Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
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Artist: Wu-Tang ClanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Music Label: Motown / Universal
Soundtracks:
- Campfire
- Take it Back
- Get Them Out Ya Way Pa
- Face the Problems
- The Heart Gently Weeps
- SKIT
- Wolves
- Gun Will Go
- Sunlight
- SKIT (Robin Harris)
- Stick Me for My Riches
- Windmill
- Weak Spot
- Life Changes
Free Music Notes for 8 Diagrams
Free Music Review: An Unwelcomed Triumph
Hit: 5 Stars
The Wu-Tang Clan have the worst fans. Every new release they come with is always met with a huge wave of criticism. Even the all hailed "Enter the Wu-tang (36 chambers)" was met with mixed reviews, thats why I think its hilarious to keep hearing how fans were let down because this album doesn't sound like "36 chambers." They over analyze the whole album over and over trying to find the qualities of "36 Chambers" until years pass and they finally get it. "36 chambers" was 15 years ago and listeners knocking them for not coming old school are obviously shallow minded overall musically. I've always felt since 97's "Wu-Tang Forever" that the Clan stopped moving forward CREATIVELY. "Wu-Tang Forever" was completely different from "Enter the Wu-tang." It was met with mixed reviews and now is regarded by some as their best album. Ever since then its seems like the Clan had gone down the simple path. "The W" was a good album but it almost sounds like it came out before "Wu-Tang Forever." It was simple with a more known hiphop sound and didn't push the envelope musically. "Iron Flag" was dull and is the only one i don't own. on "iron flag" it seemed like they were trying to recreate that old school feel and failed. My friends asked me if i was excited about the new album and i responded with this statement "For the last two albums its just been these simple "the wu is back yah yah" songs and no direction. I want album that has a theme and goes it's own way and doesn't try to please the average hiphopper."
8 Diagrams emerges out of all these expectations and completely knocks me out with the left hook.
For me 8 diagrams continues right where "forever" left off. Its dark yet musically it touches on every genre. It is polished and mixed impeccably . The lyrics are flawless and this is definitely one of RZA's best work. He definitely took control and adds a sense of professionalism on 8 diagrams. I've never been this excited about a new album ever.
CAMPFIRE An excellent kung fu sample. mixed with an unpredictable sample from curtis mayfield and the Impression's "Gypsy Woman." I love that song, so for me to hear RZA turn that classic into some grimey hits is remarkable. he adds some eerie sound effetcs that make me feel like i'm being kidnapped into outer space. This is some different stuff I love it!! The singing is an excerpt of the chorus from "Gypsy Woman" RZA's trying to paint a late night clan gathering. Here comes the caravan...
5/5
TAKE IT BACK You can't go wrong with Easy Bee productions. Imagine Biggie's "Ready to Die" With Wu-tang. Thats exactly what this song is. We go back to 94 on this one. Ghostface delivers and impeccable verse. 5/5
GET EM OUT THE WAY- This whole bass line and method man flowing like a sinister madman takes me back to Wu-tang Forever's "visions" but it has a 2007 flavor to it especially with the chorus which i've heard has been met with a lot of criticism. i don't see the problem its a laid back grimey track. 5/5
RUSHING ELEPHANTS- Classic. This is an incredible beat that takes me back to Lord of the Rings! Intelligent rhymes from everybody with a superb beat change that narrates the whole song amazingly. songs like this are why i love hip-hop. my mind is in a movie!! 5/5
UNPREDICTABLE- by far the most controversal song since the rough draft version was leaked early. in the leaked version it was far simplier. but here we have a crazy fusion of music. we got guitars and a slasher flick sample giving my mind grave images of bodies being hacked to pieces and i love it! whats wrong with guitars? remember RUN DMC? this song is crazy and Inspectah deck rips this song to shreds. yeah! The chorus is challenging to listen to especially during the middle. rh singing has a sound effect that sounds like dude fell into a well and it throws me off a little. nevertheless Decks's verse and those quitars gives this song many spins. 4/5
THE HEART WEEPS-At first the song was hard for me to listen to because i love the original song by the Beatles and i hate remakes. but these guys really come off on this. it's funny more than anything else the end result is very musical. This song feels live and i love the Red Hot Chili Peppers dude on guitar. 4/5
WOLVES-Awesome track with George Clinton! this song summons up 8 diagrams perfectly! its classical music plus funk plus bullfighter music plus wu-tang! this track is amazing production wise. it sounds really dark and grimey but it shines like a polished dance shoe. 5/5
GUN WILL GO- this one takes me back to Wu-tang Forever this song is like "visions" straight grimey beat. a lot of people don't like the chorus simply because it is being sung. i love the singing but it wouldn't be anything without that eeire violin playing in the back. the dude is singing to the violin and the end result is a wild ride where different musical styles complement each other. this is a street banger that sounds like a movie where someone has no choice but to shed blood in the presence of his community. the old funk sample with the kids singign mixed with those dark keyboard sounds make this a truely intricate song 5/5
