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Exit the 36 Chambers: Choose Your Own Wu-Tang Clan Adventurenew
Something happened on the way to becoming untouchable hip-hop legends. At best, they've reached an artistic cul de sac with their last album, 2007's 8 Diagrams. At worst, they're irrelevant. To find out why, you'll have to choose your own adventure.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
12-03-2008 |
Music
Wu-Tang Clan Revolts Against Its Mastermindnew
Clearly emboldened by the fact that he doesn't need the Clan to move units, Ghostface Killah attacked RZA and 8 Diagrams with vigor.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
01-15-2008 |
Music
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Forever and a Day!new
All that stuff about Wu-Tang's genius and influence aside, they are a notoriously dismal live act.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
Family Feudnew
Creative differences may be eating away at the Wu-Tang Clan, but even at cross purposes they can produce flashes of brilliance.
Chicago Reader |
Dustin Seibert |
12-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Producer RZA's Balancing Actnew
It's hard to think of a more ubiquitously iconic figure in hip-hop, or a more visionary individual: RZA doesn't just make beats and spit rhymes, he captures moods, drops depth-charge metaphors, and creates epic mythologies.
SF Weekly |
Eric K. Arnold |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan