What happened to the Wu fan base?

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1. The core Wu-Tang fanbase never left, and never will. There's just no reason to check a message board, due to a lack of quality material. What is there to discuss? What is there to be excited about? Yeah, CZARFACE was dope, but it feels like it ran its course. Yeah, Method Man's still dope, but he's releasing cringey collaboration mixtapes disguised as albums with "Hanz On." It's been a long time since the last Ghostface album, and the past three were kinda forced storytelling projects. He doesn't sound anything like he used to. Math's album was all right, and Rae's album was all right. MK's one and Uey's was ok. Nothing to get excited about, though. When the artist checks out, the fans check out.

2. Cilvaringz' one-copy-album fiasco was a spit into the face of the fans, and severely tarnished the Wu brand. Despite how many essays Cilva writes, it was not a good look. Nobody in any hip-hop community thinks that was an insightful "artistic statement". It was a cringey publicity stunt, and has been widely mocked. Which is tragic, because they could have rejuvenated the Wu-Tang brand by releasing an awesome throwback album. Instead, some rich dipshit trash person bought it and it seems unlikely we'll ever hear it. That shit was very damaging, especially on this forum, where people were well aware what this project was, and how it was created, only for threads to be removed and Cilva to blatantly lie about the intentions behind it. The man is a talented producer, but I hate everything about this shit, and I'm not alone.

3. The community here tends to be pretty dismissive of the new generation of rap, if not outright negative and hating. Hip-hop continues to evolve, and many remain stuck in the past. If everybody hates all new music, why check the forum? The homophobia is pretty rampant and cringeworthy as well.

Maybe Ghostface's Wu album and Dark Matter will turn things around. I'll always check for Wu, and the Clan members solo LP's, even if they're low budget and disappointing.