In retrospect, I find I don't give much of a fuck about the first Gravediggaz album. You wanna know why? Of course you do, because this is the internets, where I can do things on word site thing and pretend peoples give a shit. So yeah, the first wave of Wu-Tanglia (which I figure was the 36 Chambers joint, and the first Method Man, ODB, Ghostface, and Raekwon records), it was obvious that the RZA was the beatmaster of that time, back when he was still using that Ensoniq EPS 16-plus shit, which is my all-time favorite sound for beats (that's some nerd shit for you). But the second wave, later solo joints and maybe the Wu-Tang Forever that came with the gold Wu coin when you bought the vinyl, as well as the first Killa Army tape and Sunz of Man singles, RZA had started to suffer from fatbellyitis where his lack of hunger made his beats a little too shiny and not grimy enough. This is where the 4th Disciple steps in, who, since he is obscure, I am not ashamed as an internet whiteboy hip hop nerd to say IS MY FAVORITE PRODUCER EVER! Were he more popular, I'd probably hate him and compare him to Scott Storch or some shit. But as it is, since nobody knows him, he hooked up the great shit for the first Killa Army joint and the second Gravediggaz album, which lyrically was totally in step with the more paranoid ultra-hype linguistical style of illuminati alien hating rap that Sunz of Man/Killa Army/Killah Priest/early RZA was so good at, and which gave birth to later similar acts like Jedi Mind Tricks and Scienz of Life. So because of my love for the second Gravediggaz album, the first one sounds chumpy to me in comparison. And plus horrorcore rap seems weird coming from RZA and Prince Paul... they're too pretty-looking and Spin magazine ready-looking. Horrorcore makes more sense to me when done by ugly people who got signed to Rap-a-Lot or Hypnotize Camp or something.
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