Wu-Tang Forever

By the time the Wu-Tang Clan finished their first round of solo projects and reconvened for their second album as a group, the double-disc album had become the hip-hop fad of the moment. So why not give it a shot? With a main crew of nine MCs (plus new protégé Cappadonna), the Wu wouldn't have to depend heavily on guest appearances to flesh out two whole discs of material, as Biggie and 2Pac had.

While the result, Wu-Tang Forever, is frequently brilliant, it's also sprawling and unfocused, losing its handle on the carefully controlled chaos of Enter the Wu-Tang. On the one hand, there's more social consciousness on Wu-Tang Forever, taking hard looks at ghetto life while finding pathos and offering encouragement and uplift ("A Better Tomorrow," "Impossible"). On the other hand, you also get some of the group's most explicit sex raps yet ("Maria," "The Projects," the utterly bizarre ODB solo track "Dog Shit"). In other words, the group is starting to go off in more individual directions here, making it harder to maintain an overall focus.

A1 Wu-Revolution 6:17
A2 Reunited 5:23
B1 For Heavens Sake 4:13
B2 Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (Still Don't Nothing Move But The Money) 3:06
B3 Visionz 3:09
C1 As High As Wu-Tang Gets 2:39
C2 Severe Punishment 4:49
C3 Older Gods 3:07
D1 Maria 2:34
D2 A Better Tommorrow 4:58
D3 It's Yourz 4:15
E1 Intro 2:05
E2 Triumph 5:38
E3 Impossible 4:28
E4 Little Ghetto Boys 4:31
F1 Deadly Melody 4:03
F2 The City 4:07
F3 The Projects 3:15
F4 Bells Of War 5:12
G1 The M.G.M. 2:39
G2 Dog Sh*t 2:39
G3 Duck Seazon 5:20
G4 Hellz Wind Staff 4:52
H1 Heaterz 4:19
H2 Black Shampoo 3:50
H3 Second Coming 4:35
H4 The Closing 2:43

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