![]() In 1993, when West Coast rap and its summertime sound filled the airwaves, Enter The Wu-Tang emerged like a fast and furious bolt from the blue. There’s an identity that Wu Tang represents that people are drawn to.” “But people see Wu Tang as something that encompasses so much more. ![]() “There are great groups like A Tribe Called Quest – people love Tribe, they’re a huge group around the world and have impacted people around the world,” he says. The group and series director stopped by the Tribeca Film Festival to promote the series, due to premiere on Showtime on 10 May, and told BBC Music about what made the Wu-Tang Clan so distinctive and influential.Īccording to the documentary’s director, Sacha Jenkins, the Wu-Tang Clan are more than just a group. Now just over 25 years since releasing their game-changing debut album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), they’ve marked this milestone with a new four-part docuseries Of Mics and Men, which chronicles the characters, stories, triumph and tragedy of the Wu-Tang Clan. Under the banner of one of the most unmistakable symbols in music – the golden W – the Wu-Tang Clan changed both the sound and the business of rap music forever. This article contains language that some readers may find offensiveįor a quarter of a century, a group of rappers from Staten Island have been a revolutionary force in hip-hop.
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