Wu Disciples

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #65

2013-05-20T01:23:00.002-07:00

Before going to sleep every night forgive everyone and sleep with a clean heart..'

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

Execution in Autumn

2013-05-17T09:16:00.000-07:00

The Wu Tang Clan dropped off an unreleased track from the vaults titled "Execution in Autumn." The Frank Dukes-produced song can be copped from http://soultemplemusic.bandcamp.com.

Execution in Autumn by Soul Temple Music

http://soultemplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/execution-in-autumn

Wu-Art Thursday #51

2013-05-16T05:57:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang artwork from fans, artists and aliens. If you have artwork you would like to share, please email us at: WuArtTats@gmail.com

All work by Woniya Arquero

Wu-Tat Thursday #56

2013-05-16T01:30:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang tats from fans, artists and aliens. If you have Tattoos that you would like to share, please email us at wutangmami@gmail.com

I think when someone gets a Wu tattoo they are showing the greatest respect and homage to the music work and words of Wu-Tang, bong! - The RZA

Wu-Wednesday: 9th Prince - Never Never - ft. Inspectah Deck - Official Video

2013-05-15T07:42:00.001-07:00

Wu Mami's Tuesday #50

2013-05-14T02:27:00.000-07:00

Every Tuesdays we will post up pictures of Wu Mami's representing Wu in any shape, form or fashion all over the world. Please feel free to email us your pictures here @ wutangmami@gmail.com, Thanks to the Wu mami's who have sent in pictures so far.

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #64

2013-05-13T01:14:00.000-07:00

'Where words fail and can't be heard, music speaks out loud.'

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

Wu-Tat Thursday #55: Happy Birthday Ghostface Killah

2013-05-09T12:00:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAY GHOSTFACE KILLAH

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang tats from fans, artists and aliens. If you have Tattoos that you would like to share, please email us at wutangmami@gmail.com

Wu-Art Thursday - #50

2013-05-09T05:39:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang artwork from fans, artists and aliens. If you have artwork you would like to share, please email us at: WuArtTats@gmail.com

By Ashton Leal

By Chase Gschweng

By CVTEYE

http://cvteye.tumblr.com

By Claudia Suarez

By Chris Blanchard

By Corbett Smith

By Hector 'Heksone" Rubio

By Keith Belshaw

By Aaron Wolf

http://aaronwolf.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/wu-tang-forever.html
http://aaronwolf.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/wu-tang-forever-painting-for-sale.html

By Danny Biggs

By Mallory Lucero

Wu-Tat Thursday #55

2013-05-09T02:28:00.001-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang tats from fans, artists and aliens. If you have Tattoos that you would like to share, please email us at wutangmami@gmail.com

I think when someone gets a Wu tattoo they are showing the greatest respect and homage to the music work and words of Wu-Tang, bong! - The RZA

Wu Mami's Tuesday #49

2013-05-07T02:27:00.002-07:00

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #63

2013-05-06T10:12:00.002-07:00

'Knowing a person is like music. What attracts us is their melody and as we get to know who they are, we learn their lyrics. '

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

Wu-Art Thursday SPECIAL EDITION

2013-05-02T07:05:00.002-07:00

WU-WEAPONRY

Mixed media on paper 8.5″ x 12″ (15″ x 18″ Double Matted / Framed).

www.chrisbmurray.com

Wu-Art Thursday #49 - Is for the Children

2013-05-02T07:05:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang artwork from fans, artists and aliens. If you have artwork you would like to share, please email us at: WuArtTats@gmail.com

All above taken by Kika Jane

By Christine Pompa

Wu-Tat Thursday #54

2013-05-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang tats from fans, artists and aliens. If you have Tattoos that you would like to share, please email us at wutangmami@gmail.com

I think when someone gets a Wu tattoo they are showing the greatest respect and homage to the music work and words of Wu-Tang, bong! - The RZA

Wu Mami's Tuesday #48

2013-04-30T02:17:00.000-07:00

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #62

2013-04-29T02:23:00.001-07:00

'Being called weird is like being called limited edition, meaning you’re something people don’t see that often. Remember that.'

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

WHY NO ONE CAN STOP THE WU-TANG CLAN

2013-04-27T01:59:00.000-07:00

It’s been two whole decades since they climbed into the rap game like your neighborhood Spider-Man, yet the Wu-Tang Clan remains at the center of attention. N.W.A. is done. The Geto Boys are finished. G-Unit is a distant memory. But in a business where most acts have a shelf life of skim milk, the Wu still has more juice than any other crew, then or now.

