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Today In Hip Hop History: Wu Tang Clan's GZA Released His Sophomore LP 'Liquid Swords' 26 Years Ago Wu Tang Clan's GZA Released His 'Liquid Swords' LP 26 Years Ago

Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information We form like Voltron and GZA happens to be the head. -Method Man After appearing as the closer on the Wu Tangs premiere single Protect Ya Neck and dropping his own solo joint Clan In The Front on WTCs classic Enter The 36 Chambers LP, The Genius, who changed his name to the GZA after the formation of the Wu Tang Clan in 1992, fulfilled the expectations of a solo album with Liquid Swords, which was released 26 years ago today. Advertisement This should not, however, be confused with the first solo album Words From The Genius, which was released under the alias The Genius before his claim to fame with Wu Tang. With in-house album cover art of a war-torn chessboard from Wu Tang DJ/Producer Allah Mathematics along with Milestone Media creative director Denys Cowan and released on Geffen Records, the debut album of one of WTCs founders was recorded in RZAs basement, as was the rest of the early Wu projects including Meths Tical and OB4CL. It also featured all of the original members as well as introduced some of the supporting members of the Killa Bees including Killah Priest, Dreddy Krueger and Allah Life, who sung the hook on Cold World. Other smash singles from this album include Labels, 4th Chamber, I Gotcha Back and the timeless title track. Salute to the GZA for one of the most formative concept albums in Hip Hop during the 20th century. Read more