Wu-Tang Clan

This is the track that samples "My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles. Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison, played the guitar for this effort while Erykah Badu sang the chorus. The video is pretty odd to me, and for the life of me I cannot understand what it has to do with the actual song. It's also a little disappointing that Ghostface and Method Man didn't make it. If any of the moggers know how the song and video match up... feel free to speak up. You ca... MORE

When I first heard Wu-Tang I was really impressed with the production. RZA's soundscapes were these spare,bleak,and cinematic collages that kinda reminded me of Blade Runner. He's gone on to bring that flavor to many motion pictures, where it seems to fit perfectly. I guess it is even more of a testament to RZA's Kung Fu on the decks that the futuristic sounds he creates are made with a huge grip of southern soul records made in the late 60's and early 70's. A bunc... MORE

Wu-Tang Clan project home movies of their live performances onto the skyscrapers of NYC in the new video for "Take It Back": Produced by Easy Mo Bee and RZA. From the album 8 Diagrams.

track from Wu-Tang's latest featuring Doctor Funkenstein himself, George Clinton HOOOOoooooowwwwwlllllllll!!! (Uploading the MP3 kept crashing my browsers- so here is vid)

BBC 1Xtra's hip hop dj Ras Kwame tells the Wu-Tang Clan story in a new BBC documentary. Ras Kwame also hung out with the band at their first UK concert in 2 years and first outing since ODB's death. It's an audio documentary, not video, and you can listen to it on BBC 1Xtra's website. Ras Kwame sets out to find out how these cats can keep throwing out hits after so many years. It's a great doc with RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface, and others talking about the... MORE

A member of Okayplayer Boards - Walk Wit Me85 - had the opportunity to interview RZA about the new Wu-Tang album. He not only gets the low down on internal beef (which everyone seems to be getting an earful of) he also shares with us RZA's producer perspective of 8 Diagrams. He also discusses how it felt this time around, recording without Ol Dirty Bastard. It's a pretty fantastic interview... Interview with RZA on Okayplayer 8 Diagrams drops next Tuesday.

In recent years, I think Ghostface Killah has been the most consistently interesting and exciting rapper in America, and it’s been fascinating to see how his career has evolved from being one of the Wu Tang Clan’s most unpredictable footsoldiers, a spluttering maverick with a penchant for richly overloaded imagery and detuned sing-songs, to the Clan’s most bankable solo star. I’m about halfway through “The Big Doe Rehab” now, and there’s some great things here in his usu... MORE

Different members of Wu-Tang Clan are filming "webisodes" for AOL's Spinner website as their album prepares for release. Spinner reports that the videos highlight verses from the upcoming Wu-Tang album, 8 Diagrams. Ghostface Killah, who is reported to not even like the album, happens to be the first to have his video published. It's almost more of an ad than anything else, but the theme of chinese magic that Wu-Tang regular adopts is always a fave feature of mine. Here... MORE

RZA took time out to respond to criticisms from his group member Raekwon about the direction of the new Wu album 8 Diagrams. Rae's major beef was that the new sound strayed away from hip hop and their hardcore style.
While doing promotions for the 8 Diagrams album overseas, RZA responded to Rae's rant and revealed they had talked over the problem. RZA went on to say it was his goal to make worldly music and not the localized hood sound they became famous for. He realizes s... MORE

Semtex brings a hot mix of hip hop tunes to the UK airwaves and the globe's internet streams on a weekly basis via BBC Radio 1Xtra. This week, he dropped an Xtra special mix that features FOUR tracks off of the upcoming Wu-Tang album, 8 Diagrams! Semtex also included Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne, new Jay-Z, Kid Sister ft. Kanye West, and Chingy, plus Skepta, Asher D, Ghetto, Trigger and Kano!It's streaming from now until Saturday night/Sunday morning when the new show... MORE

November 13th marks the three year anniversary of Ol Dirty Bastards' passing. The Wu Tang Clan dedicated a song to him on their upcoming album 8 Diagrams and chose to release it today. The song is called Life Changes.
Listen To It Here

For months now, Ghostface was the sole member of Wu-Tang speaking out against the direction of the group. Now Raekwon has followed suit and publicly voiced his displeasure. The main gripe between members is the new direction RZA has decided to take with an orchestral sound.
When the news was revealed that the Wu-Tang were sampling My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles, some Beatles fans were not happy. It's a little ironic that some Wu-Tang members feel the exact same way.... MORE

Fox News is reporting that Mariah Carey's highly anticipated follow up has been moved from November to February. Her last album The Emancipation of Mimi was a billboard chart monster, so theres no doubt every detail surrounding the launch of the new album will be micromanaged. Mariah hasn't given the new project a name yet, but she's certainly excited about it.
"It's hard for me to sit here and talk about it without sounding like I'm bragging if I'm in love with it, but I'... MORE