FIRST TIME HEARING- Gza - Duel of the Iron Mic REACTION

[@dirtomega]

Gza is one of the most underrated true MC’s in the game. Lyrically only few can even rival him.

[@iraklikodua9051]

name one, not a single MC can reach his vocabulary

[@AgentSickOrange]

@@iraklikodua9051 MF DOOM

[@T76boosted88]

Keep listening to this real ny shit you won't even be able to hear that southern mumble rap 🗑️🚮

[@philliphampton5183]

@@AgentSickOrange MF Doom had some lyrics as well for sure.

[@djcrystalclear420]

No he not I have a Top 5 just full of Wu-Tang Clan

[@verbone]

This might be the darkest, grimiest Wu album. Whole thing is heat.

[@DjGabrielEscobar973]

The Gravediggaz albums was pretty dark too.

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

This is what they call timeless music..

[@marcuslarwa9098]

Think young cats don’t really even understand what they are listening to. RZA’s beats were on another level for the era of hip hop. If u listen to all the other rap u don’t hear beats like that and u still don’t today. People also don’t really know how good WU really was, they hear the beat but don’t really listen to the words these dudes were saying. Maybe I’m biased because I live 5 mins from Staten Island and Their the reason I ever even started listen to rap music but IMO WU is by far the best rap group to ever do it.

[@tm2738]

@@marcuslarwa9098well said

[@steverichmond8292]

Its funny I was saying this in my head because you can rock this today & it applys then read your comment great minds think alike 😉

[@tamazil31]

Literally one of the top hip hop albums of all time.

[@fdation]

Top notch for sure.I grabbed it in 95 and was amazed.I still am it's one of the best albums ever made.

[@svennage7541]

For me it's the actual best!

[@sythezuah]

not even a question

[@hectordelacruz5189]

Best hip hop.album of all time . 5 mics.

[@theramplocal]

Genius w the razor sharp delivery

[@JEFFREYELBARBEROMASTER]

GZA IS ANOTHER ONE REAL NICE WITH HIS WORDPLAY

[@joshuawarren8340]

Word iz bond

[@purplebeard1526]

This album is in my T5 of all time... its like "perfect Wu-Tang Clan"---beats, rhymes, kung fu samples.... all of it...

[@FSVR54]

It's a classic but for me the Wu have several better albums

[@purplebeard1526]

@@FSVR54 I'd be willing to give 36 Chambers a nod, but this one had better kung fu samples... as far as hits go, yeah, 36 had more hits... Its about the only one close to the class this one was. Forever had some good tunes but a lot of filler tracks too IMO. What would you consider better than Liquid Swords though? I'd be interested to hear for reference's sake.

[@brandonkylemarks]

This is the best album in the whole wu tang collective after the debut. Ghostface is the MVP in terms of total output but what GZA did here lyrically will not be matched, and it still happened when RZA was producing in the same style as 36 chambers. Supreme clientele, fishscale, and Cuban links are all classics but liquid swords is just the 1

[@mistahmst]

@@FSVR54 several?! Nah, Liquid Swords is easily a top 3 Wu album at least. Aside from Cuban Linx and Supreme Clientele, I can’t think of a single Wu related album that comes close. Not even 36 Chambers imo

[@shaunfromdabust]

Less gza and more Wu features it could have easily been a 5 star CLAN album

[@omarboyd9885]

I love seeing the younger generation listen to older music especially the real MC’s!

[@svennage7541]

Absolutely bro!!

[@trizzmatic413]

Gza’s first line always gets me too. It was just a cold ass way to open a verse/song. Deck’s verse is my favorite though. The way he opens his verse is 🥶❄️, too.

[@Trellizm]

Good pick I'm glad u not doing just the "hit singles" but digging deep into the album cuts..ODB doing the hook is the cherry on top

[@Osirus116]

when you have to rewind the very first 5 seconds of a verse because that shit hit you from so many angles you couldn't comprehend what just happened. This is why Wu-Tang is forever

[@boombapmaniak5357]

This is without a doubt the best solo WU LP!!! Purple Tape is just as good too but this one beats it by a very slim margin.

