Is father time hitting the generals ? Hang it up with a bang.

Especially GZA. He has been on sleeping mode for a while. Cappadonna is the hardest working general at the moment. He has been dropping projects like every year.
I would be happy to see a last Wu-Tang album with 50% RZA production, the rest produced by 4th disciple, Dj Mathematics, Bronze Nazareth, Arabian Knights, Cilvaringz.
A 10 minutes track at the end of the album produced by Cilvaringz and Bronze Nazareth with a verse from some Killabeez members (Shyheim, Timbo King, Killah Priest, Frukwan, Remedy, La the Darkman, 9th Prince, Bronze Nazareth, Myalanski & Joe Mafia, YDB, Holocaust (Not that weird Warcloud shit), Killa Sin, Hell Razah, Tekitah, and Blue Raspberry. At some point the track should switch the beat. No outside producers or features allowed. Strictly Wu-Tang

This will be a dream come true for die hard Wu-Tang fans. Everything comes to end in life. Wu will go down as the greatest Hip-Hop crew of all time.

They're making easy money in Vegas, so zero motivation to get in the studio I would imagine

Yeah we are coming up on a 10 year gap since last Clan album. By far their longest gap. Sure I would like them to go out with a better bang but that ship sailed. Peace

Looking forward to that Method Man and Havoc album. The Nex Gen.Wu cant get into. Too bad because that could have been promising but its diff. times now.
I dont care for another wu album if its going to be anything like ABT.
These days i get my fix of golden era wu with Sunz of Man , Killah Priest , and Royal Fam. i guess i dont and never will tire from those ever.

I expect Cuban Linx 3 to be a successful Wu album as I don’t see Rae closing out that trilogy with anything less than a great album.

I don't know how Rae will deliver another album on par with the first two CL. He was fortunate enough to have some old Dilla beats, actually good RZA beats, and a selection of beats from a host of other producers but somehow the album sounded cohesive. If he does deliver though he will probably be the goat general.

If we do see another clan album I don't see RZA allowing anyone else other than him to oversee or handle the bulk of production, so we'll likely get another ABT. When he posted his new Bobby Digital stuff on social media he was getting roasted in the comments, but dude seems oblivious to the feedback lol

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I don't know how Rae will deliver another album on par with the first two CL. He was fortunate enough to have some old Dilla beats, actually good RZA beats, and a selection of beats from a host of other producers but somehow the album sounded cohesive. If he does deliver though he will probably be the goat general.

If we do see another clan album I don't see RZA allowing anyone else other than him to oversee or handle the bulk of production, so we'll likely get another ABT. When he posted his new Bobby Digital stuff on social media he was getting roasted in the comments, but dude seems oblivious to the feedback lol

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I was kinda thinking Rae must have had a bunch of Linx 3 already recorded when he announced it, knowing he has the juice.

A lot of them are almost 60 (!!). They're just getting old and they don't need to record another LP unfortunately

I expect their final albums to hit withon the next few years. Cuban 3. Supreme 2.

​i rather they take their time and make something poignant than rush a project like theyve been doing past 3-4 ones.

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Bloody Sword

Especially GZA. He has been on sleeping mode for a while. Cappadonna is the hardest working general at the moment. He has been dropping projects like every year.
I would be happy to see a last Wu-Tang album with 50% RZA production, the rest produced by 4th disciple, Dj Mathematics, Bronze Nazareth, Arabian Knights, Cilvaringz.
A 10 minutes track at the end of the album produced by Cilvaringz and Bronze Nazareth with a verse from some Killabeez members (Shyheim, Timbo King, Killah Priest, Frukwan, Remedy, La the Darkman, 9th Prince, Bronze Nazareth, Myalanski & Joe Mafia, YDB, Holocaust (Not that weird Warcloud shit), Killa Sin, Hell Razah, Tekitah, and Blue Raspberry. At some point the track should switch the beat. No outside producers or features allowed. Strictly Wu-Tang

This will be a dream come true for die hard Wu-Tang fans. Everything comes to end in life. Wu will go down as the greatest Hip-Hop crew of all time.

