It's been a while since I considered myself really up to date with hip hop, but I used to listen to a lot of it. Since we have the attention of some hip hop producers in this forum, I'd like to get some opinions on this album from the Genius (et al).

I bought the album years ago (ten years? I forget how long ago)... I listen to it today and it's still as fresh as ever (IMHO). The lyrics are just unbelievable, the production comes across really exciting. Excellent stuff.

Any other opinions on it ? Anyone think I'm miles off the mark ? Any other similarly exciting projects out these days i should be checking out?

a lyrical masterpiece. u see the visuals as he's rhymin'. a classic

SIK SIK SIK

wow, i haven't heard that album in a long time. But its oneof the best Wu solo releases in my opinion. I think you just inspired me to go buy it again.

Glad to hear it. I've just stuck it on again tonight. Awesome stuff, definitely one of Wu's finest moments. And agreed on the lyrics; they are so engaging and poetic; makes a lot of the gangsta rap of the same era seem almost childish.

that era 92-96 was the best so far in rap for me. BIG, 2pac, jay-z, mobb deep, wutang, lil kim, foxy brown, dr dre (chronic), snoop, etc. all came out then. folks that had been out b4 like nas, redman, busta, and ll cool j dropped great albums in those years too.

gotta agree there...good times

Yep!

Biggie, Jay-Z, Nas, Pac, WTC, Mobb Deep, C&N everyone was at the top of their game back then... What happened???

Commercialism.....


Can't forget BCC!

F*ck yeah, Liquid Swords was dope...
Dope era for Hip Hop in general...

I'm still stuck in my time warp.

I have to agree:

I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars
They criticize me for it yet they all yell holla
If lyrics sold truth be told I'd probly be
Lyrically Talib Quali
Honestly I wanna rhyme like common sense
But I did five mil and aint been rhymin like Common since
When your sense got that much in common and you've been hustlin since
Your inception forget perception go with what makes sense
Since I know what I'm up against
We as rappers must decide what's most imor-tint
and I can't help the poor if I'm one of them
So I got rich and gave back, to me that's a win win
So next time you see the homie and his rims spin
Just know my mind is workin just like them.

That's the realest verse Jay's spit since Reasonable Doubt, which was his most lyrical and worst selling album. My fourth grade teacher was right... Life is not fair.

me too heh

Just bought Shogun Assassin yesterday (where most of the movie samples came from). It was cheap, I finally couldn't resist (though I already have the LW&C joints).

One of my favorite albums, all-time. CD clips like a MF, though.

Peece,
T. Tauri

Great album. You kids should listen to it in an effort to bring back real rap records.

This and Ironman

liquid swords and cuban linx was always two of the best wu solos

killarmys first album

YouTube

chilling 4th disciple ish, killasin's verse , smh

i remember when liquid swords came out it totally took wu-tang to the next level.. even cats that didn't listen to hip-hop would totally zone out on it.. something about those haunting beats and GZA's mega calm demeanour.. super cinematic.. also brought out the best in wu-members:

"So deep it's picked up on radios in tunnels"

This thread is like nine years old LOL this is funny.

and Liquid Swords is still sicker than anything that has come out since this thread was fresh

I can't agree more. Its timeless Music, which means its Real Music, not a commercial Production.

Really? Timeless? Could have Bach understood these music and content? Any fucckin music anyone likes can be put under "timeless hence classic thus not commercial" ****. Still, me put nearly any 2pac, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Public Enemy joint over those Wu lyrics though I love the delivery, the flow, the beats.

No, I like some cheesy stuff from different decades. I like it, but it's not timeless. Big difference between "like" and putting art in social- and cultural context. The intention when using the adjectiv "timeless" is not a theoretical construct - like a time machine journey and traveling back in time (for example to show Bach wu tang music....wtf) - it just means that the music can be appreciated from our future generations. Most "timeless" stuff was done in the heyday of that artform (hard rock: led zep, sabbath, purple../ beat music: beatles, animals../ bebop: parker, gillespie, etc..) In this case: the so called "golden era" of rap. You find that song in many respected "all time lists" and we are still talking and loving it. Do you think the beatles are timeless? I hope so. But i bet bach wouldnt appreciate their music, oder liege ich da falsch, mein freund und kupferstecher?

Timeless as in new generations keep gravitating towards it, or timeless as in sounds like it could have been produced today? It sounds old but new generations keep finding Liquid Swords