Method Man and Ol' Dirty Bastard shine through with their original style but all eight members of the Clan are on form here.
"Throw your shi tty drawers in the hamper, next time come strapped with a fu cking pamper" The rhyme skills are also top drawer with couplets like. This doesn't take anything away from the record though, it's probably my favourite thing about the album as it adds to it's eerieness. It almost sounds as if it's a live recording it's so raw. The first thing you notice is how raw the tracks sound. This was dirty and dark and in my opinion marked the start of Hardcore Rap. Unlike other artists at the time, this wasn't sampling funk records like other artists were. Rap was slowly becoming more maintream and widely accepted. Before, you had gangster rap on the westside of America while on the east you had Def Jam's elite of LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Run DMC etc. When the critically acclaimed debut from the Clan burst onto the scene, it changed everything. You don't get rap music like this anymore! This is the kind of material that leaves 50 Cent sounding like Britney Spears. 386ฤก3) Method Man (Remix) Skunk Mix *Bonus Track* Subsequent group and solo projects would refine and deepen this template, but collectively, the Wu have never been quite this tight again.Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest albums of all time No. There was nothing like it in the hip-hop world at the time, and even after years of imitation, Enter the Wu-Tang still sounds fresh and original. Starting with a foundation of hard, gritty beats and dialogue samples from kung fu movies, RZA kept things minimalistic, but added just enough minor-key piano, strings, or muted horns to create a background ambience that works like the soundtrack to a surreal nightmare. Their off-kilter menace is really brought to life, however, by the eerie, lo-fi production, which helped bring the raw sound of the underground into mainstream hip-hop. Every track on Enter the Wu-Tang is packed with fresh, inventive rhymes, which are filled with martial arts metaphors, pop culture references (everything from Voltron to Lucky Charms cereal commercials to Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were"), bizarre threats of violence, and a truly twisted sense of humor. Some were outsized, theatrical personalities, others were cerebral storytellers and lyrical technicians, but each had his own distinctive style, which made for an album of tremendous variety and consistency.
Moreover, it introduced a colorful cast of hugely talented MCs, some of whom ranked among the best and most unique individual rappers of the decade. 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. Its spare yet atmospheric production - courtesy of RZA - mapped out the sonic blueprint that countless other hardcore rappers would follow for years to come. 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.