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RZA Presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm, Volume 1 Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 August 2004 11:11
Editor's note: ThaHipHop.Com has obtained permission from freelance journalist Oliver Wang to publish this review, whose first publication is concurrent with the release date below. I am honored and excited to have this review on the site and hope you will enjoy reading it. As with any other article on ThaHipHop.Com, this material cannot be duplicated or shared by any other site without expressed permission of the author. To know more about Oliver Wang, click here.

RZA Presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm, Volume 1   Record Author(s): Various Artists
   Record Title: RZA Presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm, Volume 1
   Record Producer(s): D.B. Allah, The RZA, Inspectah Deck, Mathematics, M. Mc Donald, J. Brand, R. Brown, R. Filler, David Walker
   Executive Producer(s): Robert Diggs, Mitchell Diggs
   Release Date: July 21, 1998

The Swarm stretches the limit on how much Wu you can do. Perhaps a better name for the album would have been The Spawn since beat wizard Rza is now attending to the next generation of the Shaolin sound, including the Ruthless Bastards, Knights of the North Star and Shyheim. For the true Wu fans, The Swarm is a decent purchase especially with founding members like Inspecta Deck and Ghostface Killah making appearances. As well, it's hard to ignore the dynamicism of Rza's omnipresent soundclash. He's hip hop's Mahler/Monk/Miles all rolled into one, and while he only produces a third of The Swarm, his protogés (Mathematik, D.B. Allah) follow his manic progressive formula loyally. For the Wu Tang-weary though, The Swarm is all-too-well named - its blend of Shaolin slanguistics and stinging beats relentlessly assault ears already made tender from too much Wu.

The LegacyA.I.G.
Concrete JungleSunz of Man
Co-DefendantShyheim f/ Hell Raizahsneak preview
S.O.S.Inspectah Deck f/ Street Life
Execute ThemRaekwon, Inspectah Deck, Street Life & Masta Killa
Bronx War StoriesA.I.G.
And Justice For AllBobby Digital f/ Killarmy & Method Mansneak preview
PunishmentBlack Knights of The North Star
BastardsRuthless Bastards
On The StrengthThe Beggaz
Cobra ClutchGhostface Killah
Never AgainRemedy
Where Was HeavenWu Syndicates
'97 MentalityCappadonna f/ Ghostface Killahsneak preview
Fatal StingBlack Knights of The North Star

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