Wu: The Story of The Wu-Tang Clan [PA]

Performer: Wu-Tang Clan
Artist: Raekwon; Ol' Dirty Bastard; Ghostface Killah; Cappadonna; Masta Killa; U-God
Engineer: Islord; Ethan Ryman; 4th Disciple; RZA; Steve Neat; Vic Anesini
Producer: Method Man; Ol' Dirty Bastard; Darren Salmieri (Compilation)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Wu-Tang Clan: Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon (vocals). Programmer: RZA. Arranger: RZA. In 1993, Staten Island native and recent film school grad Gerald K. Barclay was recruited by the Rza to help put together two music videos for an up-and-coming rap crew. The crew was the then-unknown Wu-Tang Clan and the videos would become the low-budget masterpieces "Protect Ya Neck" and "Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing to F**k Wit." Nearly 15 years later, Barclay returned to his Shaolin roots to direct the documentary film WU: THE STORY OF THE WU-TANG CLAN, chronicling the meteoric rise of the Shaolin supergroup, which the young filmmaker had witnessed firsthand. Featuring 16 of the crew's most celebrated cuts from their classic group albums and tightest solo LPs, this soundtrack album highlights Wu-Tang's mid-1990s heyday.

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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