The latest music, videos & news relating to your favorite hip-hop, R&B & future beats artists. There is some debate about whether the lyrics on 36 ChambersВ are properly classified as gangsta rap or something else entirely.Welcome to /r/HipHopHeads! /r/Hiphopheads COVID-19 Donations Thread With the exception of 'Method Man' and GZA's 'Clan in da Front', every song features multiple rappers contributing verses of varying lengths.В The verses are essentially battle rhymes, mixed with humor and outsized tales of urban violence and drug use. Every track on Enter the Wu-TangВ 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.' The lyrics have a universally dark tone and seem at times to be simply aggressive cries.В AllMusicВ contributor Steve Huey praises the lyricists for their originality andВ caustic humor, stating 'Some were outsized, theatrical personalities, others were cerebral storytellers and lyrical technicians, but each had his own distinctive styleВ .

Rolling StoneВ described the album as possessing an aesthetic that was 'low on hype and production values high on the idea that indigence is a central part of blackness.' While the lyrical content on Enter the Wu-TangВ generally varies from rapper to rapper, the basic themes are the same-urban life, martial arts movies, comic book references, andВ marijuana-and the setting is invariably the harsh environment of New York City. The album's explicit, humorous andВ free-associativeВ lyrics have been credited for serving as a template for many subsequent hip hop records. Many critics argue that the minimalist means of production plays directly into the appealing 'street' quality that makes the album a classic, including Ben Yew, who stated, 'Because didn't have the best mixing or recording equipment, the album is wrought with a 'dirty' quality-the drums have more bass and are more hard-hitting than they are crisp and clean the samples have an eerie, almost haunting type of echo and the vocals, because each member's voice is already aggressive and gritty, perfectly match the production.'В AlthoughВ Ol' Dirty BastardВ is given co-production credit on 'Da Mystery of Chessboxin'' and Method Man is co-credited for 'Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit,' critics and admirers universally credit RZA with developing a 'dusty yet digital production style helped legitimize the use of more diverse sample sources to the hardcore New York rap massive, breaking away fromВ James BrownВ based beats and embracing a style that turned the UnderdogВ theme into the menacing coda for a group of underground terrorists.'Д®nter the Wu-TangВ ushered in a new standard for hip-hop at a time when hip hop music was dominated by theВ jazz-influencedВ styles ofВ A Tribe Called Quest, theВ AfrocentricВ viewpoints ofВ Public Enemy, and the rising popularity ofВ West CoastВ gangsta rap. He complemented the rappers' performances with 'lean, menacing beats that evoked their gritty, urban surroundings more effectively than their words,' according to Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.В The use of soul samples and various esoteric clips, and the technique by which RZA employed them in his beats was unique and largely unprecedented in hip-hop.В The gritty sound of Enter the Wu-TangВ is due, at least in part, to the use of cheap equipment to produce the album. Group leader RZA produced Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)В by creating sonic collages from classic soulВ samplesВ and clips fromВ martial artsВ movies such as Shaolin and Wu TangВ (1981).

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