[@FSVR54]

I like OB4CL and Ironman better, probably Supreme Clientele too

[@John__Dough]

Don’t sleep on IronMan! It’s right up the with OB4CL and Liquid Swords IMHO

[@dcc17833]

For me, OB4CL is very slightly above LS, both the pinnacle of hip hop music. Then Ironman right after and supreme clientele fourth. Don't sleep on Legend of the liquid sword. Obviously not as good as the above albums, but still a very good album in its own rite

[@jakeequality8065]

Odb and Meth fist album are all classics

[@edwardlewis8758]

"Purple Tape" IS my FAVORITE WU album( summer '95' was already serious..... ) Hands down, "Liquid Swords" BEST ALBUM

[@larsonpark3819]

True hip hop lyric aficionados know GZA is one of the nicest ever.

[@PimpHandStrong1492]

“Raw Hide” feat Meth & Rae on ODB album is one of the greatest Wu tracks ever…

[@j-manhoosier7373]

I don't care if it's period blood I wanna see some blood!

[@each1teach1academy43]

Meths verse is straight mathematics

[@carlhorton6831]

That whole album is 🔥🔥🔥

[@thelifeandtimesof]

Definitely a classic

[@naziashunter7533]

Wicked bitches butting period blood in stew I fear for the 85 that don’t gotta clew.

[@ItsMathematics]

GZA the Genius is my top Wu-Tang pick.

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

Not his 2nd and 3rd solos tho

[@johnb7053]

Beneath the surface didn’t live up to the first but I think it’s underrated because of that, Legend of the liquid swords there’s nothing anyone can tell me that shit is a borderline classic

[@soramirez5473]

@@LITMOVIESCENES liked them also.. but not as much as Liquid swords.

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

@@johnb7053 i like the 2nd one too shits prety solid..3rd has its moments

[@shaunfromdabust]

If U stop listening to Wu by 99 I'd get it. But GZA easily the worst mc in the last two decades in the group aside from Golden Arms.

[@jskee2002]

Inspectah Deck "R.E.C. Room" Inspectah Deck "Friction" (featuring Masta Killa) Liquid Swords is amazing from start to end! This album hit you like a right hook you didn't see comin'. Three solo albums released before this one, Meth, Dirty, and Rae. Gza had no verse in Meth album, one verse on Dirty album and one verse on the purple tape so me personally, I didn't know what to expect. When you talk about who got the best solo Wu album it's always between Liquid Swords and the Purple Tape. Six in one hand, half a dozen in the other.

[@cbfwebs]

Agreed and seconded the tracks with one to add. Inspectah Deck "Longevity" ft. U-God

[@mitchgoudreau7670]

I would put Supreme Clientele up there with Purple Tape and Liquid Swords, the more I listen to it get's more amazing from start to finish just like the other two solo albums.

[@denisehomestlno5470]

@@mitchgoudreau7670 it's always going to be between swords, linx, and then either tical or iron-man or the crazy original style of ODB 36 Chambers,and these LPs are always picked cos they were created within the time line that was rzas biblical streak of absolute hip hop gold and they all happen to be with exception of gza there solo debuts, if you think of other stats and u ask who is the most prolific wu MC it's gotta be ghost followed by rae and meth but those above LPS are all godly they are all unable to stay in any kinda order of greatness as that opinion will change i mean would you put swords at the top of the list on a scorching hot day"no" I feel u, but I could put the sunny colourful cover art iron-man LP on that is ghosts 1st and 1st of many masterpieces, shout out to supreme and fishscsle. But then flip that and imagine being in a traffic jam it's pouring with rain its cold and dark and the main track liquid swords is banging out of the car stereo, or your on the bus with your Walkman listening to the whole LP staring at the neaver ending feilds of snow,

[@Powerule23]

Not many fans mention "Friction." Deck and Killa did jumping jacks on that track. "Poetry in motion, east to west coastin' Overseas blowing with lines tightly woven Still going full speed, pullin' g's Tryin' to eat 'til my mouth gets too full to feed."

[@cbfwebs]

@@Powerule23 Cloudly electrical storms occur from the Masta, classical headbang slang Nobody mentions Longevity, and that's one of the best Wu bangers on Deck's solo. But I agree about Friction one of only 2 RZA beats Deck actually got for his reworked and overshadowed and preoccupied RZA era debut.

