GZA - Shadowboxin' (Official Music Video) ft. Method Man

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2020
  • REMASTERED IN HD!
    Official Music Video for Shadowboxin performed by GZA.
    #GZA #Shadowboxin #Remastered
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  • @rodcarew1353
    @rodcarew1353 3 месяца назад +640

    Who’s here in 2024🤚🏽

    • @omancripe5686
      @omancripe5686 3 месяца назад +20

      Thast how rap's supposed to sound

    • @rhyme70Four
      @rhyme70Four 3 месяца назад +14

      Just watched it. I remember losing my mind when this video first dropped. #WuTangForever

    • @hanswurst9437
      @hanswurst9437 3 месяца назад +15

      Still here, never left...

    • @rodcarew1353
      @rodcarew1353 3 месяца назад

      @@hanswurst9437 word

    • @SkyIsTheLimitEntertainment
      @SkyIsTheLimitEntertainment 3 месяца назад +9

      Yessss'Siiiirr 🙌🙌🙌

  • @kevinerosa
    @kevinerosa 3 года назад +3789

    Seriously, imagine you chilling with the Rza and he be like "Yo God, check out this beat I was working on" and he drops shadowboxing and 4th chamber.

    • @trichomebeast1130
      @trichomebeast1130 3 года назад +172

      Lol yeah 4th chamber is a classic I also like the hellz wind staff ,the dual of the iron mic , praying mantis etc etc lol

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 3 года назад +154

      @@trichomebeast1130 the whole album album is straight 🔥🔥

    • @brandonmiller8351
      @brandonmiller8351 3 года назад +62

      My favorite gza beat is hellz wind staff

    • @trichomebeast1130
      @trichomebeast1130 3 года назад +20

      Of course it is it's a gem💯

    • @dassolosyndikat5113
      @dassolosyndikat5113 3 года назад +10

      @@brandonmiller8351 gza wasn't on hellz wind staff

  • @drewturner4845
    @drewturner4845 Месяц назад +19

    This one of the dopest beats ever.

  • @DeadHandX
    @DeadHandX 2 года назад +717

    Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is a masterpiece!!

    • @devantethedcguyreactstoo252
      @devantethedcguyreactstoo252 2 года назад +7

      Yeah I’m surprised but it is a great song the beats the flow the delivery everything!!

    • @fishingwithbigal2097
      @fishingwithbigal2097 2 года назад +9

      Lol I rock this album everyday when I'm riding. Some Mexicans working heard me and was like, turn that up. I went you feeling the Wu? He was like whattt everyday like you, lol.

    • @warnutztheloser
      @warnutztheloser 2 года назад +1

      But what's crazy I bought the tape n 96, lotta ppl were like u listen to that that's too underground. Crazy how now it's a legend and everybody knows them

    • @tilusqariuqi241
      @tilusqariuqi241 Год назад +5

      Once a week I usually sneak back here 😜☺️.

    • @wackrapsatire
      @wackrapsatire Год назад +7

      every few months i gotta come back, bump the classics to keep my sanity in this god damn world😭🙌

  • @fernandorodriguez7560
    @fernandorodriguez7560 3 года назад +1837

    this album changed my way of listening to hip hop

    • @ForPetesake552
      @ForPetesake552 3 года назад +57

      I can dig that.

    • @vinylsbyqwest
      @vinylsbyqwest 3 года назад +26

      As a child I learned this clip and it learned me

    • @joegonzales7350
      @joegonzales7350 3 года назад +19

      This that real deal papa! 😤😎💡

    • @alexalb5256
      @alexalb5256 3 года назад +35

      Wu, Tribe, Mobb etc. all changed the way my 13 year old listens to hip hop.

    • @floyd27860
      @floyd27860 3 года назад +14

      That's deep

  • @cstarcrusher
    @cstarcrusher 3 года назад +1499

    liquid swords still sounds like nothing else ..

    • @Heaterz
      @Heaterz 3 года назад +55

      Arguably the best WU Solo record In my top 20 hiphop albums of alltime. More than a quarter of top 20 hiphop albums belong to Wu Tang projects

    • @BENEATH_THE_SEWERS
      @BENEATH_THE_SEWERS 3 года назад +16

      Nothing will EVER sound like the Wu members ! Cult following shit !

    • @DicnballzBitch
      @DicnballzBitch 3 года назад +12

      Part of me wants to believe it's all freestyles

    • @noticeddamian
      @noticeddamian 3 года назад +21

      Yeah,liquid swords is a phenomenal hip hop record.

