Tag Archives: wu tang clan

flashback: shadowboxing

My two favourite Wu Tang emcees go head to head on this gem from Liquid Swords. Method Man’s flow is typically loose and rhythmic, while GZA employs his usual tight-knit rhyming style. RZA’s lilting beat is just the icing on … Continue reading

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flashback: protect ya neck

“Call me the rap assassinator, rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger” Almost twenty years on, this classic Wu Tang track still sounds raw and dangerous. Oh, and it’s got to be the only hip hop song I know where the … Continue reading

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flashback: la saga

French hip hop doesn’t get much better than this: A landmark collaboration between Parisian rappers IAM and Wu-Tang affiliates Timbo King, Dreddy Krueger and Prodigal Sunn. The video’s real weird, but the track is fire. Also worth checking out: the … Continue reading

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flashback: ghostface killah

Ghostface Killah’s latest album, Apollo Kids, dropped a few weeks ago. I haven’t had time to listen to it all yet, but I like what I’ve heard so far. No more weird R&B concept albums a la Ghostdini. From the … Continue reading

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