The tracks Labels, Fame, and Publicity alone put him ahead of 95% of rappers. With the rest of his catalogue, he’s at 99.999%. There aren’t many that can hang with GZA. Kinda crazy to think homie is pushing 60 years old.
'Cleary brillance' If it was one true depth soldier of signature pure aristocratic defiance & expertise it most certainly was GZA, we all could learn from him. Homeschool should've been a preceptor.
Incredible song. GZA always amazes me with his complex yet blunt delivery. His bars are always very detailed and clear. WU were always very complex but at the same time very progressive and artsy.
That's a smart move. I can see, you learned from his Wisdom. That's exactly what He wants. Big Up to Tha Geniuz and also you, for sharing this little anecdote. pz
He's really wise and very well spoken. Checkout the interview he did with Neil deGrasse Tyson he talks about how he rhymes and what he uses as motivation.
This whole album low-key knocks, it's so bass heavy! Peoples tend to get lost in the "it's not"Liquid Swords" and compare the two! Put all that shit aside and just listen or you're missing out!
Never knew how lyrical this song was when I was a teen. I miss when lyricists from the late 90's went over your head and it takes you like a whole school year to figure it out.
Same...I knew it was good, but I didn't realize how good. Pretty amazing this was once mainstream. I can't lie tho, I was so caught up in the gangster rap era. It's just what I wanted to hear at the time.
This video made me respect the skills of truck drivers.. Gza also made it cool in the hood to rock a cowboy hat, chew stick and just do your own thing within the spirit of hip hop
This one song disintegrates everything that I've heard throughout the whole entire 2021 .This is that real Hip Hop I've been starving for. Tis man GZA moves different. he don't need no jewelry on him or nothin he. he Hypnotize you with his style. who been waitin for GZA to spit dat fire in 2021 》 2031 put you hands up like this 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
2021 I'm telling all you sukaz gza is the greatest not 1 of he izzzz better than nas tupac and big he can cook up anybody easy I'm not backing down from this statement
I tell you this should go down as one of the BEST hip hop hooks in history. I think it's SO creative that GZA does the hook as he's talking through a cb radio with the static and all. I don't think I've ever heard a hip hop song do that, real talk.
Lost souls who fail to hear the rolls of the drums in the bottom of ur bomb shelter still felt the heavy blast that blew off the mask of 12 welder, the math of a elder praise the lord thank u genius, operation project England.........poetry at its finest.....thank god fo wu tang
Pecked Epps the first bar is referencing those who hate to see you succeed. More fame=more haters. The second bar "burnt offer from a flaming author" I'm not sure but gza does spit hot fire so there's that lol
The immortality of our fame is measured of others torture= music is forever hence immortality...measure of others torture= descendant of a slavery Burnt offer (the hot track/song) from this flaming author (from a hot emcee) It's that simple
A lot of the men related to me were truck drivers & all l could think about were their safety on the road. GZA brought heart & a good feeling on the road for them. Breaker, Breaker broke the sound barrier!!!! CellaMadea
That maybe one of *THEE* hardest lines i’ve ever heard: “ The significance was not the vulgar applause of interest; But the feeling that exit, completion of a sentence!” The reason why u didn’t applauses was not bcuz of a good performance but what transpired for words in action. P2TG *III* *iii* *III* *S i R P*
"The immoraltity of my fame is the measure of other's torture burt offer, from a flaming author The falconer flies enough birds for the chase stricly excel in what is excellence with grace The significance was not the vulgar applause at entrance but the feeling at exit, completion of a sentence With age and experience my reason ripens I strike on you vikings, slash like a hyphen"-GZA
Just Gotta Love the think outside of the box approach of Wu-Tang. The use of classical orchestra music is brilliant. Back in the day a lot of rap was sampling James Brown.
This is just eargasm for me .this is one of those .. when i close my eyes and just enjoin the lyrical flow with the great instrumental . respect JIZAH..
GZA is talented like not other. His lyrics, flow, delivery is superb. Video and production all hit on this one. I'd bet there's a million truck drivers who never heard this.
Favorite part: To be blunt, the beat was cooked up like coke goods The rhyme first came to me in the oak woods Up to no good, rap icon Milk the industry like the Wall Street junk bond
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The GZA's lyrical mastery is nearly impossible to challenge
The tracks Labels, Fame, and Publicity alone put him ahead of 95% of rappers. With the rest of his catalogue, he’s at 99.999%. There aren’t many that can hang with GZA. Kinda crazy to think homie is pushing 60 years old.
