You know i cant only have only one post about wu. So in this next post im going to talk about some of the individual work that some of the wu tang clan members did. First im going to talk about the genius, the GZA. On his album liquid swords there is some good stuff. My favorite songs are the 4th chamber and liquid swords, its pure. I also like raekwons solo stuff. Only built for cuban linx is a sick cd. Wu tang is sick as a group but i really only like the 36 chambers because their music after that got all hyphy. I like most of the solo stuff that the members did especially GZA. Heres some

M.O.P - the mash out posse. These are some rugged rough necks. Their rhymes are pissed off and I dig some hardcore hip hop. They reside on the east coast and there is not many like them. The album To TheDeath is my favorite album because they keep it real, I haven't heard many of their new stuff but they are still around. I have heard one song where they took a heavy metal song and tried to rap to it and it was wack. So if your gonna check these guys out then you should check out the 1993 album to the death. Everything else is not the same. Here is a video:

All of this east coast hip hop, its time for a little bit of some west coast. I don't listen to much but there is a few groups that stray from the pack that i enjoy listening to. One of which is the People Under the Stairs. They are from LA and they are one of my favorites. Thes one and double K throw it down. I like them because they are not the same as the other groups from the west. They spit kicked back and stone cold maxin. Here is some of their stuff.

I want to show my followers one of my favorite groups of hip hop artists from the east coast. I like them because almost all of the songs on their early albums are good. I hate it when some albums only have one or two good songs. That is why I like to bump Black Moon and Smif n Wessun. They have other groups that have some similar people in the like O.G.C. (Originoo Gun Clappaz) and Heltah Skeltah. Black Moon stands for Brothers who Lyrically Act and Combine Kickin Music Out On Nations, and in their group is Buckshot, 5 ft, and DJ Evil Dee (of Da Beatminerz) who does their production. In Smif n Wessun is a duo consisting of Tek and Steele. They are connected with Black Moon through the hip hop supergroup of Brooklyn, the Boot Camp Clik.

Black moon

 Smif n Wessun

 

The next post I will have will be about some more artists that i like to listen to. A large majority of them come from the east coast, mostly from new york or somewhere near there. Here are some videos of what I like to listen to. This first song is the Poor Righteous Teachers featuring Nine, the songs name is Gods, Earths, and 85ers.

 

Artifacts - wrong side of the tracks

     My first post will consist of the basics of hip hop from the 90's. The first group I would like to display is the Wu-Tang Clan. They are my personal favorite and they are one of the most well known groups in hip hop. They are from Staten Island New York and their members are the RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, Inspectah Deck, U-god, Masta Killa, and the late ODB- Ol Dirty Bastard. They became known during the prime time of hip hop, 1993 with their hit single "Protect Ya Neck". This premiered in their first album the 36 Chambers that was also released in 93. This was a very popular album when it came out and it still is today.  The creators of the wu-tang clan were cousins and grew up in the same neighborhood. This is the reason why they had so much chemistry and style that will last forever. The cousins were RZA, GZA, and ODB, and they constructed the foundation of the wu-tang clan.

    These people were very influential to make hip hop what is it today and that is mainly from their first album the 36 chambers. They had a lot of other good albums but this is by far the best and most respected. Their style was like no one else. They combined the shaolin and the wu-tang to make an asian kung-fu style of expressing their lives. Here is a video of their first song as a group, "Protect Ya Neck".

 

 I hope you have enjoyed the wu-tang clan and there is more great underground hip hop to come on this blog so stay tuned!