One of last year’s most anticipated hip-hop releases 8 Diagrams from behalf of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, left a lot of people disappointed, not because it was trash or anything, but because it was down right mediocre and didn’t deliver little to no real beats. This was probably the album’s main setback: beats, a department [...]
Artist name: Wu-Tang Clan
Album name: 8 Diagrams
Label: SRC Records/Universal Motown Records
Gender: Hip-Hop
Release date: December 11, 2007
ZMErating: 6/10
Website: http://www.wutang-corp.com/
It’s recently been a weird road for the legendary [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag]. A division has been introduced within the group, and a weird yet disturbing feeling has flooded this album’s release. From member Raekwon calling RZA a [...]
Artist name: Ghostface Killah
Album name: The Big Doe Rehab
Label: Def Jam
Gender: Hip-Hop
Release date: December 4, 2007
ZMErating: 7/10
Website: http://www.myspace.com/ghostface
In little more than a year [tag]Ghostface Killah[/tag] has propelled himself to be seen as the most flashy and popular member of the [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag]. From putting out an album almost every year – just recently he [...]
Seems like the end of the year, apart from holiday and best of compilations, is a good time to release rap albums, at least that’s what the pour of constant hip-hop records, released in these past days and week, leads us to believe. Leading the pack is [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] warlord [tag]Ghostface Killah[/tag], with his [...]
Christmas came early today when the clan announced their definitive final tracklist for their forthcoming “8 Diagrams,” a record eagerly awaited by fans worldwide for nearly 7 years. The album is scheduled to be released on December 11, via Loud/Universal/SRC/Wu Music Group.
Feat your eyes on the tracklist from bellow, where most of you might recognize [...]
Last week we posted the official promo mp3 for My Heart Gently Weeps, a [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] interpolation of the famous Beatles classic “As My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Clan guru RZA recently sat down with Kotori Mag and talked about The Beatles in general, the song, the people who worked on it (Dhani Harrison, [...]
Yesterday we reported, the legendary NY based rap group [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag], just got clearance for sampling the classic Beatles classic “As My Guitar Gently Weeps,” actually the first Beatles sampling in history. Well apparently they didn’t sampled the Beatles, but what they did was a reply to the song; a interpolation, as explained by [...]
Rap demigods [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] have managed to be the first ever musical group to be allowed to legally sample [tag]The Beatles[/tag]. A mighty feat no doubt. The song in question to be sampled is “As My Guitar Gently Weeps” and as we reported a while back it’s set to feature guitarist John Frusciante [...]
A few days ago, a handful of lucky journalists had the chance to preview a part of the upcoming [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] new album “8 Diagrams“, at a listening party set up by clan leader RZA. Village Voice, from the small bits and pieces of songs they’ve listened to, stated that the upcoming effort sounds [...]
Considered, by many, the founding fathers of modern hip-hop, NY based [tag]Wu-Tang Clan[/tag] reveal a few more details concerning their upcoming fifth album, dubbed “8 Diagrams” and set for release on November 13. In a recent interview Wu-Tang leader RZA stated that one of the tracks that will be featured on the new album will [...]
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