Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams

Reviews of 8 Diagrams

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n/a by www.blender.com Despite the odds, their fifth album is arrestingly, chillingly good. Read more
n/a by www.rapreviews.com In the end, 8 Diagrams is a very good album that is best appreciated when taken out of the shadow of the Clan's greatest endeavors. Read more
n/a by www.uncut.co.uk On record at least, Wu-Tang have made the comeback of the decade. Read more
n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com The result is the best end-to-end Wu-Tang Clan album since their debut, 15 years ago. Read more
n/a by www.drownedinsound.com All in all, it’s the usual captivating chaos. Read more
n/a by Billboard Ghostface Killah is as wickedly esoteric as ever, Method Man sounds reinvigorated and snapped out of his recent slump, and Raekwon, who's been on record decrying 8 Diagrams, is ice-pick sharp. Read more
n/a by Pitchfork Media Of course, in due time--maybe it'll take years--8 Diagrams will sink in as a compelling, well-regarded album. Read more
n/a by Popmatters 8 Diagrams is as exciting as they’ve ever been. Read more
n/a by www.courant.com These songs have deep bones, and though they don't always have an in-your-face immediacy, they're worth revisiting. Read more
n/a by www.lostatsea.net 8 Diagrams is intricate, inoffensive, interesting. Read more
n/a by NME Yeah, that’s 8 Diagrams--a knockabout set rather than a knife to the jugular. Read more
n/a by www.hotpress.com The Wu-Tang Clan are undoubtedly in decline, but given the musical peaks they have scaled in the past, there remains plenty of sublime scenery to observe on the way down. Read more
n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com 8 Diagrams is a paradox of track selection and pacing. Read more
n/a by www.prefixmag.com When looked at from afar, 8 Diagrams is far more of a success than it is a failure, and years from now, when it is fully removed from the drama and hype, it just may sound even better. Read more
n/a by Rolling Stone 8 Diagrams is better than most would have expected: a terrific mix of classic Clan grime and enough new tricks to justify Inspectah Deck's claim that "Wu-Tang keep it fresh like Tupperware." Read more
n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com It's a broken diorama, exceedingly imperfect, and as moving for what it isn't as for what it is. Read more
n/a by www.avclub.com Despite considerable strengths, the uneven but sometimes exhilarating 8 Diagrams nevertheless suggests that it might have made sense for one of rap's all-time greatest groups to bow out gracefully following the death of ODB. Read more
n/a by www.spin.com It's a relatively solid record, but without any of the spectacularly gritty flashes the Wu are known for. Read more
n/a by www.boston.com If as much heart and group energy went into the rest of the tracks, Diagrams might have been the electrifying re-entrance of the Wu-Tang Clan that fans were hoping for instead of just the minor miracle it is. Read more
n/a by www.nytimes.com Considering all that [has happened], it’s easy to be grateful for a quirky, uneven album like 8 Diagrams. Read more
n/a by www.sputnikmusic.com I guess once you define hip-hop you can't really go anywhere but down, but unlike of any of the other Wu-Tang Clan albums 8 Diagrams is able to stretch itself out of the shadow of "Enter the Wu-Tang" which in itself makes this an impressive record. Read more
n/a by music.guardian.co.uk You're left with an album that's as chaotic and uneven as the circumstances surrounding its release, It's alternately great, unsatisfying and marked by the sense that not everyone in the Wu Tang Clan is pulling in the same direction. Read more
n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com Minus ODB, the collective's most charismatic member, and rife with in-group strife, 8 Diagrams is a long way from the hip hop revolution, "Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)." It still ain't nothin’ to fuck with. Read more
n/a by www.slantmagazine.com The formula ain't broken and it occasionally still cracks with some of that old pharmaceutical majesty. Read more
n/a by www.ew.com Raekwon, Meth & Co. have lost their lyrical ferocity. Judging by this disappointing return, Wu-Tang may not be forever after all. Read more
n/a by www.nowtoronto.com The album's dominant sound is dreary even by Wu standards: grey, bass-heavy beats for the eight living members' equally drab rhymes. Read more
2 by Aftonbladet Wu-Tang Clans femte album är döpt efter Hong Kong-rullen ”Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter”. Ni ser, ännu en referens till en kung fu-film, fjorton år efter klanens debutalbum. Artist: Wu-Tang ClanAlbum: ... Read more
2 by Sydsvenskan Wu-Tang Clans femte album är döpt efter Hong Kong-rullen ”Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter”. Ni ser, ännu en referens till en kung fu-film, fjorton år efter klanens debutalbum. Artist: Wu-Tang ClanAlbum: ... Read more