Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
by Wu-Tang Clan

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Year: 1993
Release date: 1993-11-09
Overall rank: 96th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 1,295 votes)
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Award Top 5 albums of 1993 (3rd)
Award Top 20 albums of the 1990s (18th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (96th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 96th | 1990s rank: 18th | 1993 rank: 3rd
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 93 Music Albums of 19933/935
2026 DeusExMackiaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums40/10061
2026jackqTop 6 Music Albums of 19934/63
2026 LedZepHip Hop - ATLiens, Bulletproof Wallets & Labor Days21/100 -
2026boyd94Top 100 Greatest Music Albums96/1005
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 19933/505
2026 seb7Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s37/9913
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s7/10019
2026fabm0List 199338/100 -
2026 LiedzeitMost listened to Albums by BEA members 202574/100 -
2026fabm0Platinum year 199371/100 -
2026leniadTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s56/1009
2026 LedZepTop 99 Music Albums of the 1990s52/9910
2026 PurplepashYa joking? Should've been higher! All Time edition97/100 -
2026FlapJackJoeyTop 100 Greatest Music Albums23/10078
2026stareaterogni0nTop 49 Music Albums of the 1990s6/4918
2026SiromynianTop 23 Music Albums of 19934/234
2026UnliveableWiltsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums24/10075
2026 SomethingSpecialTop 12 Music Albums of 19937/123
2026 joedecTop 100 Greatest Music Albums90/10011
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,144
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 12,329
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84/100 (from 1,295 votes)
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3 days ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,51270/100
 
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04/11/2026 02:27 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  47081/100
 
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04/09/2026 15:41 tim0505  Ratings distribution  4,36982/100
 
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04/06/2026 22:16 samueljlakin  Ratings distribution  2961/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.6/100, a mean average of 81.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.7.

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From 08/25/2025 06:32 | #310669
I liked the hard beats and chill sparse production. The off kilter piano is cool. A lot of the better musical parts are actually sampled.

But too many voices, and some of the rapping isn't very good. The spoken parts between the group members are awful. And they didn't really have much to say that was meaningful, other than wear protection.

The high points on this album are some very good chill hip hop, but there are a few duds as well. "7th Chamber Part 2" has some more elaborate production, including nice synth line and sax riffs - I'd like to have heard more of that.

Overall I find this an okay album, mainly for some of the music and beats.
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100/100
From 07/12/2024 21:25 | #304297
One of my favourite albums of all time
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95/100
From 09/03/2023 15:03 | #298955
Amzing, I think it's as good as rap gets for me, everybody here has distinct voice and flow and together they deliver highest energy possible on this atmospheric beats, lyrics are full of anger and violence which fits perfectly with samples from martial arts movies.
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85/100
From 06/08/2023 17:07 | #297481
Mind blowing album. Grimy beats you won't hear anywhere else, some of the greatest rappers of all times, all at their peak and hungriest sharing track after track.
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75/100
From 04/11/2023 18:18 | #295958
A very important and influential album in the hip hop genre that is also thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. There are a lot of absolute classics on here which are powerhouses of the genre. This is also one of the greatest hip hop ensembles ever put on an album with almost every member going on to do great things in the industry. Overall, this is a must listen album that completely changed the direction of music.
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80/100
From 08/31/2022 03:42 | #289126
Solid album
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100/100
From 04/03/2022 13:13 | #283755
Still sounds incredible. Absolute game changer at the time and unlike anything before it. Best tracks: all of it.
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95/100
From 04/02/2022 21:15 | #283746
When this record came out, I ignored it because I was stuck in the false dichotomy of “if I like one genre, I can’t like another.”

30 years later, Wu Tang sounds better than the land of flannel.

Has any other rap group successfully blended this many styles and voices? It’s a great way of keeping the sound fresh throughout the full album.
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From 01/10/2022 23:31 | #279119
This is a timeless hip hop classic. Wu-Tang Clan did something here that will never be replicated. RZA is truly a genius as are these MCs.
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75/100
From 12/28/2021 19:05 | #278135
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Just getting to hear this in 2020 and immediately loving it. A number of rappers all having their input with lots of old R&B and Soulful sampling. What's not to like
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