Wu-Tang Forever

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Wu-Tang Forever
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Studio album by
Wu-Tang Clan
ReleasedJune 3, 1997
Genre Hip hop
Length44:58 (disc 1)
67:09 (disc 2–US)
77:14 (disc 2–international)
Label
Producer
Wu-Tang Clan chronology
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
(1993)		Wu-Tang Forever
(1997)		 The W
(2000)
Singles from Wu-Tang Forever
  1. "Triumph"
    Released: February 11, 1997
  2. "It's Yourz"
    Released: September 23, 1997
  3. "Reunited"
    Released: November 24, 1997

Wu-Tang Forever is the second studio album by the American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released June 3, 1997, by Loud and RCA Records in the United States. Pressed as a double album, it was released after a long run of successful solo projects from various members of the group, and serves as the follow-up to their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) . Forever features several guest appearances from Wu-Tang affiliates Cappadonna, Streetlife, 4th Disciple, True Master, and Tekitha. The original run of compact discs featured an enhanced CD which allowed users to walk around the "Wu Mansion" and access additional content.

Contents

Music and lyrics

Production

While the group's previous album is known for its minimalistic production style, producer RZA had been expanding the musical backdrop of each solo Wu-Tang album since then. Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... , in particular, was praised for its cinematic feel. RZA earned accolades for his new dense style of production, incorporating strings, heavy synthesizers, and the kung-fu samples of old. The production of the record also pioneered RZA's technique of chopping up and speeding up soul samples so that it becomes unusually high-pitched; this style of production would later become influential on producers such as Just Blaze and Kanye West. [1] [2] Wu-Tang Forever marked the first group album in which RZA assigned some of the album's production to Wu-Tang protégés True Master and 4th Disciple, as well as Wu-Tang member Inspectah Deck.

Lyrical themes

The lyrics differed in many ways from those of 36 Chambers, with many verses written in stream-of-consciousness style, while being influenced by the teachings of the Five-Percent Nation. The group showed mature depth, speaking on the pitfalls of life's vices ("A Better Tomorrow") and the harsh realities of inner city life. "Impossible", for instance, touches on the less-than-glamorous realities of the same violence that the group often raps about.

The Clan took advantage of the double-disc format, allowing each of the nine members a significant number of appearances, including four solo tracks. Several have been recognized as particularly strong performances.

Inspectah Deck raised his stock in the public eye with The Source 's Hip-Hop Quotable for his performance on "Triumph". [3] This verse is considered one of the greatest in hip-hop. [4] Despite being one of the last members to release a solo album, Deck's contributions throughout Wu-Tang Forever led to him being a sought-after collaborator for other artists; he would appear on subsequent tracks with Gang Starr, Pete Rock and Big Pun, among others.

Ghostface Killah continued his rise to fame with a verse in "Impossible", hailed by RZA in the Wu-Tang Manual as "the greatest Wu-Tang verse ever written". It was also featured in The Source's Hip-Hop Quotable. "Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours" has also been noted as one of Ghostface’s more memorable verses on the album, notable for the way in which the verse cuts off, first popularizing the feel that he could "go on forever". Ghostface Killah would follow his work on Forever with Supreme Clientele , which is generally regarded as a classic.[ citation needed ]

"The sum of our parts is worth all the organizing," said Method Man. "It's like the Power Rangers where they come together to form that Megazord shit. Them guys are lethal but, when they come together, it's even more incredible. This album will destroy every hip-hop record made in the past ten years." [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly A [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]
NME 8/10 [11]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin 7/10 [14]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [15]

Upon its release, Wu-Tang Forever received acclaim from music critics, who praised RZA's production work and the group members' lyricism. Matt Diehl from Entertainment Weekly commented, "Forever continues the group's artistic grand slam. Like their forebears in Public Enemy, Wu-Tang are musical revolutionaries, unafraid to bring the noise along with their trunk of funk. The RZA allows a few outside producers behind the board this time, but it's his gritty samples and numbing beats that get the party moving." [8] Sasha Frere-Jones from Spin called it an album "for hip-hop junkies, rhyme followers who want to hear their favorite sword-swallowers drop unusually good styles over unusually good beats." [14] Comparing some of the album's production to that of Wu-Tang member GZA's Liquid Swords (also produced by RZA), Neil Strauss from The New York Times wrote a favorable review of the album and stated "Wu-Tang Forever is a smooth, clean set of 25 songs and two speeches, with only a few throwaways on the second CD. The Wu-Tang Clan offers something for every kind of rap fan. More important, after a four-year wait, on Wu-Tang Forever the Clan retains its mantle as rap's standard bearers." [16] Melody Maker gave Wu-Tang Forever a favorable review as well, stating "It had to be this big. It didn't have to be this good ... Every single track is a detonation of every single pop rule you thought sacrosanct ...Forever is one of the greatest hip hop LPs of all time." [17] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic stated:

Where contemporaries like 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. issued double-discs cluttered with filler, Wu-Tang Forever is purposeful and surprisingly lean, illustrating the immense depth of producer RZA and the entire nine-piece crew ... The result is an intoxicating display of musical and lyrical virtuosity, one that reveals how bereft of imagination the Wu-Tang's contemporaries are. [6]

