The anniversary of Wu-Tang Clan’s highly influential debut album Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers is today.
Often named by some of today’s biggest artists as a point of inspiration, 36 Chambers produced highly successful singles and lifted Wu-Tang to a worldwide platform, subsequently having them release numerous successful solo albums and the even higher-selling 4x platinum Wu-Tang Forever album. MTV recently talked with numerous artists, both newer and veteran about the album and its influence.
“I was locked up when Wu came out, and it’s crazy cause I never seen nobody from Staten Island, right?” Fellow New York Native N.O.R.E. said when asked about the album. “Nobody from Staten Island, and then Wu came out and there was like mobs from Staten Island, ‘You from Staten Island? Jesus man! Where was you at yesterday?’… All these dudes. It was something that Hip Hop had never seen. We’ve seen two-man groups, maybe even four-man groups, we’ve seen Heavy D and The Boyz, rest in peace. But we’ve never seen a nine-man army with everybody spitting. Like when ‘Protect Ya Neck’ came out, I was like, ‘Woah.'”
Rick Ross remembered how influential the album was when he was attending high school.
“I remember when we had our yearbook,” he said. “At the time “Protect Ya Neck” was the hottest song, we were in high school, I forget what grade we was in but I remember all the chicks drawing the Wu-Tang logo.”
Kendrick Lamar also weighed in, saying the group’s appearance and lyrics were most memorable to him.
“When they were talking about their lyrics, talking about what’s going on in their neighborhoods and at the same time, bringing their whole character with it, and how they was walking in the streets,” Kendrick said. “That’s what I really got from it.”
Proceeding its original release in 1993, the album would attain platinum status in 1995, and in 2003, 36 Chambers ranked at number 386 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Watch the video by MTV below including other rapper’s and producer’s take on the album:
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Wu Tang is the greatest thing to ever happen to hip hop no one had a worldwide presence like the clan
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i have to agree. they surfaced outta nowhere when hip hop needed them most. they are the fucking messiahs lol
Wu def took it to a new level. They made the best music of the best time period in Hip Hop history.
Agree, 36 chambers was my first hip hop LP.
20 years of great music!! Wu Tang Forever!
Big shocker. Kendrick claiming he was influenced by yet another group. Drake gave them relevance. Talk about his influence.
Wrong, bitch.
big shocker.. quoteman hating on kendrick and shaking his pom-poms for drake yet another time.. and wu’s always been relevant.. maybe you never heard of them until your boy drake decided to name a song after them, but that doesn’t mean that they’re irrelevant..
how do you know its quoteman if he didnt quote anyone
He spends all day and night studying every single post so that he can guess who posted it and then share his guess with people who could care less. Its his only source of self esteem.
I think you should shut the fuck up bitches.
Still waiting to hear from Soul Temple Music… I’ve only been waiting for my Twelve Reasons to Die collectors package since April!!!!
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smart move. i was trying to support that real hip-hop and give Rza and Ghostface my money but I’ll never do that again. Never spending another dollar on anything Wu-Tang until Rza and Soul Temple make it right.
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Not too much rappers in the game being vocal about some of the stuff going on. Always good to have someone like tyler who speaks their mind despite the possibilty of getting backlash beacause of doing so
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wu-tang 20 years nigga
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WU-TANG FOREVER
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Why even include some bitch ass rapper like Kendrick when discussing one of hip hops greatest groups ever?Fucking MTV…always asking the most overrated and ignorant rappers for their opinion.Ask a Scarface,Outcast,or a Nas….not who killed Kenny ass Kenny….
why dont you cry about it LOL
i like how you took offense to kendrick being in this but not officer ricky the fakest nigga in rap
Kendrick is the hot rapper of the moment so he gets the nod, Ross has made music with Raekwon and Ghostface been on their albums and vice versa so he gets the nod. Should have gave Drake a nod since he just dropped a song with Wu Tang in the title.
Question: why are white children obsessed with “Officer Ricky is fake dude”, do these pre-teens have posters of Tony Yayo over their bunk beds?
yes we do. i stare into his eyes every night after my mum tucks me in
Real talk on that officer Ricky shit. Anyone who’s been locked up knows that the C.O wasn’t the one who arrested them or even sentenced them.
I agree, william said he sold ks we cant really know about that, but ross been a c.o., and when asked he lies about it. Real thug, nothin to see here. Only kids hatin, grown up folks respect the real g. And fuck truth in lyrics.
Anonymous 3 is obviously BruthaDee.
