Playlist: The Very Best of Wu-Tang Clan [PA]

Performer: Wu-Tang Clan
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Since presentation is so important to the revolutionary rap group the Wu-Tang Clan, this 2009 compilation falls well outside the Wu universe on looks alone. That said, it is meant to fit the design standard of Sony's Playlist series and the track list is prime Wu material. The hits "C.R.E.A.M.," "Method Man," and "Protect Ya Neck" (in its "Jump Off" remix) are present and surrounded by fan favorites plus a couple deep album cuts. Without the inclusion of "Gravel Pit" or "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit," the "Very Best" part of the title is called into question, but what's really confusing is the comp's distaste for the group's 2000 album The W, which is only represented by one track. The Playlist series price is attractive and the whole eco-friendly, hybrid MP3/CD idea is interesting, but if money and availability are no object, you could do better (2004'sLegend of the Wu-Tang Clan) or much worse (1999's Wu-Chronicles). ~ David Jeffries

Arriving in the early 1990s, when rap was split between gangstas and bohemian jazz-rappers, Staten Island's Wu-Tang Clan promptly reinvented intelligent hardcore hip-hop. A unique contract deal, allowing the group's individual members--including Ol' Dirty Bastard, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, and chief sonic architect RZA--to pursue solo careers on the side, made them the most prolific rap crew of the late-'90s and beyond. In addition to their various individual projects, Wu-Tang's love of Asian martial arts cinema led to them presenting various Hong Kong classics and to RZA's collaborations with filmmakers Jim Jarmusch (GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI) and Quentin Tarantino (KILL BILL).

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