U-God – Dopium (Album Review)

U-God is widely accepted as the worst lyricist and least popular member of the original Wu-Tang Clan founders. Many have used him as a metric when comparing the best and worst rappers in hip-hop. Although his first album did go gold, it is not considered an album of high critical acclaim. His follow up material did not receive the same level of success as his first. However, this new album really surprised me. The production on this is some raw Wu production. It is reminiscent of the classic Wu albums. U-God’s lyrics on this are top-notch as for what he is capable of. All of the guest spots/collabo’s worked really well on here, too. We will see what others are saying, but I think this is the most consistent and strong Wu-tang release in years. I do not think this album will do well commercially, but it will definitely blow away the expectations of many skeptical Wu-tang fans. Most of the songs (aside from the remixes) have strong replay-ability. The standouts on here are Dopium, Coke, God Is Love, Magnum Force, New Classic, Rims Pokin Out, Stomp the Roach Remix, and Train Trussle basically the entire album. It is going to raise eye brows, but I am giving U-god a 4.5/5 on this. This shit is HOT.

1. Train Trussle (Featuring Ghostface And Scotty Wotty)
2. God Is Love (Featuring Cappadonna And Killah Priest)
3. Stomp Da Roach (Featuring GZA And Scotty Wotty)
4. Lipton (Featuring Mike Ladd)
5. Coke (Featuring Raekwon And Slaine of La Coka Nostra)
6. Magnum Force (Featuring Jim Jones And Sheek Louch)
7. Hips
8. Wu-Tang (Featuring Method Man)
9. Dopium
10. Rims Pokin Out (Featuring Lethaface)
11. New Classic (Featuring Large Professor)
12. Stomp Da Roach (Featuring GZA And Scotty Wotty) (Remix By Bloody Beetroots) (Bonus Track)
13. Dopium (Remix By Yuksek) (Bonus Track)
14. Hips (Remix By Felix Cartel) (Bonus Track)

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