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Soon thereafter, Wu-Tang as a group signed with Loud/RCA records, but had a provision placed into their contract allowing each member of the group the freedom to negotiate their own record deal with whomever they saw fit.īack then, the Wu was comprised of RZA, GZA, Clifford “ Method Man” Smith, Corey “ Raekwon” Woods, Dennis “ Ghostface Killah” Coles, Russell “ Ol’ Dirty Bastard” Jones, Jason “ Inspectah Deck/Rebel INS” Hunter, and Lamont “U-God” Hawkins. They gathered up the most skilled crewmembers and recorded and released the “Protect Ya Neck” 12” independently. They were spearheaded by The RZA and Gary “ GZA” Grice, both of whom were industry vets and victims of lousy record deals from Tommy Boy and Cold Chillin’, respectively.

They were a group of anywhere between eight to ten highly skilled emcees, most born and raised in the rougher parts of Staten Island, New York. Wu-Tang Clan’s background is pretty well-known by now. He bellows, “Killa Bees all over your fucking planet! Thirty-six chambers of death! Three hundred and sixty degrees of perfected styles! Chopping off your motherfucking dome!” It drives things home: the Wu is coming through, and the outcome? Critical. On one of the album’s skits, over low growling buzz and deep bassline (aptly sampled from New Birth’s “Honey Bee”), Robert “ RZA” Diggs makes his presence known by repeatedly chanting, “WU-TANG KILLER BEES! WE ON A SWARM!” He lists off the crew’s core members, and then starts name-checking their affiliates, shouting out an army’s worth of Wu-Tang soldiers.

Hip-Hop heads didn’t know what was coming until it was too late. With their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), released 25 years ago, they struck fast, hard and without mercy. Or an invading horde of black-hooded, Timberland-footed ninjas. The Wu-Tang Clan descended on the world of music like the proverbial swarm of killer bees. Happy 25th Anniversary to Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), originally released November 9, 1993.

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