NEW BOOK : Mattias Danielsson - 'The Wu-Tang Movement' (out now)

"The Wu - Tang Movement is the first and only book about the many artists and groups that are in some way affiliated with the legendary hip hop collective the Wu - Tang Clan . The Wu - Tang Killa Beez is a name that the RZA from the legendary hip hop group Wu - Tang Clan created in the nineties for all the artists and groups affiliated with the Wu - Tang Clan. In this book all these artists and groups are referred to as being a part of the Wu - Tang movement. The artists and groups within the Wu - Tang movement act as an extension of the Wu - Tang Clan, but with their own style and sound. Since the RZA created the Wu - Tang Killa Beez, the number of acts that are honoring the “W” are now hundreds. In this book you will find facts about all the classic artists and groups but also facts about new groups, tribute groups or artists that are honoring the “W” and the music of the Wu - Tang Clan."

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https://www.amazon.com/Wu-Tang-Movement-Mattias-Danielsson/dp/1545594945/ref=sr_1_1?i

https://www.facebook.com/mattiasjuli...nf&pnref=story

I know this book has been long in the making. I trust it's got good info. I ordered my copy today.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2765...es/?order=type

this public group contains 2 documents with more info on the book

* background info

* map of all the artists covered in the book. the map was too big to upload via the attachment system on here

Lol @ this.

Pass. Looks like they didn't get the right to use the Wu-Tang logo on the cover.

^^the book is being supported on FB by some of the artists discussed in the book actually, judging by either their shares, comments or likes. I had another look at Mattias' page today

some examples :

* Anthai Da Protagonist (71Raw)

* Pro The Leader (American Poets 2099)

* Jus P

* Brian Williams (Shield Enforcers, affiliated with American Poets)

* Excalibur Myst (Mysterious, also affiliated with American Poets)

* William Cooper (Black Market Militia)

* Gabriel 'PrimalSlave' Hernandez (artist affiliated with Westcoast Killa Beez)

* Stone Mecca

* Chi King (who used to post here)


sure some of you are gonna be snobbish about this list. well do what you gotta do. I'm a fan of these artists' music


while I haven't seen the full artwork and cannot say anything about the wu logo being on it or not, it would be kind of strange anyway if the author were allowed to use the logo since the book discusses Killa Beez, affiliates and 'tribute groups' only, not the Wu themselves


when I get the book I'll post some more info and let you know whether the book is worth your while. pretty sure this is really gonna be one for me though, I think, since I want to find out more about all of these affiliates I've listened to so much over the years


the author worked on this book for close to 7 years, a true labor of love, and he is out to support the movement is all I'm saying


discussing financial gain would be a stretch, there is ZERO money in wu tang in 2017 (or in 2007 for that matter), unless you are one of the generals. so when you write a book about artists who don't make money (they do it for the love of hiphop and the wu sound) and who are not high profile, you are not gonna earn a lot of money as an author


essentially this is a book by a fan who took his time to (I suspect) do his research well


peace brehs, I got respect for you all and for your opinions.

LOL @ Shield Enforcers Where do you come up with this shit man?

^^haha

'Crash Course' is a good album, beats by Skarekrow, features Craig G, Casual, Jus P, Excalibur & Christ Bearer

https://www.amazon.com/Course-produc...=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIYc6mLBaw

sorry it seems I can only embed one video a post now?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmm1fijYmAI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxUOPq2zm4A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qduSR44Cg-Q

Lol I respect their craft but that shit is wack.

Good post tho. It's a fan book and that's very noticeable but some people might actually want to read it.

Those posts above is the reason I'll skip this one. These dudes shouldn't be anywhere in the book. They should've at least given this to Rza to approve who's in this book. Book looks good too. Damn shame.

Maybe shield enforcers etc will be in the "tribute" section. Back in the day artists/groups like that were considered,"wu-alike"...not fam

Is this just a Wu-Tang phenomemon? I never really noticed it with other artists.

Or is there a whole string of artists trying to be like Kendrick, Gucci Mane or Outkast? Of course there are copycats but to this degree.

