Liquid Swords
Genius, GZA
$14.99

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Track Listing Liquid Swords Duel Of The Iron Mic Living In The World Today
Gold
Cold World
Labels
4th Chamber
Shadowboxin'
Hell's Wind Staff/Killa Hills 10304
Investigative Reports
Swordsman
I Gotcha Back
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com
Some Wu members, like Cappadonna, are overly concerned with the way they dress, while others are a plain ol' inebriated mess (read: Ol' Dirty Bastard). For the GZA, it's all about the lyrics. With his nasal delivery and rapid-fire flow, he is the most experienced and oldest member of the Wu Tang Clan (he released a pre-Wu LP on Cold Chillin' Records entitled Words from the Genius in 1991). GZA's forte is battle rhymes (on his self-titled cut he declares that wack MCs' "lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers"). On "Labels" he eloquently pens a complete song using only rap record label names. Loaded wordplay aside, beat-wise Liquid Swords is fully and exceptionally RZA-produced (peep the electric guitars and spacey synths on "Investigative Reports"). Liquid Swords is a perfect purchase for rap fiends who crave ill experimental beats and even iller punchlines. --Dalton Higgins