BEST & WORST of 2012



Exactly how we felt for 2012 (we're all Freeway).

Greetings from Knoxville, TN! HAHA just kidding, I would never go there. I assume it's the worst city of 2012! Are you getting an idea of what this is? It's a best and worst of 2012 list. Cool.

WAY BACK in January of 2012, when we published our terrible "Best & Worst" of 2011" entry, I realized that these year-end posts are hard and I should put more effort into them. Well, I didn't. In fact, I put less effort into this post then I did the 2011 post, and i barely put any effort into that at all (look I didn't even bother to capitalize that "i". Lazy). So here is our half-assed look at the best and worst on 2012.

Also, we're not exactly looking at hip hop in general for 2012. We're mainly looking at this lame blog. So fun.

BEST

2012 BEST RECORD RELEASE
Kreayshawn "Somethin' Bout Kreay"

It's hard to believe that when we came into 2012, none of us had any idea who Kreayshawn is was. Way back in January we tried to guess her identity just based on her name (we failed). Now, I don't have any problem with her gender or her race, but I have a major issue with her shit garbage music and her moronic friends. Anyway, her music is appaling and, as evidence of karma, she was rewarded with EXACTLY THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ALBUM SALES: 4,000. HAHAH! I don't think we even talked about that on this blog friends, and it the best thing of the year! It's perfect. An idiot sells 4,000 records of bad music.

2012 BEST FIRST RESPONDER
Game "Uncle Otis", "Cough Up A Lung",




I'll spit the same 16 at your eulogy.


2012 BEST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE YEAR
Cappadonna

It's no secret that none of us around here love voting, or elections, or presidential candidates, or rich people, or the system, or police, or wack rappers. I won't go into it, but we found a fantastic alternative to B.O. Bama and the other guy (who was that again?). CAPPADONNA. Who could be a better president? Answer that. Son wouldn't have even needed a VP. If we could turn back time we would rig the election and get our man in there. You fucks ruined the next four years.



2012 BEST STACK BOYS
$tack Boys (not Stack Boys)



Well, 2012 was the year we met both sets of Stack Boys, and decided which one should win the right to use the name "Stack Boys". Well, the preteens lost to some other teens, giving the $tack Boys the win. Nice job fellas. You still suck, but not as bad as some mallwhore rich kids.

2012 BEST NEW ARTIST
Krispy Kreme (or whatever he changes his name to)




I'm sure I'll regret this at some point. But fuck, kid. This guy released track after track and not only did they sucessfully mock all the shit that is wrong with rap, they're also kind of good. It's kind of genius and kind of annoying. Think about this, this track is at about the same quality as most new shit out there, the rhymes just seem more basic. These words alone locked him in a "best" slot: "haters want to be me". Genius and annoying. Gennoying.

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WORST
2012 WORST COUNTRY ON EARTH (TIE)

AUSTRALIA & CANADA

CANADA AND AUSTRALIA FUCKING SUCK AT RAP. I've been in fights on Twitter about this. I've been in fights in person about this. I argued with your mom about this. But I stand by it becasue it's a fact. Plus the only people who disagree are from those awful countries.

The only thing I might add is that not only do these two countries SUCK hard at rapping, their citizens are too stupid to know better. This ensures that they'll never lose the crown of terrible rapper nests. Even to England, which is so close to being in a three way tie with these two heaps of shit.

2012 WORST STATE
WASHINGTON

No surprise here. Almost every time I found an embarassing rap song it was from the garbage disposal state of Washington. "Cram your egg shells in the drain along with the waste water and dinner scrapings and grind that shit to go to the sewer" - That's what I say about Washington. #peeattle #spoklame #holempia
"Pugetsoundia" is a prime example.



Go Ka-Bang like Plow!

Runner(s) up: Idaho, Oregon


2012 WORST PEOPLE (TIE)
SCIENTISTS & COLLEGE PEOPLE

These educated people think they're so smart. Teaching us about medical crap, swearing at us about climate change, and restricting our right to smoke. F U, you're the worst. Don't rap anymore.

2012 WORST COLLABOBlondie "NO EXIT"

People, I know that this song is from 1999, but I heard it for the first time this year and it sucks megahard. I've even heard worse collaboration songs this year (French Montana), but this one is stuffed with people I respect, and I was expecting a lot more.