SUNLIGHT-Thank you RZA for making this straight up poetic track. this song is filled with impeccable rhymes. intricate detail by they RZa as he expresses his love for God. the peat is really simple bur still beautiful musically. it sounds like i'm at a poetry slam with blues players singing in the background. i love the addition of the kung fu samples. this is classic wu-tang. this is what they are all about. classic 5/5
STICK ME FOR MY RICHES-When i first heard this song, it was really challenging because of the singing but then I realized that the dude singing was GERALD ALSTON FROM THE MANHATTANS!!! this aint no new teenie bopper this is a legend. the beat is grimey but when method man begins his verse he takes all the r n b elements right out the song with his cold heartless rhyme! its like he snapped me back into the cold world. GZA also rips it.this song is hated because the singing takes part of the center stage but he aint singing about some happy nonsense. the lyrics being sung are really hardcore. "i'm tired of eating cheese sandwhiches with no meat!" amen to that 5/5
STARTER-this is the only song i have to skip. i hate remakes and the original "Afro Samurai" song destroys this and thats all i have to say. this song was a step backward. never should have been a love song and that chorus is unfitting. 2/5
WINDMILL-back on track! this song is awesome. it has a sample from "nancy sinatra's "bang bang" of the kill bill soundtrack and features the Red Hot Chilli Peppers lead guitarist. the result is a true triumph for me as a wu-tang fan. i love this song 5/5
WEAK SPOT-more classic wu-tang! This is like a sequel to "Bells of War" similar drum set but the main instrumental is some eerie violins that sound like the ninjas invading! this is a flawless track 5/5
LIFE CHANGES-i must say that this is one of the best tribute songs ive ever heard. its a very genuine song. the sample that was chosen was perfect. "I've gone through pretending. That time will change the ending" what a perfect sample for ol dirty [...]. when i hear that i SEE ODB. when i heard these guys talk about him i could see it. i remember watching the grammy's when ODB snatched the mic and said wu was for the children. Its a really sad song that wasn't trying to be "deep", its authentic emotion. The piano is simple and sad. perfect ending to a near perfect album. 5/5
**mp3 SINGLE**
WARTCH YOU MOUTH-if this song was on the retail version of the album i think i would have passed out from the overdose of illness. we got all members rapping over an eerie classical violin. ghost had his best verse ever on this and everyone ripped it to pieces. it was a great promotional tool to have this as a internet single because when i bought the album i didn't hear any songs. it was completely fresh and unknown. classic 5/5
overall 4.5/5 a near flawless album filled with fusions of all musical genres with the true wu-tang soul at its hear. rza shows hoe much he has grown as a producer since scoring films. he his definitely the mastermind of this project.
Wu-fans will keep debating this album for years until that one day when their c-dr version of the album ends up having all the songs from the retail version. i don't know why wu fans overanalyze everything. maybe its because they love them so much. its shame especially when fans od mediocre rappers swallow everything clowns like souljah boy and 50 cent throw em. hiphop aint dead cuz wu-tang is forever.
NOW GO DOWNLOAD THE MP3 SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM "WATCH YOUR MOUTH"
8 Diagrams Poster
This is the return of Wu-Tang! Their first studio release since the death of Dirty Ol Bastard; these superstars have returned...GZA, RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killa, Raekwon, U-God, Inspecta Deck and Masta Killa, they're all here. "The Hear Gently Weeps" features Erykah Badu and is the first song to feature a Beatles sample! This is A MUST for true hip-hop fans. "The 8 Diagrams" comes with a bonus DVD!!On Wu-Tang Clan's sixth album, 8 Diagrams, producer RZA still knows how to drop the bottom out of listeners' expectations. A minute and a half into opener "Campfire," for example, he abruptly switches keys just as the accompanying vocal downshifts from a melodic Curtis Mayfield sample ("Gypsy Woman") into Method Man's merciless first verse. From then on, despite the contentious instrumentals (Raekwon practically disowned the final product), RZA's never lets his fun get in the way of the MCs' speaking largely for themselves. Unsurprisingly, they still have a lot to say, though much of it treads firmly in the most stereotypical of hip-hop posturing: self-adulation, rough-edged with a syncopated litany of more or less violent, casually sexist bravado. Of course, those who tend toward hip-hop with a heart of gold would never be listening to the Wu anyway. Erykah Badu, John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and George Harrison's own son Dhani can't resuscitate "The Heart Gently Weeps," but then "Take It Back," "Wolves" (with George Clinton), and especially he timpani-pummeled "Weak Spot" show that even at loggerheads, the Wu still rocks an eccentric, charismatic funk. In the end, it seems, a gaggle of irreverent rappers this talented and volatile ages well almost in spite of itself. Keep 'em coming. --Jason Kirk
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