From 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
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Rating: - An essential hip hop album!
Producer and rapper RZA told a Danish interviewer that the album he's the most proud of is this one, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)", and it is hard to disagree with him.
What is there to say about such an essential hip hop album that hasn't been said? One classic track leads to another on this 1993 release, and today, in the year of 2008, the price is so low there are no excuses on not owning it. Even if you hate hip hop, this record may be the one to start out with, combining primarily ... Read More
Rating: - wu's excellent debut...
i bought this album when it first came out, which is bloody years ago...and i still listen to it now, it was unlike any hip hop at the time, with rza going back to the raw roots of old school hip hop yet adding something new to create the wu's trade mark sound...without a doubt one of the greatest rap albums ever made.
Rating: - Inspirational
Wu tang are one of my biggest influences in my own rap songs, and this album is killer. Bring Da Ruckus is a hard opener and the whole album is hard as it gets! CREAM is amazing. Wu Tangs standout lyricists are obviously ODB and Ghostface, who both sound amazing on every and any track they are in.
This has to go down as one of the best hip hop albums in history, and the beats are pretty amazing to.
a must have for any rap fan
Rating: - THE WU-TANG DEBUT
Along with Dr. Dre's The Chronic, the Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential rap albums of the '90s. Its spare yet atmospheric production -- courtesy of RZA -- mapped out the sonic blueprint that countless other hardcore rappers would follow for years to come. It laid the groundwork for the rebirth of New York hip-hop in the hardcore age, paving the way for everybody from Biggie and Jay-Z to Nas and Mobb Deep. Moreover, it introduced a colorful cast ... Read More
Rating: - CLASSIC -- A MUST OWN!!!!!!
There is no words i could use to describe the brillance of this album, absolute CLASSIC... I personnally think the best album the Hip-Hop world has ever seen and probably will ever see!!
If you dont own this album go out now and buy it... no questions asked, ITS AMAZING!!