![]() There’s also an epic grandeur to it: This didn’t sound like eight guys sitting in their basement, playing chess, smoking dust, and plotting a global takeover. The production gushes a cagey, synth-fueled dread, with (frustratingly brief) excursions into the Wu’s signature minor chord hip-hop minimalism for a sonic palette that absorbs all the claustrophobia and chaos of urban life in the mid-’90s. It contains some of the strongest verses from legendary emcees Ghostface Killah, GZA, and Method Man. Freed from historical context, Wu-Tang Clan’s 1997 sophomore album, Wu-Tang Forever, is one of the best albums of that or any year.
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