Wu-Tang To Release 8 Diagrams This Year
Published Thursday, 25th January, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Following our news last year that Wu-Tang Clan would be releasing a new album in 2007, the influential hip hop collective have now named their long awaited record.
The LP is entitled 8 Diagrams and takes its title from a Kung-Fu epic (a theme that has continued through much Wu-Tang material). The SRC label will be releasing the album sometime in the Summer and it marks their first as a group in six years.
Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA says about 8 Diagrams: "This is the perfect time for us to come back, the stars are aligned. It's like when we first started. We put out real hip-hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B. We brought the focus back to the music in its rawest form, without studio polish or radio hooks."
RZA went on to add: "People want something that gives them an adrenaline rush. We're here to supply that fix. How could hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever? We're here to revive the spirit and the economics and bring in a wave of energy that has lately dissipated."
8 Diagrams is said to include all original nine members of the group, including a the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. The other members are RZA, GZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Raekwon the Chef, Inspektah Deck and U-God.
