The Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip-hop group from Staten Island, New York City. They are one of the biggest and most successful hip-hop groups on the East Coast. The Wu-Tang Clan has nine members, including RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and the late Ol Dirty Bastard. The Wu-Tang Clan first became known in 1993 following the release of the independent single “Protect Ya Neck“, which immediately gave the group a sizable underground following (taken verbatim from Wikipedia).
I smoke on the mic like smoking Joe Frazier.
The hell-raiser, raising hell with the flavor.
Grammar: Using ‘Too’
Deep in the dark with the art to rip the charts apart.
The vandal, too hot to handle
You battle, you’re saying goodbye like Tevin Campbell-Inspectah Deck
And also:
The Wu is too slamming for these cold, killing labels.
Some ain’t had hits since I seen Aunt Mabel.-GZA
The adverb too is different than very, and they both have different meanings. Too means ‘more than enough’ or ‘more than necessary.’
- Busta Rhymes is a very fast rapper.
- Twista is also a very fast rapper, but he is too fast. I can barely understand him!
Use ‘too’ before adjectives and never before nouns.
too + adjective
- The Wu-Tang Clan is too good for mainstream rap labels.
- The music is too loud. Can you turn it down please?
- Your sister is too old for me. I can’t date her!
too + noun & too + adjective + noun
Use too much before uncountable nouns and too many before countable nouns.
- There is too much information on the Internet. How can I find reliable news?
- I’ve brought too much lugggage with me, and I have to pay a lot of carry-on fees.
- I have too many supervisors at my job. If I make a mistake, I hear about it from four different people.
- He drinks too many cans of soda every day. That’s not healthy.
Here is another possible use:
too + adjective + infinitive
too + adjective + for + noun + infinitive
too + adjective + for + object pronoun + infinitive
- It is too late to take the bus home. We have to walk or call a taxi.
- It is too expensive for my company to hire those lawyers. We will look into another firm.
- It is too cold for us to walk outside.
Writing Task
- Is it possible to have too much of something? For example, can a person have too much love? Too much freedom? Too many friends?
- Complete this sentence: You can never have too many _____.