about places like Fat Beats & Aron's down in Hollywierd & was buying all kinds of offbeat un-commercial stuff.  Unfortunately for Kool Keith, Dr Octagon was the only album of his that I really liked.  That Black Elvis album was alright IIRC, I'll have to listen to that one again.

[esteban]

All this talk about Octagons reminds me of ANGLE DANCE:

You guys are into some bizarre sh$t, like me? Awesome.

[ParanoiaDragon]

You want some dope hip hop, then here ya go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=w8YM22wqFkw#t=62

[roflmao]

I have been listening to the above list all night and it's been really good stuff.  I haven't spent a lot of time listening to hip hop, but I'm glad you made this list.

[VenomMacbeth]

Doctor Octogonopus?

[HailingTheThings]

Just might be the best song (ever). The hook makes me want to overdose on robotussin and dance in the middle of a freeway at midnight so all the cute little deer take notice and join in.
not kidding

[Bklyn4ever]

Wow, I came across this thread and had to same something. Wu-tang is definitely one of my top rap groups of all time. I have just about every album made by them and the individual artists. My favorite song is the art of chessboxing. The ODB God rest his soul was the illest. "Brooklyn Zoo". Along with the turbo grafx they remind me of my so missed teen years.

[munchiaz]

There is still good stuff out there. Just gotta dig for it due to all the piles of crap on top. Del has to be one of my favorite rappers. I saw him a few months ago live, and it was pretty great.

[ParanoiaDragon]

With the Wu, I originally was a Method Man fan BITD, but I switched around a bit over the years.  I became a Rza fan for awhile, & even a U-god fan(love that baritone voice, always wanted to hear him team up with Chali 2na, Xzibit & Nine for an album).  Ultimately, I've become a Gza fan, along with Inspectah Deck, they're the most consistent in quality along with Masta Killa.  I'd love for Gza to release a new album, it's taking him forever!  Inspectah Deck has a nice new album under the moniker of Czarface.

Here's some more dope tracks for your listening pleasure:

Ha, this is an awesome video, never saw it before, only Busdriver I swear!

[ToyMachine78]

Nice! Me-th-od Man! Best rap is Dirty South tho...

[bob]

meth had a number of tracks in old skate vids.  thats the shit that talks to me.
for the most part...wu is shit, but there are some gems from the individual members.