Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph (Official HD Video) ft. Cappadonna

[@brentparker9527]

Arguably the best opening verse " I bomb atomically, Socrates philosophies and hypotheses can't define how I be dropin' these mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery, flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me."

[@jenjasnapz5464]

One of the hardest bars ever recorded....🔥🔥

[@limitlesspossibilities444]

My mum hated me 24 years ago...I'm like mum listen to this...shes like ****pushes ejector seat****

[@ne5409]

Best lines in the song yo!

[@godson148]

Aaaaaaaaa🙏✌🏽

[@saoirseraboteau7323]

Agreed!!!!

[@daymunsdayz]

Inspecta Deck's opening verse is arguably the best opening rhyme in hip hop history.

[@dragossaa]

No comment! He's tha Beast best!

[@JuneGirl35]

@@dragossaa RZA is the best

[@LykanPrototype]

No question, inspectah deck set the track off in a blaze!

[@betods1013]

Without a doubt. First 2 lines kills all hiphop since 2010

[@Brian_Saginashvili_]

@@JuneGirl35 Lyrically & Flow, Rza is near the bottom. What u talm bout?

[@L2L727]

Inspectah's verse is one of the most genius flows of all time

[@SNOWMINATTI]

IMMACULATE!!!

[@bufflowsouljah2256]

I've been disecting these dope lyrics. It takes some research but when you look into the lyrics its even more exciting

[@Realhiphop1988]

Ever

[@robobrien8951]

Greatest of all time....

[@firebirdude2]

Not sure I'd use the word Genius in a group with the GZA. lol

[@lanawiggins8127]

Still playing in October 2024. The best rap group ever

[@mandocruz7385]

My son got me on the Wu Tang saga on Hulu. Best thing about it.. He's 16yr old and jams nothing but 90s shit. I've done my job.

[@midnightmorada2678]

👏👏👏...very good im proud you im trying to do the same with my nephew

[@Badddlullbrattt]

I was born 1995!

[@karithema9ician657]

My moms did the same exact thing. We all started off with Michael Jackson and then everybody else after 😂🤷🏾‍♂️

[@midnightmorada2678]

@@karithema9ician657 bless her👏👏👏

[@EzeICE]

Wutang is for the children

[@CharlesOmondi]

"I bomb atomically" And just like that the greatest opening verse of all time blew up.

[@tajstanley2529]

.... Just like that!

[@oo-st2rn]

...dat part!!!! Plus dem ole durty adlibs!!!!!!!!!!!! $-

[@kevinaverett4193]

Cant get no better than that bruh!!!

[@godgod156]

Truth bombs Denis Leary said we got the bombs in the satire 'Asshole'. Truth bombs is what I'm i thinking. He also told me to take that Stanford Bowes test. Which i never got my results back Google!

[@derricksmith1712]

It really is tho 💪💪💪💪

[@rodneywelch4203]

INSPECTOR DECK....BEST OPENING VERSE OF ALL TIME....DAM

[@sharonday3351]

Absolutely!!!

[@marlonstmartin1845]

@@sharonday3351 waa

[@lizzybethnj617]

Facts

[@Panda-pm3if]

Facts

[@queendivaism]

Yes dope

[@terrymeyer7084]

44 year old white dude and still bumping wu tang in '24!! And I'm a metal head. Wu tang is for all of us.

[@pilotsutterfield7053]

I'm 14 years old and my dad is 42 so I was raised around 90s music 😂 I love 90s nu metal grunge and hard rock. And now I'm starting to listen to wu tang!

[@rafaguerrero2008]

wu tang is for the children !!!! words of russell jones!!!

[@narendranath3487]

nah, Wu Tang is for children

[@fredericksmith352]

Factz

[@mondegreen9709]

Wu Tang is for the children in all of us.

[@rayanmount608]

This is arguably one of the greatest songs ever made!!😫

[@marioesqueda9534]

Along with Reunited!

[@Automattie]

Agree

[@NightKilla2004]

0:25 Ason Unique aka Ol' Dirty Bastard 0:52 The Rebel aka Inspectah Deck 1:40 Johnny Blaze aka Method Man 2:22 Cappadonna 2:55 Ason Unique, aka Ol' Dirty Bastard (Hook) 2:59 B-A-BA-B-Y-U aka U-God 3:40 Prince Rakeem aka RZA 4:07 Genius/GZA 4:23 Masta Killa 4:59 D-Love aka Ghostface Killah 5:36 Shaquan aka Raekwon The Chef

[@john_apollo_sperling77]

Great, Thanks!

[@kaznoff2782]

Some heros don't wear capes! Good lookin' fam!

[@b.k.9436]

4:36 in the middle slightly right side ist the wu tang manager Eva Ries (White Woman Brown Hair)

[@qstaratma9096]

Thank ya!!

[@karmikchaos2930]

thank god. I was wondering who the guys was that wasn't rhyming anything at all...

[@Xiphoid_34]

Bro the fact that we argue over whose verse is the best just makes you realize how fucking talented they are.

[@Chtud]

There is no argument about best verse in this one. Inspectah Deck. It's the best verse in this song...problably one of the best verses in the history of hip hop.

