The Wu-Tang Clan has provided the blueprint for hip-hop groups for two decades now, but leading the way in anything will come with its share of trial periods and experimental ideas. The Wu might not be the first to try out a pay scale system, but they are definitely the most publicly high-profile...
This record is crazy.
Ghostface Killah​, Cappadonna, Raekwon, and GZA​ supply bone-shattering verses for "Necklace," a cut off the highly anticipated Wu-Tang album A Better Tomorrow. "Necklace" feels like a classic Wu record. Everything...
Last Thursday Warner Bros Records called all members of the press to their headquarters in Burbank, Calif. to announce that they had signed a nine-man team of lyrical assassins known collectively as the Wu-Tang Clan to release their 6th studio album, A Better Tomorrow. Eve...
The Wu-Tang Clan has had a big year, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, touring the country and Europe, and working on their long-awaited sixth group album, A Better Tomorrow. With all...
Twenty years ago today, the Wu-Tang Clan dropped one of the most influential albums. The Wu’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) still stands the test of time as great body of work from the nine-man crew. To commemorate the anniversary, Queens-based illustrator/comic artist Jaeil Cho created a drawing inspired by the lyrics of “C.R.E.A.M.” I...
A few weeks ago, XXL broke down a list of six rappers with unusual side-hustles, including Kanye West's Fatburger chain and Lil Kim's beauty salons. While it's fairly common to see a MC break out into other business ventures through rap, it got us thinking about the opposite situation: what did rappers do to pay the bills before rap? While th...
Over the past few weeks, rumors have been circulating that the almighty Wu-Tang Clan is set to make a return to hip-hop with a new album, A Better Tomorrow. While nothing has been officially confirmed—Raekwon recently told XXL that the Clan's members are still trying to sort out the business end of the process—fans have gotten to hear one new track from troupe, "Execution In Autumn." In
This week's videos find A$AP Rocky and Trinidad Jame$ taking their talents overseas for big budget feature videos, while Tyler, The Creator gets weird in a nightmarish Odd Future dollhouse world. Other notable visuals from the week include Chase N Cashe's "iRevolution" and Durag Dynasty's "360 Waves...