Nearly...
The GZA's body of work isn't considerable to be challenged
Brainstorm Materia!
K rino would spank gza
2024 and still going. all time classic
Facts
2025 and still 🔥
This vid was an ode to Gza's dad, who happened to be a truck driver.
Thank you for the knowledge!
I didnt know that...my shit...
Thanks for jewel.
@steeltownbrown52 Word?
Thanks for that
"Those who parade their positions show their spades." This came out 20 years ago, and these bars still outshine most hip-hop albums.
'Cleary brillance'
If it was one true depth soldier of signature pure aristocratic defiance & expertise it most certainly was GZA, we all could learn from him. Homeschool should've been a preceptor.
All you here today is mumble this mumble that aye aye ayyyyeeeee an that's basically rap today trash ass shit
Exactly!!
Truth be spoken
Killed it you break the mirror that reminds you of your ugliness
I'm so glad I grew up during this era of hip hop and I still got all my cd collection!!
Still have my collection too!! 250+ CD of pure happiness
sadly my whole collection was lost when i scrapped my car =( Thankfully there is youtube!
not my generation but still grew up on this
mostdef best shit to grow up to
+fergizzo download wu tang discographyv the studio albums are like wow ace wu but new :)
I remember back when I used to spend all my money on CD's and realized I had 22 Wu-tang albums.
Good times.
Gza is in my top 5!!! He is so underrated!!
Easy top 5
this guy's vocabulary gives me goosebumps. he's the one of the few that the first words to pop in my head to describe is "artist"
FACTS!!
WORD!
FACTS 💯%
Lyrical Mastery !
Exactly!!!
Gza the sole reason I got the W on my shoulder
I got a vw
"The truth is usually seen and barely heard. What's more dangerous than hatred is the word."
Virgin island rep stacey-plaskett just quoted this at the Capitol building!
This is true today. Crazy!
Summer of '99
"This is not a test... it's DIFFICULTY." Does anyone else understand how unbelievably sick that is?
Carl Woods FACTS!!
They dont call him the genius for nothing
Facts all day
@T P where the blind, deaf, and dumb would have difficulty on a test, everyone else who tries to compete with his MC skill has difficulty. 😀
Jupp
I'm going to time capsule this song so humans can see that GZA was still the best lyricist in history 5000 years later
4994 years left.
Man this is when my pen changed forever, even my was squad was scared to step up after I heard this album.
Facts🎉
Incredible song. GZA always amazes me with his complex yet blunt delivery. His bars are always very detailed and clear. WU were always very complex but at the same time very progressive and artsy.
You nailed it. That's why Wu is for the children.
GZA came to my college today to make a speech and he was so wise and smart lol I decided to check out and binge watch some of wu's old music videos.
That's a smart move. I can see, you learned from his Wisdom. That's exactly what He wants. Big Up to Tha Geniuz and also you, for sharing this little anecdote. pz
Each One Teach One
hold on u didnt know gza wait did u ask him who he was one of the greatest
He's really wise and very well spoken. Checkout the interview he did with Neil deGrasse Tyson he talks about how he rhymes and what he uses as motivation.
Late arrivals welcome all boarding
I'm so lucky to grow up listening to this kind of real hip hop.GZA is a genuis
The name ring a bell, killable two syllable
The Wu is comin' through, the outcome is critical
And by golly was it ever critical
I love the 'mature wiseguy voice' of The Genius (GZA). One of the top WU MCs.
Man you can't be dumb and have the name the Genius as your rap alias! He truly is a damn smart dude lol. He is one of a kind, legend IMO.
FACTS!!!!
True, right on point!
This whole album low-key knocks, it's so bass heavy!
Peoples tend to get lost in the "it's not"Liquid Swords" and compare the two! Put all that shit aside and just listen or you're missing out!
Well said from someone who knows art when heard
When I heard the track Beneath the Surface my first thought was "Who produced this?". Check the liner and find out it was Inspecta Deck?!
I swear gza's delivery and lyrical content make you want to open a scientific book.
Never knew how lyrical this song was when I was a teen. I miss when lyricists from the late 90's went over your head and it takes you like a whole school year to figure it out.
Same...I knew it was good, but I didn't realize how good. Pretty amazing this was once mainstream. I can't lie tho, I was so caught up in the gangster rap era. It's just what I wanted to hear at the time.
