Word: tang
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...Tang brings a distinguished rap pedigree to Harvard, boasting several multiplatinum records, including Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, which makes Rolling Stone’s list of the top 500 albums ever produced. Its members have also individually released hits to critical and popular acclaim: Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… and GZA’s Liquid Swords are counted among hip-hop’s all-time classics...
Counterpoint: The Wu-Tang Clan does not abide devilry of any kind
...Tang is here forever, motherfucker,” boasts Ol’ Dirty Bastard in the group’s hit 1997 single “Triumph.” Ironically, he died of a drug overdose only seven years later...
...Tang Clan, with its nine living members and hundreds of “affiliates,” won’t disappear so quickly. Older than some Harvard freshman, Wu-Tang still manages to make its presence felt. This evening, their “Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game” (one of several ‘backronyms’ spelling out Wu-Tang that the group has devised for its name) will grace Yardfest in Tercentenary Theater (which has no backronyms...
...nothing says Harvard like the Wu-Tang Clan. In his 2001 film How High, Clan member Method Man smokes marijuana fertilized by the ashes of his dead friend in order to ace his entrance exam and score admission to Harvard College, setting an excellent example for prospective applicants everywhere. Wu-Tang lyrics are filled with culturally astute allusions, perfect for Harvard eggheads (i.e., “Socrates’ philosophies and hypotheses / Can’t define how I be droppin’ these mockeries”). Other verses address issues salient to Harvard students, like the Mather residents...