WU-TANG MEETS THE INDIE CULTURE

I posted about the new Wu-Tang/dubstep project a couple of weeks ago and the CD is now out and available. Interesting, new, and fresh as always - this is just another example of dubstep having made it's way into the "mainstream". Other examples include Chase and Status working with Snoop Dogg and Benga working with Eve. I think we'll definitely be seeing more hip-hop/dubstep collabs in the future, creating a whole new club sound that's going to get things rowdy on dance floors. Y'all ain't ready.

01. Wu-Tang Clan - Deep Space (Jay Da Flex & Yoof Remix)
02. Wu-Tang Clan - New Year Banga (Rogue Star Remix)
03. Wu-Tang Clan - Street Corners (Scuba Scythe Remix)
04. Wu-Tang Clan - Love Don't Cost (A Thing) / Still Grimey (Nebulla & Dore Remixes)
05. Wu-Tang Clan - Knuckle Up (Matt U Remix)
06. Wu-Tang Clan - Biochemical Equation (Datsik & Excision Remix)
07. Wu-Tang Clan - Keep Hustlin' (Trillbass Remix)
08. Wu-Tang Clan - Now Or Never (Parson Remix)
09. Wu-Tang Clan - Cinema (Chimpo Remix)
10. Wu-Tang Clan - Coke (DZ Remix)
11. Wu-Tang Clan - Iconoclasts (Syndaesia & AKS Remix)
12. Wu-Tang Clan - Handle The Heights (Stenchman Remix)
13. Wu-Tang Clan - Do It Big (Baobinga & I'd Remix)
14. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang (DZ Remix)
15. Wu-Tang Clan - Let's Get It (Evol Intent Remix)
16. Wu-Tang Clan - Lyrical Swords (Pawn Remix)
17. Wu-Tang Clan - Think Differently (Hellfire Machina Remix)
18. Wu-Tang Clan - Pencil / MyPiano / Firehouse (Soroka Remixes)
19. Wu-Tang Clan - Alphabets (Dakimh Instrumental Remix)

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[DL] Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg Millionaire
[DL] Eve - Me n My

WU-TANG x ENTER THE DUBSTEP

It was only a matter of time before an actual collab happened between a major rapper(s) and the dubstep world.

"The project serves a double purpose as well: many of the pioneers and practitioners (DJ’s and producers) in the Dubstep world came up in a time when Wu-Tang ruled the international airwaves. Unlike much commercial hip-hop, the immediacy of Wu-Tang’s sound spoke to many outside of the scope of the typical hip-hop fan, across oceans and at home. Their music and stylehelped to shape an emerging artform that hadn’t yet defined itself. Now, in 2009, as dubstep continues to grow, expand and encompass more styles and subgenres, the Wu-Tang sound is reintroduced into the mix, to spawn a new and unique musical crossbreeding, that is greater than the sum of its constituent parts."

Some dubstep producers involved are Trillbass, DZ, Datsik, and Stenchman working with of course the RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Method Man, etc. etc. with guest spots from MF Doom, Busta Rhymes, and Three 6 Mafia. I don't really know how I feel about this, but as far as I'm concerned Wu-Tang doesn't waste time on bullshit and the producers they've worked with are solid in my book.

The release is set for November. This is a big step for dubstep, at least in America.

[DL] “Love Don’t Cost (A Thing) / Still Grimey” FeaturingaZf Icewater, Method Man, U-God & Prodigal Sunn (Nebulla & Dore Remixes) PROMO

STENCHMAN + MORE

"Tonight there are two kinds of darkness in this city. First, there’s that darkness which is merely the absence of light. And then there’s that darkness which is the physical presence- the very manifestation- of the ultimate, Satanic evil. That second and malignant form of darkness feeds upon and cloaks itself in the first and more ordinary kind of darkness, cleverly disguises itself. But it’s out there. Therefore, I don’t wish to have shadows close to me this night, if I can avoid it, for one never knows when an innocent patch of shade might be something more than it appears."

No, that isn't a member of the mask-happy metal band Slipknot, but probably one of the most blatantly fucking evil dubstep artists I've seen to date. Check out his new track "Gutfucker" below which reminds me of the scene from one of the SAW movies where the dude is getting pig guts slammed onto him. RUDE!

[DL] Stenchman - Gutfucker

*BONUS*
[DL] Zombie Nation - Forza (Housemeister Remix)
[DL] AC Slater - Vertigo (Nick Supply Remix)
[DL] Hostage - Special Brew
[DL] Patrick Wolf - Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix)

- S.