    • @kennethlopez6527
      @kennethlopez6527 3 года назад +7

      totally agree star crusher. Liquid is an aamazing album. Love the cover art. GZA would run laps around most rappers today. Honestly, I think him, Meth, and Rae r the 3 best of the clan. Everybody else pales in comparison

  • @MichaelLortzCreates
    @MichaelLortzCreates Год назад +308

    Loved how the Wu-Tang Hulu show integrated this video. The whole build-up was amazing.

    • @eddiesmith2570
      @eddiesmith2570 Год назад +9

      THAT WAS HARD

    • @madmotivationtv
      @madmotivationtv Год назад +8

      They really did a great job recreating every video

    • @number1taxprepllc
      @number1taxprepllc Год назад +6

      That was the best episode

    • @mannygonzalez8358
      @mannygonzalez8358 Год назад

      Too bad Killah priest was deleted like he was nothing

    • @KrashyKharma
      @KrashyKharma Год назад +5

      @@mannygonzalez8358 He wasn't introduced as a character yet, it wouldn't have made sense (to those unaware); They wanted to save mention of him as a proud moment for GZA getting to sign his own artists.

  • @matthewwalter5432
    @matthewwalter5432 Год назад +97

    That beat transition is genius

  • @TJiscool1
    @TJiscool1 3 года назад +1668

    Method Man could literally rap a bunch of gibberish and it would still sound better than 99% of other emcees.... his flow is so cool and has never grown old... same too for The GZA...

    • @haliburtonhighlandshouseof8759
      @haliburtonhighlandshouseof8759 3 года назад +57

      Cadence

    • @ojmosby5755
      @ojmosby5755 2 года назад +8

      Oh god 🙏

    • @naturalvibemusic3021
      @naturalvibemusic3021 2 года назад +80

      no jibberish, pure mathematical bars fa yuh intellect

    • @jacarenmarshall562
      @jacarenmarshall562 2 года назад +16

      Wu Tang Drunken Mastah technique...#Shaolin Temple Type Shit

    • @timwilson2528
      @timwilson2528 2 года назад +14

      I mean that was basically the whole song 'method man'; just a bunch of random gibberish he strung together and made work with that BDE!

  • @QBreezey
    @QBreezey 3 года назад +951

    I was jammin to this in high school back in 95 - still one of the HOTTEST rap tracks EVER and STILL jammin at 42 years old!!! 💥💥

    • @be28ans
      @be28ans 2 года назад +9

      Agreed

    • @ZOWO3000
      @ZOWO3000 2 года назад +26

      This was my sophomore year HS and I thought I was gonna literally break my neck to this song

    • @jsl02008
      @jsl02008 2 года назад +5

      Me too and I will be 42 in a few months

    • @a1erii
      @a1erii 2 года назад +5

      Literally, same 😄

    • @1913131
      @1913131 2 года назад +4

      amen to that!! sister!!!!!

  • @billeone
    @billeone Год назад +224

    "Why is the sky blue, why is water wet?..." always loved this line🔥🔥

    • @luismr225519
      @luismr225519 Год назад +30

      Why did Judas rat The Romans while Jesus slept

    • @Slowmotionstyle1
      @Slowmotionstyle1 11 месяцев назад +10

      Stand up you’re out of luck like two dogs stuck Iron man be sipping rum out the Stanley Cup unflammable Noriega….

    • @Nee-vk7zz
      @Nee-vk7zz 9 месяцев назад +5

      Wrong song lol

    • @billeone
      @billeone 9 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@Nee-vk7zz did you watch the entire clip? 😅 two songs in one 2:22

    • @Nee-vk7zz
      @Nee-vk7zz 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@billeone yeah I made that comment before I watched the video lol

  • @asadb2299
    @asadb2299 Год назад +102

    "U Can See The Weakness Of A Man Right Thru His Iris" RZA!!! I Felt This When It First Dropped & It's STILL FELT!!! WU TANG 💪🏾✊🏾✊🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾✊🏾✊🏾

    • @zxcccccc1
      @zxcccccc1 8 месяцев назад +1

      It’s absolutely true.

    • @wildstyle203
      @wildstyle203 2 месяца назад

      DO U REALLY KNOW WHAT HE TALKIN BOUT THO???

