Wu-Tang Clan – Live At Montreux 2007 (Eagle DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: B- Extras: D Concert: C+
Despite
losing one of their most controversial members, having members with successful
outside projects and even being investigated by the FBI, The Wu-Tang Clan
marches on, even if it is in a rarer number of circumstances. Eagle is issuing their Live At Montreux 2007 concert on DVD and Wu-Tang still have their
edge. In my case, though, I only got so
much out of it and I liked The Rza’s work in Kill Bill, reviewed on Blu-ray
elsewhere on this site.
The songs
include:
1)
Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing To
#!Wit
2)
Da Mystery Of Chess Boxin
3)
Duel Of The Iron Mic
4)
Fish
5)
Grid Iron Rap
6)
Bring The Pain
7)
It’s Yours
8)
Liquid Swords
9)
Ice Cream
10) Uzi
11) One Blood Under W
12) Do U Really (Thang Thang)
13) What The Blood Clot
14) Careful (Click Click)
15) Protect Ya Neck
16) Bring Da Ruckus
17) Tearz
18) C.R.E.A.M.
19) Method Man
20) Reunited
21) For Heaven’s Sake
22) Wu-Tang 7th Chamber
23) Shadowboxin’
24) Shimmy Shimmy Ya
25) Brooklyn Zoo
26) Got Your Money
27) Cherchez LaGhost
28) La Rhumba/Black Widow Pt. 2
29) Da Rockwilder
30) Triumph
31) Impossible
32) Gravel Pit
They
manage to get a serious amount of energy and material in 90 minutes, but they
have the catalog and talent, but I (not the biggest Hip Hop/Rap fan,
admittedly) could not find the kind of synergy I was expecting here that has
been in the few such concerts I have appreciated. However, fans of the group and the music will
love this disc and it is now one of the best Rap/Hip Hop DVDs on the market.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is not bad, looking like a late 1080i HD
shoot, but it might be early 1080p.
We’ll know when the inevitable Blu-ray arrives but this colorful and decent
shoot will not disappoint fans. The DTS
5.1 mix is very the best track sound mix here and is preferred over the Dolby
Digital 5.1 and even decent PCM 2.0 Stereo mixes, but there is something
slightly off about the mix where the full soundfield we should be getting is
not delivered. Whether this is an
artistic choice or sound error is hard to tell, but I would like to hear the
inevitable Blu-ray to find out if it is just this disc. There are no extras except for the usual
paper pullout write-up inside the case Eagle likes to include.
- Nicholas Sheffo
