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Collectors Item - Music, Art and Life: Wu Tang Clan
"Shimmy Shimmy Ya" Gets Reissued To Blue Vinyl, Ol' Dirty Goes Buckwild on Radio in '95




Revisit one of the most buckwild debuts in music that shows how Hip Hop even in it's most outlandish form is capable of rocking the party. This 2025 Record Store Day reissue of Dirty's smash single features the Extended Version, Stripped Version, Instrumentals, Acapellas and the Lord Digga Remix. This one is out of stock in many online merchants but you can still get your copy here at eBay from a number of dealers.

Below is some certified on-air foolishness courtesy of Russell Jones aka Ol' Dirty Bastard. Enjoy a recording straight from my cassette deck as Dirt raises hell live on the Martin Moore and Mayhem Show. This maniacal episode took place during Dirt's promo run for his debut album "Return To The 36 Chambers".

Raekwon & Havoc Reminisce On Classic Music & Memories On "The Infamous Hour"


Take a trip through the streets of New York with two hood certified guides as Raekwon and Havoc trade memories. Havoc's new podcast The Infamous Hour debuts with his partner in rhyme from The Wu who makes it a talk to remember. Hear visions of what life was like behind the making of classics plus more from these NYC street dwellers who absorbed it's drama like the concrete. 

Get your spot to attend the joint US tour between Raekwon and Mobb Deep for winter 2025 here at Ticketnetwork.

Here's my upload of the rare 1995 performance footage of 'Eye For An Eye", one of the classics which Rae and Hav speak about in this interview.
 

Wu-Tang Invades More Areas Of Merch, The RZA Releases The "Instrumental Experience"


The ways which society continues to imagine and absorb the visual impact of The Wu-Tang Clan is an ongoing and legendary saga. In some of my latest finds, artists M.C. aka. Panurge and koray öztürk use their creativity to take us into another chamber of The Wu. 

In case you might have missed it, in 2007 Think Differently Music released a celebration of The RZA's best beats. Behold as a master of the sampling craft flips dusty vinyl into Hip Hop classics as a composer of Blunted Soul. "Instrumental Experience" features a number of instrumental versions of solid albums songs from various Wu releases:

The Samples - Intro 8:28
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber Part 2 2:39
Black Mamba 3:05
Diesel 3:03
Ya'll Been Warned 2:01
Knowledge God 4:20
Child's Play 4:31
Chamber Music 3:07
Severe Punishment 2:59
7th Chamber 3:37
For Heaven's Sake 2:39
Camay 2:18
Ice Cream 4:15
Triumph 4:17
State Of Grace 2:52
Run 4:35
Brutality (The Grindz) 3:00
Hollow Bones 0:15
Reunited 2:51
Domestic Violence 4:53
My G.O.D 2:20
Duck Seazon 2:13
 



Catch RZA, GZA, & Inspectah Deck During The Making of "C.R.E.A.M." and "Wu-Tang Forever"


Like a fat 20 sack, The Wu present and serve up classic Hip Hop music with the mentality of a street pharmacist. The mind of The RZA is deep as you'll discover in this studio interview during the mastering session for "Wu-Tang Forever". The 2nd LP is definitely one of those albums that makes me wonder what the sights, sounds and thoughts behind it. Here is one of the many golden moments that Wu-Tang offer from behind their music. 

Also, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "C.R.E.A.M." below featuring The GZA and Inspectah Deck. This is when the song was named "Lifestyles of The Mega Rich" and prior to the release of "Enter The 36 Chambers".

In '97, Cappadonna Visits The Hip Hop Shop Radio During Wu-Tang Clan's Breakthrough

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Get into a '97 Mentality with a rare recording of New York underground Hip Hop radio featuring the unique presence of Cappadonna. The Wu-Tang general demands Hip Hop remain raw during a time when it was becoming commercialized real fast as he promotes his forthcoming debut LP "The Pillage". This period of Wu-Tang history is something to behold as the group broke through with back-to-back classics. Black Sun 1111 provides this tape from an overlooked show from WNYU FM radio.

An Hour With The Wu-Tang Clan On TimesTalks 2019, ft. Sasha Jenkins

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"Join us for an exciting evening with hip-hop legends RZA, Inspectah Deck, GZA and Cappadonna from Wu-Tang Clan, and filmmaker, writer and musician Sacha Jenkins. The group will discuss Showtime’s upcoming docuseries “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men,” which features interviews with the group’s nine living members as well as never-before-seen archival footage and concert video. The series follows the founding Clan members — many of whom were childhood friends in the hardscrabble world of ’70s and ’80s Staten Island and Brooklyn."

Photographer Eddie Otchere Displays Portraits In 'The Icons Of Wu-Tang Clan'

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Photographer Eddie Otchere explains how he came to shoot every Wu Tang member as well as his process in using print to iconify the subject.

A film by Dan Fontanelli.