Originally released November 7, 1995
Reissued October 23, 2015
Geffen
2xLP
On 36 Chambers, Raekwon aptly describes the GZA as "the Genius. He's the backbone." His love of chess and Kung Fu B-movies played an equally important role in the groups aesthetic as RZA's grimy production, and so, in accordance to the tao of the Wu, Liquid Swords is a calculate crime opera with a touch of zen. GZA's world is one of Ronin and mob bosses, somewhere between Scorsese and Kurosawa. It remains the most quintessentially Wu Tang album of the Clan's expanded universe.