Rating: NNNN
GZA’s cousin Mathematics first entered the Wu-Tang production fold after the Shaolin crew blew the fuck up, everyone started making all these solo records and RZA was popping Anacins and rubbing his face, all stressed-out, like “Guys, there’s just no way I’m gonna be able to make 41 new classic Wu beats by Friday morning.” Then Math started appearing on most members’ solo discs, and ever since RZA’s shitty Bobby Digital dropped, has been rightly credited with reviving the original Wu sound. In true 36 Chambers fashion, gloriously twisted sloppy funk and classical cuts, breaks and raw movie clips for the Wus and (many) Wu-Gambinos to rock wit’ appear here. It’s a raw, hot, hungry sound. Method Man does serious damage control after his bullshit Tical 0 with two of the dopest flows/tracks he’s done since the 90s, while Ol’ Dirty, Masta Killa & U-God sound like they just smoked somethin’ and threw some shit down on a dirty four-track under the project staircases. Protect ya neck, god.