First Time Hearing Protect Ya Neck | Wu Tang Clan ALL MEMBERS | Behind the Beat (Reaction)

Wu Tang is the most lyrically dense group ever. Like hieroglyphics in rhyme form.. just review the entire album with lyrics and rap genius. Ghostface is a standout. If the guy in the orange studied the Wu, he would turn to be the biggest fan of all, once he starts unpacking things.

Dude in black gets it, dude in orange is as bright as a 20 watt light bulb when it comes to the Clan.

Imagine not liking Wu-Tang Clan , the best rap group in history.

I'm a 43 year old white guy from Denmark with the Wu-Tang logo tattooed on my arm, I grew up on Wu-Tang and when I got my first Wu-Tang album on CD back in the 90's I didn't even understood english yet 🙂

9:43 - The "suuu" (and similar sounds that vary based on hood) is a kinda multipurpose gang call. Dudes may do that when they enter the block to let other's knew he's there. Also if you're walking through an unfamiliar hood at night and you hear such a call, you should probably go another way because you're probably about to get robbed.

I laugh because the same guys will love Nirvana but say Wu Tang is too hard to comprehend lol. Swear by Teen Spirit tho

I think buddy with the beard appreciates the musical aspects of the beat and rapping, whether he understands the lyrics or not. Guy in the orange shirt is very closed minded and borderline disrespectful to the art form. Imagine someone listening to your music the first time and being like wtf is this. Stop being hung up on if you understand what they are saying. Your ears have to be trained to listen rap to know what your listening for, which is metaphors, entandres, cadence and unique rhyme patterns. It aint as easy as it looks. By the way RZA did play those keys on the piano himself.

(GZA) “A mountain climber ☝🏾that plays an electric guitar , But he don’t know the meaning of DOPE when he’s ☝🏾looking for suit and tie rap that’s cleaner than a bat of soap☝🏾. He’s talking about buddy in the orange shirt . You can’t be that lost from the world that you can’t understand Street lingo . You need a class of hip hop 1ON1 🤷🏾‍♂️

Meth's verse: You'd know if you listened to the very next line where he says "1.6.ooh - I mean 0" Area codes can't start with a 1, so 160 was the address for the building they lived in, in Park Hill. But you're missing the forest for the trees here, you don't need to understand every slang term from a statin island project in 1993 to feel the flow over the beat, or to appreciate the word play, which is what they were masters at. I've been listening to this album for 30 years and am STILL learning what all their terms mean.

You don't have to like the Wu, simply just respect them and the path they paved for Rap/HipHop

Ol' Dirty Bastard rest in peace!! He was a genre all on his own. Master of the drunken style rap technique 😅😅

SUUUUUUUU!!!! how they called each other on the block in staten island. That's how you knew your own people are calling each other from a distance. Every hood crew had a sound to call each other.

Next time get your buddy a coloring book to keep him busy while the adults listen to classic hip hop.

I'm a 35yo guy from Chile and I discovered them because my friend gave me a Cassette, (yes a cassette) and I heard the entire album with an old earphone and it was so sick at that time, so dark and catchy, imagine how bad sounded with old earphone and cassette, but that is the magic of RZA beats! great from Chile and this is the best reaction on YT!

he is called the old dirty bast ard because there is no father to his style! and its also a play on the name of an old kung fu film, "ol' dirty and the bastard". He originally went by the name Ason Unique, because his name is Ason, and his style was unique, which he directly mentions in this song right at the beginning of his verse. this was actually his coming out as The ODB. I really liked how much you were paying attention to the lyrics, the beats, the style and flow of each artist. especially when neither of you clearly relate to the music. I get why dude was saying he just doesn't understand, and that makes it hard to relate, but this super group was deeper than anyone gives them credit for, and they get a lot of credit. RZA was a genius in a very eccentric way and he paved the way for so many great producers to make countless iconic beats with his way of experimenting with samples and beats. he produced 90% of the beats for wu tang and even all of their countless solo albums and none of them sound the same.

If you drew a vertical line between the two of you, it would officially be the metaphysical barrier beyond which you are too white to truly enjoy great hip hop

Ghostface is a beast, dude had a shootout with the Delfonics in the car with him.

160 was their building number in Park Hill (Killah Hills) projects in Staten Island.

"Protect ya neck( bloody version)" is what we call here in NY back in the day as a posse cut where all 8 members on this song take turns rhyming on the beat it's very easy to do

Raekwon went in on this track. One of the best albums ever.