Rate The Musician/Artist #7 - Wu Tang Clan
 

1. Wu Tang blows ass.

Or is it "sucks ass?"

7/10

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is easily one of my favorite rap albums of all time. Outside of the group's work as a whole, their solo efforts are hit or miss with quite a few solid discs (namely Liquid Swords and Tical). As it seems to be with most artists, though, they've seemed to drop off a bit recently. I'm hoping that the new record doesn't suck.

2/10

Never got the whole Wu-Tang thing at all.

9/10


I love that shit, simple as. Also I love the solo stuff I've heard by all of them, especially Ghostface, Inspectah Deck and the GZA. Oh and Afro Samurai ftw.

5/10. Mainly because during its popularity you could get into someones face and yell "Wu Tang Clan aint nuthing to fuck wit"

8

I thought you were supposed to vary these. The last like 17 have been rap artists

Ghostface Killah was on 30 Rock a couple times
this, coupled with the fact that I'm annoyed with Fallen Angel "despising rap" is why I'm saying 10/10

yeah, you even told me it was going to be NOFX today, and I came in excited for it, and now it turns out you lied

10/10

THEY ARE MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME

I do not understand any of you. And FA, if you don't even like the genre why would you vote on this? Not that this really matters, but its just blatant bias.

To me, Wu Tang really is forever. They embody rap music, good rap music. I think their efforts both as a group and solo span across to appeal to all tastes and styles, and their work is ahead of their time. The garbage that is the "rap genre" today can't hold a candle to Wu. In a business sense they have an immense enterprise, with the Wu Tang, and the whole Wu Fam. They've spawned so many other careers besides those of the original nine and while they all might not be on the level of the Wu Tang Clan, there are quite a few that are just as good. RZA is a hell of a business man, no matter what you want to say of their music. When he led the charge when they broke onto the scene, he took them in the direction they needed to be.

oh btw 10/10.

and my signature for good measure.

Metallica and GNR. Totally rap, man.

Though they do really lack in variety.

8

Me likey.

8

8

:wtf: NOFX?

Is that a who the fuck are they, who why the fuck would you do that look? \

lol C'mon man. Wu Tang broke out with 36 Chambers in 1991. Its a 16 year old record, and came out right around the time Tupac debuted. Maybe you just don't have an ear for it, some people don't. My brother listens to Ska or whatever its called and I can't listen to it because I admittedly don't have an ear for it. But Wu Tang, although they are still making music today, are older music. And Wu Tang is not all about those things you mentioned. Sure some of its incorporated, but its incorporated into 99% of rap songs ever.

I 100% agree. The "rap" that is on the radio today, is absolutely terrible. This is why I don't listen to the radio. Most of the "rap" today, I would actually classify as hip-hoppy pop bullshit.

Wu-Tang raps about very little of what you're describing the rap genre embodies. Yes, some of it is involved but that's part of the lifestyle. That's like saying every metal band sings about Satan and killing virgins and drinking blood. Obviously, not all do. It's rather unfair to paint a group with that brush if you haven't actually listened to what they have to offer.

Also, good call on throwing NOFX out there. Amazing.

Little of both, mainly the first one. Is it like initialed?

Good example, with NOFX. I can't listen to them but anyone I've ever talked to about them say they're good. I'm not going to sit here and rate them shitty or whatever, its stupid.

I don't happen to like country music at all, but I'm not going to come out and say Garth Brooks sucks either. He's arguably one of the most successful musicians ever.

Nah, it's just NOFX. Second wave punk band started in the late 80s. Check out the album Punk in Drublic to get feel, if you so desire.

Testament and other generic Death Metal bands

Hey hey calm down I'm not argueing with you here. I'm actually a big fan of metal

Name me 5 crappy rappers brought onto the seen by the Wu. You're drowning on that one already man.

I don't know what you guys are bitching about. I'd kill to not have a radio choked with country like 90% of America. Given the choice between the shit that passes for country these days and the shit that passes for Rap these days, I'd take rap. At least shitty "beats" will be less boring than shitty nasally vocals with sacharine lyrics.

And yeah, every genre has a fucking stereotype, and you can probably find a ton of bands to back up every last one of them. Not to mention, it doesn't matter if Death Metal is 1% of the scene, unless 1% is fewer than 5 bands (And since it's much more than five bands), it doesn't really matter.

Finally, Wu Tang still sucks ass. I don't care if they're not new rap, they're not sterotypical rap, or whatever, they're annoying as fuck.

I thought you were only going to do three rap

Man seriously Wu-Tang are known for their stream-of-consciousness, Five Percenter lyrics, not the generic shit you might associate with the fictional 'rap' genre Evangelical-conservatives want to ban. They practically ushered in a new era of hardcore rap which was specifically against the 'gangsta' grain of the time.

lol thank you ct2k

Man, I won't debate this anymore. Music is subjective after all. If you don't like Wu Tang thats fine, but they do not suck. Far from it.

I didn't have a chance to say it back then