Customer Reviews
An essential hip hop album! - By: Tore Borg-thomsen, 02 Oct 2008 
Producer & rapper RZA told a Danish interviewer that the album he's the most proud of is this one, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)", & it is hard to disagree with him.
What is there to say about such an essential hip hop album that hasn't been said? One classic track leads to another on this 1993 release, & today,in the year of 2008, the price is so low there are no excuses on not owning it. Even if you hate hip hop, this record may be the one to start out with, combining primarily simple & catchy beats with the funny, yet hardcore, lyrical masterpieces each member presents us within each track.
I can try to point of my favorite tracks, but it is kinda hard. "Bring da ruckus", "Shame on a nigga", "Da mystery of chessboxin'", "C.R.E.A.M.", "Protect ya neck", "Tearz" & on & on & on are amazing hip hop tracks that should make every nowadays mediocre mainstream rapper insanely jealous.
Now BUY THIS MOFO & enjoy the mystery of the Clan!
wu's excellent debut... - By: yakattack!, 09 Sep 2008 i bought this album when it first came out, which is bloody years ago...and i still listen to it now, it was unlike any hip hop at the time, with rza going back to the raw roots of old school hip hop yet adding something new to create the wu's trade mark sound...without a doubt one of the greatest rap albums ever made.
Inspirational - By: YoungB, 06 Oct 2007 Wu tang are one of my biggest influencesin my own rap songs, & this album is killer. Bring Da Ruckus is a hard opener & the whole album is hard as it gets! CREAM is amazing. Wu Tangs standout lyricists are obviously ODB & Ghostface, who both sound amazing on every & any track they are in.
This has to go down as one of the best hip hop albumsin history, & the beats are pretty amazing to.
a must have for any rap fan
THE WU-TANG DEBUT - By: stuart, 23 Sep 2007 Along with Dr. Dre's The Chronic, the Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential rap albums of the '90s. Its spare yet atmospheric production -- courtesy of RZA -- mapped out the sonic blueprint that countless other hardcore rappers would follow for years to come. It laid the groundwork for the rebirth of New York hip-hopin the hardcore age, paving the way for everybody from Biggie & Jay-Z to Nas & Mobb Deep. Moreover, it introduced a colorful cast of hugely talented MCs, some of whom ranked among the best & most unique individual rappers of the decade. Some were outsized, theatrical personalities, others were cerebral storytellers & lyrical technicians, but each had his own distinctive style, which made for an album of tremendous variety & consistency. Every track on Enter the Wu-Tang is packed with fresh, inventive rhymes, which are filled with martial arts metaphors, pop culture references (everything from Voltron to Lucky Charms cereal commercials to Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were"), bizarre threats of violence, & a truly twisted sense of humor. Their off-kilter menace is really brought to life, however, by the eerie, lo-fi production, which helped bring the raw sound of the underground into mainstream hip-hop. Starting with a foundation of hard, gritty beats & dialogue samples from kung fu movies, RZA kept things minimalistic, but added just enough minor-key piano, strings, or muted horns to create a background ambience that works like the soundtrack to a surreal nightmare. There was nothing like itin the hip-hop world at the time, & even after years of imitation, Enter the Wu-Tang still sounds fresh & original. Subsequent group & solo projects would refine & deepen this template, but collectively, the Wu have never been quite this tight again.
CLASSIC -- A MUST OWN!!!!!! - By: Bob Byrne, 17 Aug 2007 There is no words i could use to describe the brillance of this album, absolute CLASSIC... I personnally think the best album the Hip-Hop world has ever seen & probably will ever see!!
If you dont own this album go out now & buy it... no questions asked, ITS AMAZING!!