[@j2323j]

It’s MethodMan

[@j2323j]

@@Chtud Doesn’t count because it was a re spit recycle ♻️ Ghost and meth are the best on this even capp

[@ilyas835]

@@Chtud Deck is a SuperMC.

[@loheem5339]

@@j2323j so you didnt hear Raekwon basically

[@ElectroBlanco-nv6cw]

U gods verse was my absolute favorite, it flows so beautifully, but they ALL sound so good.

[@lordg3803]

"I bomb atomically!" One of the Most Recognized, REVERED and Dope Opening lyrics in HipHop EVER. PERIOD.

[@vanessalowe5087]

Jayson Hernes, Period!!!!

[@xBerreys]

Nah

[@divinestrength1774]

Facts

[@_Archambaud]

True

[@_Archambaud]

Enter through your right ventricle

[@ricsmith5730]

Deck with the best opening verse of all time.

[@walbizures9002]

Yeah and possibly one of the best of all time

[@ricsmith5730]

Walter Albizures yep agreed

[@S.P.E.A.R.]

Ric Smith I honestly havent heard a opening verse even touching his.

[@ricsmith5730]

enteralif Word. And shit Deck normally bodies any song he's on. He's got some of the dopest verses of all time... C.R.E.A.M. anyone...

[@ericatyson6277]

Yes but i thinks its a tie with nas memory lane those 2 verses

[@FirstbornAthletics]

One of the best opening verses in hip hop history

[@oscarkolosol1493]

that's a fact. also Az's affirmative action

[@tropical9913]

I can confirm this is the best opening verse i've ever heard

[@chillzmonroe2166]

2nd to Biggie verse on notorious thugs

[@KillaKRS1988]

Funny shit is this verse is on Tony Touch’s 50 MCs mixtape which came out in 96 I think. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmecpmVta5iqbKc it sounds way better with this beat tho.

[@markwilken2492]

Inspectah Deck killed it with the first verse. The rest was just a formality

[@mileswilkerson580]

“Battle scar shogun 👺. Explosion when my pen hits tremendous. Ultra violet shine blinds 💥 forensics.” Inspectahhh

[@AdibAbdullah-gg1jd]

That line by Itself destroys the Last 15 years of HipHop without trying 😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥❤️......Decks verse is still being studied today like Chemistry!!! #Legendary

[@AlexBonesJones]

That first verse gives me chills every single time man 🔥

[@dee1900]

Deck!!💯

[@khumogaobewe4946]

Deck is ferocious

[@bigmouthrob2957]

Fire

[@NkiiA]

🔥🔥

[@keithodonnell2974]

Method man said after they heard inspecta decks verse they went and re wrote there own vesrse😂

[@WuRaidr]

Deck's verse still one of the greatest intros in history

[@Zo_1987]

His verse shoulda been Last!!!💥

[@swanyay3304]

In my opinion it is the greatest intro in hip hop history

[@brianmadira1817]

Deck 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@differentminddesigns2078]

He always sets the bar anytime he starts a Wu Tang joint. 🔥🔥🔥

[@adamgordon2572]

You never.. and i mean NEVER let Deck or GZA spit first 🔥🔥🔥

[@dawnstatis1]

Inspectah decks verse is arguably the greatest single hip hop verse of all time and not one cuss word!!! Immaculate!!!

[@RetiredWatchguy9337]

If he laid his verse down first i bet a couple of them had to go re-write theirs!

[@dawnstatis1]

@@RetiredWatchguy9337 lol you know they did lol

[@meccuno]

@@RetiredWatchguy9337 it was obvious from the other verses 😆😆😆

[@theblueprint2001]

Ha ha ha no. Its one of the best in terms of rhyming but it doesnt have the same depth or timelessness as CREAM or The World is Yours or Changes or some other masterpiece rap songs have.Timeless introspective lyrics beatout intense rhyming

[@dawnstatis1]

@@theblueprint2001 bruh I said VERSE you sitting here naming whole songs

[@Rizzlyricist]

I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.

[@11cylynt11]

Wu-Tang is the only rap group that can make a 6 minute song with no hook and it still becomes a hit.

[@FruitloopLeviathan]

Québec should be an independant country. Like if you agree.

[@davidjurado9577]

Duh cuz there from new york

[@BBGirlSamus]

Odd Future did 10 minutes with no hook so... no dis respect to the wu tho. Still have the best album of the 90's.

[@theragefury8000]

Pump it up ;)

[@TonySummerz]

11cylynt11 Yep! And the album sold 10 million records with NO POP SONG! No other musical act in history was able to accomplish such a feat..

[@waynegrinnell3020]

U-God's verse very overlooked and underrated.. He crushed it.

[@vondraehawkins3512]

Wayne Grinnell my favorite verse

[@LetsBuildWordPress]

I sing a song from Sing-Sing, sipping on ginseng Righteous wax chaperon, rotating ring kings

[@512cslim]

Wayne Grinnell real talk

[@sastiadhikary3292]

Wayne Grinnell true 💯

[@zacharyharris2054]

U-God got the break breakdown with the background build-up which only added to an already masterful verse. #Wu-Forever

[@robertgraham5546]

One of the hardest opening verses in hip hop history hands down.

[@anthonywalker240]

Yea I agree..

[@richmckinney4109]

Inspecta Deck

[@westernstar4964]

Robert Graham the hardest

[@KJ3113]

Robert Graham deck?