Same here I graduated in 2002 I remember when this song came out we used to love the song and the beat but didn't realize how Lyrica it was
Gza is still ine if my fave lycirist
Long nose hauling cattle. Outlaw trucker for real. I know cats on the cb hate me when i sing the hook . Pedal down drivers 💪🏾💪🏾
2019 still pure fire
Puts all of todays music to shame...any song that can make u uncontrollably head nod is fire lol
@@silent1121 Jason, please can you buy me a JustEat?? Am super hungry.
One of my all time favorite songs
This song = Perfection!
Second verse was arguably the best hip hop verse in history. You gotta listen to it hard.
My favourite Wu tang Mç the Illest lyricst to ever rock the mic GZA Genius
Sick azz beat,lyrically slays us with so much knowledge in that first verse
How does this song only have 2m views? It's one of my all time favourites!
Old but gold
This video made me respect the skills of truck drivers.. Gza also made it cool in the hood to rock a cowboy hat, chew stick and just do your own thing within the spirit of hip hop
If gza isn't in your top 5 hip hop mc's you havn't got a clue
🎉
GZA is best among his peers.
A truly legendary mc with unparalleled lyricall prowess.
This is one of my favorite GZA songs. He killed it.
AND 1 classic...
Skip to my lou
I, DRIVING PULLIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. FLAMMABLE PULLING GASOLINE TANKERS..HITTIN THE JAKE BRAKE LIKE: 1990-1999 GRRRRWWWWRRR!!WHOA!!
This one song disintegrates everything that I've heard throughout the whole entire 2021 .This is that real Hip Hop I've been starving for.
Tis man GZA moves different. he don't need no jewelry on him or nothin he. he Hypnotize you with his style. who been waitin for GZA to spit dat fire in 2021 》 2031 put you hands up like this 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
2021 I'm telling all you sukaz gza is the greatest not 1 of he izzzz better than nas tupac and big he can cook up anybody easy I'm not backing down from this statement
Undeniably great, real hip hop
It's crazy how many "trucking" Playlist miss this one. Certified OTR music
I tell you this should go down as one of the BEST hip hop hooks in history. I think it's SO creative that GZA does the hook as he's talking through a cb radio with the static and all. I don't think I've ever heard a hip hop song do that, real talk.
I hear you! It ain't hard to see why he SHOULD be vigorously sought
RZA did a similar thing on Third World. When he says "Underwater flow strikes like torpedoes!" His voice is garbled as if he's saying it underwater.
@@lethalassassin1754 ahhhh. That’s what’s up 🙏🏿
@@philipkhatana4227 Hell yeah
I remember the day I heard this classic!! Watching an And1 mixtape with the Legendary Alimoe (Black Widow) cookin dudes!! RIP Alimoe
The GZA dropped one of the greatest albums of all time in Liquid Swords. This was a nice follow up
🤘19 /10/4)))um 10/20 planet cezee
Lost souls who fail to hear the rolls of the drums in the bottom of ur bomb shelter still felt the heavy blast that blew off the mask of 12 welder, the math of a elder praise the lord thank u genius, operation project England.........poetry at its finest.....thank god fo wu tang
Definitely poetry. The immortality of my fame is the measure of others torture
How can he be so fluentd and so smooth in his vocals?
He is really one of the greatest and a big win for the wu-tang family.
Another dope cut from a dope album. This shit got me through grad school and ushered in the year 2000 in a mighty way!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GENIUS!!!!!
The immortality of our fame is the measure of others torture, burnt offer from a flamin author.
Bryan H.
Can you pls explain these lines/bars for me...I try to understand it but it's too deep
Bryan H.
FACTS! He killed this!!
Bryan H. Awsome
Pecked Epps the first bar is referencing those who hate to see you succeed. More fame=more haters.
The second bar "burnt offer from a flaming author" I'm not sure but gza does spit hot fire so there's that lol
The immortality of our fame is measured of others torture= music is forever hence immortality...measure of others torture= descendant of a slavery
Burnt offer (the hot track/song) from this flaming author (from a hot emcee)
It's that simple
A lot of the men related to me were truck drivers & all l could think about were their safety on the road. GZA brought heart & a good feeling on the road for them. Breaker, Breaker broke the sound barrier!!!! CellaMadea
Came back to this after so many years and it still holds up. They don't make 'em like they used to.
That maybe one of *THEE* hardest lines i’ve ever heard: “ The significance was not the vulgar applause of interest; But the feeling that exit, completion of a sentence!” The reason why u didn’t applauses was not bcuz of a good performance but what transpired for words in action. P2TG *III* *iii* *III* *S i R P*
I remember the gza got the source magazine's quotable of the month for that last verse. this is still a classic
"Praise the lord..thank you genius"..love it when mcs give it up 2 the most high.