Describing the album's lyrics as "hauntingly descriptive tales of ghetto hustlers and victims," Rolling Stone 's Nathan Brackett stated "The whole of Wu-Tang Forever crackles with a shootout-at-midnight electricity that more than justifies the double-disc indulgence, while the back-and-forth wordfire of Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, etc. confirms the Clan's singular zing at the mic, and their ghetto-wise might as storytellers." [13] Cheo Hodari Coker from the Los Angeles Times commented, "The Clan's beats push the limit between cutting-edge hip-hop and industrial feedback, with jugular-clutching rhymes following their own melodic dictates and insular messages running the gamut from ancient maxims of the art of war to spiritual knowledge, wisdom and understanding from the Islamic Five Percent Nation." [10] Steve Jones from USA Today wrote, "Hip-hop's most anticipated album crackles with the nine-member clan's unique hard-core rhymes and beats. On this two-disc, 112-minute set, the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. The RZA avoids overproduction, using the beats to propel the lyrics, and keeps the music free of clichéd R&B loops." [15] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a two-star honorable mention rating and called the Wu-Tang Clan "the five per cent nation of Oscar aspirations". [18] In 2018, the BBC included it in their list of "the acclaimed albums that nobody listens to any more." [19]

Accolades

Wu-Tang Forever was ranked as one of the best albums of the year by several notable publications, such as Spin ,[ citation needed ] The Village Voice ,[ citation needed ] NME [ citation needed ] and Melody Maker .[ citation needed ] Popular Belgium magazine HUMO , and popular German magazine Spex both ranked it number six on their albums of the year lists.[ citation needed ] In 1999, Ego Trip ranked Wu-Tang Forever number three on their Hip Hop's 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980–98 list.[ citation needed ] In their March 2005 issue, Hip Hop Connection ranked the album number 57 on their 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995–2005 list.[ citation needed ] Also in 2005, Blow Up magazine from Italy included Wu-Tang Forever in their 600 Essential Albums list.[ citation needed ] It also earned the group a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.

Commercial performance

Despite limited radio/TV airplay, and the nearly-six minute lead single "Triumph" which features no chorus, Wu-Tang Forever debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 612,000 copies sold in its first week. [20] The album was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 15, 1997 (each disc in the double album counted as separate unit for certification purpose), [21] selling over 4 million copies in the United States. [22] It is the group's highest selling album to date.

Track listing

Track listing information is taken from the official liner notes and AllMusic. [23] [24] All tracks written by Wu-Tang Clan and produced by RZA, except where noted.

Wu-Tang Forever – Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Wu-Revolution" (featuring Popa Wu and Uncle Pete) 
6:46
2."Reunited" 
5:21
3."For Heaven's Sake" (featuring Cappadonna)
4:13
4."Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (Still Don't Nothing Move but the Money)" (produced by 4th Disciple)
3:01
5."Visionz" (produced by Inspectah Deck) 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Masta Killa
  • Method Man
  • Raekwon
3:09
6."As High as Wu-Tang Get" 
  • GZA
  • Method Man
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard
2:37
7."Severe Punishment" 
  • GZA
  • Masta Killa
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
  • U-God
4:49
8."Older Gods" (produced by 4th Disciple)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Bougard
  • Ghostface Killah
  • GZA
  • Raekwon
3:05
9."Maria" (featuring Cappadonna)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Hill
  • Cappadonna
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • RZA
2:55
10."A Better Tomorrow" (produced by 4th Disciple)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Bougard
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Masta Killa
  • Method Man
  • RZA
  • U-God
4:55
11."It's Yourz" 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
  • U-God
4:17
Total length:45:08
Wu-Tang Forever – Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Intro" RZA2:02
2."Triumph" (featuring Cappadonna) 
  • Cappadonna
  • Ghostface Killah
  • GZA
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Masta Killa
  • Method Man
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
  • U-God
5:38
3."Impossible" (
  • featuring Tekitha)
  • (produced by 4th Disciple and co-produced by RZA
)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Bougard
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
  • Tekitha
  • U-God
4:28
4."Little Ghetto Boys" (featuring Cappadonna)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Hill
  • Earl DeRouen
  • Edward Howard
  • Cappadonna
  • Raekwon
4:49
5."Deadly Melody" (featuring Street Life) 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Masta Killa
  • GZA
  • Method Man
  • RZA
  • Street Life
  • U-God
4:20
6."The City" (produced by 4th Disciple)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Bougard
Inspectah Deck4:05
7."The Projects" 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Method Man
  • Raekwon
3:18
8."Bells of War" 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Masta Killa
  • Method Man
  • RZA
  • U-God
5:12
9."The M.G.M." (produced by True Master)
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Raekwon
2:38
10."Dog Shit" Ol' Dirty Bastard3:34
11."Duck Seazon" 
  • Method Man
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
5:42
12."Hellz Wind Staff" (featuring Street Life) 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Method Man
  • Raekwon
  • RZA
  • Street Life
4:52
13."Heaterz" (
  • featuring Cappadonna)
  • (produced by True Master
)
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Harris
  • Hill
  • Cappadonna
  • Inspectah Deck
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Raekwon
  • U-God
5:26
14."Black Shampoo" U-God3:50
15."Second Coming" (featuring Tekitha)
Tekitha4:38
16."The Closing" Raekwon2:37
Total length:67:09
Wu-Tang Forever – Disc 2: bonus tracks for Europe and Japan
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
17."Sunshower" Robert Diggs RZA6:10
18."Projects International Remix" 
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Method Man
  • Raekwon
3:59
Total length:77:14

Notes

Sample list

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Wu-Tang Forever
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [44] 2× Platinum200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [45] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [46] 4× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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