Wu-Tang Clan - "People Say" ft. Redman

RZA has announced that the first release on his newly-founded 36 Chambers ALC will be a 10-track Wu-Tang album titled The Saga Continues. It's great to hear Redman back in the fold with the group on this lead single, which also features a solid set of verses from Method Man and Raekwon. The saga continues October 13.

Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorow

The latest Wu-Tang record defies expectations, featuring even weirder experiments and hooks than the polarizing 8 Diagrams. Still, it should please at least some hardcore fans.

Ghostface Killah - "Double Cross" ft. AZ / "Blood In The Streets"

Known for his renowned membership of the Wu-Tang Clan, but also for his early solo works, Ghostface Killah is once again attracting major attention over the release of a forthcoming album. The title of this new one: 36 Seasons, which apparently includes a comic insert based on the album’s concept of the revenge of a deafeated and forgotten anti-hero. The new single “Double Cross” features Brooklyn-born rapper AZ, as do a few other tracks on the album, and includes a menacing bassline over kick and hat drum beats. Interrupted briefly by police commands and a slight build up to AZ’s verse--which contains a well-placed “C.R.E.A.M.” reference--the track is a bit unadventurous and expected, but still an exciting prelude to the impending project.

You can actually try another new track from 36 Seasons, "Blood In The Streets," right here.

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Ghostface Killah - "The Battlefield" ft. Kool G Rap, AZ & Tre Williams

Following up his impressive collaborative concept album with Adrian Younge last year, Twelve Reasons To Die, Ghostface Killah is ready to drop another full-length this December titled 36 Seasons. It's another concept album, which is fine by me, and details a story of revenge.

"The Battlefield" is the second track to get released from this thing--here's the first--and it features verses from Kool G Rap and AZ. There's a sweet hook on this thing that's sung by Tre Williams, too. The track puts us right in the middle of the album's storyline, introducing us to an unhappy Ghostface Killah reacting to his old neighborhood going to hell after a 9-year hiatus spent somewhere else.

The track's instrumental has a head-bobbing rhythm, some righteous piano chords, and a driving guitar lead, too. While the lyrical content leaves a lot of questions about the storyline of the album, it's certainly a good cliffhanger for now.

Look for 36 Seasons via Tommy Boy on December 9th.

Wu-Block- Self-Titled

Members of Wu-Tang Clan and D-Block--mostly Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch--get together for a mostly enjoyable collection of hardcore hip hop songs loaded with gritty tales told with charismatic flows.

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Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers

Continuing my review of my favorite albums ever this week with a look at Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers.

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