Listen To A Snippet Of The Secret Wu-Tang Clan Album
That was a planned single that I didn’t put out. That was done by the office. I didn’t produce the track, that was produced by Mathematics. He’s a dope hip-hop producer; out of the few people from the camp I think he still got that authentic Wu-Tang sound. He still has the past sampler [and] he still uses that when he makes his beats. I guess the guy went into the studio and wanted to try that formula. I was actually in Thailand when that song was released. I was filming a movie. When I came back they said, this is going to be the new single. I asked, “It sounded cool to me, did everybody else love it?” They took a vote and this is what they ended up with.
I said I want to get back into the studio and work on some of the songs I was working on, because I think one of my songs is good for the world to hear right now, too. I’m doing that right now. The next single will be a RZA-produced track I have, a song called “Ron O'Neal.” It has Method Man on it, Ghostface on it, myself, Inspectah Deck, and I’m looking for that to be the next single.
Where did the name for the single come from?
Ron O’Neal, you ever seen Super Fly? The song is named after the actor in Super Fly, he was a fly motherfucker. It has that '70s pimp vibe.
Despite the escalating beef between Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and RZA and the uncertainty of the album's release, the anticipation for the album continues to build within the Clan's fan base and critics. Although the album is reported to be completed, neither the Wu or the general public have heard any of the finished songs from their secret album, Once Upon a Time In Shaolin, until now.
The video snippet surrounds Forbes reporter, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, in Morocco with the producer of the exclusive album,Tarik “Cilvaringz” Azzougarh and even offers a small verse from Ghostface. Through the journey towards the secret album, Cilvaringz goes into detail about the album's nostalgic sound and the hard work put into it.
"People are responding to it in a very interesting way,” says Cilvaringz. “And it’s starting one of the things that we wanted it to start: debates. [It's about] intensifying debate and really starting to look at music and the value of music in your life.”
Be one of the first to listen to a 51 second sneak preview of the album below:
[Forbes]
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