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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelSony Music Distribution
EAN5099749957626
eBay Product ID (ePID)11052230265
Product Key Features
Era2000s
Release Year2002
FormatCD
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenreRap & Hip-Hop
TypeAlbum
StyleEast Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
ArtistWu-Tang Clan
Release TitleW
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionSony Music/Sony Dadc
Number of Tracks14
Reviews4 stars out of 5 - "...A sonic gestalt that exists somewhere between the Queensbridge projects and OutKast's STANKONIA....reaffirming Wu-world order...as the best rap group ever...", "...The W Feels like Some Unbathed, 'grit the Blade in Your Teeth, Grim and Bare Arms' Type S***...", "...Utterly mellow...forgoeing innovation and simply revels in the group's stregths....Shifting easily from stark struts...to loose R&B...they're old pros, and they know it..." - Rating: B+, 3 stars out of 5 - "...They still rock....if you're genuinely interested in the myriad, spiralling noises that hip-hop can make...then get down to the record shop iommediately...", Included in Wire's "50 Records of the Year" 2000., Ranked #21 in Nme's "Top 50 Albums of the Year"., "...Revisits the Loose Grimy Methods That First Propelled Them to Stardom...", 8 out of 10 - "...With RZA in blinding form as Maestro Of Tension, THE W wades out impressively into a Fear Zone of guns, slums, cops and the kind of paranoid anxiety you get from smoking vast quantities of hydro and walking down Crackhead St. on your own at 4am...", 4.5 discs out of 5 - "...A dense, demented, 15-song opus....going against the grain of everything that's going on in rap right now. If originality, innovation, and a mastery of the fundamentals of beats and rhymes still mean something to people, then THE W stands for 'winner'.", 3.5 mics out of 5 - "...A sharp effort....it will make you dust off your copy of ENTER THE WU-TANG...", 3 out of 5 stars - "...Largely a return to murky idiosyncratic form....it plays to the group's main strengths: brutal hooks and scary ambience...", Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000"., 8 out of 10 - "...Call this music what it is: Blue Urban Dread Improvised Boo Hoo Limp. Nobody Wu's it better."