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RZA was just smarter

putting together beats in real time is the coolest live art form. never gets old

In 2012 I got to see them live for free because I worked at the venue the performed at. Raekwon was working the merch booth before the show & there was line of about 100 people waiting for merch. I walked up to the booth and dropped a few stickers & punk pins of my band into the tip jar & Raekwon shouted "Yo! WTF is this shit!?" I simply told him that I was an electronic producer & wanted him & the rest of Wu to check me out. Rae reached in the jar and took out my stickers and pins & said "it wasn't cool - If you're gonna promote your stuff or give me something, you need to wait in line like every other person - and MAYBE I'll accept your merch." So I did waited almost an hour, finally got to the booth, asked him if I could give him a some stickers and pins, he said -"Yes - Whatchu got!" then he tells me that I did good by humbling myself and showing respect, and he gave a free bootleg mixtape CD of his stuff & other Wu members/associates, shook my hand and said, "You learned something tonight & I'm proud of you, and I'm gonna check out your music. If I like your beats I'll contact you." He never did. But I got free CD out of it and the main thing was I earned the respect of one of members of Wu-Tang! 🙌

Hot take. Wu Tang is THE single handed most important group in music history. They spanned so many aspects of life that no group has done before or since. From the large group dynamic to the individual record deals to spread their reach, to lexicon that is still relevant to this day in hip hop and pop culture, clothing brands in major retailers and their own stores, multiple personas of the members, intertwining movies and music, video games made after them, RZA doing movie scores, tons of movie appearances, TV show hosts, etc etc. While there are bigger bands, IMO no one has come close to having the impact on their genres' culture than Wu-Tang had.

My fav album of all time. Got me thru the toughest parts of my life

This November, that album will be 30 years old. That album got a lot of mileage over the years and never sounds dated!

Digging The Greats is Forever!!! Big up!

This album had such a massive impact on hiphop it can't be overstated imo. Was waiting for you to do this one ha!

Man that Wutang first seven albums run was something that will never happen again. A crucial moment in history. Beautiful vid.

My guy. How do you not have a single mid or low tier video?! Every one you put out is a hit on it's own. You've truly mastered the art of fighting without fighting. 🥋

Forgot to mention midnight marauders and enter the 36 chambers dropped on the same day🔥🔥🔥

Each MC paid $100 for the studio time to record Protect Ya Neck. Best investment ever

Knowing how clever from the jump RZA was, I don't find it hard to believe AT ALL that the mail room dude was sent in by Wu Tang 😂

One of the greatest albums of any genre. You'll never again get a group so talented.👐

My 1st concert was Rage and Wu-Tang back in 97. All these yrs later I still can't get enough Wu.... please do more Wu videos 🙏🏽 Rza's style and beats are what hip hop should be

this sponsorship is what i like, it actually fits with what the video is about, not like a gaming video put with a money saving ad

There will never be another group like Wu Tang Clan!!!

I've seen interviews w Divine, RZA, etc. where they vehemently denied that mailroom dude who ran in yelling "that's that sh!t" was NOT a plant. And they happily admit to using the "plant" strategy in other stories. So I think this was legit lol!

36 chambers is possibly my fav rap album. Cant believe its almost 30 years since release

Fantastic video as always, glad to see you getting sponsored. Keep making solid content like this and you're gonna blow up like crazy!

Best and most lyrical group of emcees in hip hop

One of the all-time great albums, in any genre! Will never forget my first time listening to the cassette - _especially the moment of that first beat drop on "Bring Da Ruckus"..._ *chills! Love what you're doing with the channel - keep up the great work!!! 🙏🤲✊✌

This is without doubt, a top tier channel. From the smooth story like narration, the nuggets of information that we may not know and the myriad of music genres covered, it’s fire. ✊🏾🔥🙏🏾

it's crazy that 20 years later, i'm watching a video about wu-tang, and wearing a wu-tang t-shirt. i loved PE and bunch of acts that i still love, but no other act impacted me in such a way for so long.

My grandfather introduced me to Wu-Tang through the song “Cream” We used to listen to Cream a lot 20 years ago.

As always a master class in some of , if not the best hip-hop groups ever . Thank you.

Another crucial factor for Wu’s unique style/approach was the 5 Percenter/Nation of Gods and Earth’s teaching. Tons of black Islamic culture lived through hip hop after the Civil Rights era.

