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The W
''The W'' is the third studio album by the American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. It was released on November 21, 2000, by Loud Records.〔Heaton, John (2000-11-20). ("Wu-Tang Clan: The W" ). PopMatters. Retrieved 2010-07-18.〕 After their 1997 album ''Wu-Tang Forever'', several of the group's members released solo projects before ''The W'', which has a more rugged, less polished sound than that of most Wu-Tang related albums from that era. The album also features guest appearances from Isaac Hayes, Redman, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, and Junior Reid.
''The W'' debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart with 301,000 copies sold in the first week.〔("The W Chart Positions" ). Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-18.〕〔("Wu-Tang Clan debuts at No. 5" ). The 411 Online. Retrieved 2010-12-14.〕 It produced several singles, which also charted as well. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 14, 2000,〔(RIAA Search: The W ). RIAA. Retrieved 2010-07-18.〕 and has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States. Upon its release, ''The W'' received generally positive reviews from most music critics based on an aggregate score of 80/100 from Metacritic.
== Critical reception ==
''The W'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 17 reviews.〔(Critic Reviews for The "W" ). Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-07-18.〕 Aside from calling Wu-Tang "the best rap group ever," Kris Ex of ''Rolling Stone'' called the album "A sonic gestalt that exists somewhere between the Queensbridge projects and OutKast's ''Stankonia.''"〔 ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' later gave the album four-and-a-half out of five stars in 2004, and called its production "possibly RZA's most consistent yet."〔Hoard, Christian. (''Rolling Stone Album Guide'' ). ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 2010-07-18.〕 ''Entertainment Weekly''s Matt Diehl gave ''The W'' a B+ rating, and remarked that the members sound "utterly mellow on their third album." He further stated "''The W'' forgoes innovation and simply revels in the Clan's strengths: the way their star rappers toss around rhymes as if playing catch; RZA's skulking, string-enhanced beats."〔 Kelefa Sanneh of ''The Village Voice'' declared it "The best-produced Wu-affiliated album since GZA's 1995 ''Liquid Swords''.〔 ''Q'' gave the album four out of five stars and stated "''The W'' is largely a return to murky idiosyncratic form after 1997's filler-bloated ''Wu-Tang Forever''. Weighing in at a svelte 60 minutes, it plays to the group's main strengths: brutal hooks and scary ambience."〔 Dave Heaton of PopMatters described it as "the sound of a group growing up and realizing that collaboration can lead to endless creativity" and commented on its significance in the group's catalogue, stating:
Despite commenting that "''The W'' isn't quite the masterpiece it sounds like after the first few tracks () it falls prey to inconsistency, resulting in half-formed tracks", Allmusic editor John Bush praised the album's "back-to-basics approach", writing that it "not only because it rightly puts the focus back on the best cadre of rappers in the world of hip-hop, but also because RZA's immense trackmaster talents can't help but shine through () When they're hitting on all cylinders, Wu-Tang Clan are nearly invincible."〔 Steve Jones of ''USA Today'' gave the album three out of four stars and called it "sharply focused."〔Jones, Steve (2000-11-21). ("Wu-Tang Clan, ''The W''" ). ''USA Today''. Retrieved 2010-07-18.〕 S.H. Fernando, Jr. of ''Vibe'' called it "a dense, demented, 15-song opus that will now draw comparisons to the now classic ''36 Chambers''."〔 He further noted its "originality, innovation, and a mastery of the fundamentals of beats and rhymes", and commented "This album goes against the grain of everything that's going on in rap right now".〔 Sasha Frere-Jones of ''Spin'' complimented RZA's diverse range of production and the group's word play.〔 In his consumer guide for ''The Village Voice'', critic Robert Christgau gave ''The W'' an A- rating,〔 indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction". Christgau commented that he "can't swear they've taken their moral vision much beyond "'Handle your bid and kill no kids'", but praised RZA's production and stated "He serves up a bounty of song-centered musique trouvée and stomach-churning beats from anywhere () Far from straining, he's gone sensei, achieving a craft in which the hand leads the mind".〔Christgau, Robert (January 23, 2001). "(Consumer Guide: ''The W'' )". ''The Village Voice''. Archived from (the original ) on 2011-02-13.〕
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