• Wu-Tang Clan Issue Statement to Clarify 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' Release

    Wu-Tang Clan is taking a page out of U2's playbook...sort of. The rap crew has recently been promoting the 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' album, which has been on the shelf for six years. According to a new press release sent out by the group, the sole copy of the album is available to one buyer who can either share the music for free or wait 88 years to put it up for sale.

  • Wu-Tang Clan Rules Buyer of 'Once Upon A Time in Shaolin' Must Wait 88 Years to Reproduce Album Commercially

    The Wu: Once Upon A Time in Shaolin, the newest album from the Wu-Tang Clan, has been one of the most engaging projects of the last few years. The hip-hop group is selling only one copy of the album, at an auction house, to the highest bidder. Some details have changed however: Apparently the Wu decided to include some limits on what the owner may do with the record once they buy. For one, they won't be able to reproduce it for profit, or otherwise. At least for 88 years.

  • Ukraine and 5 Other (Band) Situations Bound to Fall Apart: The Wu-Tang Clan, The Libertines and Everything Scott Weiland

    Good news out of Eastern Europe today, as a group of the continent's leaders announced that a ceasefire had been reached between the government of Ukraine and the rebellious faction in the southeast of the country. You can probably hedge bets that shots will be fired soon enough however. After all, the last time the parties arrived at a ceasefire (September of 2014), it had collapsed by the end of the year. Other things that won't be surprising when they collapse: The reunions of these beloved bands.

  • Disclosure and Rudimental Announces 2-Day Wildlife Festival Featuring Sam Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, George Ezra and more

    Disclosure (real names Guy and Howard Lawrence) has been quiet of late, but their meteoric rise over the past two years has been remarkable, coinciding with pop's convergence with deep house in the UK and to a degree in the United States. With the added spotlight, fame and resources, the "You & Me" producers have the ability expand their live event brand WILD LIFE to something greater then what it has been in the past — a one off show that features either just Disclosure or Guy and Howard and a few friends. They have announced a brand new WILD LIFE Festival this summer with the help of their friends UK soulful drum n bass group Rudimental. "Latch" singer Sam Smith, Wu-Tang Clan and George Ezra, will headline the festival.

  • Raekwon and Ghostface Killah Announce 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' Documentary at Sundance Film Festival

    Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and Ghostface Killah made an appearance at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night to confirm what many in the hip-hop world were already reporting: The duo would be overseeing a documentary of the pair's landmark album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, which will be titled The Purple Tape Files. A trailer was revealed to the guests at the event, who enjoyed cocktails and a Q&A with the emcees at a "Purple Carpet" screening.

  • Back of The Billboards: 'Mind Games' by Palisades

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. This week we look at Palisades' new album 'Mind Games' and its aim to combine hardcore with just about every mainstream genre: pop punk, EDM and hip-hop.

  • Cannibal Ox Announces 'Blade of the Ronin'

    New York hip-hop duo Cannibal Ox have announced the release of their long-awaited sophomore effort "Blade of the Ronin" — that is the cover artwork up above. According to "Hip-Hop DX," the album is set for release March 3 and was mostly produced by Bill Cosmiq. Among the album's featured artists include MF Doom, U-God of Wu-Tang Clan, Elzhi, The Artifacts, Double A.B., Kenyattah Black, Space, Swave Sevah, Elohem Star, Irealz and The Quantum.

  • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Announce New Album 'Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015,' Share Lead Single "Do The Get Down" [LISTEN]

    New York punk trio The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have announced a new album titled Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015 (that's the cover up above), and have shared a music video for the album's lead single "Do The Get Down," which you can check out below. According to Pitchfork, the album is set for release on March 24 through Mom + Pop, and is a concept album about New York City, "a chronicle of grit and terror and love."

  • 8 Album Covers With A Childhood Photo Of The Artist

    Childhood is generally not the most badass part of a person's life, which is why childhood photos are often brought out by your parents when they feel like embarrassing you. However, these eight artists embraced these childhood photos, and ended up using them to create iconic album covers.

  • Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Speaks Out on Eric Garner Case, Says It's a Power Issue, Not Race Issue

    Wu-Tang Clan released their sixth studio album, A Better Tomorrow, earlier this month. A political video for the title track followed, showing scenes of protests from the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. RZA spoke with Gawker recently, advocating the indictment of every police officer involved in the Garner incident, which occurred in the rapper's native Staten Island.

  • Wu-Tang Clan's Chemistry Isn't 'Good Right Now': RZA

    The production of the Wu-Tang Clan's latest album "A Better Tomorrow" was reportedly a long and painful process, and in a new interview with "NME," Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA reveals how difficult it was to get the whole Clan to work together. According to RZA, the chemistry within the group is "not all that good right now," and even suggests that it may have had a negative influence on the quality of "A Better Tomorrow." "There was a lot of opposition within the Wu-Tang circle to doing the album," RZA reveals to "NME." "I'll level with you, the chemistry's not all that good right now ... We've all done this long enough to know this process isn't just like, you make an album, then that's that. It's like a presidential campaign. You don't just make the policies then sit back. You create your platform, then you gotta take it out to the people." When discussing how the group's poor chemistry may have negatively affected "A Better Tomorrow," RZA compares the album to a baby that "comes out with one arm. You gonna love that child, make the best out of that situation and help it have the best life it can."

  • Ghostface Killah Shares Music Video For "Love Don't Live Here No More" Starring Michael K. Williams [WATCH]

    Ghostface Killah has shared the music video for his single "Love Don't Live Here No More" featuring Kandace Springs, which you can check out below. The Dan "The Man" Melamid-directed clip stars Michael K. Williams (a.k.a. Omar from The Wire, Chalky White from Boardwalk Empire) as an ex-con who gets out of prison and finds his girlfriend with another man, though it gets much darker from there.

  • Wu-Tang Clan 'A Better Tomorrow' Vid Features Footage from Michael Brown, Eric Garner Protests [WATCH]

    Wu-Tang Clan dropped a video for the title track off their new album "A Better Tomorrow," and it is one powerful, political visual. The group used footage from protests revolving around the recent decisions to not indict police officers who killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Both grand jury verdicts have caused unrest throughout the country and political debates among friends, family and famous personalities. The video opens with a snippet of an address by President Barack Obama, who says the incidents are part of larger issues that have been in the public eye for four decades. Scenes from protests follow, with police sporting riot gear and citizens chanting "Hands up, don't shoot." "We want justice," Raekwon raps. "Police are supposed to protect and serve / And then they shoot us down like wild animals, the nerve / Of them cold-hearted killers with blue suits / Slaying our black youth." Check out the video below.

  • Ghostface Killah Shares Brutal New Track "Homicide" Featuring Nems And Shawn Wigs

    As we get closer and closer to the release date of the new Ghostface Killah album 36 Seasons, the more and more leaked tracks we get to hear. Today, Nov. 28, the legendary New York rapper shared yet another one of the album's tracks, a gritty number titled "Homicide" featuring Nems and Shawn Wigs, which you can check out below.
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