With the 20-year anniversary of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) upon us, a lot of air and ink have been expended trying to explain why. A few admirers have argued that the group’s singular and intensely arcane beats and rhymes are the secret. More enlightened commentators have attributed the Wu’s prosperity to RZA’s bold business plan, in which all his soldiers are pushed to secure solo deals beyond the hive—an arrangement that's been winningly replicated by cliques ranging from Dipset to Odd Future.

But, as a journalist who has spent a lot of time around the edges of the Clan, and even written liner notes for some of their records, I find that the recent swarm of salutes misses the real reason that they still thrive after all these years. It’s simple: unlike other rap acts of their caliber, which desperately whore themselves out for cheeseburger ads and guest verses, Wu-Tang has remained elusive, tightly controlling information and access, and essentially maintaining an unprecedented scarcity to keep fanatics fiending for more.

Their debut album cover featured the posse creeping in anonymous ninja garb. They’ve rarely given group interviews, and they don’t desperately leak rumors for attention. They arrive at their own shows ridiculously late, if at all, and habitually postpone release dates. They even abuse their own labels. Legend has it that after an uninvited A&R guy visited Miami to check up on Ghostface Killah's progress during the Supreme Clientele sessions, the rapper flew to New York just to tell executives, “Motherfuckers, you can taste my cake when I'm done baking it!” None of the members have conceded this to me personally, but RZA lays the strategy down front-and-center on “Reunited,” the lead single off the collective's then-long-awaited sophomore return, Forever: “Grow like a fetus with no hands and feet to complete us / and we return like Jesus, when the whole world need us.”
I’ve seen this strategy in action firsthand over the last 15 years. Save for Alvin Blanco and a handful of other obsessive rap journalists, I’ve probably exerted more energy than anybody on chasing the Wu and interpreting their expressionism. I even have the logo prominently tattooed on my arm. And yet all of my most profound Clan memories are disappointments.

When I asked Ghostface about his sterling abstract verse on “Tha Game,” off Pete Rock's Soul Survivor album. I'd been analyzing it since college—“Words with the president / brunch with Yeltsin / Gorbachev under Meth's nuts / he out in Belgium”—stressing over references to spring rolls, John Travolta, and the New Testament, only to be told that it had no metaphorical value. “I guess I knew what it meant when I wrote it, but that was around last century,” Ghost explained. Then there was the time, years later, when I arranged to interview RZA as part of an audition for a magazine job, but blew my deadline after he flaked on three consecutive appointments.

I eventually broke through, developing a reputation for being a leading Clan aficionado, but the abuse continues today. I was hired to write liner notes for reissues of early Ghostface, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and GZA releases. But while RZA, who produced those projects, has signed off on my participation—all handled through the boutique imprint, Get On Down—none of the artists has made it easy. The process usually goes like this: I’m typically told to text or email their managers, who occasionally pass me the direct digits. From there, I’m guaranteed at least an 80 percent cancellation rate on planned interviews, and then maybe one or two half-hour phoners if I’m lucky. If there's one perk to my career in hip-hop—other than the 20,000 useless CDs crowding my Timberland boot-sized apartment—it’s that I can connect with any MC du jour in two emails or fewer. Still, my chances of locating Inspectah Deck in less than a week are infinitesimal.

To put this in terms that Eminem diehards will understand: Every Clansman is a godly anti-hero in his own right, and the rest of us—the writers, the biters, the Wu-Tang logo bathroom stall graffiti writers—are Stans. Most hardcore fans tolerate this relationship; we’ve learned to fall back and impatiently anticipate what's next, which is currently the Clan's planned vigintennial opus, A Better Tomorrow. I'm not sure when that day will come, but for now I'm content just knowing that the cake is baking. With that said, if you see Ghostface around, please tell him to drop me a line. We're supposed to work on the liner notes for Supreme Clientele, and I can't seem to find him anywhere.

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Wu-Art Thursday #48

2013-04-25T02:59:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang artwork from fans, artists and aliens. If you have artwork you would like to share, please email us at: WuArtTats@gmail.com

By Mariah York

By John
www.guineyart.com

By Johan Ankarcrona

By Rob Piazza

By Serhat Arslanmugul

By Shay Larkins

By Paul Van der Eist

By Timothy Cross

By Tyler Armstrong

By Warpath

By Max Burlingame maxswells.tumblr.com

Wu-Tat Thursday #53

2013-04-25T01:57:00.005-07:00

Every Thursday we will be posting up pics of Wu-Tang tats from fans, artists and aliens. If you have Tattoos that you would like to share, please email us at wutangmami@gmail.com

I think when someone gets a Wu tattoo they are showing the greatest respect and homage to the music work and words of Wu-Tang, bong! - The RZA