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GZA might rarely release anything, but he is on another mode compared to Cappadonna. Since his last album he had hit the lecture scene, made a tv series, he recently did a tour with the Phunky Nomads to perform Liquid Swords. He might not release an album every new moon like Priest or Cappa. But he certainly is not directly on sleeping mode.

Going by all the stories, easy money is their main motivation. Whenever the studio comes up, the money and contracts have to be right. If it ain't lining up, it seems they ain't hitting the studio. Maybe that last tour did wonders, and Vegas would motivate them again. But it seems they have settled for being a legacy act.

OB4CL3? Rae is still working on the Purple Tape documentary. OB4CL2 was nice, but some of the beats were meh. I was not blown away by the dre beats for example, nor some of the features and choices for vocalists.

Naaaa LA got some new bangers coming with the Clan. All RZA...on that old/New shit...but straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I haven't heard but LA knows what I been lookin for..he told me it's that 💩

Plus I got unreleased never heard joints with Ghost/Priest,
Deck+Trife,
Solomon Childs & More

Working out some business first..shit can get complicated...

Meth+ Street too

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They're making easy money in Vegas, so zero motivation to get in the studio I would imagine

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Hopefully they squirrel some of that money aside for good production.

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Naaaa LA got some new bangers coming with the Clan. All RZA...on that old/New shit...but straight ��������������

I haven't heard but LA knows what I been lookin for..he told me it's that ��

Plus I got unreleased never heard joints with Ghost/Priest,
Deck+Trife,
Solomon Childs & More

Working out some business first..shit can get complicated...

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Who are you? I’m genuinely asking.

LA/Ringz been talked about for 5 years or so now I feel. I don’t see that ever being released. I’ve seen this movie before ��

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Hopefully they squirrel some of that money aside for good production.

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That's another problem, it's not even worth them doing it financially. A new album would do what, 10k? 20k? units? RZA said something along the lines of he lost $600k putting out ABT.

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Bloody Sword

Especially GZA. He has been on sleeping mode for a while. Cappadonna is the hardest working general at the moment. He has been dropping projects like every year.
I would be happy to see a last Wu-Tang album with 50% RZA production, the rest produced by 4th disciple, Dj Mathematics, Bronze Nazareth, Arabian Knights, Cilvaringz.
A 10 minutes track at the end of the album produced by Cilvaringz and Bronze Nazareth with a verse from some Killabeez members (Shyheim, Timbo King, Killah Priest, Frukwan, Remedy, La the Darkman, 9th Prince, Bronze Nazareth, Myalanski & Joe Mafia, YDB, Holocaust (Not that weird Warcloud shit), Killa Sin, Hell Razah, Tekitah, and Blue Raspberry. At some point the track should switch the beat. No outside producers or features allowed. Strictly Wu-Tang

This will be a dream come true for die hard Wu-Tang fans. Everything comes to end in life. Wu will go down as the greatest Hip-Hop crew of all time.

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They have to keep working. They have no pension nor a retirement fund. GZA, RZA, Meth, Ghost (maybe), and Rae will be fine, but U-God, Deck, and Masta may have issues. They can't tour/perform in their 70s. Then again, they probably have investments, rental properties, other sources of income elsewhere. I'm just assuming.

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That's another problem, it's not even worth them doing it financially. A new album would do what, 10k? 20k? units? RZA said something along the lines of he lost $600k putting out ABT.

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For real? You know where he said that by any chance?

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They have to keep working. They have no pension nor a retirement fund. GZA, RZA, Meth, Ghost (maybe), and Rae will be fine, but U-God, Deck, and Masta may have issues. They can't tour/perform in their 70s. Then again, they probably have investments, rental properties, other sources of income elsewhere. I'm just assuming.

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If Divine was excel wizard he claims to have been, he would have prepared for that and set up that stuff for all of them back in the 90's when they were all signed back to Wu-Tang. That would have been truly groundbreaking, and a good one after all the fuckery about money throughout the years. But my guess is there is no such thing as a Wu-Tang Pension fund.

