There's a couple of tracks on here I'd label as some of my favorite Wu-jambinos, but I've always felt like Method Man mailed it in sometimes. I mean, he was the first to get a solo deal out of Enter the 36 Chambers, and it's because he stood out amongst a crew of stand-outs on "Method Man", but he's never really put together an album full of that peak level shit. Although he's made plethora of passable tracks over the years, which is kind of like excelling when you consider how much a lot of shit sucks. I've just always felt like he never had his Liquid Swords or Only Built 4 Cuban Linx like you would've expected.
At the same time, when I listen to old Wu shit like this, it sounds so grimy and wonderful compared to most everything they did from like Wu-Tang Forever on, with some exceptions from the rule in recent years. I guess you can't replace grime in your music if you've lost the grime from your life, so you'd think a fan would be happy that somebody came up. Instead though, me being a bitch-ass internet geek, I'd rather complain about how soft and fat-bellied they got.
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