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...hazy romantic rap ode featuring sampled vocals from Michael Jackson’s “We’re Almost There,” illustrates this musical progression perfectly, displaying a subtlety and refinement that distinguishes “Wu Massacre” from the mass of hip-hop currently circulating. The album still includes the typical clichés of misogyny, shameless bravado, and violent fantasy—it wouldn’t be a Wu release if it didn’t—but it manages to quite successfully navigate the fine line between aggressive...
Quite simply, “Wu Massacre” manages to condense all that is most vitally raw and dynamic about this hip-hop trio into a snappy 30-minute album that blazes by in a flash of intensity and verve. The album bristles with intriguing musical touches. Opener “Criminology 2.5,” for instance, features a chorus heralded by resounding trumpet samples, soulful female vocals and trickling piano flourishes. This track propelled further forward by a punchy yet grooved drumbeat and the consistent lyrical vigor of Meth, Ghost...
...Killah raps rather than new material. Additionally, the album’s skits, such as the “How to Pay Rent Skit” featuring Tracy Morgan, are seemingly intended to be ironic interludes but end up as inane interruptions. Drafting in a large group of hip hop production may have helped to produce much of the quality seen on each song. However, the general lack of attention to detail ultimately prevents “Wu Massacre” from being the incredible album it could and should be, rather than merely an impressive collection of songs...
...Massacre.” It is in a sense fitting that Marvel Comics artist Chris Bachalo designed the album cover for “Wu Massacre”, as it demonstrates perfectly the trio’s status as de facto superheroes in the world of hip-hop. Most importantly, it seems like they have managed to successfully fuse each of their three highly successful musical visions and their most irresistible elements. Combining the expert sampling of recent Ghostface Killah releases such as “Fishscale,” the classic vicious rap bite of Method...
...Suddenly a van appears and Iraqis hop out to help the man. The helicopter crew seeks and receives permission to fire on the vehicle. In the ensuing barrage, two children inside the vehicle are apparently wounded, and their father, a Good Samaritan who had stopped to take the wounded man to the hospital, is allegedly killed. When U.S. ground troops arrive later, they discover the youngsters. "Well, it's their fault," a member of the Apache crew says, "for bringing kids into a battle." Initially, the U.S. said the dead were all insurgents and had been killed in battle...