Brings back memories!
You used to drive trucks? 😊
I miss all these beats. I can't imagine life or Hip-Hip without the WU. RIP OLD DIRTY!!!
Always loved the beat but Gza always reminds me why he is the king 👑
One of the nicess mc all hands down
This is a man who can write real lyrics
I always liked just say he was one of my favorites
This was so good it makes me sad because it reminds me that hip hop now sucks.
its like the kids making shit now heard this but took it completely wrong ha
RomesThe59 i feel you but do better
That ain't hip hop that just a bunch of fakes in it for the money. This is real hip hop
Rap is Dead 💀! Let it Rest In Peace.
People like you need to be seen and never heard
*If you enter the house of fortune through the gates of pleasure you will leave with sorrow & low measure*
*Genius* 👐🏾
Killed it I was 16 when this came out
to check fault in one's self is pure loveliness you break the mirror that reminds you of your ugliness
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 2023 Brap Brap Brap
Shoot guns
"The immoraltity of my fame is the measure of other's torture
burt offer, from a flaming author
The falconer flies enough birds for the chase
stricly excel in what is excellence with grace
The significance was not the vulgar applause at entrance
but the feeling at exit, completion of a sentence
With age and experience my reason ripens
I strike on you vikings, slash like a hyphen"-GZA
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just Gotta Love the think outside of the box approach of Wu-Tang. The use of classical orchestra music is brilliant. Back in the day a lot of rap was sampling James Brown.
best MC in Wu Tang nuff said!
ChopperRead I think inspectah deck would have something to say about that.
i think mef would have something to say about that.
Inspectha deck, Gza, Rza, & U-God are the best to me
Not one of y’all mentioned Tony Starks 🤦🏽♂️
Rza
When I play this tune in my Peterbilt 389 Flat Top, I feel like a Proper G.
This is just eargasm for me .this is one of those .. when i close my eyes and just enjoin the lyrical flow with the great instrumental . respect JIZAH..
Baltasar Gracian surprisingly brought me back here in '05--and it was pure genius!
*The Art of Worldly Wisdom*
Definition of an emcee
I'm having a beautiful flashback...GZA!!!!
In My top 5 rap songs of the 90's. Still great.
this isnt from the 90s
You need to check your facts. Dropped in summer of 99. Or is 99 not part of the 90's?
kasperholme
Definitely dropped in '99
GZA is talented like not other. His lyrics, flow, delivery is superb. Video and production all hit on this one. I'd bet there's a million truck drivers who never heard this.
Every time i feel down got to listen to this.
This is hip hop.....those days was something to remember
Miss them
No doubt,1 Of the greattest mc Of all time.wu tang for ever
One of my all-time favorite.
so crazy love this track
I gonna eat a cup of soup on this one
Real hip hop
Love this old school song
Gza is timeless! You break the mirror that remind you of your ugliness. Jesus 🔥
Gza and Masta Killa are my men!
One of the hottest video of all time
the most skilled wu tang member
Debatable 🤷♂️
Yes he is
I concur
Undisputed
"With Age And Experience My Reason Ripens. I Strike Like A Viking, Slash Like A Hyphen.". Real Lyricism.!
I used to love this beat
same here , hell I still do. now we have generic sounding shit
Same here I didn't realize the lyrics were so great when I was 16
Even still, nobody can touch this joint! They never could and they never will!!! 👑
so dope
The GZA's got me. I think he is amazing. The best MC in the universe!!!!!
Favorite part:
To be blunt, the beat was cooked up like coke goods
The rhyme first came to me in the oak woods
Up to no good, rap icon
Milk the industry like the Wall Street junk bond
If I was a truck driver this would be my theme song a timeless classic!!
I Became a Truck Driver cuz of this song
+warnutztheloser got a bunch of subs and amps hooked up too?? :D
Yep
+warnutztheloser Hoping someday that GZA calls you and starts rapping this song on the radio? ;)
Best keep your cb on 19, and your ears on
warnutztheloser ...Lolz!!!
Pure lyricism at the highest level. Peak GZA
Сильно!
Gza's delivery of his art is so effortless but so whole🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is the song that inspired me to get into music. Thank you sensei 🙏 and praise the Lord ☝️
This is not a test
It's difficulty...
That is the GOAT. For life .