At the end of Part I I made a remark about how the best possible listening experience one will listen to all of the Golden Age releases in the order of release. I'll provide some clarification on why that is, and why this is important to keep in mind just about the Golden Age of Wu-Tang, as opposed to so many other artists.
There are some very good reasons to listen to the Wu-Tang Golden Age in order of release. Firstly, all seven of the albums were recorded in a span of just under four years. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was released November 9, 1993 and Wu-Tang Forever was released June 3, 1997 (all the release dates can be seen in Part I). While this is indicative of a tremendous creative outpouring, it also allows (due to the amount of material released, totaling in at 117 songs) the listener to have a very keen insight into the creative processes and changes. Why should you care, you might ask? I couldn't give two flying fucks (or even one for that matter) if you care or not. This is my view on how to best experience the Golden Age of Wu-Tang Clan. That doesn't mean that every time you want to listen to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... you have to go and listen to Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Tical, and Return to the 36 Chambers: the Dirty Version first. Obviously you can listen to all of these albums on their own and it should be noted that they all hold up on their own. All I'm trying to tell you is that if you want a great listening experience, as well as an insight into the creative processes going on within Wu-Tang Clan at the time (mostly with RZA) you'll do what I say.
Maybe I'm just PMSing today.
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