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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wu Tang Resurgence {4 Stars}, August 8, 2006
June 2004....
Seriously, Masta Killa was the last guy I expected to hold down the Wu Tang when they started to slip. When I got word that he was dropping an album back in '04, I just knew it was going to be the worst solo album in the entire Wu camp (Not that he was wack, but every group has that one guy that may not get as much shine/spotlight as the rest of the crew...Masta Killa was that guy). Then I popped No Said Date into my CD changer......and it's still there.
Fast forward to 2006 ......
With the release of Made In Brooklyn, Masta Killa should easily be regarded as one of the most consistant Wu members (along with GZA and Tony Starks). The album has a distinct Wu sound despite production from cats like Pete Rock, PF Cuttin', MF Doom, and some relatively unknown beatsmiths (Jig Sor, Whyz Ruger, Chris Conway, Mark Grant....just to name a few). To list every dope track would result in me writing a 12 paragraph review. Trust me when I tell you that this joint is nothing short of definite satisfaction. The production is tight, MK brings it on the mic, and every living member of the Wu (R.I.P. Ol' Dirty) comes through to drop verses.
As far as flaws, there aren't many. I wasn't really feeling "Let's Get Into Something" or "Lovely Lady" and "Older Gods" may fall under skip material if you're not in the mood for it. The rest of the album is practically untouchable. As a whole though, the album isn't as creative as his previous LP.
Made In Brooklyn is as good as you're going to find in rap this year. This album along with strong joints from Ghostface (Fishscale), Inspectah Deck (Resident Patient), Mathematics (Soul Of A Man), Raekwon (The Vatican Mixtape), and Bronze Nazareth (The Great Migration) marks a strong return for the WU in 2006. It gets two thumbs way up from me. I recommend making this one a collection piece.
Standout Tracks: East MCs feat. Victorious, K. Born, Killa Sin, & Free Murder, Pass The Bone [Remix], It's What It Is feat. Raekwon & Ghostface (My Favorite), Iron Gods Chamber feat. U-God, RZA, & Method Man, Street Corners feat. Inspectah Deck & GZA, Nehanda & Cream, E.N.Y House, Ringing Bells, and Then & Now feat.Karim Justice, Shamel Irief, & Young Prince
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a Losing Battle, April 24, 2007
real hip hop IS dead, today what sells is the Negativity of drugs and materialism. the people have spoken and death is what they want. death and mental enslavement!!!
the WU may never return to Glory but i will always support the East Coast movement of God-Body Knowledge rap. Consciousness is a way of Life and to many of us refuse to mature and grow up.
His last album was definitely better than this BUT this effort IS hip hop. and i LOVE hip hop and support this brother in the Struggle!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wu-Tang Lives, February 19, 2007
Masta Killa is definatley one of my favorite rappers and probably the best rapper in Wu-Tang at the prestent time. Most people dont pick up on the complexity of his lyrics and the mastery of his delivery. He has a unique and complex rhyme scheme that goes over the heads of people who dont know how to annalize hip hop properly. Most rappers dont require this sort of annalysis and that is most likely the cause of the flood of garbage that is present day hip hop. This album has about 3-4 tracks that I didnt really care for but the rest of it is the closest thing to a classic since supreme clientele. If those 3 tracks were replaced by one track as good as the majority of this record i would have given it a 5. I liked NO SAID DATE but i thought that besides a couple of songs it could have been better strictly from a production standpoint. Most of this album has great production with the Wu Tang sound that i thought wasnt as strong on his first release. Lyrically Masta Killa never disapoints and slaughters this entire release. I dont listen to practically any hip hop any more because 99.9 percent of it sucks hard as hell but records like this give me hope. I like everything by Ghostface but I feel that he has dumbed down his style for more mainstream appeal which is why he has yet to top supreme clientele. Masta Killa however is just as creative and obscure as he ever was and this album is what Wu heads have been waiting for. If you listen to this album through and skip the 3-4 tracks that arent up to par this is as close to a classic as any hip hop realase since 2000.
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