    • @MultiGuvnor
      @MultiGuvnor Месяц назад

      ⁠@@wildstyle203 educate me

  • @omi1975db
    @omi1975db 2 года назад +121

    Rza verse is hella relevant right now
    He was speaking ahead of his time

    • @jumahbrady670
      @jumahbrady670 2 года назад +5

      Facts 💯

    • @imthebest7290
      @imthebest7290 2 года назад +6

      I saw him on ted talks. Guys smart

    • @taylorfamily8768
      @taylorfamily8768 2 года назад

      i literally made a huge post just now about all that lol so true... i cant though find this vers anywhere, all lyrics are for clean/LP its 3:31 all the other results really, this is is almost 5 and every site only has the one, which omits 2 verses.... So confused

    • @Gr8fulnomad
      @Gr8fulnomad 2 года назад +2

      COVID-19 and now Russia's attack on Ukraine, black people pushed aside from going on the train as tourists in a foreign country. That's some Nostradamus shit.
      Where I live, all tourists/non-residents go first during a natural disaster.

    • @taylorfamily8768
      @taylorfamily8768 2 года назад

      @@Gr8fulnomad It is, until u know true history and facts, then anyone could. They use same exact plays every time, they were trolled long ahead of time even like hard... so u know the cypher, u know everything, "any sufficient evolved tech is indistinguishable from majik... forget umm ya alrthur c clarkes 3rd law or something ( From Archer tv series lmao) but its really a quote. that how they did it though, trolled them into their own known, and accounted for in advance playbook. UKR was just a dc/london/vatican corporation (seperate country and laws) base of operations, P00tin hates DS and CB so do others who orchestrated this total ff counter turned to wh embarrassment and bad guy clean out, with embarassment shone more on biden, guarantee its all devolution but djt orchestrated this, GZA could have known the playbook then, anyone could have, but his metaphors are unworldy prophetic scripture lmao... I agree with you

  • @josephsutton6413
    @josephsutton6413 3 года назад +345

    One of Meth's most underrated rhymes.

  • @jayjames7011
    @jayjames7011 Год назад +175

    One of the hardest beats in hip hop history 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @stevenwilson5107
    @stevenwilson5107 День назад +2

    Almost 30 years ago still sounds brand new man 😮😮

  • @storyandsoulgardening
    @storyandsoulgardening 3 года назад +60

    I've been transported to my high school days...

  • @rahmanr112
    @rahmanr112 3 года назад +48

    "My sword still remain imperial
    before I blast the mic, RZA scratch off the serial"

    • @joebruce2180
      @joebruce2180 2 года назад +4

      I dont waste ink nicca i think i drop megaton bombs more faster than you can blink🔥🔥🔥

  • @Wildncrazyfigs
    @Wildncrazyfigs 2 месяца назад +16

    Rza ate on there

  • @onice33
    @onice33 Год назад +22

    Imagine nodding your head hard as hell to some dope shit that came out in 1995, and its 2023!!!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯💯

  • @surelock22
    @surelock22 3 года назад +187

    My third eye seen it coming, before it happened...

  • @ANNIHILISTIC
    @ANNIHILISTIC 3 года назад +241

    I was not aware there was a music video for this.
    It may be 1AM... but my day just got a whole lot better!

    • @trelanding8425
      @trelanding8425 3 года назад +3

      Fukkk yeeeeaaahhh

    • @morobamoroeng5549
      @morobamoroeng5549 2 года назад +1

      Same!

    • @bernhardkrebs9521
      @bernhardkrebs9521 2 года назад

      Let the Heat touch rapper 🤩

    • @curtishawkins55
      @curtishawkins55 2 года назад +1

      DAMN...REALLY, MAN???
      HOW OLD ARE U?

    • @ANNIHILISTIC
      @ANNIHILISTIC 2 года назад +4

      @@curtishawkins55 32. I was 6 when this came out and it took a bit before Hip-Hop caught on in Slovenia :)

  • @Zakarman43
    @Zakarman43 Месяц назад +4

    90s FOREVER

  • @sphakamisozondi
    @sphakamisozondi Год назад +23

    This gem doesn't get old

  • @makavelitrained8339
    @makavelitrained8339 2 года назад +11

    “your naps ain’t nappy enough and ya reach ain’t rugged enough”👐🏿👐

  • @songszmusic
    @songszmusic 3 года назад +33

    i was in this video..i couldnt believe it that i saw rza, methodman and killah priest right in front of me..it was a dream come true

    • @MultiGuvnor
      @MultiGuvnor Месяц назад

      My nan was in this video

  • @Fortheculture___ftc
    @Fortheculture___ftc Год назад +50

    Did these brothers even comprehend what they were creating at the time! Ahead of their time, timeless masterpieces. As they say, they certainly are 'forever'.

