Genius / GZA
Liquid Swords
Hip Hop Repress According to legend when the WuTang Clan formed like Voltron on their debut album in 1993 GZA happened to be the head an appropriate place for a man also called The Genius Yet at the time few could have predicted that his 1995 masterpiece 'Liquid Swords' would be considered one of the most substantial lyrical journeys in hiphop history At the peak of his powers as a producer WuTang mastermind RZA crafted the album's distinctive soundtrack at his basement studio in Staten Island a haunting landscape of dusty samples sharp snares and menacing urban gloom with frequent interludes of dialogue from the classic Samurai flick 'Shogun Assassin' Cerebral strategic and precise with his words GZA crystallizes a range of influences