This is the album that got me into hip hop. My brother, 5 years older than me, LOVED Wu-Tang clan. He would play it ALLL the time. This album is amazing and this video really dug into a lot of stuff i didnt know about. Great video man!

Wu Tang slang was a major part of their appeal. These dudes came through hard with NGE and ku-fung influences, but they also used slang that was hardly heard outside of Staten Island.

Luv your channel, bro!

Favorite album ever, I listened to it so many times

Since the first through the wire video this channel has become one of my favorites. Always well produced, and unique! Much love🤍!

BRAVO! HAPPY 30 YEARS TO THE GREATEST LP EVER RELEASED! ENTER THE WU-TANG 36 CHAMBERS!

I still have my key chain that came with the first line of Wu merch in '97

Fun fact: KRS ONE almost was going to use the cream sample first for return of the boom bap,K Def send him a beat with the same sample,but KRS turned it down,meaning we almost didn’t get one of the most iconic hip hop song of all time

Ayo this some cosmic shit bro, I started binging the show 2 days ago, and now this video comes my way. Wu Tang for life

Salute the The Mastermind RZA. His production is top tier. In a lane all in his own.

Great video with great insight from a producers perspective, great content and information regarding the origins of this legendary hip hop group. I listened to this album so man times on my walkman back in '93. You knew you were listening to something special even back then, an instant classic.

awesome job as always dude!

Wu Tang forever and a day, till i'm old and decayed

I've been waiting for this video since I found this channel lol

This channel really never disappoints! Been hoping and looking forward to a Wu Tang video and you delivered!

Such a legacy, these dudes were always fire.

Nice connect with Tracklib. You & them are 2 of my favorite channels right now

“Wu-Tang is like Voltron.” Perfect. Whole video, right there.

Revolutionary album. Wu Tang made me wanna MC in general. Album's and catalog still in rotation 🎉🎉..👐 Wu ForEver 👊🏾

Your content is gold in every way: topics, presentation and production.

Do you know why I respect the #Wu? They have been together for thirty years. This is unheard of in hip-hop. All the major record labels and crews are marred with wars, finger-pointing and blame games. From NWA to Deathrow to Bad Boys to RocAfellA to G-Unit to Murder Inc to No Lmit. I can go on and on. Wu-Tang has stayed glued. Respect on their name for that.

In a year or two when there’s 2 million subscribers people are going to have an amazing catalog of videos to go through - this will absolutely be in the top 3

Dope as always! Allow me to ask once again - are you planning on covering some Gang Starr?

Wu-Tang is for the children 🙏

Your delivery and content are exquisite. More grease to your elbow and thanks for this content

Finally, one of my favorite albums! Ever considered making a video about Nujabes?:)

"And your not only going wide, you're also going deep" That's what she said.

CREAM IS SUCH A LEGENDARY SONG. The production is insane.

Recently bought a Wu Tang hoodie at Primark.

Never thought about it like they did the whole thing in reverse-that’s awesome 🤣🤣

take a shot every time he sais wu tang clan aint nuthn tu f with

Been waiting on a WuTang video forever! Thanks man. I love your videos!

RZA is my main inspiration when it comes to Production. being a producer myself. cant wait to see WU and NAS live in may! here in Australia.

Let us get more on The Wu soon please. You da Man thank you ✊😎

Your historical breakdowns are just top notch. I wish you could play the music you reference, but dammit KZfaq! Keep up the good work.

Another banger of a video. Big love from the UK bro

i really enjoy your videos. i don’t know how nebula works but i feel like your videos would fit well on it - the production quality of your videos is so, so good and you really do a great job breaking down the musicians and songs you talk about. polyphonic is also a music channel and has a presence on nebula, and there are other music channels on it too. it would be cool to see yours in the mix there. either way, love the videos and learning so much from every one! gives me a new appreciation for the music i enjoy and puts me on to music i didn’t know about.

Your channel is a goldmine, much love from India!

I love this channel. You've demonstrated for music fans and non-music fans the depths of artistry in hip-hop--a genre that is still maligned by racist commentary or just tossed off by music snobs as pastiche art. You mention some of your videos being taken down for copyrighted material, and I wonder if your meticulous use of samples being less than 15 seconds, along with your videos being clear cultural criticism and commentary, qualify as fair use. Labels and publishers are quick to demand shut downs, but your channel is a vital commentary. I'm loving each and every video.