    • @PhatPhrank
      @PhatPhrank 5 месяцев назад +5

      They had two choices: express themselves or die. Wu is forever because they never made music to conform, they did it to put their existence on record.

  • @marcoreborn8082
    @marcoreborn8082 Год назад +70

    GZA's bars on this track are very hardcore.... and easy to pass off but with much science to them. Genius indeed

  • @myboyble
    @myboyble 3 года назад +448

    GZA is a lyrical genius for real. Method Man is one of the most slept on lyricist in Hip Hop.

    • @s.t.houtdoorsnz.1454
      @s.t.houtdoorsnz.1454 Год назад +5

      Method has the best style Gza has the best flow next to deck.

    • @Stuntman175
      @Stuntman175 Год назад +11

      GZA is a literal genius, he has a PhD in Astrophysics and is a member of Mensa.

    • @KoolAcid33
      @KoolAcid33 Год назад +8

      Word! Better than that white boy that gets all the props. Just sayin

    • @TheCreepyCoroner
      @TheCreepyCoroner Год назад +3

      He's a lyrical surgeon

    • @LordHanzo89
      @LordHanzo89 Год назад

      Facts

  • @blackpixels
    @blackpixels 3 года назад +103

    Gza, Meth, Ghost, Killah Priest & Rza... Timeless 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @kennethtorres8420
      @kennethtorres8420 3 года назад +2

      U-GOD

    • @mjrowden
      @mjrowden 3 года назад +1

      Trying to work out why only Meth gets a feature mention!?

    • @cjizzle26
      @cjizzle26 3 года назад +3

      Rae too

    • @williamstaats7146
      @williamstaats7146 2 года назад +1

      Blackpixels@ Chef

    • @ManWalksDogs
      @ManWalksDogs 2 года назад +2

      @@mjrowden Because this is ostensibly the music video for "Shadowboxin'" (featuring Method Man) but hails from the era of the two-for-one pop promo as half the video is actually "4th Chamber" (featuring Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA).

  • @blinddig7525
    @blinddig7525 Месяц назад +4

    RZA's verse on 4th Chamber is mindblowing

  • @drakestar13
    @drakestar13 2 месяца назад +6

    Method turned it to a masterpiece!

  • @mrteiijr
    @mrteiijr 3 года назад +102

    Meth and genius killed it

  • @surelock22
    @surelock22 3 года назад +147

    I judge wisely, as if nothing ever surprised me, lounging between two pillars of ivory...

    • @surelock22
      @surelock22 3 года назад +4

      @@stuartmccormick3977 I know, the video is mislabeled. It should say "Shadowboxing / 4th Chamber".

    • @surelock22
      @surelock22 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/6HJShYKcAH8/видео.html

    • @WingoTribe704
      @WingoTribe704 3 года назад +5

      @@stuartmccormick3977Peace. U should speak only when you have wisdomed your understanding. Peace!

    • @jonnystorm3127
      @jonnystorm3127 3 года назад +13

      I'm lively, my dome piece is like building stones in Greece. My poems are deep from ancient tomes I speak

    • @WingoTribe704
      @WingoTribe704 3 года назад +2

      @@jonnystorm3127 Happy Wu Year 👐🏾

  • @Jr-hv2yn
    @Jr-hv2yn Год назад +23

    It's 2022 as a 42 yr old this song is still fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @chrismaw5117
    @chrismaw5117 11 месяцев назад +25

    I'm just glad I was a teen when this came out still to this day best album ever if you can rock this album in 2023 that means something

  • @alexisdigital
    @alexisdigital 3 года назад +475

    Top 5 best rap albums ever.

    • @hectorhervas3749
      @hectorhervas3749 3 года назад +3

      Exactly the 5th

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 3 года назад +1

      For sure

    • @GreenroomTV
      @GreenroomTV 3 года назад +1

      FACTS

    • @tool27
      @tool27 3 года назад +2

      @@hectorhervas3749 what’s your top 5?

