Except for the obvious 'classics' from the mid-nineties which I mostly enjoy and plenty of ya'll love, I've never dug much from the Wu as a group or from solo albums from members of the Clan. So whatever I got from listening to this album I would have been happy with. There were no expectations. What I found I was pretty happy with.
The remixes are poor and so are a couple of the normal tracks like 'Rims Pokin Out' but there is stuff to enjoy. The first three songs are all very good with replay value. 'Lipton' is enjoyable also...until the chorus which ruins the song. Tracks five and six aren't as good as the first three songs but are still to my liking. 'Hips' is one you will probably skip and then you have two bangin' tracks in 'Wu-Tang' and 'Dopium'. Then before the remixes begin, you have 'Classic' which is okay but nothing special. And I'll just add that the off beat "classic, classic, classic" in the chorus doesn't add to the track at all. He would've been better off just letting the beat roll.
A quick point on the bonus track remixes; They get worse as they go on. 'Stomp da Roach (Remix)' is okay, 'Dopium (Remix)' is bad and 'Hips (Remix)' is very bad. I guess if you like electronic music mixed with hip hop maybe you could get something out of them but I'm guessing most fans wouldn't. On the whole, there is some rubbish here, mainly the remixes, but they have been given the tag of 'bonus track' so when critiquing you are probably not meant to include them in your rating. The rest of the tracks though are ones I mainly enjoy, which earn Dopium a comfortable 3/5.
Best Tracks: God is Love, Train Trussle, Stomp da Roach, Dopium, Coke
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