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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Cold
3. Natural High
4. Flaming Swords
5. Illusions
6. Shining Star
7. Israeli News
8. Tribulations
9. Interview, The
10. Plan, The
11. Collaborations '98
12. Inmates to the Fire
13. The Bottle / Not Promised Tomorrow
14. The Lust Of Money / The Grandz
15. Black Sleeping Beauty
16. Battle Interlude, The
17. Next Up
18. Intellectuals
19. (5 Archangels)
Album Notes
Sunz Of Man: Prodigal Son, Killah Priest, Hellraiser, Holy Psychiatrist, 62nd Assasin.
Additional personnel includes: Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Master Killa, U-God; Earth, Wind & Fire.
Producers include: RZA, Wyclef Jean, Supreme, 4th Discipline, True Master.
The Sunz of Man are probably the most solid of the Wu-Tang satellite groups (Killarmy, Black Knights, Wu-Syndicate, etc.). The crew displays a level of maturity and demonstrates a firm handle on the topics of spirituality and social unrest. The nucleus of the crew is Killah Priest, the highly underrated MC with a well-developed philosophy of self-design. He also possesses a knowledge of Biblical scripture that would impress even the most skeptical men of the cloth.
Though THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST is not a true testament to the skills and potential of this crew, when the beats do work, they hit hard, a la "Cold" one of the album's strongest cuts. The Wyclef-produced "Shinning Star" features guest spots by ODB and Earth, Wind & Fire. Despite the few (and they are few) flaws, the album does please. For a better taste of the Sunz, seek the hard-to-find album, THE FIRST CHAPTER (intended to be the first album but released after THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST on a much smaller indie label in 1999).
Industry Reviews
...gained crucial exposure via guest spots on other Wu-affiliated records....[T]hose in desperate need of some summer school education should examine this disc thoroughly...
The Source (08/01/1998)
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