    • @hectorhervas3749
      @hectorhervas3749 3 года назад +14

      @@tool27 I have slightly different top 5s depending if it's my favorites or the ones I think are the best, with a more objective point of view.
      My Favorites would be:
      - To Pimp A Butterfly
      - Illmatic
      - Stankonia
      - A Piece of Strange by Cunninlynguists
      - Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow.
      And What I think are the best:
      - A Piece of Strange
      - To Pimp A Butterfly
      - Illmatic
      - Madvillainy
      - Liquid Swords

  • @a.k.4o
    @a.k.4o 3 года назад +90

    Liquid Swords my favorite hip hop album. No need to skip one song

    • @ISellSigals
      @ISellSigals 3 года назад +2

      True that.

    • @a.k.4o
      @a.k.4o 3 года назад

      @@ISellSigals right on. I appreciate the subscription. 👍🏻

    • @ISellSigals
      @ISellSigals 3 года назад +2

      @@a.k.4o same brother. 90s hip hop is the best. Youth these day got no idea about real music.

    • @a.k.4o
      @a.k.4o 3 года назад

      @@ISellSigals also have no respect for it . They dont even care if people steal the lyrics.

    • @ISellSigals
      @ISellSigals 3 года назад +2

      @@a.k.4o Check out Army Of the Pharoahs - Battle Cry. Underated.

  • @pedrorull5561
    @pedrorull5561 Месяц назад +4

    Yo you bring the old shool back in 2024🔥👌🏼💪🏼

  • @lasickzimba1995
    @lasickzimba1995 2 месяца назад +2

    "Allow me to demonstrate the skill of Shaolin, the special technique of shadowboxing." This sample is dope as fuck.🙌

  • @ElBucho24
    @ElBucho24 3 года назад +106

    Hip Hop is never dead.
    Wu-Tang is forever!! 👐

    • @bvrty.wvttz8
      @bvrty.wvttz8 Год назад +3

      The fate of the world is in our hands.

  • @joserios3445
    @joserios3445 2 года назад +35

    GFK: "I be sipping rum out of Stanley cups"....bro you know how big that is 😂.

  • @davidcobb1379
    @davidcobb1379 2 месяца назад +5

    Gza was dope ppl forget he was a monster

  • @LaCheleWallace
    @LaCheleWallace Год назад +22

    I can listen to Method Man voice all day long and be completely satisfied. I love his tone and accent. Y'all already know how these brothas get down on that microphone. And it's still all good.

  • @IllPropaganda
    @IllPropaganda 3 года назад +202

    Protect Ya Neck, my sword still remains imperial
    Before I blast the mic, RZA scratch off the serial

    • @_festival
      @_festival 3 года назад +11

      We reign all year from June to June,
      While nxggas bite immediately if not soon

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 3 года назад +1

      RZA scratch off the serial… subliminal diss?? I think so

    • @IllPropaganda
      @IllPropaganda 3 года назад +21

      @@duckonquack6535 Sorry, not comprehending you, man. A diss to who or what? Am curious on what you mean.
      I've always felt that since GZA likened his mic to a gat in the pervious line, he's just being witty. And before he lyrically kills some fools, he wants the serial numbers scratched off of the mic so it can't be traced.

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 3 года назад +1

      @@IllPropaganda according to some jackpot was on liquid swords. Anyway this is what I’ve heard but he was removed off the album and in the video when GZA says “scratch off the serial” the video goes to a photo of jackpot so I thought he was dissing

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 3 года назад +1

      @@IllPropaganda 💯

  • @Elemtree
    @Elemtree 3 года назад +80

    I was just listening to this a minute ago when this entered my recommendations 👐

  • @meechy9166
    @meechy9166 Месяц назад +5

    One of Meth's best verses!!! Straight slayed it!! GZA & Mef unstoppable together always⚔⚔🥷🥷🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 this whole joint... lyrical homicide💣💫

  • @Tone_C84
    @Tone_C84 Год назад +30

    Who here after that most recent WU episode?! Love this track!

    • @mjolden
      @mjolden Год назад +3

      I gained a newfound respect for the Liquid Swords album after that episode aired, that might be the best one out of all 3 seasons.

    • @Elilaw911
      @Elilaw911 Год назад +2

      I used to not really like this album but after the series I love it now.

  • @nkosinathiwarrenhlongwane2276
    @nkosinathiwarrenhlongwane2276 3 года назад +104

    Still banging this in 2020.Much respect from Soweto,South Africa.

    • @SweatpantsPG
      @SweatpantsPG 3 года назад

      Isnt Trevor Noah from there too?

