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Wu-Tang Clan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wu-Tang Clan was gradually assembled in late 1992 from friends and accomplices from around Staten Island, with The RZA as the de facto leader and the group's producer. The founders of Wu-Tang Clan were cousins GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and The RZA who had previously comprised the by-then-defunct trio Force Of The Imperial Master, who became better known as All In Together Now after they had a popular single of that name. Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hip hop group, originally from Staten Island, New York, USA (Staten Island is referred to as "Shaolin" in their lyrics). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan   (3247 words)

Fallenempire2000 reviews Wu Tang Clan Wu Tang combines street lyrics, minimalist beats, and old Kung Fu movie imagery for a sound which is unique, and noticeably better than most of their contemporaries. Wu Tang is set in place as the rap supergroup of the decade, as trendsetters not followers. Wu Tang deserve a seperate category to themselves in rap music. www.geocities.com /fallenempire2000/trendy/wu.html   (1227 words)

Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority GZA aka Maxamillion aka Justice is the lyrical mentor of the Wu-Tang Clan and is the most respected figure within the group, known for his painfully meticulous approach to writing rhymes. For the second Wu-Tang Clan album, RZA wants to release an album called The 8th Diagram, inspired by the film The Eight Diagram Polefighters, an kung fu classic. Several key Clan members are missing from many shows and the crew rarely perform all together, a frequent problem for the Wu over the years. www.exclaim.ca /index.asp?layid=22&csid1=914   (3666 words)

VH1.com : Wu-Tang Clan : Biography Instead of releasing one album after another, the Clan was designed to overtake the record industry in as profitable a fashion as possible -- the idea was to establish the Wu-Tang as a force with their debut album and then spin off into as many side projects as possible. The Wu-Tang Clan finally reconvened and returned with their second album, the double-CD Wu-Tang Forever, in June of 1997. June 1999 saw the release of an excellent singles compilation, RZA Hits, which covered the first Wu-Tang album and the first round of solo albums (1994-1995); the very next week, Genius/GZA's second album, Beneath the Surface, was released. www.vh1.com /artists/az/wu_tang_clan/bio.jhtml   (2038 words)

Wu-Tang Clan The Wu-Tang Clan was formed by The GZA, The RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard in the early 90's. Before the Wu-Tang Clan was created, both GZA and The RZA had released their own albums: GZA made "Words From The Genius" with Cold Chillin' Records and The RZA made the 12 inch "Ooh We Love You Rakeem" with Tommy Boy Records in 1991. Right about now the Wu members are working on their solo albums (Method Man's "T2: Judgment Day" is to be released in November '98), and the next Wu-Tang album is due in the year 2000, and would set off the New World, according to The RZA. www.mainlinemusic.com /wutang_clan.htm   (859 words)

Wu Tang Clan The Wu Tang Clan has come a long way since they stepped on the scene in 92 with their first single "proteck ya neck." Eventually all nine artists including the honorary tenth member,Cappadonna will release a solo joint. Wu-Tang Clan,as a group, have created the 36th chamber showing that they have all mastered their styles of rap and each Wu Chamber is a different aspect of rap which may be different lyrically,verbally or musically and new ways of rapping has been created by some of these artists. There are more than 300 members connected to Wu Tang Clan, but not neccessarily rappers. members.aol.com /RickyRick7/Wu2index.html   (330 words)

Wu-Tang Clan Staten Island's Wu-Tang Clan, the eighth wonder of the modern world, has cemented a place for itself in American pop culture. When the Wu stoops to dissing sisters on the cuts "Maria" and "A Better Tomorrow," its work comes off as shabby and retro. On the intro to the second disc, leading to the awesome full posse cut "Triumph," RZA takes the purist side in an attempt to explain the Wu's place in hip hop: "This is true hip hop you listenin' to. www.metrotimes.com /music/rr/17/rr40_1.html   (371 words)

Wu-Tang Clan affiliates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The pioneering hardcore hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan's plan to conquer the hip hop industry consisted not only of making each core member into a solo star in their own right, but also to create and promote numerous affiliate artists. After being the resident turntablist on the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, 4th co-produced with RZA several tracks on the first three Wu solo albums, including Wu-Gambinos, Guillotine (Swordz) and Damage. The album Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars was released in 1997 just after the release of the Wu-Tang Clan's second album, as well as a 12" single containing two tracks from the album, "Wu-Renegades" and "Clash Of The Titans". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan_affiliates   (5460 words)

Wu Tang Clan With the debut of their hit LP called Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), named after a kung fu movie, the rise of the Wu-Tang Clan has signaled a new era in Hip Hop culture and perhaps the entire musical industry. Tang is the slang (in their music) and Clan is the family. The sword is symbolic to the tongue, the tongue is the sword and when in motion produces the woo sound, hence forming the name Wu. www.atl.devry.edu /vigil/wutang.htm   (457 words)

Wu-Tang Clan: Life, Death, Rebirth Along with Dr. Dre's The Chronic, the Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential rap albums of the '90s. If the Genius is the Wu's best overall lyricist, Raekwon is arguably their best storyteller, and here he translates the epic themes and... In addition to their wholly original, straight-from-the-basement sound, the Wu also changed the business of rap music. www.mp3.com /stories/2606.html   (1409 words)

Metroactive Music Wu-Tang Clan While Iron Flag is a good Wu-Tang album, Ghost's Bulletproof Wallets manages to be better--this despite hitting serious potholes with unnecessary, distracting skits and "Never Be the Same," an R. Kelly-cloned anti-love ballad that's easily one of the worst songs anyone in the Wu has ever released. Apart from the hawkish bravado, what's impressive about the Wu clique is that even though they're aging--and by aging, I only mean that most of their members are now in their early 30s--they've held firm to the same set of aesthetics they began with. One interesting development is that as the Wu mature, it's clear who the first-string MCs are compared to those often left warming the bench. www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/01.17.02/wutangclan-0203.html   (660 words)

SECTION 3 - wu-tang clan break down The Wu-Tang Clan were rebels against the ancient temple who taught the Manchus their deadly style. Words From The Genius (1991) was released on the Cold Chillin' label and was not connected to the Wu-Tang Clan at that time, but RZA did appear on the album. He is known as "The Head" of the Clan because he taught RZA (Cousins) when they were children, who in turn taught Ol' Dirty Bastard (also a cousin). www.section3.com /interviews/wu.shtml   (1704 words)

Wu-Tang Clan Forget "Stairway to Heaven"; the Wu's self-made mythology posits themselves as living gods, keepers of secret truths and sacred paths, inheritors of ancient traditions and prophecies that are revealed only in the course of a labyrinthine discourse combining Muslim five percent cosmology, kung fu folk wisdom, numerology, street-hustler mystique, and Illuminati-fearing apocalyptica. In the end, the heart of the Wu's lyrical attack comes from Ol' Dirty Bastard. Four years later, five members (Method Man, Ol' Dirty, Raekwon, Ghost Face Killah, and the GZA) have all released chart-breaking solo efforts, with more (including sophomore solo albums by Meth and Dirty) scheduled by year's end, and a slew of Wu-associated/produced/managed artists (including Sunz of Man and Killarmy) on the way. www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/06-12-97/WU-TANG_CLAN.html   (1207 words)

Wu-Tang Clan affiliates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After being the resident turntablist on the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, 4th co-produced with RZA several tracks on the first three Wu solo albums, including Wu-Gambinos, Guillotine (Swordz) and Damage. The album Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars was released in 1997 just after the release of the Wu-Tang Clan's second album, as well as a 12" single containing two tracks from the album, "Wu-Renegades" and "Clash Of The Titans". However, soon after the release of this album (which was moderately successful, like most Wu affiliate releases in the 1997-1999 period) there was a dispute of unknown origin between the group and Wu-Tang Records and the group have since changed their name to The Syndicate. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan_affiliates   (5490 words)

Wu-Tang Clan       From the beginning, with their debut album, the Wu-Tang Clan rappers used violent imagery to tell rival rappers that Wu-Tang Clan were the best, and as usual with "gangsta" rap music, their lyrics blurred the line between what could be two distinct messages.       Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA and Sunz of Man rappers joined in a 1995 release which promoted Nation of Islam and the Million Man March and which called on gangbangers to kill whites. "The City"; Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever, 1997, Loud Records, Wu-Tang Productions, RCA Records, BMG Distribution, BMG Entertainment, Bertelsmann AG. home.att.net /~phosphor/grammys/method/wu-tang.html   (848 words)

NME.COM - News - WU-TANG TO BOW OUT WITH ONE MORE ALBUM Find out more about Wu Tang Clan in the pages of NME Magazine, delivered straight to your door every week. The WU-TANG CLAN plan to release another album to give "closure" to the band's legacy. He said: "I don't think the fans have closure on Wu-Tang and I think they deserve it and I think one more album should fulfil it. www.nme.com /news/108284.htm   (367 words)

Wu-Tang Clan :: Iron Flag :: Loud Records As usual with any Wu-Tang Clan album, there are a few tracks that just seem too bizarre to completely envelop the listener. Owing to the seasonal nature of this release, the Wu may have thought basing a song on "Jingle Bells" would be appropriate on the song "Dashing (Reasons)", even singing what could only be called a Wu-Tang carol at the beginning. There are a lot of joints on this album that recapture the Wu greatness of old, but even among this overall good album a few stand out. www.rapreviews.com /archive/2001_12_ironflag.html   (824 words)

Wu-Tang Clan: Iron Flag: Pitchfork Review I guess the Clan wanted to slice through rumors that they were falling off, because they holed up at the Wu mansion and punched out twelve solid cuts. But it's obvious the Wu wanted the sharpest tongues in the front because he's all over Iron Flag, as are Ghost, Raekwon and a surprisingly on-point Inspecta Deck. But Iron Flag gives me an approach: it's the most solid Wu album in years. www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/w/wu-tang-clan/iron-flag.shtml   (691 words)

Swarm - Wu Tang Clan - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk This in my opinion, is one of their best albums to date, 15 tracks, most by lesser known members of the all-conquering Wu Family, and a few by original members of the Wu Tang Clan. 15 tracks, most by lesser known members of the all-conquering Wu Family, and a few by original members of the Wu Tang Clan. This album is basically a way of giving greater exposure to the Wu Affiliates, and contains tracks by groups/people like Sunz of Man, Shyheim, Wu Syndicate, Killarmy (All who have released their own albums) as well as The Beggaz, AIG, Street Life and... www.dooyoo.co.uk /music-records/swarm-wu-tang-clan   (323 words)

Wu•Tang Clan-Biography In 2000, The Wu-Tang released their third album which was nearly as popular as it's predecessors. It wasn't until 1997 that the Wu returned with their follow-up double-album. RZA not only produced all the groups albums but also most of the Wu's solo albums as well. www.rapraider.com /wutang.html   (253 words)

Hurtmore! // Reviews: Wu-Tang Clan There’s a contemplative storytelling side to the Wu that pops up now and then, as on breakout single “C.R.E.A.M.” and the closing “Tearz”, which begins in standard macho mode and then abruptly changes gears, switching perspectives to the victims of violence. Despite (or perhaps because of) its relatively loose affiliation, the Clan has stayed remarkably stable over the years, avoiding the conflicts that would quickly tear apart any other 8+ piece band. After this album, the Wu would rapidly bloat up into a thousand solo projects, unfocused reunions, and hit collections. www.webcomics.org /reviews/wu.html   (340 words)

Amazon.com: The W: Music: Wu-Tang Clan Clan leader RZA's response was to craft a new album which is supposed to be "back to basics" in rap skills and the Wu-Tang sound that first rocked the world. Long time Wu-Tang Clan fans may at first be dismayed by the number of guest appearances (Busta Rhymes on "The Monument", Redman on "Redbull" and so on) but it does not dilute the pleasing sound of the whole Wu reuniting for another album. The Wu-Tang Clan have slimmed down on their lean and mean third album, both in title and in content. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000051XY5?v=glance   (2437 words)

