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Wu-Tang Clan Roundup: Where are the Killa Bees Landing These Days?
Wu-Tang is so scattered that they don't really qualify as a clan; at this point they're probably closer to a loose network of anarcho-syndicalist collectives. So no, we'll probably never see another record approaching the unmitigated brilliance of their 1993 debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The upshot to that is the individual members of the Clan are left to their own devices, which has produced some pretty great stuff, and they're set to continue that trend for the near-future.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRaekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II
In the years following the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 masterpiece... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe New Ghostface Record Makes Us Sad
When we got word not long ago that a new Ghostface Killah record was coming, we got excited. This is the mad-genius rapper, after all, who gave us one of the last great New York hip-hop records (2000’s Supreme Clientele), plus the brain-busting masterstroke of 2006’s Fishscale. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayRaposauria, He: First-Listen Thoughts on DOOM's Born Like This
A couple weeks back, word came down that that tricky masked villain would be dropping a new album. MF Doom, now unfortunately rechristened DOOM ("All big letters, but it isn't no acronym," as he says on "Ballskin."), will release Born Like This on March 23 via Lex Records. For a guy with so much allegedly on his plate (a new Madvillain record? a collaboration album with Ghostface? other various stuff?), it's nice to see him get around to releasing something.We'll have a proper review of the full album, but in the meantime, take a stroll with me through the Born... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGhostface Killah to unleash GhostDeini from the archives
What is Ghostface Killah trying to escape from? A literary device gone wildly awry? Jadakiss and an improbably-colored ushanka? There must be something bothering Mr. Ironman, because he's planning to release a compilation album titled GhostDeini the Great.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Rapture plans DJ mix with Ghostface, Daft Punk, more
We may never actually be lifted bodily off the earth in the eschatological apocalypse, but while we're waiting we can at least jam to Tapes, an awesome new DJ mix that the dance rockers of The Rapture will release in a few weeks.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTracks released from J Dilla, MF Doom, Ghostface collab.
When J Dilla (born James Dewitt Yancey) died from a rare blood disease in February of 2006, he had unleashed instrumental hip-hop opus Donuts just three days earlier, on his thirty-second birthday.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGhostface Killah: The Big Doe Rehab
The strangest moment on Ghostface Killah’s new record... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsGhostface to guest star in Iron Man film
Every time money-hungry Hollywood announces a new comic book adaptation for the big screen, our reaction is the same: how badly are they going to screw this one up? So when we heard Paramount Pictures was taking Iron Man to cinemas across the nation, the office pool was on: would it be a Spiderman-sized success or a colossal Ghost Rider-esque strikeout? Then the trailer hit. Seeing Robert Downey Jr. yuk it up as billionaire weapons dealer Tony Stark was enough to assuage most of our concerns. At least it was going to be a fun ride. But today, our expectations... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGhostface, Wu-Tang albums go head-to-head
With a stellar post-millennial discography that includes Supreme Clientele, The Pretty Toney Album and Fishscale, it's safe to say that Ghostface Killah has become the torch-bearer for the Wu-Tang Clan in the 21st Century. Who else could spit "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" forwards and backwards in the same line without missing a beat? So when the man's upset with his parent collective, it's a serious event. This isn't like U-God sitting out a few sessions; this is your MVP, all-purpose rapping threat saying that he's receiving lousy treatment. Better pay the guy some attention. When we first reported on the Wu-Tang's upcoming 8... read more
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