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Wow, "Who I am" sounds so much like Forever-era Wu-Tang. Damn.
Edit: ok, all of this sounds like Wu-Tang. I mean, it's good. Really good! But I'm surprised. I thought that during this period in Def Jam's history, the Roc crew and Wu-Tang were kind of at odds with one another. I have read a few Wu accounts of running into Jay in the building and Jay acting like a total asshole.
Funny, if that's the case, because this album sounds like a study in recreating the late '90s/early '00s Wu-Tang sound.
It's a good record though, and it's taking me back. Making me want to listen to Wu (which I haven't really been able to do since I admitted to myself that A Better Tomorrow was wack as hell). But some individuality shines through. This is nowhere near the level of Purple Haze, but it's definitely the kind of thing I would have listened to had I not been sleeping on it at the time of its release.
Happy to have it. Loving "More than Music" and "Who I Am" most so far.
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