[@damonharrison8409]

Robert Graham On everything, if just one person reads this, it will make my day. I'm a music artist from Cleveland. Yeah I'm aware folks wrote these comments all the time, but I truly really believe that I'll be the one you'll be excited to listen to. I dont have a lot of views or followers, but my sub's and plays are slowly growing. IF ONE PERSON could give this a thumbs up, you'll be a step closer to helping a persons dream come true. I sweaaar I dont suck and you won't be disappointed or dissatisfied. I just need one chance and 3 mins..Listen to SYTRI: Lord Of Luxury by Damon Daxxx #np on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/damon-harrison-1/sets/sytri-lord-of-luxury

[@TheDaggyTail]

Incredible track. No hooks and everyone firing on all cylinders!

[@anthonygraves9039]

Absolutely

[@gus361]

It's proven with science, listening to the Wu-Tang Clan increases your knowledge.

[@duecetre87]

True indeed.

[@DrFadenstyle]

Wu Tang is for everyone

[@Saveyourbs]

Of self

[@Firmfiasco]

Knowledge God by Raekwon

[@robertrhein8703]

wu wisdom

[@akoc91]

If you’re listening to this in 2024, the wu-tang clan still ain’t nuthing to fuck wit

[@LatashaThomas-l2p]

Period!!!

[@mahoganyhunter8573]

WU4EVA 💯

[@a-rye]

About to be in listening to it in 2025, and I'm here for it

[@brittaniejones1623]

“Olympic torch flaming, we burn so sweet… The thrill of victory, the agony defeat… We Crush slow, flaming deluxe slow, For, Judgement Day Cometh, Conquer, It’s War” U-God had some of the MOST underrated lyrics, period… 💪🏾

[@sosoi88]

That s my favorite part aswel!

[@shaunmeyer5461]

sabi ni ang hinaharap reyna prinsesa ho panatilihin ang iyong countery ligtas na rin ang prinsesa ay langis rigg na nahuli ang mga ito sa jfk office na naglagay ng pera pabalik sa aming mundo tiffa wantd bsby bascvk weith lori westside brooklin racoon

[@shaunmeyer5461]

hindi nagtagal ay nagyakap lamang ang tungkol sa nakasakit na lisa at brenda

[@shaunmeyer5461]

hindi nagtagal ay nagyakap lang sila tungkol sa sakit na lisa at brenda m na nakabitin sa kanila gamit ang mga ito. petey malcome nakuha ko upang ilipat at ilipat ang mga bata sa kanyang kanluran brooklin racoon m din m paggunita ang jfk na breeched

[@isaac-billyblade69]

🤜

[@mendozaartstudio]

"This is the gathering of the masses to come to pay respects to the WU-TANG CLAN!" that on my word Son.

[@mattzaranyika1846]

Inspektah Deck is definitely up there with the best spitters in the game. There'll never be another like him 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@rasheedjeffries5754]

He has the best opening in any rap song ever period imo

[@jaeen7665]

For real, his delivery is just insane.

[@gabrielleelliott500]

Facts

[@sander87a28]

He is underrated for ever sadly! That Brother got some Underrated skill :/

[@danielndele4664]

Word

[@michaelhood1291]

Lyrically… this is one of thee greatest jams of ALL-TIME! Straight up genius. - 43 year old white dude

[@FranciscoRivera-q6s]

I'm Puerto Rican and I like this too. African Americans are tremendous. Blessed by God with talent.😊 My brothers.

[@John-cq3hk]

And they kind of have that new york accent to what makes it a little bit more rough. ❤​@@FranciscoRivera-q6s

[@RyanA-o4k]

Ghost and ray kill this song

[@Jbaby542]

Thank you 43 yr old white person lol. The black community thanks you white folks for loving rap. It's for the people. Not a certain color of people.

[@DizzyDez613]

Deck, Meth, RZA, GZA, Ghost, Chef, etc, etc…. I’ll never understand how THAT many guys that are THAT freakishly talented are all in the same group. It’s mathematically impossible. Yet it exists. Wu-Tang is for the children!

[@kmack7344]

Yo gotta name em all son….Cappadonna, Master Killa, U God, Ol Dirty Bastard(RIP)

[@rduarte494]

I shit you not .. this same thought randomly pops in my head 💯it’s sick !

[@Looknside]

Listen!!!! This is from the era when being intelligent was fly!!! An example of iron sharpening iron. Can you imagine someone showing up with a BS verse??? These men have ALWAYS been beautiful to me. 😍

[@RexT3rra]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DizzyDez613]

@@kmack7344 That’s what I’m saying! That’s what I’m saying; there’s so many! How are they ALL that fucking good!? Bone were amazing. But there were only 5 of them. Wu got like 37 members, all from the same good, all abnormally masterful at rapping. 😂

[@godlox43]

Rest in *Paradise to The GOAT Quincy Jones🕊️💔 (05:30)🫡🎼✊🏼

[@wycliffewafula-fz8ox]

🌹🌹

[@wallacestevenson6197]

🙏

[@Warchild-007]

Rest in power Quincy Jones. 🙏🕊

[@TemisanAdoki]

"I bomb atomically." Quite possibly one of the most well known first lines to a whole song of all time. When you hear...you know what it is. INS killed this.

