Wu Tang Clan ain't nuttin' to f with

The year is 2010. Auto-tune, the word “swag,” and Gucci Mane reign as the supreme dictators of Hip-Hop spins from the club to the radio. Jay-Z has dropped a memorable single after two mediocre albums and Kanye is off exploring the deepest reaches of pop music. Lil Wayne is playing a guitar and doing his best to scream like Axel Rose and a new comer from Canada has been making noise for some time now but the radio is quickly killing even his appeal. At the end of the day it leaves you more of less standing around wondering where the rap went.

Not good ol eductated conscious hip hop, and not vicious rape, killing, murder rap which btw, there is still plenty of that being spit on mixtape tracks over in Los Angeles. I’m talking about the sort of rap that makes you screw up your face like you just ate 14 Warhead Sour Candies and go “Euugh” in your best impersonation of Pusha T. When it comes to dusty, 90’s era Hip-Hop that hits like a middle linebacker and has lyrics hard enough to make you want to stand up and applause you don’t have to look any further than Wu-Tang. The Wu has never been the same Clan that they were in the early 90’s around the time 36 Chambers dropped, but my G-o-d, if anything in recent years has come close it is this track.

I like the song so much i wish there wasnt a 1:30 movie in the middle of the video. The beat crumbles to a start and you can hear the dust straight from 1995 begin to flow out of your speakers. Coated in a fine layer of soul the drums come tumbling over each other as Method Man launches into a verse only he could lace. I have never been to a Wu-Tang concert but hearing this almost gives me chills down my spine imagining a few thousand people throwing up W’s and chanting along to the beat.

The track is called New -Wu but in actuality it is anything but that. This is vintage Wu-Tang at its best. Dusty cellar music made for Timberland boots and Carhatt beanies. This is the sound that made the Clan famous and maybe, just maybe, this is the sound that will make the Clan relevant again in 2010. Here’s to hoping.

oh and btw. for those of you who think Redman is in Wu-Tang... HES NOT! go do your hip hop homework CRIPES.