YOU BLEW IT BLONDIE, MOBB DEEP, INSPECTAH DECK, and U-GOD....YOU LOWERED YOURSELF TO COOLIO'S LEVEL LIKE FIFTEEN YEARS AGO - AND YOU EARNED A SPOT ON THIS LIST.



2012 WORST SIDEKICK / PRODUCER
Leatha Face (Leatha Fase)

This guy singlehandedly ruined the end of 2012 for us with his production work on the Hillside Scramblers nightmare that we've been reviewing. His beats are junk. At least his beats from the early 90's are junk...who knows what he's doing today. Plus, as U-God's right hand man, we've heard way to many of his incompetent rhymes from a decade ago. Hopefully, we won't cross paths as many times with this guy in the one-tre as we did in the one-deuce.


2012 WORST MIXTAPE TITLE
"The Cakeover" by Cako

What a joke.

IN CONCLUSION: That's it! This list should be on the "Wost" side of 2012, no? hatever, I hope your 2013 is more like the Stack Boys and less like the $tack Boys.

2012 SCORE 0/10

Vote Cappa 2012 (You Blew It): "Put God First"

This blog officially endorses endorsed Cappadonna in the 2012 Presidential Election of the United States. Whatever, you blew it.

Hey genius. I'm sure your either thrilled or devastated about the outcome of the election. Congrats to whoever won? I'm writing this in September, so I don't know who won. I'm going to make two safe bets: one, I don't care who won, and, two, Cappadonna probably didn't win. Now, we put MONTHS into our efforts to get Cappadonna elected, countless hours wasted. And WHY? Because slackers like you sat on the sidelines while the world burned. Here you had an opportunity to do something important and you BLEW IT. Nice job (sarcasm - you suck).

So, we're taking this opportunity to rub it in your face. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO MISS OUT ON FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. This is a later track by the great Cappadonna, and it's an understated banger. Lyrically, it's top notch. It couldn't be any topper notch. No chance.

Artist: Cappadonna feat. Solomon Child & Inspectah Deck
Album: The Pilgramage
Release Date: November 15, 2011



That's new shit! This is how Cappadonna is rolling today. I don't know who produced that shit, but the production is presidential. It's one of the best beats you'll hear. Cappa's friends Solomon Child and Deck KILL IT DEAD. They just do a good job. Cappa brings his A game. And I'll go ahead and hand this song its crown based on the switch off between Cappa and Deck.

Cappa: "Get your money and turn savage, you fucking backstabbers:"
Deck: "Backstabbers, yo..."
Cappa: "Put God first, that's the only way to survive..."
Deck: "Cynthia's son, I'm all in, give me the gun / cuffed to a treadmill, you couldn't get me to run."

Deck doesn't relent for his whole shit. He just keeps stabbing.

Now let's take a second and look at the chorus:

"The average black man dies at the age of twenty five / put god first that's the only way to survive"

Simple. Conscious. Dope. Real shit. These are things that you don't like apparently, since you voted for the other guy.

Well, Cappa will still be around in four years, and he'll probably be dropping even hotter shit. That's the bright side. The question is this: will you have your mind right by 2016? Probably not.

PUT GOD FIRST SCORE 10/10

U-God's Resume #57, "The Glock"

--Official Stats--
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Song: "The Glock"(Hidden Track)
Producer: RZA
Album: Iron Flag
Release Date: December 18, 2001

Greetings intrepid readers. I know what you're thinking: "WHAT IN THE HECK ARE WE DOING BACK AT IRON FLAG? WE REVIEWED ALL THE U-GOD SONGS OFF OF THAT ALBUM." At one point I agreed with you. I thought we reviewed all of U's tracks off of this shit. But then some amazing reader caught our mistake: we forgot this track. So now we're cleaning up our mess (it turns out we've forgot a lot, so we'll be playing some clean up later, frowny face).

How did this happen? Well, first of all this is a hidden track, so it isn't listed on the rear cover of the album. See:

It should be listed right after the song "Iron Flag". But it isn't there - and on my CD "The Glock" is on the same track as Iron Flag. So I heard "Iron Flag" start, realized that U wasn't on it, and skipped to the next shit.

