Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Studio album by Wu-Tang Clan

Publication
(s)

November 9, 1993

admission

1992-1993

Label (s) Loud Records
RCA Records

Genre (s)

East coast hip hop , hardcore rap

Title (number)

12

running time

61 min 31 s

occupation

production

RZA

Studio (s)

Firehouse Studio, New York City

chronology
- Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Forever
(1997)

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut album of the rap formation Wu-Tang Clan . It was released on November 9, 1993 by the record companies Loud Records and RCA Records . It is dubbed one of the most influential albums of the 1990s and best hip hop albums of all time. The Rolling Stone led the album in 2012 at number 387 of its list of the 500 best albums of all time .

Music genre

The beats were produced by RZA . The production was very raw, which was mainly due to the poor equipment. The beats are very minimalistic with few effects and create a surreal atmosphere. The sound is considered groundbreaking precisely because it brought elements of the underground into mainstream hip-hop. The numerous samples come from soul music and various martial arts films. All songs, except for Method Man and Clan in Da Front , are posse cuts , which means that each band member reads several lines and then passes them on to the next artist.

The lyrics are about Shaolin martial arts , marijuana and street fighting , among other things . The home of the clan members, Staten Island in New York, is also often mentioned.

meaning

source rating
Allmusic
Laut.de

After the West Coast dominated hip-hop for a long time with G-Funk , the Wu-Tang Clan managed to popularize East Coast hip-hop again and bring hip-hop back to where it all started - New York City . Enter The Wu-Tang paved the way for other New York rappers like Notorious BIG , Jay-Z and Nas . The album also marked the start of the successful solo careers of Method Man , Ol 'Dirty Bastard , Raekwon and Ghostface Killah .

Rolling Stone magazine voted the album 29th of the 100 best albums of the 1990s. It ranks 36th in Pitchfork Media's selection of the 100 best albums of the decade .

About half of the tracks on the album also appeared on Legend Of The Wu-Tang in 2004 .

The album was rated five out of five possible points in the Milestones column of the online magazine laut.de.

Track list

  1. Bring Da Ruckus - 4:10
  2. Shame on a nigga - 2:57
  3. Clan in da front - 4:33
  4. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - 6:05
  5. Can It Be All So Simple - 6:53
  6. Da Mystery of Chessboxin ' - 4:48
  7. Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F 'Wit - 3:36
  8. CREAM - 4:12
  9. Method Man - 5:50
  10. Protect Ya Neck - 4:52
  11. Tearz - 4:17
  12. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II - 6:09

Single releases

As singles , the songs were Method Man , Protect Ya Neck , CREAM (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) and Can It Be All So Simple decoupled.

Others

The album was named after the 1978 martial arts film The 36 Chambers of Shaolin .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolling Stone: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) # 387
  2. ↑ Review by Steve Huey on allmusic.com (accessed November 6, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b laut.de: Review of the album (5/5)
  4. ↑ 100 Best Albums of the '90s on rollingstone.com, accessed November 6, 2017
  5. ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1990s on pitchfork.com, accessed November 6, 2017
  6. ↑ Album review for "Legend Of The Wu-Tang" at Laut.de

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