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 Review by: Jesse See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on May 21st 2004
This album is hands down cemented permanently in my Top Ten records of ever. From the first time you hear those intercut samples from kung-fu movies and the Rza's beats with "Bring tha motherfuckin' ruckus!" shouted over it, 36 Chambers becomes musical heroin. This album is the true epiphany of great beats mixed with some of the most intelligent street rhymes ever spat. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
this is not a perfect album cause raekwon fucking sucks and fucks it up. the poon-tang clan? YUM! punk is not a social movement it's a high school cliqque So now Gangsta is in, eh.? interesting.. Remember the stuff they did after this album? While, yes this was a pretty good albums in its day have they stood the test of time as a group? Everything after this was crap unless you start counting olo projects then of coure U-God and Method man were very uccessful Most people actually hate me for my other reviews and just carried it over. Why is there so much hatred for Jesse because he posted a rap album review on a punknews sight? Seriously all he did was say what good music is, plain and simple. Kanye is overrated but hey he's a bit of light in a dark alley so maybe someone can finally pick up the trash and clean up. What would we do without Wu Tang, because I have no clue. its so great that you did a review of this album. glad your showing some props to the best rap group in today's times. this is truly a must have and an outstanding rap album i love Shaolin Shadow Boxing haha "I don't get how anyone can take a group that has its own fucking clothing brand seriously" "when did punk become less about politics and more about gay rights?" I love how my bisexual tendencies are always assaulted. Being called "gay" by people on this site in a way that is supposed to be derogatory ends up only being half-truths. ZINGED ya on that one, fuckers. Oh god the punk police have just been handed a late christmas present, they have wet dreams about this kinda shit. To the person below: Clearly the most overrated rap album of all time was "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em!"! what has this site come to that they are reviewing rap albums on a punk news site? i have nothing against rap at all, but this has nothing to do at all with punk in any shape or form. jesse, are you gay or just totally righteous, im thinking columns a and b when did punk become less about politics and more about gay rights? jurassic five sucks, no way can they even compare to wu-tang, peace homos Oh and anything by the Beastie Boys of course. Quite possibly the most overrated rap album of all time. Common's "Like Water for Chocolate", Talib Kweli's "Quality", Mos Def's "Black on Both Sides", Kanye's "College Dropout", Nas' "Illmatic", Eric B and Rakim's... well any album by them, Jurassic 5's "Power in Numbers", Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" and "Black Album" and J-Kwon's "Hood Hop" (ok that ones a joke) are what real rap is about. This was good for its time but has become outdated. i meant to say i'd rather see wu-tang on here than the shitty 7", with my point being that self released albums (in my opinion) should only be reviewed if they're good because what's the point of saying something sucks if nobody's gonna hear it anyway? which is worse, a eleven year old amazing hip hop album getting reviewed or a self released punk 7" that no one's ever gonna hear get a bad review. i pick wu-tang. why did you review a ten year old record, and further, why is it posted on this website? scratching my head... I like the kanye west cd..track 9 "get em high" with talib kweli and common and track 18 "two words" with mos def are really good...there's other good stuff on there too but those tracks really stand out I actually wrote this review about 4 weeks ago, before Kidzbopgate. The reviews I write that aren't sent from Scott are generally my favorite albums that haven't been reviewed on Punknews. This just happens to be one of my favorite albums. i don't need to read the comments to knwo that some white boy suburban kid says something like 'this isnt punk , rap sucks' or some other narrow minded ethnocentric or borderline racist comment. this cd is to hip hop what the mifits were to punk. totally groundbreaking and kinda weird. it aint as classic as reasonable doubt, illmatic, ready to die, the chronic, public enemy or tupac but its up there. top 10 for sure. not that white kids all love dave chapelle they might think its ok to listen to this 'black people music'. Maaaannnnn............... I was looking for this cd in my house like 2-3 weeks ago and couldn't find it!! so, so pissed!! oh after kidzpop another very sophisticated phoney idea: lets do a wu tang review on a page called punknews and show how open minded we are. Oh yeah, fuck you Since when did Kayne West's music become so previlant and ground breaking? Ive seen his videos on MTV or whatever and put the closed captioning on(i have a hard time understanding rappers lyrics) and they are about as thought provoking as a NOFX cd. The guy is an egomaniac and is an awful lyricist. Not to mention hes from Chicago or something and does the stupid lengthing of ere's..... Method Man's first solo album "Tical" is my favorite rap album. The song "Release Yo Delf" is so great, as well as the remix. "Tical2000" wasn't bad either, but his effort with Redman, "Blackout", didn't quite hit the spot. Peace. "Kanye West ain't bad, but he's got nothing on The Roots or Mos Def." this cd is ill. but the best hip hop album ever is: "It's a bunch of friends who are very talented and made a (great) allbum together. That's what punk rock was about, one time. You may remember." This record is 10 times more revelant to this site than anything by the Mars Volta or YOB. "Kayne West sucks dick. He needs a fucking ego check." "Hey sweet. I want to be intolerant as well. I hate blacks, Jews, and Indians AS WELL as those bisexual, black pant wearing homos!!! " Hey sweet. I want to be intolerant as well. I hate blacks, Jews, and Indians AS WELL as those bisexual, black pant wearing homos!!! you all forgetting that while deltron3030 is certainly a good album, it is most certainly not even the best rap album released within the past few