GZA - Shadowboxin' ft. Method Man

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  • čas přidán 19. 11. 2020
  • Official Music Video for Shadowboxin performed by GZA.
    #GZA #Shadowboxin
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  • @rodcarew1353
    @rodcarew1353 Před 4 měsíci +811

    Who’s here in 2024🤚🏽

  • @kevinerosa
    @kevinerosa Před 3 lety +3922

    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 Před 3 lety +177

      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 Před 3 lety +155

      @@trichomebeast1130 the whole album album is straight 🔥🔥

    • @brandonmiller8351
      @brandonmiller8351 Před 3 lety +62

      My favorite gza beat is hellz wind staff

    • @trichomebeast1130
      @trichomebeast1130 Před 3 lety +20

      Of course it is it's a gem💯

    • @dassolosyndikat5113
      @dassolosyndikat5113 Před 3 lety +10

      @@brandonmiller8351 gza wasn't on hellz wind staff

  • @drewturner4845
    @drewturner4845 Před 2 měsíci +74

    This one of the dopest beats ever.

  • @matthewwalter5432
    @matthewwalter5432 Před rokem +127

    That beat transition is genius

  • @fernandorodriguez7560
    @fernandorodriguez7560 Před 3 lety +1882

    this album changed my way of listening to hip hop

    • @ForPetesake552
      @ForPetesake552 Před 3 lety +60

      I can dig that.

    • @vinylsbyqwest
      @vinylsbyqwest Před 3 lety +27

      As a child I learned this clip and it learned me

    • @joegonzales7350
      @joegonzales7350 Před 3 lety +20

      This that real deal papa! 😤😎💡

    • @alexalb5256
      @alexalb5256 Před 3 lety +36

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

    • @floyd27860
      @floyd27860 Před 3 lety +14

      That's deep

  • @TJiscool1
    @TJiscool1 Před 3 lety +1694

    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...

  • @billeone
    @billeone Před rokem +245

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

    • @luismr225519
      @luismr225519 Před rokem +33

      Why did Judas rat The Romans while Jesus slept

    • @Slowmotionstyle1
      @Slowmotionstyle1 Před rokem +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 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Wrong song lol

    • @billeone
      @billeone Před 10 měsíci +7

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

    • @Nee-vk7zz
      @Nee-vk7zz Před 10 měsíci +4

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

  • @asadb2299
    @asadb2299 Před rokem +118

    "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 Před 10 měsíci +1

      It’s absolutely true.

    • @wildstyle203
      @wildstyle203 Před 3 měsíci

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

    • @MultiGuvnor
      @MultiGuvnor Před 3 měsíci

      ⁠@@wildstyle203 educate me

    • @calest6251
      @calest6251 Před 12 dny

      That's from 4th Chamber. Same album. Different song.
      Dopest line af.

  • @DeadHandX
    @DeadHandX Před 2 lety +742

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

    • @devantethedcguyreactstoo252
      @devantethedcguyreactstoo252 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @fishingwithbigal2097
      @fishingwithbigal2097 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +5

      Once a week I usually sneak back here 😜☺️.

    • @wackrapsatire
      @wackrapsatire Před rokem +7

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

  • @QBreezey
    @QBreezey Před 3 lety +972

    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 Před 2 lety +9

      Agreed

    • @ZOWO3000
      @ZOWO3000 Před 2 lety +27

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

    • @jsl02008
      @jsl02008 Před 2 lety +6

      Me too and I will be 42 in a few months

    • @a1erii
      @a1erii Před 2 lety +5

      Literally, same 😄

    • @1913131
      @1913131 Před 2 lety +4

      amen to that!! sister!!!!!

  • @blinddig7525
    @blinddig7525 Před 2 měsíci +19

    RZA's verse on 4th Chamber is mindblowing

  • @jayjames7011
    @jayjames7011 Před rokem +191

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

  • @cstarcrusher
    @cstarcrusher Před 3 lety +1520

    liquid swords still sounds like nothing else ..

    • @Heaterz
      @Heaterz Před 3 lety +57

      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 Před 3 lety +16

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

    • @DicnballzBitch
      @DicnballzBitch Před 3 lety +12

      Part of me wants to believe it's all freestyles

    • @noticeddamian
      @noticeddamian Před 3 lety +21

      Yeah,liquid swords is a phenomenal hip hop record.

