Wu Tang Meets Indie Culture (Explicit Version) (2005)

Product Summary Label: Koch Entertainment Dist UPC: 00823979021223 Release Date: 10/18/2005 Buy.com Sku: 64008714 Item#: M2KYSJ Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. In The Beginning: Intro ~ Wu-Tang Clan 2. Pain, The - (with GZA/Ras Kass) ~ Wu Tang 3. More Than Gold - (with Vast Aire/Timbo King/Prodigal Sunn/Byata) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 4. Killa Beez Attack - (with Sean Price/Killa Sin/C-Rayz Walz/Prodigal Sunn) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 5. Bronzeman, The ~ Wu-Tang Clan 6. One Plan - (with Casual/Byata/Vordul Mega/Tragedy Khadafi) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 7. Instrumental: Interlude - (with Jim Jarmusch) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 8. Stolen Van Gogh - (with RZA/MF Doom) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 9. 5th Chamber - (with DJ Noize) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 10. Stupid F@#King White Man - (with Del The Funky Homosapien) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 11. Good Morning (A Nice Hell) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 12. Rare Breed - (with Bronze Nazareth/Solomon Childs/Byata) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 13. Hear What I Say! - (with Littles/Khalid/Planet Asia) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 14. Black Royalty - (with Jim Jarmusch) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 15. Detroit - (with La The Darkman/Scaramanga Shallah/Ras Kass/GZA) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 16. $ (Aka Cash Rule) - (with Aesop Rock/Del The Funky Homosapien) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 17. Poem Burial Ground - (with C.C.F. Division) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 18. Great Migration, The - (with J-Live/R.A. The Rugged Man) ~ Wu-Tang Clan 19. Bronze Halls (Outro) ~ Wu-Tang Clan   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Think Differently: GZA, Masta Killa, RZA, U-God. Personnel: Aesop Rock, MF Doom. Audio Mixer: Jose "Choco" Reynoso. Recording information: 36 Chambers Studio, New York, NY. It's taken a while for the Wu-Tang Clan to re-build the steam they had in the early 1990s, but this intriguing project, which pairs members of the Clan with underground hip-hop luminaries such as Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Sean P., Del tha Funky Homosapien, and others, should help the cause. Conceived by Wu cohort Dreddy Kruger, and with production from the RZA and new Wu producer Bronze Nazareth, among others, this is partially a family affair, and the classic Wu feel is all over these tracks--complete with spare yet high-minded beats and eerie loops. But it's the rotating roster of MCs that really makes this disc, with surprising pairings like Aesop Rock and Del tha Funky Homosapien on "Preservation," and the GZA and Rass Kass on "Versus" (one of the album's highlights). "Biochemical Equation" boasts a killer beat from the RZA, who also takes the mic to trade rhymes with MF Doom. A tribute to deceased Wu-Tang member Old Dirty Bastard evokes the ghost of the original Clan, but the overall flavor here is contemporary and fresh, with undercurrents of the classic sound that brought the original ruckus so many years ago. Producer: RZA; Dreddy Kruger (Compilation)   Compilation Appearances Soundtracks From The Shaolin Temple(Explicit Version)   Technical Info Release Date : 10/18/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 212 Label : Babygrande Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00823979021223   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (No. 845, p.75) - "...CULTURE embodies the group's unmistakable half-crazy, half-brilliant aesthetic." - Grade: B