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Another freestyle from the archives. This one comes from DJ DooWop’s Live Freestyles series. This particular cut features Wu-Tang’s Raekwon and affiliate Carlton Fisk. This came out around the same time as Only Built for Cuban Links. Check it out.
Here is another one from the cassette vaults. This one comes from Hot 97 around the time Killarmy’s “Wake Up” was making it’s rounds on radio. Wu-Tang veteran Method Man decided to help promote the group by appearing on Angie READ MORE…
Decided to dig into the old cassette archives again. This time, pulled out a freestyle I recorded off the radio in 1996 (I think?). This one comes from Angie Martinez’s Hot 97 show (when Hip-Hop actually did live there). The READ MORE…
Like most of us 90’s hip-hop fans, you probably watched the new Wu-Tang Clan documentary Of Mics and Men. If you were lucky enough to be in the NYC area the other weekend, you may have also stopped by the READ MORE…
Decided to post up the full instrumental version of U-God’s “Exordium” off of the new Venom album. The instrumental has a slightly different arrangement than what was used on the album, since it was set up as 2 16 bar READ MORE…
Veteran (and outspoken) Wu-Tang member U-GOD has just released his newest album Venom. The album’s intro “Exordium” is produced by yours truly Ill Tal. As someone who has been a fan of the clan since I was like 11 years READ MORE…
Ol’ Dirty (RIP) couldn’t have been more right when he uttered those famous words while interrupting the Grammy’s in 1998 (way before Kanye and Taylor Swift). 15 years later, it looks like Wu-Tang is trying to appeal to the children READ MORE…
This month’s edition of Underrated isn’t for a group, but for an album. 6 Feet Deep (or Niggamortis for the European crowd) was the brainchild of several Hip-Hop artists that were already well-established before it’s release. The group compromised of READ MORE…