Genius / GZA
Liquid Swords
Repress According to legendwhen the WuTang Clan formed like Voltron on their debut album in 1993 GZAhappened to be the head an appropriate place for a man also called TheGenius Yet at the time few could have predicted that his 1995 masterpiece'Liquid Swords' would be considered one of the most substantial lyricaljourneys in hiphop history At the peak of his powers as a producer WuTangmastermind RZA crafted the album's distinctive soundtrack at his basementstudio in Staten Island a haunting landscape of dusty samples sharp snaresand menacing urban gloom with frequent interludes of dialogue from the classicSamurai flick 'Shogun Assassin' Cerebral strategic and precise with hiswords GZA crystallizes a range of influences