The W is a Hip-Hop album by Wu-Tang Clan, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked, owned by 18 collectors.
About
After the excess of <i>Wu-Tang Forever</i> and the incredible flood of solo albums that followed (most notably Ghostface’s <i>Supreme Clientele</i>, Method Man and Redman’s <i>Blackout!</i>, and RZA’s soundtrack for the Jim Jarmusch movie <i>Ghost Dog</i>), it was easy to overlook <i>The W</i>—or at least feel so oversaturated by Wu-Tang that you put it off for a while. But consider the album in the context of its moment and it’s a remarkable achievement. This was the era of Nelly and Diddy, of R&B hybrids like Usher and Aaliyah. Rap wasn’t subculture anymore—it was the dominant sound in American pop. And here you had nine unsmiling guys from Staten Island making Platinum records out of stuff like “Careful (Click Click)” and the agonizing “I Can’t Go to Sleep.” If <i>The W</i> wasn’t the most uncommercial-sounding commercial rap album of 2000, nothing wa. .
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The Clerk says
The Clerk knows this whole record — the pressing quirks, the credits, the take.
Tracklist
- 1Intro (Shaolin Finger Jab) / Chamber Music [feat. Junior Reid]4:26
- 2Careful (Click, Click)4:56
- 3Hollow Bones3:37
- 4Redbull (feat. Redman)3:53
- 5One Blood Under W (feat. Junior Reid)4:11
- 6Conditioner (feat. Snoop Dogg)5:32
- 7Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)3:58
- 8Let My N****s Live (feat. Nas)4:29
- 9I Can't Go to Sleep (feat. Isaac Hayes)3:35
- 10Do You Really (Thang Thang) [feat. DJ Kay Slay, Street Life]5:22
- 11The Monument (feat. Busta Rhymes)2:37
- 12Gravel Pit4:51
- 13Jah World (feat. Junior Reid)3:51
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- East Coast
- gritty
- menacing
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allah MathematicsFEATURING VOCALS
- Black KnightsFEATURING
- Busta RhymesFEATURING
- Cappadonna
- DJ Kay SlayFEATURING VOCALS
- Ghostface Killah
- GZA
- Inspectah Deck
- Isaac HayesFEATURING
- Junior ReidFEATURING
- Kardinal OffishallFEATURING
- KillarmyFEATURING
- Masta Killa
- Method Man
- NasFEATURING
- Ol' Dirty Bastard
- Paulisa MoormanFEATURING VOCALS
- Raekwon
18 collectors on Gatefold own this · 48 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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