Daily Staff Writer

“Wu-Tang Forever”

Wu-Tang Clan

Perhaps one of the most outstanding features of the new Wu-Tang Clan double album “Wu-Tang Forever,” outside of the incredible music, is the double album itself, which, thanks to Tupac’s “All Eyes on Me,” is becoming a re-occurring theme in the hip-hop industry.

On “Wu-Tang Forever,” not much has changed, except for the aliases of Johnny Blaze and the Chef. The Gza is still the prodigal production genius, and the clan is still kicking butt on every track.

Wu-Tang has always been known for its love and knowledge of karate flicks. On the new record, as on the band’s first album, the Clan uses interludes filled with excerpts from karate movies to introduce the next song.

On “Wu-Tang Forever,” disc two is a tad bit tighter than the first. The songs are much freakier, and the beats are much crisper. You may even find yourself dancing in your living room on songs like “Bells of War” or even in your car on songs like “Dog Shit,” where ODB and Inspectah Deck are in rare form.

With cuts like “The Projects” and especially “Cash Still Rules,” this album will keep itself in the changer of many a hip-hop head for quite some time.

5 stars

— Rhaason Mitchell