You may have heard from one of the thousands of blogs breathing heavy over the forthcoming Wu-Tang album that it features a much-wrangled-over Beatles sample, and now apparently “due to the magnitude of the sample and the History being made,” the record’s been pushed back almost a month to Dec. 4,… More »
You may have heard from one of the thousands of blogs breathing heavy over the forthcoming Wu-Tang album that it features a much-wrangled-over Beatles sample, and now apparently “due to the magnitude of the sample and the History being made,” the record’s been pushed back almost a month to Dec. 4,… More »
OnSmash has a 20-minute preview of the Wu-Tang Clan’s new album, 8 Diagrams, consisting almost entirely of interviews with group members. You hear a little bit of music, but mainly it’s Method Man giggling about nudity on European TV, Raekwon side-stepping issues of depression, RZA talking about collaborating with other producers, and most everyone dealing (or not dealing) awkwardly with the absence of Ol’ Dirty Bastard. (Ghostface is conspicuously absent, although later in the video they explain that he does appear on three tracks; Masta Killa also seems to have skipped out.) It’s fairly interesting, but just the fact that they’re making another album is notable: While the touring market for old rap acts is extremely lucrative, no more so than for the Wu, in terms of records, no rap act has made a successful comeback.
A few months ago, we tipped our readers to a Firefox extension called Downthemall. While its name sounds like one for an organization devoted to fighting suburban sprawl, it’s actually a neat little download accelerator that allows users to snag all the MP3s on a Web page with just one click, and… More »
– The Wu-Peanuts diorama kit: If you’ve got a printer and a pal who voted for Fishscale in her year-end music poll, Oh Word has a holiday craft project for you. [Oh Word] – The new Moogs are adorable, but what on earth are their ads trying to sell, exactly? More »
U-God, of the Wu-Tang Clan, gave his MySpace friends a gift today: A list of 14 things anyone in a relationship needs to know in order to keep their lover happy, from not ruining the laundry to avoiding psychobabble during relationship chats. And he must be doing something right: just look at all of the exhibitionistic ladies sprinkled among his top friends.
U-God’s list, in all its all-caps, merch-hawking glory, after the jump.
