Not only is RZA in top form, but every Clan member makes at least one appearance on the album, making it all the more impressive that Liquid Swords clearly remains the Genius' showcase throughout.
The Genius' eerie calm is a great match for RZA's atmospheric production, which is tremendously effective in this context the kung fu dialogue here is among the creepiest he's put on record, and he experiments quite a bit with stranger sounds and more layered tracks. Rich in allusions and images, his cerebral, easy-flowing rhymes are perhaps the subtlest and most nuanced of any Wu MC, as underscored by his smooth, low-key delivery. Often acclaimed as the best Wu-Tang solo project of all, Liquid Swords cemented the Genius/GZA's reputation as the best pure lyricist in the group - and one of the best of the '90s. Well, it’s still got a long ways until it’s even bordering actual Chinese Democracy levels of absurdityĪs always, stay tuned for more updates as they’re announced.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Potentially adding more delays to the album, fellow Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, who GZA tapped as producer for Liquid Swords 2, is off in Shanghai making his directorial debut with Man With The Iron Fist, starring Russell Crowe. In a series of tweets, GZA revealed that the as-yet-untitled sixth LP would feature both audio and visual elements to and would be in “a league of its own”. This time, though, it’s not all bad: while The Genius is shelving the sequel for now, he’s still hard at work on another new album (via ).
As you’re also probably aware of, when we here at CoS lead any news story with such background info, the news is never pretty. As you’re undoubtedly already aware, the wait for GZA‘s follow-up to 1995’s Liquid Swords, the aptly titled Liquid Swords 2: The Return of the Shadowboxer, has gotten ridiculously bad.
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