Wu-Tang Clan – The W
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Columbia – 19658827731 |
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Series: |
Vinyl Me, Please. Rap & Hip Hop – RH080 |
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Hip Hop |
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Tracklist
| A1 | Intro (Shaolin Finger Jab) | ||
| A2 | Chamber Music | 4:27 | |
| A3 | Careful (Click, Click) | 4:56 | |
| A4 | Hollow Bones | 3:37 | |
| B1 | Redbull | 3:53 | |
| B2 | One Blood Under W | 4:11 | |
| B3 | Conditioner | 5:32 | |
| C1 | Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off) | 3:58 | |
| C2 | Let My Niggas Live | 4:29 | |
| C3 | I Can't Go To Sleep | 3:35 | |
| D1 | Do You Really (Thang Thang) | 5:22 | |
| D2 | The Monument | 2:38 | |
| D3 | Gravel Pit | 4:51 | |
| D4 | Jah World | 7:36 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Columbia Records
- Copyright © – Columbia Records
- Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please
- Remastered At – Air Mastering
- Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment
- Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Lacquer Cut At – Air Mastering
- Pressed By – GZ Media – 264955E
Credits
- Booklet Editor [Listening Notes] – Michael Penn II
- Lacquer Cut By, Remastered By – Cicely Balston
- Mastered By – James Cruz
Notes
VMP Hip-Hop Record of the Month for April 2024. Comes with exclusive listening notes booklet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 196588277313
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 264955E1 1630694 19658827761 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 264955E2 1630698 19658827731 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 264955E3 1630702 19658827731 C1
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 264955E4 1630707 19658827737 D1 CB
Other Versions (5 of 50)
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The W (2×LP, Album) | Street Records Corporation | EPC 499576 1, 499576 1 | Europe | 2000 | ||
| The W (CD, Album) | Steven Rifkind Company | 499576 2, EPC 499576 2, 4995762000 | Europe | 2000 | |||
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The W (CD, Album) | Loud Records | CK 62193 | Canada | 2000 | ||
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The W (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | Epic | EPC 499576 4, 499576 4 | Europe | 2000 | ||
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Recently Edited
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The W (2×LP, Album) | Loud Records | C2 62193 | US | 2000 |
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Reviews
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Gorgeous pressing. Flawless sound. Solid levels. Packaging is nice. I just wish it was a gatefold. -
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After reading all the hate on this record's mastering, I did a detailed comparison against a lossless stream. While I will not claim this as a sonically great record, the source material is clearly the issue, not VMPs treatment. As with many Wu-Tang records, it seems this was not recorded well.
In my comparison there are times when the VMP version shines over the stream (Protect Your Neck for example). And when the record is dull AF (Conditioner and I Can't Go to Sleep) it's the same.
That being said, IMO this is a great Wu record. It doesn't sit with the ultimate classics like BFCLO, Supreme Clientele, or Enter... but it's in an honorable mentions category. I am guessing this may be as good as it will get for this one. -
My copy sounds great on my equipment. Although I wash every new record in the ultrasonic before playing. -
Phew, Im super happy with this, the best its sounded to me and personally my favorite Wu album. Smoke vinyl is a plus! -
Sounds perfectly fine to me, missing a little low end compared to the CD but it’s nothing major. Doesn’t sound muddy on my setup, it’s not the most dynamic recording to begin with anyway. Happy with this. -
It’s difficult to disagree with the comments about quality. However, it’s a compromise of being a record collector that not everything will sound top quality. I’m still happy to have it in my collection. -
If you think it sounds bad try listening to the other w pressings, you can only do so much with what you have to work with. -
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Edited one year agoWas preparing for the worst, but surprisingly it doesn't sound that awkward to me (listening on a 1210SL/VM95ML set up with headphones). Nice separation and clear vocals. As others have pointed out, it's neither dynamic nor very punchy and volume can vary between tracks. The ODB VMP release shares some of these inconsistencies, but does sound a bit better. I suspect it's in the source material, not the mastering.
Overall it may be slightly disappointing but certainly not a dealbreaker. Discs are flat, clean and the VMP-package (as per usual) is on point. I put it on par with the Method Man VMP release - both in sound quality and presentation.
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