Great video as always mate. Something you may or not be interested in is the hip hop group Jurassic 5, they were inspired by the Native tongues, particularly De La Soul if I’m right. They have lots of solid albums but their first two are classics. Their debut (self titled) really mixes the 80s and 90s styles quite well with some insane rapping from the group. Don’t know how much content you could make from it but just thought I’d mention it in case it gave you a video to make or at the least a good listen. Love your stuff dude, peace

I am so glad I discovered this channel

Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game

9 November 1993 changed my life. 36chambers and Midnight Marauders dropped on the same day imagine that

I remember having a promo copy on tape about a few months of it coming out my friend sister was a hair stylest in the music industry back in the early 90s, (I also had a promo CD 💿 of B.I.G Ready to die) She used to always give us her promo cd & tapes. What a gem of recored history. I Still play this from beginning to end. BIG Ups to tha Abbot, W

Sound bite “that’s that shit!” Hiphop moment.

LoL. I was thinking about that mailroom guy, too.

One of the best Wu breakdown videos I've seen

I just discovered your channel yesterday watching the Nas video, I gotta say I totally love the content, already subscribed and waiting for more 👏👏👏

Rza style is so unique. Another great episode

WU-TANG IS INVINCIBLE! BRAVO!

Mail guy was a PLANT!!! hahaha awesome video as usual

I was 11 years old and running around with a stocking over my face for Halloween because of this album

Wu-Tang was an old school kung fu series, not a movie. I remember seeing these in a blockbuster, specifically remembering an episodes name had "Old Dirty Bastard" on the cover.

Thanks for the video, it was a deep dive for me into Wu Tang Clan

I was wanting to make some little beat things since I just got a vinyl player and there were a few people I thought about when thinking about making my own beats and you were one of the first I thought of I have a bit of vinyls so I came here to learn a thing or 2 and I also thought about rza and seeing that one scene from the show that I saw on youtube of him pitching stuff up and down and reversing some things and removing some things so you and rza were my go to picks when I thought about this

This was the first video I took nothing new from. But then again, I grew up on a steady diet of wu-tang stuff.

3:40 its what!??? 😮 Never knew this 🤣👀👀👀👀👀🔥🔥

Th meshing of two cultures together. Phenomenal!✊🏽 oh, yeah, right?! The mail room, boy! I can see me doing something like that I promise you! Lol! Just rush in and say that’s that ish boooyyyeee!!! (In my flava flav voice.) oh, yeah, y’all are going to find out real soon, I have no ceiling!🤣🤣🤣🤣✊🏽🤣♥️♥️♥️💯💯💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸NYC! The boogie down, Bronx!❤ my brother, I am super impressed by your ability to pull it all apart and break it down to the very last compound, where even a child could understand. Absolutely correct! All the tracks do not feature all nine of them together all the time. A couple of them here a few of them here, while we’re all getting to know them via 36 Chambers. Oh man! If you open up a school, I’m first in line! And all my grand children! Yes, yes. A sister was there when hip-hop was born in the boogie down, Bronx! And as I listen to you, I could hear your dialect. I knew you were a brother! You’ve got my undivided attention. I need to receive information on how to donate to you. That your talents, and the information that we are learning here will never stop. I have subscribed to many bloggers, but never have I come across one like you! You are unique! You are in a circle all your own. I am so very grateful and excited to be here!❤✊🏽💯🇺🇸✅🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

My guy, your facts and beat creation are perfection for this kind of content Absolutely genius, keep it up!

We need a full RZA video. This was just getting good and it’s over ! 😊

Rza is outstanding

AYO NEW DIGGING THE GREATS ARC!?!!??! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

odd future also did the "backwards wu-tang plan" and that worked out amazingly

PLEASE do full breakdowns from done Wu joints in the future. Love your videos

Yeah boy!!! Our bass playing genius is finally talking Wu ❤️

Great video! Thanks!

Always great to hear your thoughts!

“Every member is able to sign with whoever they wanted” except ODB

Love your videos. Keep up the good work my man.

Thank you for you.

dude these videos are top tier content man please keep up the good work

Can you please do 2pac’s 1995 classic album me against the world because he intentionally tried to make the album more personal and reflective than his previous efforts but considered by several music critics to be the best of any of his albums up to that point in his career.