NOW, there is another BETTER REASON that we overlooked this shit. For me, I wiped it from our memory because it is the worst. I must have intentionally forgot about it because I hate to hear it so much. When this shit was on spin in my car I worked near Perth Amboy in New Jersey (right across the bridge from Staten Island). I remember driving around and listening to this album a lot because it was the only way I could smoke. Anyway, I also remember ALWAYS SKIPPING THIS SONG WITHOUT EXCEPTION. I like the song Iron Flag, and when the first shit note of this song plays, my finger was already pressing skip. Done.

PERTH AMBOY SHIT!

See if you like it. But you'll have to listen to "Iron Flag" first since it's all on the same track. Don't worry though, "Iron Flag" is good:"Iron Flag / The Glock (hidden track)"



What a good song, right? I mean "Iron Flag" is good not "The Glock" ... that one is shit. Fucking Masta Killa - such a good verse (on "Iron Flag"), you can always count on that guy. Plus Deck! SHHHIIIIITTTT!!!!! "I can't believe you on the canvas, I'm just throwing jabs". HOT SHIT!!! Plus  a dope beat, scratching, and a good sample. I would say the boys still have it except that the next song starts.

As for The Glock I'm not even going to try to post the lyrics to this shit even though U is on there a lot. U has the chorus over a slow mess of a beat. I'll publish that, I guess. Enjoy.

Yo, yo [clears throat]
Yo - GOOD THING WE BROUGHT THE GLOCK
It's a block party, niggaz just bust shots
Pssh - GOOD THING WE BROUGHT THE GLOCK
Thought you had props, with yo' gangsta bop
- GOOD THING WE BROUGHT THE GLOCK
Meet me on the Hill or the Ave. hilltop
Pssh - GOOD THING WE BROUGHT THE GLOCK
You like what you see, my shiny-ass rock
- GOOD THING WE BROUGHT THE GLOCK

I don't want to hear that "brought the glock" line ever again. It's like a joke. As for the rapping? It's good. Ghost is first and gets what they're trying to do and lays out a nice verse. He understands, it's no fucking wonder he's made a name for himself outside of the clan. RZA is next and phones it in. Is it me or does almost every RZA verse sound the same, with the same words each time only sometimes organized differently?

Then U comes in with MORE BULLSHIT. Talkin about people being "'bout it, 'bout it". Please. Fuck that mess.

Then Masta Killa comes in and kills it, before Rae delivers a decent verse as well.

So in the end we have a shit garbage trash landfill beat with an irritating loop. We have four good verses with Ghost winning for staying on topic, but Masta Killa comes close. Then we have the worst part of the track: the chorus, which is U's contribution. FUCK THAT MESS. FUCK A HIDDEN TRACK.
 

IN CONCLUSION: "Iron Flag" with no U-God = good. "The Glock" = gutter garbage.

Iron Flag Score 8/10
The Glock Score: 1/10

U-God’s Score: 2/10

Impact on Rep (+,-,=): None


Next Week: Since we had to backtrack on Iron Flag, the next song will be the bonus track "The W". Whatever.

About this series: “U-God’s Resume" is a series of posts which looks at each line of U-God’s entire career to determine if his status as ‘wack’ is justified (as labeled by internet morons). I think it is not. U-God is dope. We'll prove it. Leave it to the Tort Team.

Line for Line: Inspectah Deck on "Above The Clouds" by Gang Starr

This post is easy street. All we do is publish the lyrics to a verse that we find particularly dope. Just like how the Source used to publish the hip hop quoteable. Except today you could just do a google for the lyrics.

Today we're featuring Deck's verse from Gang Starr's "Above the Clouds". When this album came out (1998), Gang Starr were considered hip hop elders and had achieved legendary status. While Deck was riding the top of the Wu Tang wave. You might remember that RZA's five year plan ended in 1997 so all of the clansmen were left to fend for themselves at this point (I guess). So we got a lot of guest spots. This is one of the best guest spots of all time.

Deck is easily one of the best spitters in the Clan, and this is just one his best verses. He sounds charged on the Premier beat and apparently remembers who he is rapping next to: the all time pro Guru. So he brought his "A" game.



