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Words From The Genius

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First Cd by Gza, and this cd plays like a dope old rakim CD. It is one of those chillen CDs, where your just smokin a nice blunt while you here the briliant rhymes and rhythems. Cop it, it used to be a rare cd, but now it was re-released in 2006. Peace out1

This Is Classic Hip Hop Real Hip Hop the Way It's Suppose To Be A Hard To Find Item Glad And Lucky To Find It

This was way before the Wu-Tang days, I think originally recorded around 1990 (just look at him on the cover), when it was the the RZA (who was known as Prince Rakeem and had a single out around the same time called "We Love You Rakeem" which never really caught any buzz) and the Genius (not even the GZA yet) so don't expect the classic Wu sound and Ol' Dirty may have been with them at the time but I'm not sure. You get the golden age of NY hip-hop beats (mid 80's), nothin fancy but a drum machine and maybe a twist thrown in here and there. The album is good for it's age although I heard it only sold around 11,000 copies when first released due to lack of marketing (same with RZA's single which led them to start the mighty Wu-Tang). Standout tracks are the Classic "Pass the Bone" f/ RZA = one of my favorite tracks that any of the 2 are on - ever -- It's that nice of a song, and "Words from the Genius", "Who's Ya Rhymin Hero", "True Fresh M.C's", "Those were the Days", "Life of a Drug Dealer". They're my favorites but the others are still nice, a must ahve album for fans to see where the Great Wu came from.

Gary Grice --- b. 8/22/66 --- Staten Island, NY
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I saw this in the store and thought it was a new joint from GZA, but it's only an old album re-distributed.

You definitely hear the Big Daddy Kane, New Jack Swing sound with this album, with the James Brown horns in the back ground. But it's 17 years too late.

Gza is a far more polished MC than he was back then. He has his own voice now and his Lyrics are very tight.

Ok, for the nostalgics, but I want some next level lyrics.