I love love love Ironman, rate it a little below SC, couldn't vote for it against ODB.
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
wow
― rip poopy g stinkgarten 09/11 never forget (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
does all of the Ghost love around here go to Supreme Clientele? This Ironman rejection feels insane.
sort of although I voted for Pretty Toney in this poll
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Ironman losing to Cuban and Liquid Swords is in no way unexpected or ridiculous
def WAU at the massive lurker turnout for Gza tho!
― E.U. - da butt album (sic), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
crazy results
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
what I expected tbh
― death panel of the mods (Edward III), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
we should do this again with all solo wu imo.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 06:33 (thirteen years ago) link
eventual fishscale victory would be too depressing for me to bear
― deej, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 06:46 (thirteen years ago) link
people picked one 10/10 all-time classic over another 10/10 all-time classic? how corny!
― sister soulja boy (The Reverend), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 07:24 (thirteen years ago) link
also apparently ppl are not aware of this but you can only vote for one album
― haute couture wolf gang frill them all (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 07:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for Liquid Swords and I don't see what's wrong with that?
I've never managed to tolerate Ghostface's voice for the length of a whole solo album. I know he has some good lyrics, but that screechy, pauseless flow just irritates my ears. Meth, on the other hand, has one of the best voices in rap.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
to me, the screechy, pauseless flow is what creates the Ghost magic.
obviously I was aware that LS will kill Ironman. I'm just shocked by the huge difference.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 08:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Ghost has the best voice in the Clan.
/challops.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 08:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never managed to tolerate Ghostface's voice for the length of a whole solo album. I know he has some good lyrics, but that screechy, pauseless flow just irritates my ears.
Solid 5-star SB post
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never really understood this "SB someone who has a different opinion to mine" thing, can you explain it?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
It's more of a feeling, tbh
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
soooooooometimes i feeeeeeeeel like a moooootherless chiiiild
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― Tuomas, Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:16 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yes, but prefer not to
― deej, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Tuomas I think I can explain it. It's like, a few posts back, deej asserted that it was "corny" for one of the undisputed all-time classics of rap to have won this poll; the grounds on which he made this assertion suggest that he thinks people should think more about how their votes will make them look to others than which album they like best. I disagree with him, so I SB'd him with twelve different accounts.
Does that clarify the matter? If not, I can SB you a few times - in my experience, the old proverb "nothing persuades like SB" is still true
― honkin' on joey kramer (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted GZA! Out and proud!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Gentlemen, we can't fight in here! This is the Wu room!
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never really understood this ___________________ thing, can you explain it?― Tuomas
― Tuomas
posts vmic
― Smiley panda mixed moniker (7,4) (onimo), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for Liquid Swords but only did so after, and probably in response to, deej's whole confusing anti-GZA fatwa. prior to that, I had no idea how I was gonna choose.
― quique da snique (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Plenty of people said they'd vote for GZA upthread. I hate this whining about "lurkers" every time a poll goes against what the loudest people in the room want.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^I counted - it's less than a dozen fwiw.
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
How the fuck does Liquid Swords win this...
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
... by getting more votes than anything else?
― DJP, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm just surprised, is all. I figured it would get more votes than Tical, but not the other two.
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait, why is Liquid Swords the milquetoast lurker choice again?
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
All this really tells me is yes, I SHOULD get off my ass and get the three albums on this poll I don't already own.
― DJP, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:25 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
Yeah that's a better way of phrasing my surprise.
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
because the majority of people who voted for it didn't post anything
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Man there are so many polls where I click a box - sometimes seriously, sometimes for lols - but don't wanna get into the conversation therein.
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, my position here was "ODB 4 LIFE FUIUD" and it didn't seem worth posting at the time.
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
THat's an excellent justification for ODB standom.
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Best way to force people to talk about the subject might be not to have the poll thing at the top of the thread.
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
"ODB 4 LIFE FUIUD"
c'mon this is always worth posting!
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I was listening to Tical the other day; that disc has a vibe that's pretty different from the rest of the first-round solo Wu releases, which I think keeps it interesting still, besides Meth being awesome.
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Like just production-wise, I mean.
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i voted for liquid swords for the opening sample alone
― irritable bol syndrome (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I played a lot of Tical and Ironman because of this poll. While I enjoyed both, "Wildflower" on Ironman was pretty much a constant "holy fuck, what the hell are you saying, stop that" reaction every time I heard it.
Mind you, I never skipped it, but that is a fucking unsettling song.
― DJP, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL ohhhhhh "Wildflower."
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
My ringtone on my cell phone has actually been Cappadonna's verse from "Iron Maiden" for the last two years.
DEEP MEDITATION SOUND ORIENTATED, WAR THE BLIZZARDRAP PARAMEDICAL THE WIZARDCAPPADONNA, NEVER CATERIN' TO NONEMY MICROPHONE AND THREE VERSE WEIGH A TON OF SLAUGHTER
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
does it ever go off at church
― irritable bol syndrome (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
You ain't never see me in a church.
But nah, I have it on vibrate 95% of the time.
― altered boners (rennavate), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Shakey, one reason why a lot of people who voted maybe didn't post is the interminable, offputting, thread-derailing argument about grocery-bag lyrics in the middle. When a handful of people are going at it for post after post I can understand why 40 GZA fans just decided to vote and move on. Or maybe they all just wanted to annoy deej.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyway, I'm surprised by the surprise. Back in 1995, I remember the UK hip hop titles going ape for Cuban Linx whereas mags like Select and NME preferred Liquid Swords, so I always felt like it had more crossover appeal.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
to all the gza voters, you have no taste, that song entirely made up of record label names, wow ingenius, PEACE
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
it's actually spelled "ingenious"
― irritable bol syndrome (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
in 1995, I remember the UK hip hop titles going ape for Cuban Linx whereas mags like Select and NME preferred Liquid Swords
k thx got it now
― the Ford Escort Cabriolet of middle-aged men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link