Official Raekwon "Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang" Album Discussion Thread

[Lunatic]

Grouprip leaked

01.  Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang                                           2:30
02.  Every Soldier In The Hood Ft. Method Man                     2:54
03.  Silver Rings Ft. Ghostface Killah                            1:48
04.  Chop Chop Ninja Ft. Inspectah Deck And Estelle               4:24
05.  Butter Knives                                                2:47
06.  Snake Pond                                                   2:29
07.  Crane Style Ft. Busta Rhymes                                 1:55
08.  Rock N Roll Ft. Ghostface Killah And Jim Jones               5:40
09.  Rich And Black Ft. Nas                                       3:35
10.  From The Hills Ft. Method Man And Raheem DeVaughn            2:55
11.  Last Trip To Scotland Ft. Lloyd Banks                        2:42
12.  Ferry Boat Killaz                                            2:00
13.  Dart School                                                  2:28
14.  Molasses Ft. Rick Ross And Ghostface Killah                  4:13
15.  The Scroll                                                   2:34
16.  Masters Of Our Fate Ft. Black Thought                        3:22
17.  Wu Chant (Outro)                                             0:42

[sav]

Amazing on the first listen. 

[Episcop Cruel Cvrle]

Raekwon stays true, after first listen not close to OBFCL2 tho its very nice. Chop Chop Ninja is nice..

[Matty]

sounds great to me!

[Blood$]

threw it all on the iPhone... on my way to the gym now to give it a spin 

[Lunatic]

1. Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang - 4/5. Not much rapping, but dope (typical) Wu intro
2. Every Soldier in the Hood - 4/5. Again, typical short, good Wu-Tang sounding song
3. Silver Rings - 4/5. I'm not lazy, but this song gets the exact same explanation as ^ lol

4. Chop Chop Ninja - 4.25/5. The beat is so dope; story telling raps here. That Wu-Tang/ninja feel. Estelle is a nice addition too.
5. Butter Knives - 4/5. Again, great example of that classic Wu Tang sound were used to hearing.
6. Snake Pond - 4.25/5. This one has a bit of a darker vibe; story telling raps again.

7. Crane Style - 4/5. Cool beat. Real short song; too bad; still dope. Busta killed it "throw 'em in the trash ain't no recycling bin for rappers" lol.
8. Rock 'n Roll - 4.5/5. Dope ass Khalil beat. Kobe on the hook as always baby. Great verses as well; Jim Jones surprises.

9. Rich & Black - 5/5. Dope beat. Love Sean C & LV production; part of the reason I loved Jay-Z's "American Gangster" album so much. Nas' verse is old apparently but dope as fuck. This is the albums best record and its no surprise.

10. From the Hills - 4.5/5. Cool beat. Raheem sounds really dope on here. One of my favorite joints thus far. Real dope.
11. Last Trip to Scotland - 4.25/5. Dope beat again. Rae flowing real calm & nice. Cool Lloyd Banks verse as well.
12. Ferry Boat Killaz - 3.75/5. Alchemist beat. Not my favorite on the album though; it kinda' bores me.

13. Dart School - 4/5. Great traditional Wu sounding track again.
14. Molasses - 4.25/5. Cool beat. Rae drops a dope verse. Haters must despise seeing Ross on here lol; I love it. His verse is dope and fits well. Ghostface was tight too.
15. The Scroll - 3.5/5. Solid record but at the same time seems forgettable next to the rest.

16. Masters of our Fate - 4.25/5. Real Hip-Hop shit right here. Black Thought drops a really nice verse too. Great record.
17. Outro - N/A

As usual, a great Raekwon album. He stays true to his sound as always. He knows what his loyal fanbase wants to hear and he always delivers. Another gem from the extensive Wu Tang catalog.

[stillinrehab]

Hate the Jim Jones on this but apart from that this is the best from him since OB4CL 2... This is around that level... 

[dubsmith_nz]

^^^ I thought Jones actually came the nicest on that track with all his rock references, gonna have to give this a spin, last album was straight

[Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation)]

Grouprip leaked

01.  Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang                                           2:30
02.  Every Soldier In The Hood Ft. Method Man                     2:54
03.  Silver Rings Ft. Ghostface Killah                            1:48
04.  Chop Chop Ninja Ft. Inspectah Deck And Estelle               4:24
05.  Butter Knives                                                2:47
06.  Snake Pond                                                   2:29
07.  Crane Style Ft. Busta Rhymes                                 1:55
08.  Rock N Roll Ft. Ghostface Killah And Jim Jones               5:40
09.  Rich And Black Ft. Nas                                       3:35
10.  From The Hills Ft. Method Man And Raheem DeVaughn            2:55
11.  Last Trip To Scotland Ft. Lloyd Banks                        2:42
12.  Ferry Boat Killaz                                            2:00
13.  Dart School                                                  2:28
14.  Molasses Ft. Rick Ross And Ghostface Killah                  4:13
15.  The Scroll                                                   2:34
16.  Masters Of Our Fate Ft. Black Thought                        3:22
17.  Wu Chant (Outro)                                             0:42

WOOW, thanks for the headsup

DL'n now..
lookin forward to this 

[Paul]

Hate the Jim Jones on this but apart from that this is the best from him since OB4CL 2... This is around that level... 

Jones had the best verse on the track.


This is the album iv been anticipating this year. Glad im off work today to listen to this, Lupe and WC

[Blood$]

great album, just a notch below OB4CL2 IMO

[Paul]

Album of the year by far.


Flows beautifully from track to track. Production is great and the guest features work really really well. That Estelle hook is 


4.75/5 as a whole for me.


My only little gripe is some of the tracks could be longer.

[Action!]

Let me guess, it's the same old usual wu sound people jerk off to yet criticize other artist for reproducing their same old sound record after record. 

Sure it's good but stop gassing ya selves.

[Paul]

Let me guess, it's the same old usual wu sound people jerk off to yet criticize other artist for reproducing their same old sound record after record. 

Sure it's good but stop gassing ya selves.

You goddamn right 

[OG Snoopaveli]

Let me guess, it's the same old usual wu sound people jerk off to yet criticize other artist for reproducing their same old sound record after record. 

Sure it's good but stop gassing ya selves.

You goddamn right