[@nathanielnewton3818]

Been rocking this album in my car every day recently, I can't stop...Everytime I listen to it I hear something new I didn't hear before...

[@luciousthomas6141]

It’s good to see a young brother discover and enjoy what us older heads have known for the past 25 years. Respect to this young brother!!!!

[@marvinbennett8384]

That's why it's hard to listen to a lot of new rappers

[@higg1nsch]

there’s only a few of us. i can’t even imagine how u feel about the game now.

[@luciousthomas6141]

@@higg1nsch Hip Hop died a looooooooong time ago! It's only a few new artists that even have the love and creativity for the art form that the old artists had back in the day. It all sounds the same I can't tell one artist from another anymore. It's like everybody has the same style, that was a sin back in the day. Hip hop hasn't been the same since the late 90s if I'm keeping it 💯!

[@luish19779]

FIRST TIME I HEAR THIS ALBUN WAS ON TAPE IN 1995 IN PUERTO RICO ...SOMETHING ELSE...

[@ediomondon7672]

Fun fact: Meth, Rae and Ghost put out a collaboration album a few years ago called Wu Massacre. Masta Killa later revealed plans for him GZA and Deck to put out a similar album first but felt it wasn’t fair to the rest of the crew. I wish they did it anyway. If you want more of this combo check out Silverbacks and Street Corner by Masta Killa

[@MrSeablitz]

Masta Killa Album is a VERY underrated Hip Hop album in my opinion.

[@Bunkbeds-cd2rj]

They would of ate rae,ghost,and method up

[@djtimspaceking8306]

The liquid soluble that made up the chemistry A gaseous element, that burned down your ministry 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 classic

[@Powerule23]

Herbel vapors, and biblical papers, Smoking' exodus, every square yard is plush.

[@RAA10382]

One of the hardest Wu bangers. 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@RobFrank22]

2nd verse by Masta Killa, 3rd verse by Inspectah Deck, hook by Ol Dirty Bastard

[@smithport1099]

Listen to, GZA’s “Labels”, “I Gotcha Back” and “Killah Hills 10304” from this album. Peace!

[@micheluzzo5019]

Labels is so gooooooodddddd🙌🏼

[@jeremymckinney2269]

Don't forget Paper Plates....

[@smithport1099]

@@jeremymckinney2269 Yes Indeed!👊

[@tonymac2855]

Cold world

[@snowwolf1017]

And investigative reports

[@Iw1372]

Yes youngin, listen to those lyrics and paint that picture, something you’re not used to with this new wave of hip hop.

[@MorrowSind]

Gza will say something ill, and while you're replaying it in your mind, and thinking about what he just spit, he'll say something else ill; it'll make your mind do a 180, and the only thing you can do is rewind.

[@renegonzalez6058]

DEEEEEEEECK!! the world famous Inspectah, I.N.S. the REBEL, too hot to handle too cold to hold, SPIDERMAN identity peter parker, a gambling rebel who insects the deck, MANIFESTO, the underdog, Czarface general, Wu general, poisonous.... deck's seriously top 3 for me

[@puppetmaster8551]

Man is still crushing it these days now in Czarface

[@williamj6974]

Rza beats are like perfect waves for his mcs to surf on

[@Bballjonesin]

Genius Liquid Swords album is an absolute classic * one of the best Wu Tang Projects as well. GZA RZA & ODB are all cousins btw if you didn't know. And you are correct on your assessment that Inspectah Deck does bring it on every verse, Check out his song "Rec Room" which was the first single off of his debut album Uncontrolable Substance

[@rambowbizz]

cant wait till tears.

[@patrickoakley7890]

Deck hits the track like a dump truck at full speed. He was like a hitman for hire. Insane MC.

