With the arrival of Raekwon’s Unexpected Victory, it appears fans are the ones who’ve won. The new mixtape, which dropped along with the ball two nights ago, features all of the cinematic details you’ve come to expect from Chef and actually happens to be the first free release of his two-decade-long career to boot. Read the rest of this entry »

“Two fingers is all in your hole, think I can fit three?”

I love the way there’s no connection going on within this song. Nothing – not the song title, the intro, the verses, the chorus, nada – seems to be related Read the rest of this entry »

Complex got Method Man to take part in one of their “25 Essentials” breakdowns and the outcome is one for the ages as Meth spills all kinds of info long held deep within the 36 Chambers. Read the rest of this entry »

Typically, if we time it right, TiVo or DVR allow us to skip through most dreaded commercial breaks. But before you get clicker-happy, think twice before passing by the new Sour Patch Kids commercial. Read the rest of this entry »

Wu collectors and average fans alike will soon be able to rep their pseudo welfare affiliation when Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s 1995 album Return To The 36 Chambers re-releases as a box set which will include a billfold and WIC card. Read the rest of this entry »

The Hip-Hop business doesn’t pay like it used to and being the massive army that they are, the Wu-Tang Clan had to disband indefinitely to keep the food on the table for each of their respective families. For fans deprived of that witty, unpredictable talent et al, compilations like Legendary Weapons prove their usefulness in depth. Read the rest of this entry »

First track from a collaborative project I never really expected to reach actualization. Read the rest of this entry »

“And who you call your wife is a hoe to me, more n*ggas done been on her than the ‘Otis’ beat.”

Maino bypasses the usual round of hot new instrumentals and chooses to drop a freestyle over classic Wu tracks. Read the rest of this entry »

My Little Pony characters in perhaps the most perfectly synced cartoon x musical matchup you’ll see all week Read the rest of this entry »

Oh man, I just shed a tear. Ghost and his perhaps lyrical spawn Action Bronson together on one track? Can dreams really come true? Read the rest of this entry »

Lia Cha

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Hip-Hop history. The generic term has been used to describe every backdate to ever occur in the music genre’s timeline, but there are much stronger roots to found in the top soil. Professional scribe, rap aficionado, Alvin Blanco has had his words transcribed in mags such as XXL, Giant, The Source, Vibe among others, but he recently distinguished his pen game as a published writer with The Wu-Tang Clan and RZA A Trip through Hip-Hop’s 36 Chambers. Read the rest of this entry »

New Wu for the track “225 Rounds” featuring RZA, U-God, Bronze Nazareth and a pretty tough verse from Cappa. Read the rest of this entry »

As the state faces a $15 billion deficit, Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radgono took it to her colleagues with rap, using the wise words of Rae to emphasize her point during a state budget meeting. Read the rest of this entry »

I spent the last weekend knee-deep in sh*t. Literally. There were some plumbing problems in the David D. household, and I had to stand in and handle a seemingly endless onslaught of doodie for two days straight. At one point, I had to dig a hose covered in crap out of a pipe coming out of my roof. It was real in the field. Read the rest of this entry »