    • @emceek1506
      @emceek1506 3 года назад

      Much Love from Durban bro

    • @dunwood12
      @dunwood12 3 года назад

      Have you heard any sully nomad out there?

    • @ErickGarcia-fw6jl
      @ErickGarcia-fw6jl 3 года назад

      SouthWestTownship-chilled there with some cool brothers a few years back, experience I will never forget. But don't get caught after dark. Peace from Austin Texas.

    • @murloccc
      @murloccc 2 года назад +1

      Yeah bro, from Uzbekistan🇺🇿
      ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍

  • @johnygunnzz
    @johnygunnzz 3 года назад +41

    Damn 25yrs i feel old as shit. Listening in 2020 Thanksgiving week till forever..

  • @4RELAKS
    @4RELAKS Год назад +11

    New Wu Tang episode was fucking fire, respect to the gods from shaolin.

  • @DALGOZ
    @DALGOZ 4 месяца назад +8

    I still say in 2024... THE GREATEST HIP-HOP VIDEO EVER MADE

  • @toriano433
    @toriano433 3 года назад +529

    One of the most underrated albums ever.

    • @socillizt4life
      @socillizt4life 3 года назад +65

      Definitely not underrated Bro’,this album is regularly put up there as one of the best if not thee best solo Wu albums to this day by those who were teenagers or older on its release!Underrated isn’t a word I would use to describe ‘Liquid Swords’ though

    • @proudafricanamerican7586
      @proudafricanamerican7586 2 года назад +30

      Everybody in my hood had this album..

    • @nicholaskoenig3106
      @nicholaskoenig3106 2 года назад +14

      Whadaya mean...?
      Always WAS (and still IS) rated Total Badassery. 💯✌

    • @anchomnij6721
      @anchomnij6721 2 года назад

      Fr

    • @petergarrett3481
      @petergarrett3481 2 года назад +7

      Real rap music

  • @stephendonatelli1224
    @stephendonatelli1224 3 года назад +73

    This is classic hip-hop and classic Wu-Tang together it's pure lava!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @hellrella.k.a.durielhall4907
    @hellrella.k.a.durielhall4907 Год назад +13

    Dave east just killed this on wu Tang American saga 💪🏿💯

  • @user-oy6sc8qh6e
    @user-oy6sc8qh6e Год назад +6

    If u still listenin this in the 2023,u have so much style,now I'm sittin' at the balcony ,I wear my wu-wear,chilin wit cigars ,still listenin Wu-tang,and all over Wu-family,Royal fam,Grave Diggaz,9mm Beretta,Killah Priest,Killa army,Capadonna,Redman,Streetlife,Shabazz the disciple,Ason,Shyheim,Solomon Childs,Ron Artest and other,Wu-tang forever,Hello from Russia

  • @premethatakeover2572
    @premethatakeover2572 3 года назад +43

    The way Meth move around when he say his part in videos - especially this one..enhances the lyrics and make u love it even more -An M.C. Ticallion Stallion 2021' ...Ghost part epic too..omg
    Us old heads miss this Hip Hop

    • @sunni9044
      @sunni9044 2 года назад +3

      Swag

    • @lorenzoburton3974
      @lorenzoburton3974 Год назад +3

      Meth is cool Af

    • @brkjeff
      @brkjeff Год назад +3

      He the most *rhythmic* out The Clan. It just flows through him. He dances on tracks.

    • @gweah7821
      @gweah7821 3 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely, I always felt the same thing. The way he moves, he has the most natural hip hop swag I have ever seen.

  • @TyTy-wg2sc
    @TyTy-wg2sc 2 года назад +23

    That beat change is sick 🔥

  • @tuffstix
    @tuffstix Год назад +39

    Damn..me and my crew listened to this GZA album every single day in High school 95-96, when we got this album...I have not heard it for almost 10 years but all the words are just rolling off my tongue like it was yesterday. 🔥 Wu is forever. Our school mates called us - "the WU" coz its the only hiphop we listened to!

  • @eb7154
    @eb7154 3 года назад +31

    GZA hits hard in this

  • @ashwiniyer7578
    @ashwiniyer7578 3 года назад +14

    Hearing I slayed MCs back in the rec room era still gives me goosebumps every time

    • @zxcccccc1
      @zxcccccc1 3 месяца назад

      He gives you a time period without the numbers.

  • @HighDesertPythons
    @HighDesertPythons Год назад +9

    Shadowboxin is my favorite hip hop track of all time

  • @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s
    @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s 11 месяцев назад +4

    90s artist were a different breed entirely.