    • @kennethlopez6527
      @kennethlopez6527 Před 3 lety +8

      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

  • @josephsutton6413
    @josephsutton6413 Před 3 lety +360

    One of Meth's most underrated rhymes.

  • @leftyleon3447
    @leftyleon3447 Před měsícem +35

    Who here TODAY….

  • @MichaelLortzCreates
    @MichaelLortzCreates Před rokem +321

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

    • @eddiesmith2570
      @eddiesmith2570 Před rokem +9

      THAT WAS HARD

    • @madmotivationtv
      @madmotivationtv Před rokem +8

      They really did a great job recreating every video

    • @number1taxprepllc
      @number1taxprepllc Před rokem +6

      That was the best episode

    • @mannygonzalez8358
      @mannygonzalez8358 Před rokem

      Too bad Killah priest was deleted like he was nothing

    • @KrashyKharma
      @KrashyKharma Před rokem +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.

  • @makavelitrained8339
    @makavelitrained8339 Před 3 lety +21

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

  • @myboyble
    @myboyble Před 3 lety +454

    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 Před rokem +7

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

    • @Stuntman175
      @Stuntman175 Před rokem +12

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

    • @KoolAcid33
      @KoolAcid33 Před rokem +9

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

    • @TheCreepyCoroner
      @TheCreepyCoroner Před rokem +4

      He's a lyrical surgeon

    • @LordHanzo89
      @LordHanzo89 Před rokem +1

      Facts

  • @onice33
    @onice33 Před rokem +26

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

  • @marcoreborn8082
    @marcoreborn8082 Před rokem +79

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

  • @ANNIHILISTIC
    @ANNIHILISTIC Před 3 lety +248

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

  • @sdad123
    @sdad123 Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @Fortheculture___ftc
    @Fortheculture___ftc Před rokem +56

    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 Před 6 měsíci +6

      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.

  • @Zakarman43
    @Zakarman43 Před 2 měsíci +9

    90s FOREVER

  • @storyandsoulgardening
    @storyandsoulgardening Před 3 lety +66

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

  • @omi1975db
    @omi1975db Před 2 lety +130

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

    • @jumahbrady670
      @jumahbrady670 Před 2 lety +5

      Facts 💯

    • @imthebest7290
      @imthebest7290 Před 2 lety +6

      I saw him on ted talks. Guys smart

    • @taylorfamily8768
      @taylorfamily8768 Před 2 lety

      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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      @@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

  • @meechy9166
    @meechy9166 Před 3 měsíci +8

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

  • @stevenwilson5107
    @stevenwilson5107 Před měsícem +10

    Almost 30 years ago still sounds brand new man 😮😮

  • @rahmanr112
    @rahmanr112 Před 3 lety +51

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

    • @joebruce2180
      @joebruce2180 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @ElBucho24
    @ElBucho24 Před 3 lety +108

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

    • @bvrty.cvpxne
      @bvrty.cvpxne Před rokem +3

      The fate of the world is in our hands.

  • @Wildncrazyfigs
    @Wildncrazyfigs Před 3 měsíci +22

    Rza ate on there

  • @sphakamisozondi
    @sphakamisozondi Před rokem +26

    This gem doesn't get old

  • @blackpixels
    @blackpixels Před 3 lety +107

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

    • @kennethtorres8420
      @kennethtorres8420 Před 3 lety +2

      U-GOD

    • @mjrowden
      @mjrowden Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @cjizzle26
      @cjizzle26 Před 3 lety +3

      Rae too

    • @williamstaats7146
      @williamstaats7146 Před 2 lety +1

      Blackpixels@ Chef

    • @ManWalksDogs
      @ManWalksDogs Před 2 lety +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).

  • @surelock22
    @surelock22 Před 3 lety +195

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

  • @LaCheleWallace
    @LaCheleWallace Před rokem +24

    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.

  • @maddmaestro1
    @maddmaestro1 Před rokem +18

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

  • @a.k.4o
    @a.k.4o Před 3 lety +92

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

    • @ISellSigals
      @ISellSigals Před 3 lety +2

      True that.

    • @a.k.4o
      @a.k.4o Před 3 lety

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

    • @ISellSigals
      @ISellSigals Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

    • @ISellSigals
      @ISellSigals Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @alexisdigital
    @alexisdigital Před 3 lety +476

    Top 5 best rap albums ever.

    • @hectorhervas3749
      @hectorhervas3749 Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly the 5th

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 Před 3 lety +1

      For sure

    • @GreenroomTV
      @GreenroomTV Před 3 lety +1

      FACTS

    • @tool27
      @tool27 Před 3 lety +2

      @@hectorhervas3749 what’s your top 5?

