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Legendary Weapons

Wu-Tang Clan

Legendary Weapons

Fifth album from the influential New York hip hop collective

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5.9

Label
E1 Muisc
UK Release date
25/07/2011
US Release date
28/06/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    They’re still chronicling gangster life, albeit a former one, but the beats are now funkier
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  2. 7.0 |   BBC

    They remain vigorously dedicated to aggressive, loopy imagery and have relaxed into a sound dominated by soul beats and samples
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  3. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It adds an interesting colour to the familiar verbal prowess of these veteran legends, leaving it fresher, one might argue, that the Clan's last 'real' effort, 8 Diagrams
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  4. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Nowhere near the standards we’ve come to expect from these names
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  5. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Lyrically it's business as usual .... with supporting players like Terminology turning in nimble verses. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Ghostface is the reigning heavyweight among the Clan's rap corps, his four cuts providing the backbone to Legendary Weapons
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  8. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Lacks the depth and charisma to elevate itself above the over-populated fray of equally serviceable boom-bap
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  9. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Hints at the greatness of the Wu-Tang Clan but never really achieves it
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  10. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    There are angry, amusing kung-fu samples and skeletal backdrops contrasting with energetic, rapid-fire raps
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    It milks nostalgia for hip hop in the good old bad old days. Print edition only

  12. 5.5 |   Prefix

    Legendary Weapons is fine enough for diehards, but doesn’t reduce the general desire for an actual Wu-Tang album
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  13. 5.0 |   Pitchfork

    Boring
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  14. 5.0 |   Spin

    Attempts a reinvigoration by employing session band ?the Revelations to muster up grooves that recall the sort of '60s soul songs that RZA once loved to sample
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  15. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Never comes close to touching Wu-Tang at their peak
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  • 7. Never Feel This Pain (feat. Inspectah Deck, U-God, & Tre Williams) £0.79
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  • 10. 225 Rounds (feat. U-God, Cappadonna, Bronze Nazareth & RZA) £0.79
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