  • @paolo73
    @paolo73 3 года назад +133

    To be a 22 years old b boy in 95 and aware to buying an instant hip hop classic. Rza at the top of the career and the conscious rap of GZA. This album ,to me, is at the same level of PE "It takes a nation" : contents, dope lyrics and the most powerful sound of its era.

    • @meltsnowflakes2893
      @meltsnowflakes2893 2 года назад +2

      The young boys need to pay homage

    • @closedears5429
      @closedears5429 2 года назад +1

      You mentioned Public Enemy....took me back to being 20 years old when their TAPE dropped lol! 80s, gotta love them days...😊

    • @GaryBall-yv7ft
      @GaryBall-yv7ft 4 месяца назад

      I was 15 my brother was playing this 😂 I play it now at 43 yrs old most days

    • @silversurfer8935
      @silversurfer8935 2 месяца назад

      SAME

  • @reemobrooklyn3557
    @reemobrooklyn3557 2 года назад +26

    Definitely one of RZA's top verses EVER!!!

  • @surion6368
    @surion6368 2 года назад +5

    If your listening to this in 22’ your the real g.

  • @maddmaestro1
    @maddmaestro1 Год назад +16

    This album is classic, and one of the best wu albums hands down

  • @glenmanson963
    @glenmanson963 2 года назад +17

    Yo RZA was in the future with his rhymes and if you see whts happening in the world today RZA was speaking the truth . Master of the tight grimey beat and king of the lyrical rhymes . The message is in the music . WU TANG CLAN forever

  • @gordochulo78
    @gordochulo78 2 года назад +111

    One of the most underated albums in the industry.....this had hit after hit and didnt even have to skip let it play......damn i miss this era

    • @time2expandenterprises96
      @time2expandenterprises96 2 года назад

      Check out DON LEGEND ESAU - GZA VS JACKPOT SCOTTY WOTTY..

    • @DaveTaste
      @DaveTaste 2 года назад +5

      It was certified platinum and is regarded as one of the most important records of all time.

    • @time2expandenterprises96
      @time2expandenterprises96 2 года назад +1

      @@DaveTaste DON LEGEND ESAU

    • @gabbytjiroze3078
      @gabbytjiroze3078 2 года назад +3

      How can it be underrated when it was platinum broh

    • @Ewesie
      @Ewesie 2 года назад +4

      It was never underrated. It has been called one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.

  • @PhillTheGreat
    @PhillTheGreat 10 месяцев назад +2

    The GZA, RZA, Method, Cappa, Inspecta deck remain solid and ageless.

  • @Kidnostalgia95
    @Kidnostalgia95 Год назад +12

    Here after that episode bro Dave east bodied that

  • @supremeclientele83
    @supremeclientele83 3 года назад +33

    Before I blast the mic RZA scratch off the serial 🔥

  • @rickypen
    @rickypen 11 месяцев назад +3

    I been sayin oh man in this voice ever since

  • @goldscrilla4185
    @goldscrilla4185 Год назад +13

    crazy how this beat sounds even better now then it did then . love

  • @synergythemermayd1061
    @synergythemermayd1061 Год назад +6

    Still Shadowboxing in 2023.

  • @sergejskompa8806
    @sergejskompa8806 3 года назад +87

    Masterpiece. Song, video, album.

  • @DonDessaDesoto20s
    @DonDessaDesoto20s 3 года назад +19

    Can't lie, this was my favorite bop off this album.

  • @baker1714
    @baker1714 2 месяца назад +3

    I pledge allegiance to the hip hop

  • @wizzino2198
    @wizzino2198 Год назад +9

    They ran the beat 💯🔥🔥🔥

  • @stockchartart1147
    @stockchartart1147 2 года назад +262

    One of the greatest rap songs of all time. Man it makes me angry sometimes the WU didn’t continue to drop albums. They were the greatest rap group of all time hands down. But happy we got everything we did. Look at inspectah deck, one of the best Lyricists of all time. Never made what he should have in his career, never got the notoriety he should have. That shit makes me mad.

    • @boggmarley
      @boggmarley 2 года назад +49

      If Deck had a full RZA produced album it prob would have been up there with L/Swords, Cuban Links and Return to 36 but the real ones still pay homage to the Rebel INS

    • @khinglil5507
      @khinglil5507 2 года назад +29

      @@boggmarley most of the beats rza had for deck got lost in the flood but deck was up next

    • @warnutztheloser
      @warnutztheloser 2 года назад +5

      I would say it wuz around 2001 wen things started Fallin apart

    • @FalB27
      @FalB27 2 года назад +3

      honestly, Wu Tang, good, but meh I think NWA has been the best group historically. Though it is like comparing orange juice and coke.

