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[Guzim]

Wu-Tang Clan Eyeing Summer For Comeback Album

January 24, 2007, 4:50 PM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
After years of false starts and delays, the Wu-Tang Clan will release a new studio album, "8 Diagram," this summer via SRC Records. According to principal member RZA, the album will include an unreleased performance from the late Ol' Dirty Bastard and a long-in-the-works tribute to the artist dubbed "Life Changes."

SRC founder Steve Rifkind has a long association with Wu-Tang dating back to its seminal 1993 debut, "Enter the 36 Chambers," released on his Loud Records label.

After years of inactivity, the group reunited to play the Rock the Bells festival in California in 2004 (released as the CD/DVD "Disciples of the 36 Chambers") and staged a North American tour last year. Wu-Tang Clan has not released a new album since 2001's "Iron Flag."

"People want something that gives them an adrenaline rush," RZA said in a statement. "We're here to supply that fix. How could hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever? We're here to revive the spirit and the economics and bring in a wave of energy that has lately dissipated."

RZA has actually been pushing for a return to the studio for several years, but he conceded that coordinating the members' busy schedules and meeting their financial needs were formidable obstacles.


"I know everybody has a lifestyle they have to maintain," he told Billboard.com in February 2005. "Let's just say a Wu-Tang Clan album is worth a couple million dollars. Once 10 guys get on it, it's still worth a couple hundred grand. Some guys' lifestyles require them to make five or six hundred thousand dollars a year regardless. Maybe doing Wu-Tang will make you that much money, but doing it by yourself could you make you a million, because there aren't so many hands involved. But for the legacy, I think we should be willing to make that sacrifice and get it cracking."

To tide fans over, Nature Sounds will on Feb. 6 release the collection "Wu-Tang Clan & Friends -- Unreleased." The 20-track set rounds up rare material produced by the group's DJ, Allah Mathematics, including remixes of "Wu Banga" and "Da 'W'."

Wu-Tang is back baby!

 

[SUPREME1]

I'll be all over this, like maggots on ODB!

I know, I know..




Killer Bees 'bout to swarm!

 

[ZeoVGM]

I'm almost sure this album will be horrible.

 

[3kuSaS]

They just haven't been the same since Forever....and that's being polite. The last album had maybe 2 tracks that were decent. I'm pretty sure this will be bad, and it will bomb hard. I hope I'm wrong though, those guys need a hit like a punching bag.

 

[Callo Merlose]

Ghostface Killah - The Champ ftmfw

 

[HooDoo]

Nature Sounds will release a new compilation on itunes sometimes this semestre, probably will be worth a test. The first one, convexed, is really great.

Can't wait for the wu-tang remix album, and for the new wu album obviously.

 

[tehrafe]

Enter The 36 chambers is their best album, and the Disciples of the 36 Chambers was brilliant. I hope their new album will be more like the 36 chambers...

 

[mckmas8808]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[golem]

"How could hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever?"

true

 

[SUPREME1]

Wu-Tang Forever had a bunch of nice tracks.. they were just very underground & low key.

The two you refer to are the ones for the radio and clubs.



RZA's Bobby Digital album was amazing.. that dude is a trip. He did good work on the Kill Bill movies as well, not to mention the work he is doing on AfroSamurai.

RZA/GZA > GhostFace/RaeKwon > MethodMan > ODB(before) > Inspectah > UGod >>> ODB(now)

Lol @ my odb bashing. R.I.P. Ol Dirty.. Brooklyn Zoo baby!!


I've never considered KillaPriest or Capadonna as WU-TANG CLAN members, so I left them out above.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Can't wait to pick this up along with Detox

 

[guise]

Rza & Dre on Cuban Linx 2, and now this??

In one year???


Fingers crossed they dont get pushed back too far

 

[kingofrod]

"How could hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever?"

true

Hard to argue with that logic