White Boy in Wonderland slash Make a Motherfucking Ruckus
I saw a piece in Forbes about Wu-Tang Clan's idea for their most recent album "The Wu -- Once Upon a Time in Shaolin"; that being to make just one (as opposed to, say, ten million) of the thing. Then sell it to some insanely rich guy. Or not -- I'm not sure selling it is the actual point of the thing. Read it here.
Duly inspired, I've decided to comprehensively listen to the Wu-Tang oeuvre. By comprehensively, I mean that I typed "5 best Wu Tang Clan albums" into the google search box and they shot back a list, from first to fifth, comprising ...
Don't ask me to explain any of this. Like, for starters, it doesn't sound like albums 2-4 are by the Wu-Tang Clan. Also, please don't write in and suggest a change to my list. The beauty of the thing is its arbitrariness. I'm currently listening to "Clan in Da Front" from "Enter the Wu-Tang", loud because I know my neighbor's not home. Interesting. I might have to listen to this stuff twice before I get even half of what's going on. Which reminds me of Bilbo Baggins' famous line ...
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
I'll report back in a week or so.
Duly inspired, I've decided to comprehensively listen to the Wu-Tang oeuvre. By comprehensively, I mean that I typed "5 best Wu Tang Clan albums" into the google search box and they shot back a list, from first to fifth, comprising ...
Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)(1993)
Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
GZA, Liquid Swords (1995)
Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
Don't ask me to explain any of this. Like, for starters, it doesn't sound like albums 2-4 are by the Wu-Tang Clan. Also, please don't write in and suggest a change to my list. The beauty of the thing is its arbitrariness. I'm currently listening to "Clan in Da Front" from "Enter the Wu-Tang", loud because I know my neighbor's not home. Interesting. I might have to listen to this stuff twice before I get even half of what's going on. Which reminds me of Bilbo Baggins' famous line ...
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
I'll report back in a week or so.
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