years-buy any release from MF doom or any of his other aliases such as viktor vaughn and king gheedorah, and pick up madvillains, his collaboration with madlib-punk is dying, every new band that comes out and is labeled punk is most certainly not punk, the scene is oversaturated with bisexuals in black pants and davey havok went from street punk god to glam goth homo One reason this album should be reviewed here: Deltron is decent, but the best work Del ever did was with Heiroglyphics. Right now, I'm totally feeling HeirUspecs. And Eyedea. And most of the Rhyme Sayers crew. Minneapolis white rap represent. And Atmosphere should've stopped after putting Lucy Ford onto a CD. i like: You all seem to be forgetting that Deltron 3030 is the best rap album ever. *most 80's underground metal combined the Motorhead approach with hardcore punk. Hm... Death Metal, grind, thrash and dark metal are all more than a little hardcore-punk inspired. Venom and Motorhead influenced those bands, but most 80's underground metal Listen to mid-era Discharge, then listen to Slayer. Or listen to Void, then Cryptic Slaughter. Can you not hear the direct influence? "t's music you stupid fucks. Not everyone you think is so cool or so "down with the kids" is punk you retards. Punk is fast music with guitars, not fucking rap. NOT punknews.org in the least" "It's music you stupid fucks. Not everyone you think is so cool or so "down with the kids" is punk you retards. Punk is fast music with guitars, not fucking rap. NOT punknews.org in the least" Wu-Tang ain't nothin' to fuck with. oh after kidzpop another very sophisticated phoney idea: lets do a wu tang review on a page called punknews and show how open minded we are. Oh yeah, fuck you You were right the first time I believe. or is it: in continuation: What the fuck?!?!?!?!?!? Kayne West sucks dick. He needs a fucking ego check. as far as hip hop goes Aes Rock is what i've been bumbing lately, and this album is the best rap album ever. fucking period. WU TANG! I can't even read the comments of so many of you people. They're just so fucking dumb. Fuck all Ya'll, Wu-Tang is for the Children. "And what is "punk rock" anyway? Does it have to be related to music? Or can it be broadly spread as a mentality or ideology based after an aesthetic of independence? Who's to say? I'm not" These macho anthems are the perfect sound track to a night of beating up minorities for no reason. ramo: wu tang ain't nuttin to fuck wit i know where d12 buys their video games. (wow I guess you can't use extended ascii) love you. Don't worry Jesse, I ramo, d12 is complete trash. horrible horrible hip hop that tries to be as corporate as em. d12 are the casualties of hip hop. Soybomb, i grew up on this album. M.E.T.H.O.D Man! I just read this comment: very good album if your into this style of music also. someone should review a Jedi Mind Tricks album. preferably the "Psycho-Social" or "Violent by Design" album. in my opinion these guys rip like Wu Tang in a completely different style, using biblical references and dark original beats. check them out. (new album is pretty bad tho) "excuse me, but how is this fucking punk?" excuse me, but how is this fucking punk? you know ghost face killer is gonna be on that tour with LTJ, snoop dogg, korn and all those other bands great cd. This is a fucking amazing album and should be listened to by all. dont like wu-tang, dont like rap or hip hop or whatever this called. i used to like cypress hill though. and back when bone thugs n harmony was around i thought they were cool. but thats about it. "In any event, Kayne West's disc is the best contemporary rap album out there. If you listen to any other rap and do not appreciate Kayne, you're a failure at life. i love this record. better than any thing else reviewed on this site. "Kanye West ain't bad, but he's got nothing on The Roots or Mos Def." Kanye West ain't bad, but he's got nothing on The Roots or Mos Def. they took underground hip hop to the masses via a major label in 1993 the same way green day took pop punk to the masses via a major label in 1994. that's what gives. Wu-Tang hasn't aged well. This album is only classic as an artifact of the mid-90s... not as a genre defining (or even plain old kick ass) record. Plus, while I support this website featuring reviews of indie and punk-related music, Wu-Tang is major label rap. What gives? the pretty toney album kills the college dropout dead Yeah, Kanye West is really good, a bit overexposed as of late, i'm also really impressed by Jay-Z's "Black Album", i was never really a fan of his stuff prior, other than a few tracks off "Hard Knock Life"! In any event, Kayne West's disc is the best contemporary rap album out there. If you listen to any other rap and do not appreciate Kayne, you're a failure at life. This album is fantastic; Wu tang clan aint nothin to **** wit. I love this album, one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever recorded! Back when it first came out I was in one of my "I hate hip hop" phases in high school, but, now, it's up there with albums like, "Fresh Fuit for Rotting Vegetables", "Waiting For THe Sun", "Rubber Soul","EP/LP", Static Age" "straight outta compton" "It takes a nation of millions to hold us back" etc....in my top tenty of all time. i agree with jesse completely. this is really one of the best albums (not just hip hop albums) ever made. i'm all for quality hip hop being reviewed on this site. "It's really like comparing NoFX to New Found Glory. I mean, they both play punk music, right?" There's a big difference between Wu-Tang and Nelly. It's really like comparing NoFX to New Found Glory. I mean, they both play punk music, right? There's a bold line between hip-hop, and trash. I agree 100% with this review. Its funny, I was just thinking today how overatted Jay-Z is compared to anything from the early 90's. People talk like the Black Album is something revolutionary or unique. To me, its just mediocre. The real good stuff is from the early 90's. when the rappers weren't concerned with having their own clothing lines or night clubs. Wu-Tang killa bees fo-eva. And Jesse continues to prove that he has no place on this forum? So, Jesse, when are you going to write that 5-star Nelly review? Sometimes fate is cruel.. like when i have to WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Jesse.. i'm gonna go start drinking.. |
