Word: tang
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...sightings: it's like the Elvis thing, except you know he's alive! The rapper reappeared at a release party in New York for the Wu-Tang's new album. Then he was arrested in Philly while signing autographs at a McDonald's. For a fugitive, the man certainly did get around...
Following up their multiplatinum 1997 release Wu-Tang Forever may have seemed like a daunting challenge. Doing it without the incarcerated Ol' Dirty Bastard may have seemed impossible. But the Wu-Tang Clan's new release, The W, does not disappoint...
...Tang Clan...
...Tang's new release, "The W," finds the group at its most focused. It's an unusual place for them to be. Wu-Tang revels in its own unpredictability, its own inscrutability and its own ungainly nature. Wu-Tang is a conglomeration of rappers that includes RZA (the mastermind and main producer), Method Man (the star MC), Masta Killa, U-God, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface Killah and Ol' Dirty Bastard. A tenth rapper, Cappadonna, is regarded as an honorary member. While other groups rage and split and fall apart when members look to release solo work, Wu-Tang...
...With numerous Wu-Tang Clan members popping up on various tracks and all those guest stars, The W becomes a terrifically varied album, full of differing vocal textures and provocative rhythmic and lyrical ideas. Guest star-heavy albums sometimes burst apart like overstuffed grocery bags. RZA's solid guidance keeps everything together. The streetcorner scientists of Wu-Tang have come up with another winning formula...