After spinning that I must say that Guru could have easily got his verse quoted here as well. Not to mention Premier's beat. This song is just three experts working together. Perfect.

So, here is Deck's contribution.

Yeah; I leave scientists mentally scarred, triple extra large
Wild like rock stars who smash guitars
Poison bars from the Gods bust holes in your mirage
and catch a charge shake em down like the riot squad
Invade your zone, ruin like ancient Rome
I span the universe and return to Earth to claim my throne
The maker, owner, plus soul controller
Ayatollah rest in the sky, the cloud's my sofa
Stand like Collossus, regardless to whom or what
Numerous attempts at my life, so who to trust
Who but us, to supply you with the fire?
The burning truth, 150 Absolut proof
On the mic like Moses spoke in golden scribe
Survivor of the oldest tribe whose soldiers died
I notified families, we shed tears and more
but our hands are the ammo cause the battle's still on
Sound the horn; we come rumblin through the function
Precise laser beam technique to touch somethin
When we die hard, to build the monument to honor us with
Humungous effect in the world - we could have conquered it

IN CONCLUSION: Can you get any better than that? No. Beef up your rhymes and get back to me, slackers.

ABOVE THE CLOUDS SCORE 10/10
DECK SCORE  10/10
GURU SCORE 10/10
PRIMO SCORE 10/10

U-God's Resume #59, "Killa Beez"

--Official Stats--
Artists: RZA, U-God, Inspectah Deck, Suga Bang Bang, and Blue Raspberry
Song: "Killa Beez"
Producer: RZA
Album: Wu-Tang Productions Present Killa Beez: The Sting
Release Date: March 12, 2002

OH, The Sting is a follow up to The Swarm. I just figured that out! I didn't buy this shit because I thought The Swarm  was a piece of shit, and I did't want to hear a bunch of second string lackey's rapping over crap beats. Guess what? I still don't (unless tehy bring the ruckus, which they probably won't).

That brings me to the good news: I don't think I've heard this song before! AND it doesn't have any second string lackeys, it has first string chamipions: Deck, U, and RZA. Plus production from the RZA, this should be dope as hell. I'm honestly excited. Are you? Fine. Your feelings are valid whatever they are! Let's check it out...

Oh nuts! This has an official video? Whaaaa? Let's review that shit! I hope it won't be like the last bunch of Wu video's that I've seen (cheap, in da club, violence on women, RZA flip offs, dumb, etc...). Let's find out!


"Killa Beez"



INSTANTLY I'm dissapointed by the video. I mean by the time my brian realizes that I am watching an official Wu video, I've already lost hope. Why? Computer animated bees that look like shit. AGAIN. Stop it already.

But then...OH SHIT! This is a good ass song. I don't know what the hell that singing is at the start, but it collaposes into some dope shit. This is a good Wu beat.

U kicks it off hard as nails. I'll post his lyrics at the end, but he does a good job. The "more pull than Magneto" line wins it. RZA and Deck are going to have to go big to top that shit.

And then we get the first good listen to the chorus. . . and it stinks. It's not terrible, but it's also kind of basic. No imagination at all. Come on boys, the chorus is very important. This is just singing "Killa Beez" which is okay, then someone else saying "warriors". Fine. You should have went with plan "B", the RZA.

As for the video. It's very cheap (AGAIN). The editing is a bit better than that last one, but it's still the same basic idea: Clansmen rapping around ladies on a crappy looking set / couch. Sure this one has honey, but that's not enough.

RZA is next, and his verse is solid. From the "hear the hornet" all the way through, RZA brings a pretty typical Bobby Digital verse. That's good. But it's okay if you happen to miss it. As for the video, let's see, sports car, ladies, cheap. Done. Wack. At least he didn't flip me off this time. Nice maturity!

This guy is in the video more than Deck. Hey! Nobody wants to see this guy.

Deck is easily one of my favorites in the group. Except on his own shit (which almost always sucks). This sounds like a Deck verse on a Deck album, which means that it's the Deck we know and love, doing a good rap, but it just isn't great. I mean it's got some good lines, but it falls pretty flat, which is odd, especially on a beat this live.

