![]() ![]() The LP’s legacy was soured due to public infighting – Raekwon and Ghostface criticising RZA’s more complex, cinematic production – but it’s his heavy use of an Ennio Morricone sample here that brings out an unforeseen gravitas, making it the album’s most memorable joint. The Clan’s most unjustly maligned album, its 2007 release came after a six year break in group recording and was the first since Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s death. Wu-Tang Clan – ‘Rushing Elephants’ (from 8 Diagrams)Īs slow burners go, 8 Diagrams is still simmering. Brooklyn’s M.O.P and Queens icon Kool G Rap, offering up guest verses that prove they’re as much an influence as a peer when it comes to the Wu rap style. Raekwon taking the lead in an all-star line up that features hardcore peers. ![]() Case in point: this collaborative banger. Wu Tang – ‘Ill Figures’ (from Chamber Music)Ģ009 compilation Chamber Music might not hold the cohesion of a proper album, but it manages to house more than one overlooked classic. ‘Babies’ unites their three most notable MCs over an unconventional stoned soul hook: Ghost and Rae tag-teams about crooked cops and errant youths, allowing GZA to bring it back to reality with a verse about how all authority corrupts and – in a less sickly version of sentimentality than most recent release A Better Tomorrow – posits the value in staying true to yourself. Iron Flag – arriving little over a year after The W – remains one of Wu Tang’s most underrated group efforts. Instead we’ve tried to collect a broad cross-section of the Clan: their members, affiliates, different styles and sounds, to uncover diamonds in the rough that refuse to stop shining. ![]() Enter The 36 Chambers, Ironman, Liquid Swords, The W). So for the following list we’ve stuck to officially sanctioned releases – be that in mixtape or compilation form ignoring the abyss housed within the Hidden Chambers compilations (another list entirely) and a few obvious releases you already know front to back (i.e. It’s been an exhaustive task sorting through all their tracks for the – ahem – cream, harder still to narrow it down to just 20 songs. So with middle age creeping into the Wu’s material, what better time to turn back the clock back and hunt down a few hidden gems from their back catalogue that you may have skipped over, forgotten about or just been unaware existed? If A Better Tomorrow proved anything, it’s that rough Timberland wear is less of a concern to the modern-day Wu-Tang than good potato salad and warm slippers. ![]()
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