That reminds me what about that catalog sale RZA did. Was that just for his songs, are also Clan? Wonder how much that brings in. Or was that just a one time payment?

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For real? You know where he said that by any chance?

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Link below, was an estimated $500k...

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.31544/t...etter-tomorrow

I remember an old interview somewhere saying clan members had invested in real estate amongst other things but couldn't find a link

Rza will definitely always be financially secure and he still has Hollywood to fall back on if all else fails.

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Who are you? I’m genuinely asking.

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Jae Maze/DoloMite

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Jae Maze/DoloMite

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If Divine was excel wizard he claims to have been, he would have prepared for that and set up that stuff for all of them back in the 90's when they were all signed back to Wu-Tang. That would have been truly groundbreaking, and a good one after all the fuckery about money throughout the years. But my guess is there is no such thing as a Wu-Tang Pension fund.

That reminds me what about that catalog sale RZA did. Was that just for his songs, are also Clan? Wonder how much that brings in. Or was that just a one time payment?

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Rza will definitely always be financially secure and he still has Hollywood to fall back on if all else fails.

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Yeah, RZA will be fine. Meth and GZA will be fine, but everyone else? I'm not so sure. Then again, they'll receive social security. That I'm sure of!

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Link below, was an estimated $500k...

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.31544/t...etter-tomorrow

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Thanks.
ABT was weird though. He paid a lot out of his own pocket. The whole release was overshadowed by OUATIS. Clan could not really make up their mind. Rae only hopped on at the last minute. The album carries a title from before. They do this thing with the speaker, which is only released in the US. From a marketing point of view, I think quite some mistakes were made. RZA might be the only one to blame for some of them.

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I remember an old interview somewhere saying clan members had invested in real estate amongst other things but couldn't find a link

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In the Hulu doc, Divine makes it pretty clear he invested his money while the rest was spending. He did buy the real estate. Doubt that is in the name of Wu-Tang Management, and would be evenly distributed.

I really doubt Ghost is doing that well, even though he has the exec prod title on the earlier records. Rae same. They are two people who want to keep living large, I get the idea.

Their material has been weak for the last decade but the Nas tour probably has brought back a lot of nostalgia and group chemistry. I wouldn't hold my breath for a new group album but I think they will record better shit in the future. Its part of getting older. Older rappers always want to criticize the new grabage and share jewels and Wu are getting to that age. And they will be the 1st group with the audience and money to record in some capacity. But they will probably never do a big album again. To record a new Wu album would take a big budget they'd have to provide themselves. I always said the best bet for a new Wu album is them doing a soundtrack for something because corporations will put a budget for that.

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I really doubt Ghost is doing that well, even though he has the exec prod title on the earlier records. Rae same. They are two people who want to keep living large, I get the idea.

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Yeah. Ghost brought all that famous jewelry. The large chain and bracelet, which he sold, I believe.

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is probably the most fitting end to the group. Other than that, I imagine Cuban Linx 3 will be the last fire Wu album, depending on the production

won't speak for everyone but Gza has some personal demons he is dealing with. luckily he is getting professional help.
He also had a very huge loss in his family so be graceful about the brother.

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won't speak for everyone but Gza has some personal demons he is dealing with. luckily he is getting professional help.

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GZA? I've always thought he was the stable one of the clan.

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won't speak for everyone but Gza has some personal demons he is dealing with. luckily he is getting professional help.
He also had a very huge loss in his family so be graceful about the brother.

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Damn, thats sad if true. But the brother is doing a lice concert tonight so it can't be that serious.

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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is probably the most fitting end to the group. Other than that, I imagine Cuban Linx 3 will be the last fire Wu album, depending on the production

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I don't think it will be the last great album by a member but it will be the last high profile one unless there's a new Wu album. The music business is so shit right now and hip-hop is cooling off from its peak a few years ago.

I wish these lords would produce an album themselves and maybe start their own label, but that would be a big investment probably only RZA and Meth could afford. They should do it because they have a fanbase and could still grow it if they stopped hanging on to old hip-hop business formats. I love them but they've never really adapted to the new indie way of doing hip-hop.