[@ejsavage598]

Inspectah decks verse, thats the way you start a song, Raekwons verse, thats the way you end a song. This song right here is my jam, the whole clan spitting fire lyrics with a fire beat with no hooks at all.

[@damnthisuser]

No need for hooks! INS and GZA always low key kill it.

[@John-Doe-321]

The whole lyrical content of this song will make your brain go crazy... Fire... 💯😲🤔

[@YouCallThataKnife253]

Bruh... I remember a time when if you considered yourself a _head_ you better know ever fucking lyric after that! lol Triumph was pretty much the ultimate hip-hop head song. Just 6 minutes of raw lyricism

[@John-Doe-321]

Classic rap poetry... Embeded

[@djphreshco2358]

It’s 2019 and it’s still Wu-Tang forever!!!

[@wes1hoskins]

Yeah that's what forever entails

[@shadooku4427]

Not 1 thumb down 👊🏽👊🏽

[@audi3001]

Wu is for the children👐🏾

[@cinquentakhamseen3124]

It’s actually 3031 😉

[@johndoe-mn4is]

2024? 😊

[@KiambuX]

The way Rae and Ghost play off each other is pure brilliance. "aye yo that's amazing.....!"

[@gabrielleelliott500]

That was pure genius

[@KiambuX]

@@gabrielleelliott500 Facts!

[@silverdude3864]

Its like Art

[@Ninjatrigg]

Substantula

[@KiambuX]

@@Ninjatrigg 👐🏿👆🏿

[@unclekyle9903]

IM 59 YEARS OLD . AND. " I SING A SONG FROM SING SING SIPPIIN ON SOME GINSENG. ". IS THE CRAZY! ITS LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2024. SALUTE

[@NaitexiTV]

That intro & first verse gives me goosebumps all over again. WU TANG FOREVER 🐝👐🏻

[@Ffaaaafafa]

Literally me

[@dim_mal]

So so many years later, it does! Wu Tang FOREVER!

[@akrasiathekruzmachine2341]

Last verse for me. Genius. The whole song is fire though

[@DiroDono]

I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses Can't define how I be droppin' these mockeries Lyrically perform armed robbery Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me Battle-scarred Shogun, explosion when my pen hits tremendous Whaaaaaa

[@Topher118]

Inspectah!

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

97 I was 20 and I played this till my ears bleed. I'm 44 now and still playing triumph till my ears bleed 👐🏿

[@JM-sm8ir]

Im 38. I live for this shit. This is the Realest ever. No one can ever fuck with Wu-Tang. New so called rappers mumble about Nothing. Wack as hell. I don't even know who they are. 😆

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Same but i was 16. Can't beat the 90s

[@mobillionblack]

I was 19....still bumpin it

[@soroushai2374]

Wu tang forever 👐🏿

[@explitivedeleted5569]

I was 17 in 97.....we got old Mikey, but, we got to live through the golden age of hip hop/G rap. These kids would faint listening to Brotha Lynch. LMFAO

[@antdogg72]

I'm 50!! And still get the chills when this floods my ears just like the first time!!

[@askiahrichardson8911]

Classic

[@hoodypopev2977]

i know right real music man

[@cr-nd8qh]

I'm 43 I remember this straight 🔥

[@LL-fd7xn]

I remember when this dropped back in 1997. Shiiiiitt was and still lit baby!!!!

[@mccharless.1471]

Same....as well in age✊🏽

[@gregwest2129]

There is no debate Inspecta Deck's opening verse is by far the Greatest Opening verse of All Time

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Prodigy has alotta of dem himself...it's in the running tho

[@flyknuckle]

It was goof but not the best

[@sammysouthpaw8894]

Deck dropped one of the best verses ever in my opinion.

[@derrikdesertman4564]

Completely true....

[@gabrielleelliott500]

Yess

[@adamgordon2572]

One of the best verses in hip hop history 🔥

[@AlphaDwg]

definitely the best to open a posse track. bar after bar after bar

[@davidsilva1359]

I truly consider decks verse one of the best ever in hip hop

[@PaccinoStyle]

R.I.P. ODB... Still in our hearts 🙏🏾

[@bjf-lt3rg]

🙏🏾🙏🏾#DirtDog

[@charis59]

ason unique

[@felipepineda1585]

@@mandabean.2405 - one of them is dead. What you mean half?

[@soulsteela01]

Like wutang, forever

[@thvmpvr]

Had to run it back here after hearing Bautista say this is his favorite song on his playlist.💪🏼🔥

[@DerrienEdwards]

Ong me too!🤣🔥🔥

[@stockstock6805]

😂 Me too😂

[@jesselong6266]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@landobelo1608]

No cap 🤣🤣🤣

[@Maddy-kb2co]

😂 me 2

[@costellobangofficial2285]

Master killa lowkey killed this too 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheAbStraktEye]

I been saying that for years

[@danielroper18]

“I bomb atomically” still greatest lyric of all time

[@gubennett]

Jumping Genius yep

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@gubennett lyrically perform armed robbery is my second favorite part of the verse.