[@WuRaidr]

Gza is in Vegas this weekend w/ Ghost and Rae tour. Cant wait, Liquid Swords the great album ever. Have you ever done a reaction on Meth and Red blackout album? Try Y.O.U., that song is amazing

[@doobitron]

They’re on tour??? Oh fuck

[@RodJVon]

I bet it was a dope show. They postponed their show in Atlanta (twice)! 😔

[@soulnspired888]

GZA is a professor seriously...the Genius

[@be28ans]

One of my fav tracks

[@mc365mc]

Real Wu heads know GZA is the best in the clan. Meth got a more pop oriented style, Ray got crazy swag, Ghost got the Shoalin Slang on rapid fire, but GZA is a wordsmith vocabulist with crazy analogous metaphors.

[@scottisarock9765]

I used to say GZA was the best hands down, but now I think deck could possibly take the top spot

[@Moshyv2]

Decks first album “Uncontrolled Substance” is criminally underrated. It’s just bars upon bars with some cold story telling. Check out REC Room, word on the street, the Grand Prix, uncontrolled substance and movas and shakers

[@michalmazur997]

I have that album on CD, signed by Deck. Masterpiece

[@StuTheDon17]

I will never forget when this song started at a GZA gig I went to about 15 years ago. The crowd went wild for this one.

[@RYANDEOROCK]

GZA style is smooth af too

[@Powerule23]

This is my favorite solo album of all time. Timeless beats and rhymes.

[@pattyonodera6888]

"I swear, veterans sparked the lettering, slow moving MC's are waiting for the editing..."

[@thinkwithnickandors3123]

If you do an Inspectah Deck solo joint, "Show and prove" is crazy off his first album.

[@MrKnowledge0014]

I like his first album but it never felt like it was as good as the other solo debuts, That was before I heard about the flood. Now the Movement that album is awesome.

[@tomchilds5063]

Or REC room

[@WuRaidr]

@@tomchilds5063 REC Room and Trouble Man were my two favs. Sick beats for both

[@thinkwithnickandors3123]

@@WuRaidr the song i liked the most, but it was cut from the album was "nightshift" great storytelling

[@dtm13397]

This entire album is sick, some of the best work to come from Wu Tang is on this album 💯

[@mr.culturefreedom2073]

They should make this entire album into an anime.

[@kamelody7285]

Top 5 album ALL TIME

[@grandmasterciphersupreme7751]

Gza is teaching quantum physics at colleges and universities and the periodical table. He never went to college for this subject. 5%ers are some very intelligent Black People and our Nation is diverse.

[@therealchrishill]

Listen to the track called “Semi-Automatic: Full Rap Metal Jacket” by: U -God, Inspectah Deck, and Streetlife

[@maxionparker9878]

Don't forget U God-Rumble.

[@murloccc]

Perfect🔥🙌

[@Ikejay1979]

Odb first album return to the 36th Chambers was a classic

[@jeremylewis679]

Best part bout the wu is ur fave emcee changes with the weather. Damn near every one of them had been my fave at some point. Good problem to have.

[@Powerule23]

Just when you think you've picked a favorite, you listen to another of the first solo Wu albums, and you get spun around.

[@j-manhoosier7373]

Songs you should do by. ODB: Snakes, The Stomp, Brooklyn Zoo, Intoxicated, and Reunited

[@davidmoya6449]

His verse in Reunited is FIRE

[@passionplaya4510]

Snakez is 🔥🔥

[@colinpee]

The Stomp is sick.

[@j-manhoosier7373]

@@colinpee Have you eva had a bald headed bitch for your bald headed wife 🤣🤣🤣

[@GATonTrax]

Dirty first album is like a song in itself. Sing a sooong wit meeee!

[@seanwright8786]

Just to let you know young bruh, kung fu flicks used to be a large part of our culture as young lions in NYC. We would watch them every Saturday at 3pm on Channel 11 or Channel 5(I can't remember). They came on for an hour every Saturday for YEARS; or we would go to "the Duece" (42nd street btwn 8th Av & Times Square) just to watch 2 Chinese flicks in a dirty weed smoked out old movie theater. That's not just a Wu Tang thing. That was a teenager craze in the 80's for us in the hood.

[@thepphanom6222]

I want this song on replay at my funeral! 🐝 36 👍🏽👑Ahmad!!

[@thepphanom6222]

Shogun Assassin… awesome flicks!

[@carllattimore8227]

That IRON MIKE is the COLDEST track ever put on.

