Wu-tang Klan

The Wu-Tang Clan is considered the most influential rap group of all time, and their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the greatest record in hip-hop history. Like other street poets, the members of the Wu-Tang Clan talk about the hard life of Americans, but through the prism of Eastern philosophy.

Now the Wu-Tang Clan includes 9 self-sufficient MCs, but the ideological inspirer and producer of the team is RZA (derived from the English word "razor" - "razor"), aka Robert Fitzgerald Diggs.

Back in the late 1980s, RZA, along with cousin Gary Gris aka GZA (from genius) and friend Russell Tyrone Jones, known as Ol 'Dirty Bastard, tried to promote the group Force of the Imperial Master. The process went on with difficulty, and the young people decided to change direction.

The idea of ​​a new project came to the Americans while watching the film "Shaolin and Wudang" (1983), which tells about the confrontation between two martial arts schools. The combination of oriental philosophy and street poetry seemed to the MCs apt, and they took the name Wu Tang (Wudang, mountain in China).

The history of the creation of the Wu-Tang Clan was gaining momentum. By 1992, the official date of formation, the team consisted of 10 people: RZA, GZA, Ol 'Dirty Bastard, as well as their friends - Method Man (Clifford Smith), Raekwon (Corey Woods), Masta Killa (Elgin Turner), Inspectah Deck (Jason Hunter), Ghostface Killah (Denis Coles), U-God (Lamont Hawkins) and Cappadonna (Darryl Hill).

Often the eleventh member of the Wu-Tang Clan - Mathematics (Ronald Mauris Bean), a DJ and producer, remains in the shadows. He owns not only the musical adaptations of the songs, but also the team logo, which looks like a schematic image of an eagle or shuriken. This is actually the letter "W". Today the emblem has become a real brand: it decorates clothes, skateboards and more.

In the biography of each performer, there were already solo projects, but not very successful ones. It turned out that their strength lies in unity. MCs call themselves not just a musical group, but a family, or a clan. Some of them are running several projects at the same time, but they are united by the Wu-Family formation.

In November 2004, Ol 'Dirty Bastard died of a drug overdose, and the Wu-Tang Clan refused to give the job of a friend to someone else.

The 1993 debut single "Protect Ya Neck" and the subsequent tour with Kat Nu and Cypress Hill made the Wu-Tang Clan visible in the underground scene.

MCs wanted to create solo tracks under different labels along with their group activities, so finding a producer for the Wu-Tang Clan was not easy. But in November 1993, under the Loud / RCA label, the rappers' first studio album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) was released.

The name of the record is explained by the legend about the origin of the Wu-Tang fighting style. The limit of mastery was the 36th level (chamber), which could be achieved through difficult trials. The number was not chosen by chance: there are 36 death points on the human body, and in the mouth of a healthy person - 36 teeth, and for each test passed, students were given a gold one instead of an ordinary tooth.

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is considered the iconic hardcore rap and hip-hop album of the East Coast. This music inspired the now popular Nas, The Notorious BIG, Mobb Deep and Jay-Z to work.

On the US Billboard 200, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" peaked at # 41 and sold 30,000 copies in its first week. By 1995, the album had been sold over 2 million times, making it platinum.

The group's popularity was also increased by the videos for the songs "Method Man", "Da Mystery of Chessboxin '" and "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit", which hit the prime time of The Box channel.

The most famous track from the debut album was "CREAM". Time magazine included him in the 100 Greatest Songs, Rolling Stone ranked him 11th in the Top 50 Great Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, and VH1 listeners ranked 13th in the Top 100 Rap Tops. -songs.

In the wake of the success of the MC, they took up solo work. In August 1994, RZA released "Gravedigga", recorded in the best horror story tradition. Method Man presented "Tical" in November. The title track "All I Need" won a Grammy in 1995. Ol 'Dirty Bastard's compilation Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) is considered a hip-hop classic. "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ..." Raekwon and "Liquid Swords" GZA are the most successful solo projects of the Wu-Tang Clan.

At the same time, the team launched the Wu Wear clothing line. The project was positioned as another way to make money, and now it is an iconic design house. The idea to promote music through their own clothing line was taken up by Puff Daddy, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Nelly, Ludacris, 50 Cent and many others.

Clothing is not the only product of the MC. Especially for their work, rappers developed slang that combined the terminology of the People of Gods and Lands (a radical African American religious organization), oriental expressions, and "street" language. There were also new words. So, "Staten Island" for the Wu-Tang Clan is "Shaolin Land", and "CREAM" is the designation of money.

The band's second solo album, Wu-Tang Forever, topped Billboard in June 1997, and has since sold over 8.3 million copies. The lyrics were significantly different from the group's first experience. Many poems were written under the influence of the teachings of the People of Gods and Lands.

Some tracks from MC's solo projects are featured in "Wu-Tang Forever". For example, "Severe Punishment" uses a sample from Method Man's "Ice Cream Man".

"The W" (2000) was recorded without Ol 'Dirty Bastard, who was currently serving a prison sentence for violating probation. His voice, however, made it onto the track "Conditioner" with Snoop Dogg - the young man chanted his part over the phone.

Shortly before the release of "The W," Ol 'Dirty Bastard escaped, seizing a moment while being transported from a rehab to a Los Angeles, California court. At the premiere party, the MC went unnoticed until his comrades introduced him. For a long time, the American hid from prosecution, but was eventually arrested.

In 2001, the discography was replenished with the collection "Iron Flag". It is noteworthy that initially there was no photo of Cappadonna on the cover, which is explained by the strained relations in the team: MC was a police informant.

In general, the events of the 2000s cannot be called easy for the Wu-Tang Clan. In 2004, U-God left the band due to a conflict with RZA: the ideological inspirer hindered his success as a solo artist.

Later, when U-God returned, the Wu-Tang Clan played several shows in Europe and, which is rare, performed at the Rock the Bells festival in California. This was Ol 'Dirty Bastard's last performance. He died on November 13, 2004 in a recording studio due to a drug overdose. The album "8 Diagrams" (2007) is dedicated to his memory.

In the 2010s, 3 studio albums appeared: A Better Tomorrow (2014), Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (2015) and The Saga Continues (2017). The latter was recorded without the participation of U-God, and therefore came out under the name Wu-Tang to emphasize the incomplete composition of the team.

"The Saga Continues" debuted at # 15 on the Billboard 200 and # 1 on the Independent Albums. The release was accompanied by two singles: "People Say" and "Lesson Learn'd".

In 2019, the Wu-Tang Clan teamed up with Public Enemy, De La Soul and DJ Premier on the Gods of Rap tour.

Probably, MCs plan to please fans with long-familiar hits, since there is no information about the imminent release of new albums or compositions. True, Wu-Tang Clan's Instagram often shows pictures from recording studios, but without encouraging comments.

1993 - "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" 1997 - "Wu-Tang Forever" 2000 - "The W" 2001 - "Iron Flag" 2007 - "8 Diagrams" 2014 - "A Better Tomorrow" 2015 - "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin "2017 -" The Saga Continues "

"CREAM" "Uzi (Pinky Ring)" "Protect Ya Neck" "Killa Beez" "Gravel Pit" "Reunited" "Careful" "Can It Be All So Simple" "Triumph"

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