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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 4:44:08 PM
listening to these albums recently is kinda interesting....i thought they were awful when they dropped....but as time has gone on, and hip-hop has gone in a different direction, they actually seem pretty nice now. not amazing or anything close to mid 90's wu albums, but better than most shit coming out these days.
digital bullet is just weird....pretty far out there even for rza in this time period. the tracks are kinda all over the place and a lot of the beats are pretty experimental...but when the album works (can't loose, brooklyn babies, do u, throw your flag up, be a man, sickness), it's pretty fuckin genius.
the movement i could almost say the exact same things about....it's just completely all over the place, like deck didn't know if he wanted to go for straight wu bangers or more mainstream stuff. deck's lyricism is definitely toned down, but some of the tracks are just dope as hell (city high, the movement, framed, vendetta, that n*gga)....too bad the corny attempts at mainstream bring the entire thing to a screeching halt.
these two records were horrible for wu standards, pretty good for the era they came out in, and absolute classics for today's era. haha.
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celestial clockwork
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 4:50:11 PM I've always really liked that rza album since the day it dropped but haven't checked it for a couple of years. Will put it on now
There are a few bangers on the movement can't even remember most of it though
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LiquidDo$e
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 4:51:39 PM They're not classics when compared to some of the material being released today. I think both these albums suck regardless of what context you put them in...
If you wanna go that route I'd give some of Nas's albums like Lost Tapes that credit...
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celestial clockwork
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 4:52:38 PM Just checked the tracklist on the movement... Show n proove is the best track. Classic deck
Can't link up as on my iPhone (yes observe remix)
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DonBarzini
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 4:55:28 PM Baller Shit.
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the weatherman (Admin)
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:04:09 PM Just checked the tracklist on the movement... Show n proove is the best track. Classic deck
show n prove is on 'uncontrolled substance'....not this album.
They're not classics when compared to some of the material being released today. I think both these albums suck regardless of what context you put them in...
maybe classics is a bit strong....but nah, these would be up for album of the year released today.
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celestial clockwork
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:08:01 PM Haha sorry my bad my brain thought city high but I typed show n proove
Which is one of decks dopest joints obviously
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the weatherman (Admin)
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:08:48 PM city high is fuckin ill
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DonBarzini
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:14:14 PM That joint is for the whip
You gotta be pushin something nice though
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XFactor
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:26:01 PM Never heard them.
Haven't checked for Wu releases outside of Ghostface for a long time.
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krooked dimp
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:27:03 PM the WEATHERMAN
no , not like ron burgandy
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Tencents a 12
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:43:07 PM these albums are absolute trash in any time period. on the same level as rae's immobilarity. just pure garbage. come on, ur guys taste couldnt have gotten this bad??
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the weatherman (Admin)
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:49:38 PM these albums are absolute trash in any time period. on the same level as rae's immobilarity. just pure garbage. come on, ur guys taste couldnt have gotten this bad??
i think it's more of the fact that hip-hop in general has gotten this bad.
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DonBarzini
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:52:41 PM Immobilarity has a some bangers on it, fact.
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shark_sandwich
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 5:53:39 PM two very forgettable albums with no replay value
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COOLGUY JIMMY
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 8:36:31 PM Indeed city high is the shit
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clockworx
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 10:52:03 PM I actually didn't think Digital Bullet was that wack. Don't get me wrong it had some mega wack songs but also had some fuckin bangers like Brooklyn Babies and Sickness. I was a fan of Bobby Digital In Stereo too. I feel the same way above The Movement as Digital Bullet. You want a wack ass Rza album then peep Digi Snacks. Unlistenable trash.
I see what Weatherman is saying though. Maybe for Wu solo album standards these albums are mediocre but overall they're not that bad. And compared to todays bullshit they'd be up there with the other dope shit released. More evidence that shows the downward spiral hip hop has taken over the last 10 years.
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Orien
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 10:56:55 PM lol the wu apologists on this site are fuckin dispicable.
they just go back and pick trash albums and then hype them up figuring people will have forgotten how terrible they really are.
fuckin garbage. if you are even considering the word classic in correlation to these albums just tear up your fuckin hip hop pass already.
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Razor Ramonn
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posted Monday, July 09, 2012 11:01:06 PM I really Disliked the bobby digital one....never heard the deck album
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KID NYCE
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:54:15 AM the best track on digital bullet is black widow 2 u cant front on that song classic ol dirty over a proper rza beat...the best song for that deck album didnt even make the album i think it was called "rebel"...but yea overall both albums sucked then as much as they do now...
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shark_sandwich
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:34:07 AM ghost was the only wu member holding it down in the 00s
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c.r.d.s.
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:02:29 AM Both albums have decent tracks and some really terrible ones.
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the weatherman (Admin)
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:43:38 AM now let's be honest here....i don't think either of these albums are really classic or even close....that was more of a dig for today's hip-hop.
i'm not a wu apologist either....i'm probably one of their biggest fans here, but even i can admit when they make crap (most of these 2 albums are crap, ftr, and i've thought that since i first heard them like i pointed out)....it's just that i noticed recently that they at least have some good songs on them to make them listenable....i mean shit, you're lucky to get albums today with 5 good songs on them. and when an album today does have 5 dope songs, it's considered "good" by most people here.
there's a ton of terrible wu/wu fam albums....i won't deny that....i was just saying in the context of today they don't sound nearly as bad. that's all.
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orien
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:21:30 AM there are already 5-10 albums out this year that are better than either of these albums. there are more than that from last year that are better than either of these albums.
i'm just not seeing the validity of that argument.
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Skof
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:54:53 AM ok albums with some good tracks....City High is also my favourite.
Immobilarity is not a bad album at all. Lots of good tracks. Sneakers is on it for fucks sake.
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aeokq
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posted Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:52:44 PM I have said before that Digital Bullet is one of the worst albums that I own. I had no plans on ever listening to it again, but perhaps I'll give it a spin. Never heard The Movement.
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hh
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posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:57:18 PM My thoughts on these two albums is zilch..I never think about them in any way other than maybe how they are good examples of how badly Wu fell off and how they take advantage of their fans who will support anything they put out no matter how bad it sucks. I don't know about you guys but that's called selling out to me. Shame because they both probably could have done a lot better at one point but I think they've all gone over the edge of no return when it comes to making good music again.
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spell it wit a P
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posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:14:38 PM Both terrible albums that do not deserve to be mentionned.
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crOwcaine
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posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:59:04 PM Deck's Movement = garbage bag RZA's DB = recycle bin
Both covers are wack as fuck too. Deck had to buy those bums with their arms up a Big Mac each for the 30 second photo shoot.
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kraze evolved
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posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:34:30 PM warcloud spit a couple vereses on that b.g album. thats when he could spit, and wasnt a shermed out weirdo.
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kraze evolved
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posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:35:13 PM i meant b.d album
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Sayyestothis
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posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:32:36 PM Both are garbage...especilally the bobby digital album....almost unlistenable....
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LiquidDo$e
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posted Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:43:11 AM Weatherman, you have some pretty suspect opinions lately....Dig a lil deeper bro.
posted Monday, July 09, 2012 4:44:08 PM 
