

The producer of De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, Robert "RZA" Diggs and "Prince Paul" Huston, Tour de force by RZA ( Triumph), overflowing with filler.Īs RZA relented his artistic grip on the group, the Wu-Tang Clan returned The double album Wu-Tang Forever (1997) was mostly a production While, at the same time, appealing to a broad audience. The beginning, the members agreed to share the profits derived from whateverįinancial benefit the Wu-Tang Clan brand name would bring.Įnter the Wu-Tang (1993) upped the ante for the entire scene, The Wu-Tang Clan (a "clan", not a "gang") was also a financial venture: from

Was largely crafted by Robert "RZA" Diggs, the musical genius of the group. Their sound, a diligent tribute to old-school rap, Russell "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones, who formed the collective with Genius in 1992, Gary "Genius/GZA" Grice, who had already released the solo Staten Island, and obsessed with martial-arms imagery, including Wu-Tang Clan, a loose affiliation of rappers based in the New York borough of

The most significant event of the early 1990s was probably the advent of Ghostface Killah: Apollo Kids (2011), 5.5/10 Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II (2009), 6.5/10 RZA: Bobby Digital In Stereo (1998), 6/10 Ghostface Killah: The Big Doe Rehab (2007), 6/10 Ghostface Killah: Bulletproof Wallets (2001), 6/10 Ghostface Killah: Supreme Clientele (2000), 6.5/10 Raekwon: The Lex Diamond Story (2003), 5/10 Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995), 6.5/10 GZA: Legend of the Liquid Sword (2002), 5/10

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