[@joshuaone8]

Socrates philosophies and hypothese

[@stevekynast2024]

That first line tho...it's in all the wu tang stuff. Can't get enough of these guys

[@eachfallenrobin]

It's a killer first line like

[@jaquanmiller54]

If you're still listening in 2021...Wu-Tang is still forever

[@py_a_thon]

I'm going through that NYC style right now. Ima look at the cali stuff next than relisten to everything inbetween from ATL to the south styles to Chicago/Detroit and everywhere else. Then probably even listen to some of the better trap I forgot or missed out on. Any suggestions? Wu Tang, Big L, Mos Def and Talib Kweli is what i'm chillin on right now.

[@j2323j]

@@py_a_thon Check out Tragedy khadafi Against all odds

[@py_a_thon]

@@j2323j Yeah that is fucking fire. I forgot and slept on that for too long. Thank you.

[@RokeorDie]

@@py_a_thon Killah Priest, Cormega, Prodigy of Mobb Deep's "The Hegelian Dialectic" Enjoy

[@tyrex1415]

facts

[@wulffg99]

One of the illest songs of all time out of every genre of music

[@Skeetopunk01]

Agreed. I listen to mostly punk, metal, and rock but this songs is so amazing. Words can't even begin to explain. These men were onto the truth movement before KZbin. Hands down a top five song.

[@seandafny]

Lol somebody fuckin wit me lololol

[@somaliano99kingkonghimself75]

Jamar Poe damm right budy 😎

[@rell27]

Probably the best, longest & most expensive video from the 90’s. And ALL 9 dudes killed it.

[@tiffanybridget]

Easily one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time. Wu Tang 4 ever 👐🏽

[@100k-Maccassete]

Fax.

[@m0vsy]

Nah fr the beat was ahead of its time 🔥🔥🔥

[@downsouthn.o.1537]

​@@m0vsy facts. Beat is off the mf. Chains

[@ModishShrink]

The best Wu track, controversial take but the truth is hard

[@steelhere5519]

- Very easy.

[@jayyblack4025]

love the fact that Quincy Jones is just coolin with RZA at the bar whilst Rae & Ghost are spazzin. Greatest Song in hip hop history imo.

[@Vinladen82]

I never noticed that until now lol good eye

[@charlesreed5506]

That’s also his daughter kidada next to him who was once engaged to Tupac

[@malsanflip3385]

I never notice that

[@amandaredd3057]

That's for damn sure

[@leonrice8715]

That his daughter next to him in the gray

[@davemartine1349]

Deck opening verse still gives me chills, The Chef and Ghost went crazy too

[@brianmadira1817]

The best opening verse in the history of hip hop

[@Cheeze410]

@@brianmadira1817 and it’s not even close

[@chrismoser9676]

Yeah man Ghost takes this to another level altogether

[@bigboi36]

DAVE MARTIN NUFF RESPECT!!!

[@ryandevera8782]

Literally ever verse is 🔥! Method smooth as silk in his delivery

[@NextLevelLive19]

If you watching this in 2024 🎉❤

[@francisblanc7245]

Inspectah deck absolutely murdered the track. One of the best opening verses of all time

[@llvlz7295]

ageed

[@rightbackich213]

+Staitus no you don't

[@lizzybethnj617]

absolutely

[@lizzybethnj617]

absolutely

[@lizzybethnj617]

absolutely

[@daryldunson563]

"Light is provided by sparks of energy in the Mind that travels in rhyme form, giving sight to the blind, the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum..."

[@K.B.Williams]

When it first came out I used to think that verse was trash because it wasn't really on beat. Now I'm like wow, true knowledge being spit on one of the hardest beats ever created. I was 17. I'm 39 now.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

Its a chuck d line actually

[@enzomoretti5931]

Daryl Dunson yep

[@jamalcoles8179]

Simple ass kids now are “intrigued by the drum” 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@dontex7]

Fire 🔥🔥🔥 🔥🚒

[@alejandroherrera5271]

"The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum" That's some real shit right there. Applies to a lot of music today

[@freshfade28]

Idk if I totally agree with that. I get it, however I'm a beat lover but I enjoy the intricacies of the music and the instrumentation

[@tellyhennessey5422]

Inspeck, U-god ghost-face had the best versus

[@tosinslim8161]

Meth killed it

[@archaeomom]

How freaking timely

[@Coachjax21]

👏🏼👏🏼

[@LyricalKnight1]

5:31 RIP Mr. Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader) who co-signed Hip Hop and passed the mantle to our generation. I love watching "Q" jam with his "musical offspring" in this video. His support of rap music was everything! There would be no Hip Hop without the gospel, blues, soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll and R&B legends that became before us! They are the foundation! Thank you!

[@williebiggs6461]

"Light is provided through sparks of energy from the mind that travels in rhyme form, giving sight to the blind. The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum." So many levels to Masta Killahs verse!

[@eladreltuc]

My fave verse from day one!

[@williebiggs6461]

@eladreltuc feel free to consider yourself an enlightened one!

[@Jonathan-qf3bh]

lol sad how hip hop now is basically the dumb mostly intrigued by the drum 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@deonsavage9974]

Deck was the best in the group in my opinion. The tight and clean delivery with his genius lyricism sets the tone for the songs. One of the most under appreciated rappers ever

[@thabo3866]

True

[@thomaslucas1295]

I feel you but the group as whole just off the charts . For Riza to see the vision of putting all of these styles together is straight up genius. Like having Dek set it off then follow with method man then ghost or ray to bat cleanup . Bottom line I’m so lucky I grew up then . Getting chills listening today is crazy 😂

[@SlavaSesh]

Deck + Mef > Red + Mef, and it's not that I don't love Redman.

