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[GQman2121]

Does anyone pay millions of dollars for art they haven't seen, or in this case, heard?

I don't think anyone who's considering to pay that kind of money for music is concerned with the cost of anything. It's not about the art in this case. It's about just being that person who did/can.

 

[ymmv]

In 1983 Jean Michel Jarre did the same thing with his lp "Music for Supermarkets".

 

[Kaladin]

funny.


i'm sure the master recordings are just chilling somewhere.

2023 Neogaf OT Thread:

10 Year Old Lost Wu-Tang Album "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" To Be Released in 2024

 

[Messypandas]

 

[Tesseract]

you fucking assholes, gimme my tang.

 

[Courage]

If it's anything like their new single then they can keep it.

 

[kehs]

 

[Shanlei91]

It'll leak out two weeks prior to its release. Nice PR stunt, though.

Well they have to top their last PR shenanigans which involved a documentary movie premiere being halted due to a lawsuit . Meanwhile the people who were part of the estate that asked that the premiere be halted were there in person, dressed up taking photos on the red carpet.

 

[FStop7]

I really, really could have done without having read RZA's real name. I'd never seen it before and it just kind of deflated the Wu Tang mystique for me a little bit.

 

[SolidusDave]

Can the buyer be auto-charged with copyright infringement if it leaks to the internet?

 

[esterk]

So when can I get it from piratebay?

 

[PBY]

Re: Kanye comments-

this is kind of the opposite of Ye. Ye left Nike because they would supply constrain the Yeezy's, apparently Adidas is letting him make more accessible shoes.

/stan.

 

[akira28]

I like this.

 

[codhand]

more accessible shoes.

/stan.

$299.99

 

[SteveWinwood]

Man blast from the past.

 

[LanceVance]

I'm going to get famous and release on album thats only available via floppy disk

 

[_illmatic_]

I like the idea behind it. I mean, its not like they made OB4CL II and made only one copy. This was a secret album nobody even knew they were cooking up. Just charge it to the game as being just like unreleased tracks you never knew existed from your favorite artist. Cause they do exist.

Would love to see silent listening parties tour the nation with the box on display in a nice venue/lounge and you get to hear the album. I don't have a problem with it.

 

[Flo_Evans]

lol

I want to hear it. What if it is something crazy like a wu-tang bluegrass album.

 

[jmood88]

I've been a Wu fan since 1994, but Come the fuck on. Seriously? Secret album? Shame on the Rza for tryin to run game on the fans.

I don't see the problem. It'll be up for free either before or soon after its release.

 

[Esch]

lol

I want to hear it. What if it is something crazy like a wu-tang bluegrass album.

If its mostly a cilvaringz project its just generic strings and keys dude. Nothing exciting.

 

[George Claw M.D.]

So does the buyer also get rights to do as they please with the actual music or just the physical album? Big difference.

 

[disappeared]

Quite interesting.

 

[Nathan_Drake]

is this on vinyl? How big is that case?
If I spend a couple million on music it better be vinyl, if there is a thumb drive in there with MP3s I would rage lol.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

If you throw in ODB's corpse I'm in.

 

[Nabs]

This... sounds like a good idea. I'd pay for a listening session.

 

[Acorn]

I'd buy it, bury it in Nevada then set up a scavenger hunt.

I'm short a few million though.

 

[Acorn]

If you throw in ODB's corpse I'm in.

Oh baby I like it raw.

 

[Broder Salsa]

How awesome would it be if it was just 75 minutes of them farting? Imagine buying that for a few million dollars.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

How awesome would it be if it was just 75 minutes of them farting? Imagine buying that for a few million dollars.

Haha, it's just that a skit of Rae and Meth talking about torture again for an hour.

 

[okayfrog]

I can only imagine what the bounty on what.cd will be like for this album.

 

[wenis]

So does the buyer also get rights to do as they please with the actual music or just the physical album? Big difference.

It's in the article. They can do whatever they want with it as soon as they buy it.

 

[Snuggles]

Haha, it's just that a skit of Rae and Meth talking about torture again for an hour.

I would want to put RZA's nuts on a dresser (just his nuts) and bang them shits with a spiked bat.

 

[EloquentM]

I would want to put RZA's nuts on a dresser (just his nuts) and bang them shits with a spiked bat.

Hahahaha

 

[Takuan]

What does Drake have to say about this?

 

[Dilli666]

Meh, I've seen more creative limited editions like this one ;-)

Vinyl version released by Sombre Records in 100 hand-numbered copies. Every copy with an uneven number contains two seconds of the song "A Black Metal Song just for Black Metal Maniacs", which could progressively combined together to the full song.

 

[diunxx]

Ringz can eat a fat dick for this shit.

 

[Prez]

Someone will pay millions for this and then Wu-Tang will release the album a week later.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Sounds like the Wu's trying to run game on folks

Shame on them

 

[dankir]

Everybody read this Grantland article on the Wu from yesterday, it's awesome to see how they refer to each other after all the vitriol from decades past. Good stuff.

That was great, thanks Bish!

 

[freenudemacusers]

usually this kind of stunt would seem like a cover for bad music, but 8 diagrams is their best album so i'm curious to see what is going on in this one.

 

[SoulClap]

So is this even going to be a proper Wu album? Last I heard Raekwon's not a single track.

 

[FStop7]

Everybody read this Grantland article on the Wu from yesterday, it's awesome to see how they refer to each other after all the vitriol from decades past. Good stuff.

U-God is the Ringo Starr of the Wu Tang Clan.

 

[Fevaweva]

Fuck that pretentious shit, I just want A Better Tomorrow to come out

 

[depths20XX]

Paying to go to listening events of an album? Haha, I'm sorry this just sounds stupid.

 

[riotous]

I really, really could have done without having read RZA's real name. I'd never seen it before and it just kind of deflated the Wu Tang mystique for me a little bit.

It's where "Bobby Digital" comes from (Robert Diggs.)

 

[sphinx]

people asking whether this will suck or not... isn't it going on tour with people being able to hear it??

the album will receive plenty of critic before it's bought by anyone.

 

[hughesta]

Why are people making fun of Kanye West in a thread about the Wu Tang Clan

This is certainly an interesting idea, and in really curious to see what happens with it.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Didn't I just read a huge Grantland article about how frustrated RZA was because they couldn't get everyone back together and they weren't all still on speaking terms? Sounds like this album's gonna be kind of fraudulent.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Everybody read this Grantland article on the Wu from yesterday, it's awesome to see how they refer to each other after all the vitriol from decades past. Good stuff.

One of the most entertaining and truly saddening things I've read, at the same time. I love the Wu and just the little things they say throughout the interview are fascinating/hilarious, but then there's a side that is just depressing.

I guess I can't understand how anyone could leave millions of dollars on the table due to petty disputes. These guys could start a world tour right now and sell out every show, and play on nearly every continent. But they won't due to...what exactly. Jealousy, distrust...jeez

 

[awilliams213]

It reads like a modern heist movie plot waiting to happen.