I was driving to STL a few months ago to buy some records, and I decided to throw it on after a few cups of coffee.

Just the sheer perfection of THOSE lyrics over THOSE beats made me start laughing. I only do that when the rawest of the raw hits my eardrums.

It's a potent album. We played it to death in high school, so I only pull it out once every couple years these days. The last time I listened to it before the STL trip was when I was in Japan a few years ago. My brother was training with a kendo grand master and I took it in with the GZA in my headphones. Pretty sublime experience, to say the least.