[@DreGambino]

@@SlavaSeshnahh slow ya roll😂red and meth like prime penny and shaq

[@felipepineda1585]

​@@SlavaSesh- really? Cmon no love for the Gza?

[@ZandeKongo]

22 years later, and Deck still has the best opening verse of all time.

[@fresshh9ine5m67]

King Zande FACTS

[@pierogiguy]

Oh, hell yeah...amazing.

[@larrymutwa3753]

True that!!🇿🇦

[@JP9one9]

Nas- Live from the BBQ! Technically Deck had already dropped this verse on a Tony Touch mixtape. Still Dope though.

[@aaron-co4ll]

Facts none better

[@DarylMenz]

Yeah. This album is complete perfection. Todays hip_Hop can't even compete! After this album was completed, hiphop DIED!

[@KhanSlayer]

As a 12 year old this song hypnotized me and changed my life. 31 now and still one of the greatest tracks.

[@aboetarikske]

KhanSlayer I remember when this came out, 15 years old all kids wearing Wu wear and had this album and that Wu game.

[@jayiichiban1496]

Fr real bars vocab on a 1000

[@BIGCEL]

same here bro!

[@darksayese]

KhanSlayer I'm 32 and I was 12 when I first heard this song and i was hooked when Reakwon the chef spit his verse

[@mariayildirim700]

yeah 😊

[@Blaazeemup1]

24 years later and still better than any radio rap these days. Wu-tang forever!

[@asuperheronamedtony]

yessir! 👐🏼

[@FallicIdol]

Fucking Wu-Tang.

[@jamesechevarria4813]

💯💯💯

[@JimmyWoodall]

cap

[@dominiceubanks6586]

@@JimmyWoodall half these verses are str8 dodo

[@effortlessGFX]

"I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses, Can't define how I be dropping these mockeries." Best rap opening verse ever?

[@leodunst6793]

damn i'm from holland, we went bananas when we heard this en played it over and over again

[@macknice1981]

Hell yeah.....I always tell people this the best opening verse of all time

[@Gee2583]

Fuck yes!!! I've said the same thing to myself🙏😬💯 is this the best opening verse? YES!!👍🙌😎

[@reagannicholas3641]

Gotta go with "Visualizin the realism of life in actuality/ fuck whos the baddest a persons status depends on salary" but inspectah killed that

[@JasonRashaun]

My favorite verse in hip hop.

[@RichardkPriore]

36 Chambers one of the best albums ever released so ahead of their time!!!.

[@jidusea4327]

U-Gods verse on this song is so underrated. The way he comes in is just epic with that vocal sample behind his voice

[@yakunats]

My third favourite after Inspectah Deck and Meth

[@Nemesio609]

Best verse after deck

[@hem8729]

The saga continues Wu tang Wu tang!

[@Gnosis639]

UGod's was my favorite after the Inspectah. Til this day there hasn't been a better 4 bar combo to start a track. Then I'm gonna go with Genius..

[@ralphking425]

U gods voice would have set him up there if not for the tragedies that held him back

[@suggy_123]

"I bomb atomically." Ended all rap wars circa 90s.

[@lucasvii1617]

Tbestofnaplessonks

[@bobbyh2069]

@@lucasvii1617 yes

[@wattiesilbery9294]

Polola polaloa

[@suggy_123]

@Campus Mentor I meant more as no rapper with any beef towards any other rapper could top this. This opening line just ended it.

[@kareythomas976]

They will end all mumble rappers careers in one song

[@jdcapps21]

Deck’s verse is still the coldest of all time.

[@Rodrickfinley2474]

He should Recieve a AWARD for THAT!!!

[@marioesqueda9534]

He’s definitely underrated along with Cappadonna

[@giftedx1391]

🗑

[@sootsrichmore6421]

5:31- 5:35.... spinning the block for QUINCY JONES 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 1930-2024 RIP

[@typeblue001]

Inspectah Deck’s verse may be one of the greatest hip hop verses ever.

[@rofflesufunny]

What about raekwon

[@rofflesufunny]

And odb

[@rofflesufunny]

Ghostface

[@rofflesufunny]

They all killed it

[@DEYLINER]

U-GOD VERSE WAS FIRE 🔥 ALSO!!!

[@HatianHurricane]

This is the best music video ever made. Any genre!!! RIP to THE OLD DIRTY BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kenicarmichael2015]

This is one of the greatest rap songs ever made. Salute

[@dwaynejohnson3578]

Yes sir❤️✊🏾💪🏽

[@100k-Maccassete]

Fax.

[@lupecabrera5189]

i’m going on a walk now to see my dad so so much are better not then i and then we can get the kids out to eat because we have a drink and then go back home to go to bed now until the day goes back home and i and then we went to the right and

[@outrightpainting2203]

Right

[@Saed-kr7jk]

False

[@VVV44497]

This is eternal and everlasting, WU FOREVER!!!!!!! Playing that until the Apocalypse at least twice a day!!!!!!!!

[@dubkushington9102]

The greatest collection of rap verses to ever exist on one track.

[@ajamocampbell9143]

It was bars upon bars upon bars they all brought their A game

[@rjones4748]

Ever!!!

[@soulsteela01]

You're bit wrong there 🙌🙌🙌

[@ademolly1]

WHEN THIS CAME OUT!!!!!! I'd never seen anything like this. We would spend the whole lunch break talking about all the different transisitons and personalities in this video. This album changed my life a lil bit I can't even lie

[@Loomes23]

Jup same here… I was flashed like hell and it changed everything

[@Rodrickfinley2474]

Mine too.96 or 97.

[@tyliekinc.]

@@Rodrickfinley2474 this was 97

[@Rodrickfinley2474]

@@tyliekinc. we did the same.

[@perinice3479]

It was a major premiere event, like a Michael Jackson video drop.

[@jblack8149]

Inspectah Decks's verse is one that is forever classic

[@soulCracka1]

Yup.

[@changospank1]

and Cappadonna's verse has to be the wackest shit ever put to a song i would usually just stop listening at that point.

[@Jatni55]

agreed...

[@jblack8149]

+DIF LOL someone else said his first was wack too

[@jblack8149]

+DIF lol perhaps

[@michaelboylan7816]

What a masterpiece this is, Brings so much memories back... Real rap real music 💯

[@getyapaper]

Deck is not the first member you think of, when you talk about the Clan. But let's face it, he killed it with his verse.

[@nickurch8186]

Inspeckta deck is so under-rated

[@mattjobson4506]

Absolutely Inspekta... 👏👏👏

[@dukarobakidze3989]

Deck is the most underrated mc IMO

[@sediqellison5263]

His verse is absolutely better than everyone else’s verse on this song . For sure .

[@OKG2000]

facts this is one of the best opening verses ever

[@sparklingwater2174]

"swinging swords like Shinobi" ...only legends know that game!

[@artfuldodger7747]

Bruh that was the first game I ever had for sega. Man the nostalgia everytime i hear that verse

[@figment1988]

Of course. True masters know the legend of one Joe Musashi

[@figment1988]

@@richrollin4867 and Sega pushed the pressure up to 11 in 5th and final mission where if you lose all your lives, you won't be able to continue (thankfully, the Sega Ages version on the Switch gets rid of that cap)

[@figment1988]

@@richrollin4867 and that's the rule most arcades (such as Galloping Ghost) run with in terms of scores

[@deadsheep1559]

Shing shing

[@atom6028]

Inspectah deck verse is probably the best verse ever made in Rap history.

[@robertoenamoradoakaroberto5654]

#Facts!

[@moufpiece1979]

I agree

[@ryanchavers5602]

I’ve been saying that for yeaaars !

[@guillermomclean8657]

Super facts 💯🔥

[@brianhol6792]

Yea fuckin rite

[@kenjeguides3675]

2024! Greatest pure hip hop song of all time!

[@blubastud]

Deck's verse was so dope it made everything after it just sound normal at the time. It's over 20 years later and I'm just realizing how dope Rae's verse is, lol. This fucking track is legendary!!!

[@datmf744]

“YO YO FUCK THAT” i always love the energy Ghost face brings

[@marciesdupree74]

Ghostface lyrics is hot hot hot 🔥🔥🔥

[@marciesdupree74]

Appreciate that

[@catfishforeal4953]

Inspecta Dek drops the best intro bars of all time on this track. Glorious Hip Hop!!!

[@oschillewynberg1704]

Agree 100% - Out of all his Intro Verses,this one is the Best!

[@OMONEY09]

FACTS

[@jpuriah590]

💯💯💯🔥

[@alexfreire5178]

Reunited he crushed it also damn lovely

[@jemeeladams1197]

Shit went so hard

[@scottech381]

When every hip hop artist were like super heroez.... Every artist with his/her own style and brand to their strength..... No copying or mumbling or auto tunning.... Everyone was original.... So glad I witnessed it...

[@byrondavies9221]

Inspectah Deck - is so underrated it's criminal.

[@godssonraymond8877]

hell yea bro he got mad flows !!

[@elhadjiba]

Preach damn it!!! You ain't said nuthin but the truth.

[@jamesobrien7487]

Absolutely the greatest verse in rap history

[@hughmungus403]

@@jamesobrien7487 No. Do you mean in C.R.E.A.M.? Cause that would be debatable, not this one

[@elhadjiba]

@@hughmungus403 you're right... but its debatable. He has so many and that's what makes him one of the greatest in my eyes. Personally Deck's verse in Cold World is his g.o.a.t. But I ain't mad at cha for preferring the one in CREAM.

[@mammadeuces6242]

44 years old and I’m still rocking this shit. My generation is going to be lit AF up in the retirement communities

[@SilviuTeodor]

preach sister!

[@diambo4life]

Hell yeah....lol

[@nextstopsleep208]

Facts!!!