    • @hectorhervas3749
      @hectorhervas3749 Před 3 lety +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

  • @user-oy6sc8qh6e
    @user-oy6sc8qh6e Před rokem +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

  • @davidcobb1379
    @davidcobb1379 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Gza was dope ppl forget he was a monster

  • @songszmusic
    @songszmusic Před 3 lety +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

  • @stephendonatelli1224
    @stephendonatelli1224 Před 3 lety +72

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

  • @chrismaw5117
    @chrismaw5117 Před rokem +26

    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

  • @tuffstix
    @tuffstix Před rokem +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!

  • @paolo73
    @paolo73 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

      The young boys need to pay homage

    • @closedears5429
      @closedears5429 Před 2 lety +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 Před 6 měsíci

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

    • @silversurfer8935
      @silversurfer8935 Před 3 měsíci

      SAME

  • @nkosinathiwarrenhlongwane2276

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

    • @SweatpantsPG
      @SweatpantsPG Před 3 lety

      Isnt Trevor Noah from there too?

    • @emceek1506
      @emceek1506 Před 3 lety

      Much Love from Durban bro

    • @dunwood12
      @dunwood12 Před 3 lety

      Have you heard any sully nomad out there?

    • @ErickGarcia-fw6jl
      @ErickGarcia-fw6jl Před 3 lety

      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 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @HighDesertPythons
    @HighDesertPythons Před rokem +12

    Shadowboxin is my favorite hip hop track of all time

  • @toriano433
    @toriano433 Před 3 lety +530

    One of the most underrated albums ever.

    • @socillizt4life
      @socillizt4life Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +30

      Everybody in my hood had this album..

    • @nicholaskoenig3106
      @nicholaskoenig3106 Před 2 lety +14

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

    • @anchomnij6721
      @anchomnij6721 Před 2 lety

      Fr

    • @petergarrett3481
      @petergarrett3481 Před 2 lety +7

      Real rap music

  • @glenmanson963
    @glenmanson963 Před 2 lety +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

  • @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s
    @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s Před rokem +5

    90s artist were a different breed entirely.

  • @Jr-hv2yn
    @Jr-hv2yn Před rokem +25

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

  • @surelock22
    @surelock22 Před 3 lety +147

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

    • @surelock22
      @surelock22 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @surelock22
      @surelock22 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/6HJShYKcAH8/video.html

    • @WingoTribe704
      @WingoTribe704 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @jonnystorm3127
      @jonnystorm3127 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @WingoTribe704
      @WingoTribe704 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jonnystorm3127 Happy Wu Year 👐🏾

  • @reemobrooklyn3557
    @reemobrooklyn3557 Před 2 lety +27

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

  • @marvindrake5874
    @marvindrake5874 Před 3 měsíci +1

    One of the best Hip Hop Tracks ever made! Hands down

  • @drakestar13
    @drakestar13 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Method turned it to a masterpiece!

  • @mrteiijr
    @mrteiijr Před 3 lety +104

    Meth and genius killed it

  • @premethatakeover2572
    @premethatakeover2572 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +3

      Swag

    • @lorenzoburton3974
      @lorenzoburton3974 Před rokem +3

      Meth is cool Af

    • @brkjeff
      @brkjeff Před rokem +3

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

    • @gweah7821
      @gweah7821 Před 4 měsíci +1

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

  • @PhillTheGreat
    @PhillTheGreat Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @hellrella.k.a.durielhall4907

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

  • @NONPOINT420
    @NONPOINT420 Před 3 lety +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!

  • @Elemtree
    @Elemtree Před 3 lety +79

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

  • @Tone_C84
    @Tone_C84 Před rokem +30

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

    • @mjolden
      @mjolden Před rokem +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 Před rokem +2

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

  • @4RELAKS
    @4RELAKS Před rokem +11

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

  • @eb7154
    @eb7154 Před 3 lety +32

    GZA hits hard in this

  • @IllPropaganda
    @IllPropaganda Před 3 lety +202

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

    • @_festival
      @_festival Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @IllPropaganda
      @IllPropaganda Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

      @@IllPropaganda 💯

  • @lasickzimba1995
    @lasickzimba1995 Před 3 měsíci +2

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

  • @lostfound7275
    @lostfound7275 Před rokem +3

    THE ABSOLUTE PINNACLE

  • @danielbennett4867
    @danielbennett4867 Před 2 lety +6

    Gza always been my favorite Clan member, I still bump liquid swords cd at least every other week driving around.

