New Wu

Here's a review of the Wu-Tang Clan's latest, 8 Diagrams. Musical critique aside, it's a pretty entertaining read, especially these Clan member bios. Hilarious. I especially liked this passage:

Then Raekwon gave a YouTube interview to Miss Info in which he accused RZA of being a “hip-hop hippie” and cluttering 8 Diagrams with orchestral production and “guitar shit.” He even threatened to start a new project, called “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang,” with every Clan member except RZA. Ghostface agrees. “RZA did what he wanted to do with the album,” he says. “Me and Rae didn’t really like it. We didn’t feel it was a banger. It has no meaning to it. Everybody’s just rhyming their rhymes. Ain’t no creams on it, know what I’m saying, where niggas got a nice hook and the rhyme come after it. And if it is a hook, it’s not like a bangin’ bangin’ hook. It’s not an album that’s gonna move you, like ‘Oh shit!’ ” (Translation: The album is too dark and weird, and it won’t make any money.)

Cheers to 'Otfoot for the link.