[@TheRealest127]

Word! 😂

[@mieubanks]

No doubt

[@afro-latinenriquillo1313]

“Light is provided through sparks of energy from the mind that travels in rhyme forms “ BARS

[@thisislaflaretv5250]

Pure t bars

[@afro-latinenriquillo1313]

This is Laflare Tv no doubt, 💯

[@jessegonzales6333]

Makes my hair stand up

[@darrinparker161]

Giving sight to the blind/the dumb/ are mostly intrigued by the drum/deaf, only one can save himself from/this relentless attack/of the track/spares none...I thought Masta Killa verse was one of the best hands down.

[@ejsavage598]

Masta Killa is literally teaching us science in his rap man, they don't make em like masta killa no more, i could listen this man rap all day, as a matter of fact, i could listen to this song all day, this joint raw, no hooks, no chrous, just spitting fire lyrics.

[@randyortlip8108]

The iron lung legend, held and never exhaled. Holding smoke from the 90’s in 2024!

[@TyroneJohnson-ux9nf]

Inspectah Deck’s bars are top 5 of all time smh ST8 FIRE

[@K.B.Williams]

Hes number one in opening a verse imo

[@marcgreen1503]

FAX

[@mrtonywilliams6312]

Masta killa versa went in

[@floggyWM1]

@@mrtonywilliams6312 i was about too say, ppl are sleeping on masta killa verse... he went in and flow was perfect

[@mrtonywilliams6312]

@@floggyWM1 I thought he should've been featured more after Ghost he my favorite member. 9 MCs that can go we will never see this again

[@ldodson99]

U-God!!! A jungle junkie, vigilante tantrum A death kiss, cap off squeeze another anthem Hold it for ransom, tranquilised with anesthetics My orchestra, graceful, music ballerinas 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kmack7344]

That was the illest line of the song🖤

[@YsoWaVyy]

@@kmack7344 it was great but not better than DECKS opener!

[@kmack7344]

@@YsoWaVyy I can dig it, but Inspectah’s video clip had me in awe with his verse. U-God’s verse and video clip really was a game changer with noises in the beat, hanging from a tree like bee n shit. My nigga you know that shit was🔥🔥🔥🔥.

[@WILRENO]

U God was grossly underrated member of the Wu

[@scrillamanjaro6708]

If you close your eyes, homeboy sounds a lot like Jeru

[@LndnJazzHour]

I remember when this 1st came out, I was in Brent Cross in London, can't remember the store but the tv was on mtv, EVERYBODY STOPPED SHOPPING and just watched this shit. Was a CrAzY moment I will never forget.

[@blazeaglory]

Million $ video lol

[@amandaredd3057]

It was magical here in the states too. It was unreal

[@familymendes148]

90's man those were the times.

[@ramayaruk]

It was the only rap song EVER played on k-rock, the hard rock radio station that howard stern was on before Sirius. Straightup juggernaut when it dropped

[@DJTUK]

haha Brent Cross. Never expected to see that mention in this video. Big up NW London

[@philb.1502]

Deck's verse is a top 10 verse in hip hop history along with Cappadonna's verse on Winter Warz. The two best Wu verses on any Wu project they put out!!

[@alessandroturci1448]

I was at the gods of rap concert in London 10th may 2019, when triumph started, the whole arena jumped and sang with them, one of the best feeling i ever felt WU TANG IS FOREVER👐👐

[@EmergencyVacation]

possibly the most incredible opening bar in hip hop.

[@kdad64]

Shoulda been but he actually recycled that verse... Not commercially tho it's still crazy as shyt I still make sure I hear that jawn at least once a week.. His verse on "For Heaven's Sake" kills is better imo Fuck it ,, Deck>>

[@CozmoeInfinite]

+Kyle Stroud yo who did that song that ur talking about 4 heavens sake? along with Inspecktah Deck?

[@compteprivefr]

I was about to comment the same thing!

[@chrismcauley8803]

Drake

[@femioyekan8184]

It's a Wu-Tang song my man

[@lovelifewithchris5683]

Lyrically amazing! All of them. I was drawn to Masta Killa's verse. "The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum". That's today's music

[@arcane9860]

masta killa*

[@lovelifewithchris5683]

Safe

[@BadGrief]

Inspectah Deck had the best verse.

[@golfstudd27]

Sirus deck had the most popular verse. GZA only has a few bars but listen to his words. Deck does kill it on here though

[@keelowiththesteelo233]

Sirus U-GOD had the best verse

[@DamaSoul_]

Wu Tang Foreva 👐🏾 R.I.P. ODB 🕊️

[@drpestwick1]

Best opening verse in rap ever!

[@mpumi1024]

word

[@knuckles5863]

agreed!

[@danielmacfarlane7109]

yep

[@deshawnedwards6680]

Daniel Macfarlane

[@freekaron]

Biggie's verse on Victory...

[@donsprowl3024]

UGod verse is criminally slept on he went utterly bonkers

[@rosegachalover3441]

Indeed my friend indeed, and the part of the beat he came in on made it even better 😮

[@frankhunter6768]

It's amazing how Rza can come up with so many razor sharp beats for Wutang as a group and solo artists.

[@furnitureconsortium]

He didn't do it all on his own.....he did have some help with his assistant producer Mathematics and a couple of other cats in the studio helping to get the beats together. Behind every production genius, there's always a couple of dudes chipping in or helping behind the scenes.

[@bjbridge9722]

They were mostly samples from old shaolin kung fu movies.

[@AcedrinksLIVE]

stop asking if we still here. we never left