WU WEDNESDAY

2013-04-24T10:05:00.002-07:00

Revenge is Sweet by Ghostface Killah

Wu Mami's Tuesday #47

2013-04-23T02:27:00.000-07:00

Twelve Reasons To Die Interview Series On Wu-International

2013-04-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

This week the ambitious “12 Reasons To Die” dropped on Soul Temple Records. Wu-Int has seized the momentum to shine a light on the label and crew behind this great project . Soul Temple Records is launching a breath of fresh air into the hip-hop world, one which is long overdue. Instead of just throwing out random releases one after the other as anyone else in the game, Soul Temple is aiming higher with its releases. The emphasis is on Quality: be it picking the perfect men for each job, production, artwork, total package presentation, … everything must be perfect. However, although relatively new, the label already has had its plate filled with the storm Sandy literally tearing everything up in the days the label was to release its first project.

We are happy to announce we had the chance to interview co-founder Bob Perry and Soul Temple producer/A&R Andrew Kelley on the so far short but rocky road the label has travelled since it started.
Be on the lookout next week as we will post their lengthy but equally interesting interviews on all things “Soul Temple” and off course their stories behind “12 RTD”. But that’s not all, as we speak, Apollo Brown is preparing his track by track rundown of the “Brown tape” version for us. And furthermore has Adrian Younge confirmed he will also run down the original version for us track by track after the hectic period of his “12 Reasons to Die” tour has come to an end. If lucky we might also get few of our questions answered from Ghostface Killah, The RZA and Lil' Fame who we couldnt get right now due to their hectic work load.
See you next week, and if you can not wait, here is the interview that started this series from Adrian Younge.

http://wu-international.com/index-old1.html

http://wu-international.com/misc_albums/Interviews/AdrianYoung_Interview.htm

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #61

2013-04-22T01:40:00.001-07:00

'Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.'

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

Ghostface Killah - Adrian Younge Presents: 12 Reasons To Die Album Review by Wu-International

2013-04-21T11:16:00.002-07:00

12 Reasons To Buy Reason

1: Ever since “Fishscale”, Ghostface’s albums were … well not really disappointing but they were just too interchangeable and none really stood out, did they? It seemed Ghost had already realized this himself, trying to break out of his musical mold by having a go at an R’nB record (“Wizard of Poetry”) or do group projects (Wu Massacre and Wu-Block). However, it wasn’t till he teamed up with Soul Temple and Adrian Younge that he really hit bullseye: this album is easily his best work in ages. Give it a spin and there’s a good chance you will agree. Reason

2: Responsible for this artistic triumph is Adrian Younge, a young multi-instrumentalist and quite simply a supertalent who many people will be thrilled to discover through this album. Younge’s talent is not only noted through his mastery of a wide range of instruments: it’s said that Adrian played over 30 different instruments on this album so have fun at trying to find and recognize them all! But also by his musical vision as a producer and as the artistic director of this whole project, Younge shows his enormous dedication and talent: be it storyline, concept, artwork, music … everything was handled by Younge with a touch of brilliance. Reason

3: Ghostface has always been a great storyteller so when Bob Perry’s idea to come up with a concept album started to take form, he naturally was the MC to step to. Hand this vet a gothic horror story about the rise and fall of a maffioso, love, friendship getting tested to the bone, betrayal, some supernatural elements to provide the ultimate revenge resulting into a murder frenzy and mayhem … and you can be assured Toney will go all out to deliver the goods. In every song it’s clear Ghostface had a blast in the booth painting the scenes of this musical movie. Lyrically Ghost is on point from front to back. Reason

4: The music is provided by Venice Dawn, Adrian Younge’s band. Just as its leader this band bursts with talent and is a well-oiled machine more than equipped for the task that Younge and Soul Temple set out for them. Though more than able to blow everyone away with a wall of sound, the band plays the music very subtle, even minimalistic and almost subdued never getting in the way of and fully serving each scene/track. Something which I am sure will surface and impress us even more once we get the instrumental album that comes with this release. Reason

5: As if one concept album and an equally interesting instrumental version wasn’t enough, Soul Temple decided to serve us even more as we get a complete free extra version of this album with “The Brown Tape”, produced by Apollo Brown. I am yet to hear this second version but nevertheless, thank you Soul Temple ! Reason

6: Enjoyed the Delfonics on “After The Smoke Is Clear” back in 1996? Rejoice! 17 years after “Ironman” we get another Ghostface-Delfonics collabo as William Hart appears on “Enemies all around me”. A song that is also to be discovered in the Delfonics’ version on last month’s “Adrian Younge presents the Delfonics” album. If you like Younge’s sound I advise you to also check this album in the near future, as I am sure you will enjoy it. Reason

