90s Jams #48: Wu-Tang Clan "C.R.E.A.M." (1993)

When they arrived on the scene in 1993, the Wu-Tang Clan were rawer, hungrier, and more revolutionary than any other crew. In fact, they changed the whole concept of what a crew could be, gathering numerous MCs and letting them all develop to the point where each could carry his own solo record. The incorporated a philosophical outlook that built on the realities of black life in project housing, expanded it to a multitheistic view of how to live that drew from Islam, Christianity, Taoism, and Confucianism, and let martial arts films and comic books fill out the pop-culture background. - The Pitchfork 500

Verse 1 is possibly the best on the whole 36 Chambers album.. some of Raekwon's best stuff.