that album,ready to die,first wu disc/raekwon/gza/meth solos, firing squad all fucking came out in 1993-6, i was a rich, white kid at boarding school about as far from a wigger as imaginable and those fucking blew my mind. for like two-three years DJ Premier and rza produced some albums that hold up to the point they're still scattered around various hard drives and ipods of mine and get played a decade later when i generally think rap's retarded. they're just good music.