On this date in 1995, the pinnacle of the Wu’s “Voltron” launched his first solo LP below the moniker “the GZA”.
“We kind like Voltron and GZA occurs to be the pinnacle.” -Methodology Man
After showing because the nearer on the Wu Tang’s premiere single “Defend Ya Neck” and dropping his personal solo joint “Clan In The Entrance” on WTC’s traditional Enter The 36 Chambers LP, The Genius, who modified his title 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 launched 27 years in the past at this time.
This could not, nonetheless, be confused with the primary solo album Phrases From The Genius, which was launched below the alias “The Genius” earlier than his declare to fame with Wu Tang.
With in-house album cowl artwork of a war-torn chessboard from Wu Tang DJ/Producer Allah Arithmetic together with Milestone Media artistic director Denys Cowan and launched on Geffen Data, the debut album of one in all WTC’s founders was recorded in RZA’s basement, as was the remainder of the early Wu tasks together with Meth’s Tical and OB4CL. It additionally featured the entire authentic members in addition to launched among the supporting members of the Killa Bees together with Killah Priest, Dreddy Krueger and Allah Life, who sung the hook on “Chilly World”. Different smash singles from this album embrace “Labels”, “4th Chamber”, “I Gotcha Again” and the timeless title observe.
Salute to the GZA for one of the formative idea albums in Hip Hop throughout the twentieth century.
