Some hooks are a bit more melodious compared to what the hardcore fan might expect but they aren’t overdone and work very well. This album has that comic book feel, you won’t find any auto tune or trap beats here. For this reason, hearing him getting shown love for everything he has done, including designing the iconic ‘W’ symbol was something sentimental for me, he did a great job on the production.
Produced by DJ Mathematics a long time Wu affiliate and family member, I have fond memories of seeing him open for the Wu Tang Clan many years ago and I vividly remember thinking he was the best DJ I had ever heard, and I haven’t felt like that ever since. For me the slight change of sound I think may be confusion in accepting these emcees have now grown into wiser men, with over 25 years in the game do you really think they will be sounding exactly the same? The slightly more chilled vibe of this album reflects being older and looking at life from a different perspective, I respect that, and I’m nothing but grateful for another gem from the generals of Wu to whom I have grown with myself. High expectations seems to have left some ‘fans’ critiquing wanting something harder, nevertheless these beats are clearly rooted from something nurtured in the 90’s and not of this era. There was surprisingly little word on the street about the release of, The Saga Continues’ by Wu Tang, perhaps because it’s not perceived as a full clan album (missing members GZA and U‑God) or maybe, just maybe it is that these men need no introduction or hype. Current yet somewhat nostalgic, the intro to some tracks made me reminisce on the beginning of older tracks as did some of the lines such as, ‘flee with the lottery’, I had an instant flashback to ‘Triumph’! With signature dark atmospheric Wu beats, sharp rhymes consisting of witty wordplay and conscious content, intertwined with vintage kung fu samples, modern pop culture references and socioeconomic commentary, it almost sounds like an audio revolution.
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