    • @dantegreen4094
      @dantegreen4094 Год назад +7

      As said, they're the greatest group in Hip Hop History. They did ok, you're just being greedy now! Don't blame you, I wanted more too!

  • @duckonquack6535
    @duckonquack6535 3 года назад +55

    Gza aka The Genius🔥🔥
    One of the best albums ever!!

  • @sdad123
    @sdad123 2 года назад +3

    "I breaks it down to the bone gristle" 🔥🔥🔥

  • @greggjose2610
    @greggjose2610 Год назад +7

    Always love that transition to the 4th chamber!

  • @joshuamorrill1964
    @joshuamorrill1964 3 года назад +16

    This album changed what HIP HOP WAS ... PERIOD !!!!

  • @xcreenplay7264
    @xcreenplay7264 2 года назад +12

    Method man best verses of all time absolutely killed this

  • @alassinsane1588
    @alassinsane1588 Год назад +19

    Pure genius coupled with brutal talent. I love returning to this 🔥.

  • @mistajones7814
    @mistajones7814 3 года назад +29

    One of the greatest joints ever!! 💨💨💨💨💨🎧🎧🎯🎯🎯 Nothing but 🎯

    • @keishastancellhill1022
      @keishastancellhill1022 Год назад

      Can listen on repeat. Never enough. Still want a" Kangol in rainbow colors ."

  • @ajamocampbell9143
    @ajamocampbell9143 3 года назад +18

    Rza and Dre are 2 of the finest producers that hip hop had ever graced us with Rza thank you for this amazing beat

  • @Wutang4children
    @Wutang4children 2 года назад +5

    Gza top 5 all time. This beat top 5 alltime. Wu tang. Best group ever. Dam this is classic

  • @IIGQII
    @IIGQII Месяц назад +1

    One thing you can say About Liquid swords is nothing else sounds like it.
    A whole album of straight bars period ……

  • @nickcolburn8340
    @nickcolburn8340 3 года назад +43

    Liquid swords. One of the best hip hops albums 🔥 still bump it on the reg. thanks GZA. Some nice memories partying at Uni listening to this and the Score.

  • @auhd3190
    @auhd3190 3 года назад +45

    For me to say this is a masterpiece is a understatement.... The Gods came hard on this and dropped alot of gems. Not to many would have understood pure classic right here timeless pure hip hop !!!

  • @bronsonperich9430
    @bronsonperich9430 Месяц назад

    Rhyming iris with virus - a great example of Rza's genius. That being said, every general brought their nuclear fire to this track.

  • @micathompson7330
    @micathompson7330 Месяц назад +5

    Even the WU knew they were Hebrew Israelites 🕎💯💯🕎

  • @jayvelazquez6298
    @jayvelazquez6298 3 года назад +33

    this a true masterpiece

  • @NONPOINT420
    @NONPOINT420 2 года назад +20

    This was my first hiphop album. My brother bought it for me cuz he knew Gza was (is) my favorite Wu member. Best birthday present ever!

  • @tiffanywilliams9545
    @tiffanywilliams9545 Год назад +3

    2023 this is still hitting ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @shanehoyle2543
    @shanehoyle2543 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wu-Tang was like The Expendable's of the rap industry!

  • @each1teach1academy43
    @each1teach1academy43 3 года назад +677

    90s Hip Hop > Any decade any genre

    • @each1teach1academy43
      @each1teach1academy43 3 года назад +18

      @@Agentunderfire no decade has had as many different styles of music in one group have as much great music. Hip Hop in 90s was multi dimensional with different sounds

    • @each1teach1academy43
      @each1teach1academy43 3 года назад +1

      @A. B. 🥱

    • @Valounty
      @Valounty 3 года назад +1

      OLD ASS

    • @oldmartymart
      @oldmartymart 3 года назад +2

      @A. B. Wtf 🤢

    • @coltongates7397
      @coltongates7397 3 года назад +6

      @@oldmartymart he kidna right. The sounds of the 90s have only been expanded upon and rap is way more diverse now

  • @ephantusgichane6533
    @ephantusgichane6533 3 года назад +20

    GZA is a genius the flow is crazy