  • @ashwiniyer7578
    @ashwiniyer7578 Před 3 lety +14

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

    • @zxcccccc1
      @zxcccccc1 Před 4 měsíci

      He gives you a time period without the numbers.

  • @surion6368
    @surion6368 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @shadowmoses5347
    @shadowmoses5347 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Wutang is life

  • @auhd3190
    @auhd3190 Před 3 lety +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 !!!

  • @TheAccessFoundation
    @TheAccessFoundation Před 2 lety +19

    Ghost had perfected his style on this one. He was still rough around the edges but still one of the best before this. But THIS…he found his voice!! Enter Supreme Clientele

  • @pedrorull5561
    @pedrorull5561 Před 3 měsíci +4

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

  • @greggjose2610
    @greggjose2610 Před rokem +7

    Always love that transition to the 4th chamber!

  • @Rayza82
    @Rayza82 Před 3 lety +17

    I love how they mixed both of these songs together for the video highlighting a lot of Wu members. These 2 songs are imprinted on my brain for LIFE! I remember seeing this on Rap City after school and I was a Wu fan before this, but this made me all about it, for life.

  • @duckonquack6535
    @duckonquack6535 Před 3 lety +54

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

  • @DALGOZ
    @DALGOZ Před 5 měsíci +8

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

  • @DonDessaDesoto20s
    @DonDessaDesoto20s Před 3 lety +19

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

  • @joserios3445
    @joserios3445 Před 2 lety +36

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

  • @rickypen
    @rickypen Před rokem +3

    I been sayin oh man in this voice ever since

  • @goldscrilla4185
    @goldscrilla4185 Před rokem +13

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

  • @nickcolburn8340
    @nickcolburn8340 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @sergejskompa8806
    @sergejskompa8806 Před 3 lety +87

    Masterpiece. Song, video, album.

  • @tiffanywilliams9545
    @tiffanywilliams9545 Před 4 měsíci +2

    2024 my third eye seen it!!! That part ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I don’t care what nobody else thinks or says but wu thang clan is the best!!!!!!!!!! And the bass is oh hell yeah and y’all know that the lyrics hitting ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎊🎊🎊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 RIP to those that’s gone on to heaven I love you always ❤❤

  • @alassinsane1588
    @alassinsane1588 Před rokem +19

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

  • @stockchartart1147
    @stockchartart1147 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +29

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

    • @warnutztheloser
      @warnutztheloser Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @FalB27
      @FalB27 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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!

  • @Wutang4children
    @Wutang4children Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @mariojortiz23
    @mariojortiz23 Před rokem +1

    Two bottles of wine, and a can of beer… Been clocked in my eye… still talk mad “ISH” there is nothin’ I fear!!!
    Mario J Ortiz

  • @wizzino2198
    @wizzino2198 Před rokem +9

    They ran the beat 💯🔥🔥🔥

  • @joshuamorrill1964
    @joshuamorrill1964 Před 3 lety +16

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

  • @johnygunnzz
    @johnygunnzz Před 3 lety +41

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

  • @goddesshathor7313
    @goddesshathor7313 Před 2 lety

    Staten Island Native, DON'T DISRESPECT THE GREATEST RAP GROUP TO EVER GRACE US WITH THEIR PRESENCE.

  • @yak596
    @yak596 Před rokem +5

    This is what I grew up on and it's still some of the best music I've ever heard.

  • @glennusher4160
    @glennusher4160 Před rokem +36

    GZA flow and rhymes were always clear and on point... So DOPE!

  • @mistajones7814
    @mistajones7814 Před 3 lety +29

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

  • @nickbarbosa7703
    @nickbarbosa7703 Před 3 lety +34

    One of the best albums from the Wu hands down, you can listen from top to bottom and not skip a track

  • @tiffanywilliams9545
    @tiffanywilliams9545 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Rip to those that’s gone on to heaven 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤩 I’ll always be a fan of the wu tang Gza,method man , well done guys I love you always 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Kidnostalgia95
    @Kidnostalgia95 Před rokem +12

    Here after that episode bro Dave east bodied that

  • @digitalx3136
    @digitalx3136 Před 2 lety +19

    My boy Max and me would listen to this album and just look at each other stunned at EVERY VERSE like we knew this is some of the most wicked flows in life