first off...I gotta say....the production on this is off the hook. Even though the production values obviously are higher, this still sounds like wu-tang. Like the first Bobby Digital cd, the instrumentals on this cd could live on an album on their own. Rza has outdone himself in this regard...and has some incredibly talented people working with him on this one.I do agree with some one else, that sometimes the lyrics seem lazy. Most Wu fans have been waiting for a Rza album with Rza rhyming in the ultra intellectual way he has on early wu albums, and that part doesn't start kicking in until about 4 songs from the end..where it gets really deep. But I believe that is what the plan was. To show the development of Rza/Prince Rakeem as a person. I have the a feeling it'll get more indepth next album and even more so in the one after that. But this is by no means trash. The only other Wu albums that compare are Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords.