

One of the greatest rap groups of all time, with nine of the illest and wittiest MCs, Wu-Tang Clan, has signed with Bodog Music (Yup that Bodog from Bodog.net). The group will release “The 8 Diagrams” in Germany on September 7th. The UK release date is September 10th. The album will also be released to the rest of Europe on the same date as the UK. This will be their first studio album as a group in six years. I am so excited because I have been a fan of the Wu since they FIRST came out with “C.R.E.A.M” back in the early nineties. No joke those cats were so cool, I wanted to be down and I was all of 12 years old. I still STAN (go fanatic) but I am saddened that a U.S. date hasn’t been announced. It’s messed up that our musical landscape is so full of crap that these rappers have to go straight to Europe first. But the cats in Europe never gave up on them so I can’t complain. I will pay extra to get that joint imported!
The album contains new tracks by the eight remaining original members, as well as unreleased vocals by the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, which were recorded during sessions for the group’s first album. There will also be a tribute song to ODB called “Life Changes.”
The RZA himself has called upon his Wu-Tang brothers to reunite and show the real unity and raw force of hip-hop. How can hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is Forever?
“This is really what Bodog Music is all about: Hip-hop at its highest,” says Bodog founder Calvin Ayre, who along with Wu-Tang’s international representative Eva Ries, has closed a deal that will advertise the Wu-Tang brand and turn Bodog Music into an ambitious hip-hop label. “With the Wu-Tang Clan being the widely respected and revered group that they are, and Bodog’s international music distribution expertise, the potential of this relationship in unlimited. Wu-Tang Clan still ain’t nothing to f#@k with.”
Ayre’s sentiments are echoed by Wu-Tang producer RZA who says, “The RZA himself has called upon his Wu-Tang brothers to reunite and show the real unity and raw force of hip-hop. How can hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is Forever?”
Bodog Music’s marketing competence will be a big lift to Wu-Tang in Europe, as the record label signed the group exclusively for European releases, with distribution via Pinnacle in the UK and EDEL for the rest of the continent.
I see Calvin Ayre is doing it REAL big. They’ll be on tour with another great group, Rage Against The Machine and Public Enemy. I’m sorry. I have to go now. My soul was so overjoyed, I literally watched it fly out my body surrounded by fairies and cherubs to the ceiling and back down.
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