[@RebelPMP]

Luquid Swords still relevant. Can even argue it's the top Solo Wu Album

[@marcelo_vrda4589]

GZA is not called the genius for no reason bro was mad nice

[@JM-yp2dk]

Rza wasn't kidding when he said wu-tang forever.. 👐🏼👐🏼..

[@extricate1800]

best jam on the album

[@azahias9]

Top Wu track right here. One of my favorite classics. Fun fact: GZA does the voice of one of the Billions wolves in Kipo and The Age Of Wonder Beasts. Also, in that particular episode where they chill with the wolves, Kipo passes a painting of an elder named Ol’ Dirty Billions 💪🏾

[@KillabeeTsting9erGurl]

Deck is highly underrated

[@BLABattleLeagueOfAssassinsLLC]

GZA 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the whole Wu on point 💪🏿💪🏿💯🥷🏾🥷🏾

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

GZA - Breaker Breaker 🔥

[@12weLvEspb]

Inspectah Deck - Let me at them - This was Inspectah Deck’s first ever solo song. It was supposed to be on his album that got lost in the flood

[@johnb7053]

How the hell did this one get by me?? Deck is one of my favorites of all time and I just listened to this song for the first time, to think what that album lost in the flood could of been smh

[@chizknockpatrick]

Thanks for this. I have never heard this track... sick!!

[@just_ice7464]

Deck brought that nasty flow. Always been my favorite of the group. He does not waste a bar.

[@dubdeuce1517]

This song just remind me of this gritty part of the year. This definitely a fall/winter song for some reason.

[@c3mi979]

I just commented on your Ghostface - Nutmeg reaction that was a top 5 album all-time. Well, this album just so happens to be right up there as well. Every track is fire.

[@chaunceypope5492]

Duel of the Iron Mic! Its the 52 bladed mic Nigga The Movie Lone Wolf and Cub and the Assasins of Shoalin I love these guys Im a Rock Head Classic Metal Korn allat. I had give up on Rap I ain't like the Dark times with the gangster rap and all that postering. You got to express yourself truthfully and honestly you could do what they all do angry face and some lyric about banging your girl but no. I felt like you do except I felt it live. The Pac and biggie thing the NWA thing they was at that Source awards they didn't want to engage in beef the madness that diminished black music in my mind. These guys got me and the end was my ugly cry moment. The very art that had raised them to such Olypian heights was lost their technique vanished. These guys restored my faith and I got into J Electronica and the other new guys so fire. In the South they wasn't really in it the madness UGK Paul Wall Swisher house chopp;ed and srcrewed all greatnes I will to this day go from the smashing pumpkins and korn into a playlist of these guys they are timeless. Just like the kung fu movies they honor. If he is dreaming he must be asleep and if he's asleep then I shall wake him up WaPaa!

[@Sbo-09]

I'm glad you pulled up this track. This is one track I kept on repeat back in them days.

[@nkc349]

Keep 'em comin' fam. This shit made my morning haha

[@peepin2g]

This is why KingAhmad is the greatest Wu Tang reactor in the Whole Wide World!! Straight up with no lyrics! Peace&Love from Holland 🇳🇱

[@KingAhmadTv]

Salute my guy 💯🖤

[@danimal4227]

I agree 100%

[@ridgeopolus1678]

This song puts me in a knuckle up fight mode. If I was a professional fighter this is what I'm coming out to haha. Cheers

[@anthonyanderson9303]

GZA - Animal Planet GZA - Labels GZA - Queen's Gambit GZA - Fame These 4 tracks will blow your mind. All heavy on the metaphors so it may take a couple spins, but once you figure out what you're actually listening to, it's insane.

[@the3goodlemons]

fame and animal planet are genius

[@nicholastabochinika8024]

add Alphabets to that list please

[@JMavElevan]

i came upon your channel while working from home, and i have to say this is the best youtube page to listen to music, your reactions are dope. i have suggestions for any wutang or dope 90s hip hop Ghostface-Camay Ghostface-Fish Onyx-Shut em down Remix ft Big Pun Ghostface-260 Ghostface-Black Jesus Raekwon-Sneakers Wutang-MGM Wutang-Projects Wutang-Heaterz Wutang-Duck Season Wutang-Hellz Wind Staff Rootz-What they Do RZA-NYC Everything Wutang-Wu Wear Cappadonna-South of the Border Cappadonna-Slang Editorial i know you'll probably reviewed some of these already im not sure but i just wanna see your reactions to these songs as well lol. peace

[@SpaceMonkeyHimself]

"Money don't grow on trees, but there's thieves and MC's who cut throats to rake leaves"

[@318camcam]

They can’t breath, blood splash, rushing fast like running rivers, I be that whisky in they liver!