7: Speaking of features, a lot of long time Wu fans like their Wu albums “Fam Members Only”. 12 RTD is at their service and serves them verses from Cappadonna, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Killa Sin, U-God (and RZA in voice-over mode). All were equally inspired by the concept as they all match Ghost’s lyrical density to fine result. Just listen to the scene of “The Centre Of Attraction” in which Cappadonna, in utter despair, tries to convince Ghost, who is totally blinded by his love for his girl, that she is a fraud and will betray him for the Delucas . Unfortunately for Cap this only results in Ghostface’s obstinate refusal to listen any further and the situation getting very tense and explosive as a blinded Ghost is ready to put a bullet in his long time buddy for his mere suggestion of betrayal. Love, friendship, betrayal … ancient and universal themes all beautifully bundled into one Great Song. Reason

8: Also tired of the same old, worn-out, no-use skits you can find on about every hip hop album of the last decade? Join the club and get this skit-free album. Younge decided to go the way of ancient Greek theatre, using a Choir to help tell the story and add even more drama to the scenes. The 12RTD Choir forms an extra character throughout the album, commenting on what is happening in the tracks or is yet to come. Just listen to the first song “Beware of the Stare” in which the Choir sets the dark atmosphere perfectly right away and sums up what’s to come. Or even better: try “Revenge Is Sweet” in which they announce “winds of fury” as Ghostface is getting ready to strike down on his enemies. Reason

9: All ye fans of gory, blood splattering extravaganza … when the album reaches its grand finale and all families get what they had coming one by one, Ghostface and his Wu comrades all try to outshine each other by coming up with the most merciless and creative ways to take out their adversaries … fun!!! Reason

10: Not only sonically but also visually we get the 12 RTD deluxe treatment as not only does the album come with artwork that fully captures the concept, the story and its characters will visit us again in the months to come as Soul Temple has invited the cream of the crop of America’s comic book artists to further develop the scenes and story in a “12RTD” comic books series that will get released in 6 issues in the course of this year! Reason

11: The eye for detail on all levels is simply irresistible in my opinion and shows this project’s love for music, comics and film. Some examples: the tracklist on the instrumental album being written in Italian as an ode to soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone, the many mini musical themes and accents in every song that surely will come to light even more on the instrumental score, the incorporation of ODB’s iconic “Ghost-Face- Killaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” growl in “Rise Of The Ghostface Killah” as a salute to Dirty , an instrumental outro to give the audience a chance to absorb the story after the grand finale … Reason

12: Last but not least: this album is Adrian Younge’s means of showing everyone that hip hop in 2013 can be so much more than what it usually is, a way out of mediocrity, a plead for originality, a heartfelt ode to the Art of Music and Film, a labour of love and quite simply … a Masterpiece.

Final conclusion: While the last notes of the outro fade away, it’s undeniable we’ve witnessed a superb project , an album that stands out in Ghostface’s already more than solid discography and one that will give us something to enjoy for the rest of 2013 and years to come. While some hip hop heads might have difficulty in getting into Adrian Younge’s sound and will probably at first prefer the Apollo Brown version because of its more pure hip hop orientation, I can only hope that they take the time to really explore and appreciate this album, as this deserves all the attention it can get. Now, go buy this album before I am forced to send you a vinyl with bloody extras … Feel free to (dis)agree

Source: Wu-International

Wu Disciples

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #65

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)﻿

Execution in Autumn

Wu-Art Thursday #51

Wu-Tat Thursday #56

Wu-Wednesday: 9th Prince - Never Never - ft. Inspectah Deck - Official Video

Wu Mami's Tuesday #50

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #64

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)﻿

Wu-Tat Thursday #55: Happy Birthday Ghostface Killah

Wu-Art Thursday - #50

Wu-Tat Thursday #55

Wu Mami's Tuesday #49

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #63

'Knowing a person is like music. What attracts us is their melody and as we get to know who they are, we learn their lyrics. '

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)﻿

Wu-Art Thursday SPECIAL EDITION

WU-WEAPONRY

Wu-Art Thursday #49 - Is for the Children

Wu-Tat Thursday #54

Wu Mami's Tuesday #48

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #62

WHY NO ONE CAN STOP THE WU-TANG CLAN

Wu-Art Thursday #48

Wu-Tat Thursday #53

WU WEDNESDAY

Wu Mami's Tuesday #47

Twelve Reasons To Die Interview Series On Wu-International

Uncle Ray's Weekly Wuspiration #61

Ghostface Killah - Adrian Younge Presents: 12 Reasons To Die Album Review by Wu-International

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)

- Ray Acosta (President/GM @ Wu Music Group)