I got the book in the mail today

it turns out the author actually INTERVIEWED (mostly online of course) a lot of these artists for his book

I included pics of the shoutouts artists gave, as they were listed in the book

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I can't post them the right way sorry lol

so this book was given the go ahead by various artists

The book has a section on Gary Alford (who drew the artwork for various wu & killa beez releases. his most well known is Diggy Snacks, but also albums by 9th Prince, Dom Pachino, Christ Bearer etc.). Gary also did the cover artwork for this book, as well as the artwork inside. Gary's website that displays his wu art is www.wuposter.com btw.

then there's groups

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there's solo artists

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you might notice some well known names missing above. that's because they are discussed in the group section (e.g. Fes Taylor, Timbo King etc.)

singers as well

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finally, there's Wu-elements

this section on producers has a page long intro on the usual suspects and then provides extra info on Allah Mathematics, Goldfinghaz & True Master. ( The other elements are discussed elsewhere in the book as group members or solo artists.)


the book is about 280 pages, has black and white pics (most artists have their pic in there, some album covers and group logos too). it's a large sized book


I just browsed the whole book for you guys, gonna do some actual reading now and post some more info on writing style, English (the author is a non native English speaker) and content accuracy for all of you in a bit


I apologize for the attachment/inline pic issues, doesn't work well when posting via smartphone

for those of you who are studying 120 at the god hour the gawd ISLORD is on p. 75 hahaha

it says in the intro every artist who has their profile in there got to read it, edit it and approve it

the author is aware of the debate on who is an official killa bee and who isn't, but doesn't go into dividing the artists into 'groups' themselves, preferring to put real killa beez, artists who worked with real killa beez a lot, a alikes etc in the same book under the umbrella term 'wu-tang movement'

for long time visitors on here, you might be interested in the fact that ern dawgy is also profiled in the book

as for the writing style : some occasional flaws ('in comment' instead of 'in common' etc) and the rare typo so far but surely nothing worse than posts made by most non native English speakers who post here regularly (he writes like claaa7 and me). I don't feel like the minor language errors detract much from the content


to our Swedish visitors : the author released 'Wu-Tang Killa Beez : The Swedish Manual' (in Swedish) in 2007, dealing with the same subject matter

thanks for the info

I'm 20 pages in (up to the William Cooper profile now) and I gotta say this was money well spent

I already got info on some mixtapes and eps I didn't know of (for example some Holy Smokes releases) and the profile on some of the artists is quite in depth. Just one example : learned a lot about Rhymerecka (ACT) and Ancient Coins

Delving even deeper into the book tho I gotta say that some of the profiles of the lesser known artists read like record label promo biographies or self released artist biographies. The most glaring example thus far is about a group called D&G (who are in Triple M's with Freemurda) where the profile is a simple copy and paste job from a website promoting their LP including such lines as 'Take a listen to their entire album 'Drunk Mind Speaks Sober Truth' LP free here, and let them know what you think'. lol

Still, without the book I wouldn't have even known about the group

One thing that surprises me in the book is the revelation of just how many generals and Killa Beez have blood ties to each other. Like I never knew Brooklyn Zu's Dutch Master was RZA, GZA and ODB's cousin. And there A LOT of these blood ties

Lee Towers.. do you know why all Wu-Syndicate albums prominently feature Joe Mafia and Myalansky on the cover and not Napoleon?

I know he was in jail at some point but he is still on a bunch of songs on the first album and from their wiki it looks like he is a full member of the group.

It is cuz he went to jail in 1999 indeed. (He was in jail till 2002.) He was sent to prison just a few months before the debut album dropped. He missed out on some of the later recording sessions.

He's definitely a founding member of the group, he was even in the group The Hellraizors with Joe Mafia before Crime Syndicate (later renamed wu Syndicate) even came together. Their manager was RZA's cousin Born btw, which is how the Wu connection came to be

RZA has like a thousand cousins lol

Since he was a founding member it is indeed pretty strange that Napoleon isn't on the album cover of their most well known album.

PM me if you want more info on the group, this book's got 3 pages on 'em. I can send you pics if you're interested

Have you read the ODB book? Was thinking of copping that.

I'm sure Buddha Monk has some good stories to tell.

It should arrive any day now, ordered it last week. I read on here that it's a very entertaining read indeed

Cool I snagged a cheap copy off eBay.