The story of how Wu-Tang Clan made NYC gritty again

By the end of 1992 to mid 1993, New York City's rap scene was in a stasis. Golden Era rap guards like Eric B. & Rakim waved a bittersweet adieu with the 1992 acerbic opus Don't Sweat the Technique, while Big Daddy Kane attempted to win back old fans on Looks Like A Job For…, trading in his satin-clothed rap playboy image for a black hoody and hard rhymes. Public Enemy even reached their peak, releasing a b-sides album, all as the East began to fade in the thicket of smoke left behind Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg's The Chronic. In need of an energy shot, the Big Apple would soon get that in the form of a gritty nine-man troupe from out of the grimy project stairwells of Staten Island, NY.

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RZA announces new Wu-Tang Clan album

As reported by Rolling Stone, RZA, the group's de facto leader, has come forward to share that he has successfully recruited his Wu affiliates for a new full-length album, even going on to reveal that the project will be out this fall, on October 13. Read more details on REVOLT.tv: https://revolt.tv/stories/2017/08/26/...

The Wu-Tang Clan Sign To Warner Bros

The Wu Tang Clan have announced that they’ve signed a deal with Warner Bros to release their new album, A Better Tomorrow. Revolt reports that the hip-hop group revealed the information earlier today in a press conference at the Warner Bros headquarters in Los Angeles. Earlier this week, RZA told Billboard that a limited edition version of the new album will be packaged with a Bluetooth speaker with the Wu-Tang logo on it. A Better Tomorrow will be released on 12/2, though the Bluetooth speaker version will be out on Black Friday. 

(L-R, standing) Rappers Ghostface Killah, Method Man, GZA, RZA, Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna, Raekwon, (L-R, seated), Masta Killa and U-God of the Wu-Tang Clan pose at a press conference to announce they have signed with Warner Bros. Records at Warner Bros. Records on October 2, 2014 in Burbank, California.

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