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Wu-Tang Clan Announces Tour Dates for December and January

Wu-Tang Clan Announces Tour Dates for December and January

After completing their Rebirth Tour in Europe this summer, the renowned hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan recently rolled out more tour dates, this time in the U.S. The N.Y.C.-based collective will play shows on both coasts throughout December and January. The short leg of dates kicks off in New Jersey and wraps up in Los Angeles at Club Nokia.  read more

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Cee Lo Green Will Play Raekwon's Father in Biopic

Cee Lo Green Will Play Raekwon's Father in Biopic

Who could possibly play the role of Liberace and a Wu-Tang Clan member’s father? Cee Lo Green, that’s who. The lady killer recently revealed on his Twitter that he would be playing Raekwon’s dad in an upcoming biopic entitled C.R.E.A.M., and Green’s excitement is very apparent....  read more

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Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Raekwon and Ghostface Tour for Rock The Bells

Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Raekwon and Ghostface Tour for Rock The Bells

Touring hip hop festival Rock The Bells has announced a couple of additional tours featuring some pretty big names from this year’s line-up....  read more

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Raekwon Planning Two New Albums for 2011

Raekwon Planning Two New Albums for 2011

After taking part in Wu-Tang Clan’s reunion tour to close 2010, Raekwon is pushing forward into 2011 with plans for not one, but two new records scheduled for release this calendar year....  read more

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Photos Ft. Modest Mouse, Raekwon, Pavement, Best Coast, Many More

Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Photos Ft. Modest Mouse, Raekwon, Pavement, Best Coast, Many More

Photos by Gavin Paul...  read more

Found in: Blogs, 1000 Words

Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Method Man Finally Set Album Release Date, Still Need Group Name

Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Method Man Finally Set Album Release Date, Still Need Group Name

Last summer, a sneak preview of Ghostface Killah new record made Paste managing editor Nick Marino sad, but maybe Ghostface was just saving up for his forthcoming collaboration with his Wu-Tang brothers Raekwon and Method Man....  read more

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Fifteen Albums, Songs That Defined 2009 for Paste's Web Editor

Fifteen Albums, Songs That Defined 2009 for <em>Paste</em>'s Web Editor

This was a confusing year for me...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

The Black Keys Reveal Rap Record

The Black Keys Reveal Rap Record

The blues-rocking duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys will soon try their luck in the hip-hop universe. Under the pseudonym BlakRoc, they plan to release a self-titled, hybrid rap-rock record of sorts, slated for a Nov. 27 debut....  read more

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Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II

Raekwon: <em>Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II</em>

In the years following the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 masterpiece...  read more

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Wu-Tang's Raekwon Readies Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II for Sept. Release

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It's been nearly 15 years since the release of Raekwon's watershed album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In that time, the album's hotly-anticipated sequel Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II has suffered multiple delays, riding alternating waves of hype and backlash for nearly a decade and a half. But that's not fazing the Chef any, as he was all too happy to tell during an interview with Pitchfork: "It's just about getting respect. You know what I mean? Complementing the project. I wanna show everybody that it's nothin' for me, man. I do this shit like how your moms cook dinner."...  read more

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