Deck's video location is "in front of a black wall" - so, that's the weakest set yet. Plus, they show the ladies and the singers more than him. Weird. PLUS, in my last Wu video review I moaned about how the set was decorated with a sharpie. Well, the Wu logo's look pure sharpie again. SO CHEAP.
 

IN CONCLUSION: Good song! Cheap video. Everyone brought a good verse (no great verses) and the beat was good. Nice job everyone! And special shout to RZA for managing to not flip anyone off! Super work!

 

Track Score: 6/10

U-God’s Score: 7/10

Impact on Rep (+,-,=): None


Next Week: Thank goodness U-God only got stuck on one track on this album because there is no way anything else was even close to this good. So we get to move on "Shaolin Brew" from "DJ Drank's Greatest Malt Liquor Hits". Good GRIEF and WTF?

About this series: “U-God’s Resume" is a series of posts which looks at each line of U-God’s entire career to determine if his status as ‘wack’ is justified (as labeled by internet morons). I think it is not. U-God is dope. We'll prove it. Leave it to the Tort Team.

U-God's Lyrics (nonproofread(

Yo yo
I was born with this magnet, warned by the dragnet
About my dirty habits, I got to have it, the super-glow
Deuce Bigelow - Male Gigolo
Gold hands crush Coke cans and Michelobs
Style is Nino, black Benzito, Valentino
Nine needles - voice; evil steelo
Hit, like the bull, more pull than Magneto
Crush kilos with my bare hand, reload the Eagle
Nine dirty strikes, leaped up off all you people
Burn therapy, chemo, seap hoes
See you through the peephole - in the crime lab
Countin Ginos, cut-tin dime slabs
Then he bagged up Chino, rushed through the crowd with a hee-ho
Slapshots, jackpots, and pe-nnals
Throw graffiti on the wall, throwin up Reemo
Gambino three dice, headcrack Cee-Lo
In ya earhole, let the snare roll go low
Lower than low, lower than zero
Who's your rhymin heroes? *heavy breathing*

U-God's Resume #56, "One of These Days"

--Official Stats--
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Song: "One of These Days"
Producer: Nick "Fury" Loftin
Album: Iron Flag
Release Date: December 18, 2001

ANOTHER WU TANG JOINT. OFFICIAL! Let's go!

"One of These Days"



Now this song brings the energy. Shout to Nick "Fury" Loftin,  whoever the heck that is. Actually, cancel that shout. This beat is wack. So smooth. So not Wu. How is this a Wu song? This sounds like some bullshit that these guys should be guesting on, not an official jawn. On the other hand the chorus is dope, and the MC's response to it makes the track. But fuck that beat. WHO ARE YOU NICK "FURY" LOFTIN? What else have you produced? Oh. T.I. tracks. Nick Cannon tracks. E-40 tracks! WHAT THE FUCK? We'll just remember Nick "Fury" Loftin for his amazing chorus on this track:

Woman: "One of these days...and it won't be long."
Raekwon: "That's what you call it pa."

So how does our favorite team do over the world's most generic beat? Good.

Deck kicks things off, and honestly how can you lose with Deck taking the lead?

"I'm from the home where the buffalo roam
And n----s don't give a flyin' fuck
Talk with signs up, walk with the iron tucked
Leave your eyes wide shut..."

Word. Plus: Bill Cos. So dope. Deck is the best.

Next we have Raekwon who sounds very energetic. A little too energetic. Did Nick "Fury" Loftin speed up his voice? Did he hit him with a car battery? Give him some coffee? I don't know. Good job Rae.

Finally we have U-God, who also sounds good on the track. He isn't saying anything, and he has the longest verse by far, but he still sounds good. I do have one question though: he says, "Ever since the Triumph we've been missing them soldiers". What does that mean. Was the last good Wu song "Triumph"? No. But it was their biggest hit. I don't know. I've been missing them soldiers since about the time of Triumph. Let's be honest The W and Iron Flag both scuked it. And 8 Diagrams is okay, but it's not the Wu I remember. So I guess that this is an accurate line and still holds true today.

TIMELESS SHIT!

IN CONCLUSION: This is one of the better tracks on the album despite having a lousy beat. Deck kills it (although he doesn't sounds as good as he can), Rae is WAY better than normal, and U delivers yet another decent verse. Not to bad, but also not a keeper. Throw it back.

 

Track Score: 5/10

U-God’s Score: 7/10

Impact on Rep (+,-,=): None


Next Week: Hidden track shit! "The Glock" fucks up what could have been a perfectly good empty spot on the album.


About this series: “U-God’s Resume" is a series of posts which looks at each line of U-God’s entire career to determine if his status as ‘wack’ is justified (as labeled by internet morons). I think it is not. U-God is dope. We'll prove it. Leave it to the Tort Team.


U-God's Lyrics:

"Yo. Yo. I come from the slums, I ain't no dummy
My testament talk, represent money
This Verbal Intercourse, fueled by exhaust
The bread winner, head spinner, coldest with the force
No remorse, endorse the rap artist
So flamboyant cus I pimp slap the hardest
Ever since the Triumph we've been missin' them soldiers
We came tonight, boy the mission is cobra, full exposure
Bulldoze through the rubbish, I'm in too deep boy
I just gotta love this, they call me Too Sweet
One of the nine brothers, I'm so unique
Every line that smother, the situation's grim
It's bloody sin cus every time I want out they pull me back in
I see my reflection in the chrome mack 10
Ask the passer who's faster with the pen
Then pull it, nine hollows, amorettosThat's how I like it, sweat on my wine bottles
The automobiles with them shiny ass hubs
The indoor pull, with the bathtub club, my ankle's in the mud
Veteran smile, Dat's Gangsta shit, that American style
Dig it, prick my prey off
I'm quick to slay with the rectifier shit, caught by the ricochet n----"

U-God's Resume #55, "Uzi (Pinky Ring)"

--Official Stats--
Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Song: "Uzi (Pinky Ring)"

Producer: RZA
Album: Iron Flag
Release Date: December 18, 2001{intro}

Hey now! This song isn't so bad! I remember it. Plus I remember that it had a video. So you know what that means? This is a VIDEO REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Uzi (Pinky Ring)"

I guess I should start by saying that this is the first single off of the album, it's produced by the RZA, and it has a verse from every member of the Clan except for Cappadonna (who was in time-out for this album). The beat is pretty good. I mean, it's not vintage Wu (becasue it's got that polished sound that nobody wants to hear), but it's still a good beat. Plus the chours is okay!

Let's get it!

U-God starts us off talking over the intro:

"Yo...yeah. Don't erase none of that good shit in the beginning. Yo.. spill drinks on ya, get stank on ya. Yo.. yo.. pinky ring shit, yo. That pinky ring shit yo."


Then things improve greatly as the song jumps right into a verse. But in the video we're treated to embarassment as a shitty looking CGI bee flys around looking all cheap ass. Here we go again with something wack, the Wu just can't seem to get their shit 100% together.



High Tech Shit.


U kicks off the track with the first verse, and it's good:

"It's that pinky ring shit, the legend of masked kid
Shoot out the speakers when my guns get jurassic
Superbad, who am I? Dolemite classic
The vandal's back, hands on Angela Bassett
I handle my plastic, gunplay I mastered
No coke, dope mixed down with acid on record
Broken down and crafted in seconds
Lady's choice, the golden voice still peppered
Better, respect it, bitch believe
I pull rabbits out the hat, tricks up my sleeves
I air out the showroom, the shit can breathe
Fix your weave, behold my expertise"


What was the budget for this tin foil and marker sign? A MILLION WU DOLLARS?

Things are sounding so right. The "Guns get Jurassic" line is the shit. Shout to U. This is his second appearance on Iron Flag, and his second good verse. He's at 100% dopeness. But, yo, why is the video so wack? Another "club" video? Didn't the Wu just do that with that "Jump Off" bullshit? Plus, Wu music isn't exactly club music, right? It's introspective deep shit. Whatev. So U spits in his winter wear (hat and coat) surrounded by two ladies. Okay.





Somebody call a dentist.



Seriously, this video is just normal and boring AND CHEAP. So the CGI bee that nobody wants to see is back as the average chorus kicks in:

"I got my uzi back -- you dudes is wack, face it the Wu is back"

Was the uzi gone at some point? What do they mean by Uzi? Are they really rapping back with wack and back again? Ehhhh?

HAHhaa! Video art courtesy of Mrs. Dewey's second grade class.

