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The album is one of the best to come out of the Wu camp. Ghostface manages to reinvent the old Wu sound to one that sounds more relevant to the production of the 2000's. In comparison to Ghost's debut Ironman this album manages to do it better in every sense. Ghostface delivers with complex flows over an interesting take on New York production. Often the albums skits, production and lyrical content sound more heavily influenced by comic books, adding to the albums personal aesthetic. The album ... read more

For today's rap standards, many could argue this is very outdated. Songs such like She's Fresh would not be on a rap album today, but that's the beauty in this album. This album is often viewed as the groundwork for rap music, and not everything hits the RAP genre as it sounds today. I did find every moment enjoyable, just maybe not for a rap fan. Looking back this album was extremely innovative for the time, and the album reaches a wide range of genres and sounds that should be recognized.

With or without Gz Up, Hoes Down, this is one of the best rap albums I have ever listened to. Every song feels perfectly produced front to back. Snoop, Rage, Tha Dogg Pound, etc all deliver. Ain't No Fun, and For All My N*ggaz and Bitches are perfect tracks. Feels like the perfect mix of the Death Row crew, and they all roll over the beats as smooth as can be done.

The album is one of the rawest albums I've ever heard, up there with Liquid Swords. Production is up there, and consistent throughout. Benny always delivers, and the lyricism is some of the hardest to ever come out of Benny or Griselda in general. I find the last few songs to be a bit less interesting. An essential album in the mafioso genre. The album doesn't reach the nineties for me because of this.