Off the Record Wu-Tang Clan For all their notoriety, Staten Island’s formidable Wu-Tang Clan still seem underappreciated, so Iron Flag, their fourth album as a collective, aims for the fertile mountaintop reserved for rap royalty. The Clan depart from the dark, jarring nihilism of previous efforts in favor of big-beat populism here, picking up some unfortunate RandB hooks and cleaning up their traditionally dirty sound along the way. Instead of The W’s suffocating æsthetic of twitchy fingers and howls to an unforgiving Creator, Iron’s crisp, cocksure anthems aim to drive home the point that it’s a Wu World Order, on the streets and in the board room. www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/02046176.htm   (198 words)

Wu-Tang ) aspect of the martial arts and Islam, and rabid fans of kung-fu films, Wu once again attaches an Afro-Asiatic discipline to the art of rhyming. Once inside, shocking scenarios, inspired revelations, tragic truths and even wall-to-wall Wu-Tang insanity take over. a sonic reflection of Wu’s cumulative vision, talent, skill and focus. www.sonymusic.com /labels/loud/wutang/wu.html   (269 words)

Rock On The Net: Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan had a lawsuit filed against them by a woman claiming the group battered her and held her against her will in August of '97. Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clan was named as the #1 NewsMaker of 1998 by MTV more for his antics and arrests over the year than his music. Wu-Tang Clan topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week with "C.R.E.A.M." www.rockonthenet.com /artists-w/wutangclan_main.htm   (1014 words)

Amazon.co.uk: The W: Music The Wu Tang Clan will never be the same group that released ‘Enter The Wu Tang’. Their debut, the hugely influential ‘Enter The Wu Tang’ is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest hip hop albums ever, and its follow-up ‘Forever’, while perhaps a little long, was another classic hip hop LP. Unlike, the previous Wu Tang LPs though, ‘The W’, was released in the wake of some pretty shoddy solo albums from some of the Wu’s key players (Method Man, Gza and Raekwon). www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000050X41   (1221 words)

AllWu.com - All Wu Tang / All Wu Wear The Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer, the RZA was born in Brooklyn, and sent to live with an uncle in North Carolina when he was 3, after his uncle died shortly thereafter, Rza was came back to Brooklyn where he hooked up with his cousins, Ol' Dirty & The GZA. The history of BOBBY DIGITAL is explained in the film: While RZA is conducting experiments at a laboratory on Wu Mountain, he stumbles upon a formula for self-transformation. To accompany the film, RZA made the soundtrack Bobby Digital in Stereo, his debut solo release on Gee Street Records. www.allwu.com /allwu/rza.html   (497 words)

Wu-Tang Clan Websites Rapdirt.com: Wu-Tang Clan - The latest news, photos, and gossip on the group and its individual members' solo projects. Enter the Wu Tang Clan - Wu member biographies, discographies, pictures, and full album lyrics. Seventh Realm Reviews Wu Tang Clan - The Trendy Album review of the group's albums. www.iq451.com /music/sites/wu-tang-clan-web.htm   (303 words)

Wu-Tang Clan - [Latest News / Updates] - wu-international.com The comparison to the clan doesn't just lie with the similarity in conscious lyrics, sound or group numbers but it extends further to family ties and affiliations with Killah Priest, Sunz of man and Wu-tang Killa Beez. Additionally, Ghostface's manager told Billboard.com that the song "Wu United" features all members of the Wu-Tang Clan and they are regrouping in February for their first tour since 1997. Wu have dedicated the reunion to their fallen brother, who died a little over a year ago. www.wu-international.com   (6188 words)

Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority GZA aka Maxamillion aka Justice is the lyrical mentor of the Wu-Tang Clan and is the most respected figure within the group, known for his painfully meticulous approach to writing rhymes. For the second Wu-Tang Clan album, RZA wants to release an album called The 8th Diagram, inspired by the film The Eight Diagram Polefighters, an kung fu classic. Several key Clan members are missing from many shows and the crew rarely perform all together, a frequent problem for the Wu over the years. www.exclaim.ca /index.asp?layid=22&csid1=914   (3666 words)

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