[@dnyl1412]

The time Wu came out I was 16 it’s been an honour watching the Wu throughout the years I’m 44 now and still rockin da Wu cuz they are forever SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@davidmurray6949]

Yeah young boy this what the 90's sounded like! You had to have lyrics and a man's voice. No mumble rap!

[@YourMom-tr5pu]

The main flick RZA sampled for this album came from The Shogun Assassin. Dope flick! Anytime I watch it, I gotta stop it about a quarter way through and listen to Liquid Swords, lol!

[@MrMoneyline]

Dope review big dog!!!! Good work!!

[@PerezBroz-p5o]

Rebel INS, he stomps grounds and pounds footprints in solid rock. Deck is the man. Tearz is my favorite track on 36 chambers bro its so deep, and that beat omg.

[@benz1980]

When these three get together, its about to be one of the best tracks you’ll hear!

[@318camcam]

Another banger featuring Inspectah Deck and Gza is “Cross my heart” by Killa priest

[@tonymac2855]

Cold world

[@krystalgardier69]

I love Duel of the iron mic. That whole album was fire....Gold is a good one too.

[@ATrainInfinite]

To me this is one of the top 10 hip hop albums of all time. It’s up there with Illmatic, All Eyez on Me, Ready to Die, and the Chronic. It’s THAT good. But GZA is so slept on so nobody will ever say it.

[@deebaker4671]

Wutang is one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time. Their impact was incredible. Changed my life the first time I heard them. ! Love your reaction videos bro, you are my favorite. Keep doing your thing and shining light on the real hip hop.

[@jlstruyde]

I remember when I rented the movie Lonewolf and Cub. While watching it I was like yo why does some scenes sound familiar. Low n behold Gza sampled the movie lmao i was an excited young buck connecting the dots back when lol 😆

[@michaelrayii7102]

The GZA is my favorite member of Wu-tang! All of them are top notch though, like 1A 1B 1C and so on.

[@coachdennis3c]

Gza an waking dictionary

[@DrClawizdead]

This is what a lot of us grew up on which is why we consider most mumble rap trash.

[@HLGJammer]

Eh, mumble rap is just trash.

[@BotHole]

If you like Deck, check out his other project called Czarface which is him, Esoteric and DJ 7L. The song that got me into them is called Poisonous Thoughts. It’s got a good hard beat with some sampling.

[@mattp9353]

I know this comment was 9 months ago but damn I just found Czarface and it's absolute fire 🔥

[@sojo0803dg]

This album is a hip hop classic. Dope choice bro

[@wyattriot15]

Glad i was able to listen to this when it cane out..

[@irvingstorobert973]

My man right there representin!!!!! 💘.

[@DNA77]

My fav joint right here. GZA is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@truenme]

Decks a phenom, uncontrolled substance is an awesome album

[@10dev785]

Its weird but, seeing channels like this where younger dudes listen to old classics makes me remember these songs all over again. Dame i forgot about this one. This shit here was definitely wicked

[@chrissylvester5137]

When I first heard this song in 95' I replayed Gza verse 3 times before I heard the rest of the song..

[@josephdedona4760]

In the 4 part documentary Of Mics and Men they were talking about how no one wanted to follow Deck because he was always on point.

[@gilbertnicholas1582]

When they perform this at the shows I GO CRAZY

[@berniemo5135]

Like your reactions 👍 Gza is one of my all time favorite lyrical MCs

[@Chonson]

The greatest hip hop album ever made IMO. Dead serious.

[@AMOKIAN]

You are getting a good lesson in good Hip-Hop …..keep rocking it.

[@iyaramonk]

This was my favorite joint on the album back in the day. Just straight up mc'ing.