Good old Raekwon is next. His verse is good too. But yo! Where did the money go for this video? Seriously. Rae is also with two ladies in the cheapest set I've ever seen.



It looks great. Nice job, set department.

Next we get the chorus again, then Ghost comes in. Because, of course, would RZA ever not put Rae and Ghost together? No. Apparently there is no other way to order the MCs. Lame. 



Poor Ghost. Mr. Killah, you're too good for this low budget shit. Especially when you bring one of the better verses of the song. Plus, shout to the RZA for the nice change up in the beat. If you close your eyes so you don't see the cheap ass videy, and just listen to the verse, the pain goes away. Weird.



The tradition of Wu-Violence against Women continues.



Ghost spits in a shitty looking "rich guy" apartment with "framed art" and everything. Also, two ladies, AGAIN. I guess it's the theme of the video. "Everyone will have two ladies and it will be great" - The Director.

Plus we get a new twist on the whole "Wu Tang Clan treats women poorly" routine, with Ghost pushing a dancer out of the way by the head (U-God is usually the one beating on the ladies, but the whole clan can do it too). Now all we need is RZA to give the finger and this will be a completely normal Wu video (lame).

Is this your card?

Chorus again. Then RZA stops in to drop science nonsense. But he doesn't get a cheap ass intro sign. Why not? Actually, the verse is fire and so is the segment in the video. Yo. When RZA calls out the playing cards and tosses them in the video, it was over. RZA wins (even though he only has one lady in his cheap ass looking office). 

Then, unbelieveably, things get even better (with the song anyway, the video is still cheap as hell), as Method Mad jumps in over a major change up on the beat and successfully follows RZA's dope verse.



Mad different methods to the way we make the nameplates

Things are very different for Method's segment. He gets a ton of ladies and a set that looks okay. I see who the star is. Plus, his verse is nice with that "same advice that I gave my wife...". Everyone is bringing their "A" game. And a quick calculation tells me that the last three guys are three of my favorites in the clan: Deck, GZA, and Masta Killa.





So Deck is next and of course gets the cheap ass sign treatment too:





Yep. It looks like shit, put it in the video



Deck get's to spit on another generic set, this time it's in a women's boxing gym. Neat. I've only seen that a hundred times before. But at least his verse is on the same level as everyone else - which is good.

Yeah, it is a women's gym, so what?

Hold up, Deck's lines are so good, as usual, that I have to call one of the out:"Creepin' through the states on V8's and 12's / My weight is held, fuck with me then brace yourself"

Masta Killa is next and he somehow escapes humiliation and doesn't get a cheap ass sign. His verse is fire from the first line: "This is grown man talkin, coward I split your head..."



Masta Killa's set: cardboard + 1 Lady



Fuck, Masta Killa is the best. His closing line is supreme:"Floatin' on the 95, sting like a killa bee / your hands can't hit what your eyes cant see..."

Then we have GZA to wrap it up...

You can see the fucking lines from the Sharpie.

Now, GZA does his thing and spits a well crafted verse. But I have to ask: what in the fuck happened to the GZA? He doesn't sound like one of the Clan. He doesn't have any energy, his verse sounds like it was recorded hundreds of miles away from everyone else, and he just is lacking. This was my favorite MC ever. Liquid Swords is my shit. This is not the guy from Liquid Swords. The shit sounds so forced, like he forgot how to spit raw and have fun. It's like he lost his heart. Wizard of Oz shit. 

I don't want to blast the GZA or his master status, but shit. I gotta call it how I see it.

IN CONCLUSION: What a cheap ass video. Crap. Garbage. Everyone delivers a good verse and despite having to deal with a cheap ass video. Skip the video, spin the song. Done. Oh, Masta Killa won best verse.

Track Score: 8/10 

U-God’s Score: 7/10

Impact on Rep (+,-,=): Improves

 

Next Week: On to the next one. Iron Flag's next U-God joint "One of These Days". I seem to remember that it's a good track too! Tune in!



About this series: “U-God’s Resume" is a series of posts which looks at each line of U-God’s entire career to determine if his status as ‘wack’ is justified (as labeled by internet morons). I think it is not. U-God is dope. We'll prove it. Leave it to the Tort Team.

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