^basement dweller
NOTICE WHO THE DRAKE REMIX NEVER HAPPEND
ALL WE NEED NOW IS THEM TO DROP A ALBUM IN DECEMBER
COMPLETE 20 YEARS OF WORK
Fuck props, nigga this a different conquest
Listener’s hear me spit and think it’s a pissin’ contest
I’m in it for power, if cowards try to stop me
They better off usin a fishin pole to reel in the Lock Ness
Yes! I got a barrel that’ll spot wussies
If you are what you eat, how come I’m not pussyFuck props, nigga this a different conquest
Listener’s hear me spit and think it’s a pissin’ contest
I’m in it for power, if cowards try to stop me
They better off usin a fishin pole to reel in the Lock Ness
Yes! I got a barrel that’ll spot wussies
If you are what you eat, how come I’m not pussy
Wu Tang hasn’t been relevant for years.
according to you.
I think you should shut the fuck up bitch.
For people that still enjoy good Hip-Hop….they are as relevant as ever. Try actually listening to their newer shit, not just paraphrasing what you read on a blog.
they are irrelevant to me now after RZA/Soul Temple Music/Ghostface stole my $100 and didnt send me the records I paid for. Wu-Tang is dead to me now!
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Kendrick was like 6 when the album came out…lol
doesnt mean he cant appreciate it
this is how your show respect to hip hop and wu-tang clan. drake deserves to die on site over that r&b song that made a complete mockery of the artform.
but RZA okaued it personally… how do u defend the WU by INSULTING them? im just wondering
RZA cant speak for all of wu-tang. Deck wasnt cool with that shit
I hate when young cats or professors try to speak about artists that they didn’t even experience. Kendrick has no idea of the impact that WU. He is just basing his opinion on what he heard or read. Hell I was 7 when Elvis was touring and his songs were playing, but I was really was too young to understand his impact. Kendrick was 5 when Wu and Nas saved hiphop. More than likely he started understanding who Wu Tang was when he 16 or 17 way after their careers over. I think they should interviewed some of Wu’s peers.Late 93 – 96 were some of the best years of HipHop. great memories
” Hell I was 7 when Elvis was touring ”
Holy shit. If Elvis died in 1977 how the fuck old are you like 50????? you’re a clown old man.
nas and wu aint save hip-hop at the time fool. they were just dope records at the time.
Kendrick said some more meaningful shit than Ross did! Officer Ross talkin bout girls in school drawing Wu logos. I’m surprised he can remember that shit with all the lies he been telling for the last 10+ years who knows if its even true!
I think “Jay” is Jay-Z, and that would make him 44 on Dec 4th. (Born in ’69)
“Holy shit. If Elvis died in 1977 how the fuck old are you like 50????? you’re a clown old man”
^ wow, lol
you’re young obviously, commenting on a group older than you, but their fan who grew up with them and is around their age is a clown for commenting?
you’re too young to see how stupid that looks
you must be 45 too
Wu Tang doesn’t want Rick Ross’s respect. Why doesn’t he try rapping like he respects Wu-Tang or Hip-Hop in general?
then WHY is “Rick Ross” on SHAOLIN VS WU TANG with RAEKWON ? Are YOU callim the Chef a hypocrite?
Rae did a song with Justin Bieber too. Nigga will do anything to stay relevant or sell a few extra records
Ross is way more successful than Broke Tang.
Good joke. At least Wu-Tang went platinum. Where’s Ricky’s plaque?
sales dont mean shit, stanley
Hypocrite.
Rick Ross is far better than K Dot, NORE, and Wutang. Even will smith is far better than those wack rappers.
says the nicca who stans for Lil Wayne LOL
Never go full retard.
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Wasn’t N.O.R.E.’s name P.A.P.I. or some dumb shit like that
i think he tried to pull a 2 chainz for his last album but no one gave a fuck so he went back to N.O.R.E
LOL
#NP Drake – Wu Tang Forever
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He obviously dissed the system where white men in suits from Hollywood try to adapt the music so that it would appeal to the masses and would fuck up their mentaility. What the fuck were you thinking? He hates Hollywood cause they make movies over there? Moron.
“according to you”
According to consumers. When was their last best selling album? Not saying they can’t still deliver a hit album, but every year they act like they’re going to do a reunion, and every year people bash them for not. They had a nice run early on, but let’s face it. If it weren’t for doing shows worldwide, they’d have zero fans.
Bullshit.
To all newcomers to this culture of ours, the ‘I’ve been down from day one’, ‘rap has no color’ blah-blahers but don’t know who the fuck a Grand Puba or YZ or Akynele is. This is not Mc Donalds’ nor Wendy’s, stop fucking using words like ‘relevant’ or ‘hit’ or commenting on folks like Wu-Tang et al; this is not for you. Stick to your Kim Kanyes or Leotards Waynes, you can have them, we don’t want them back, Nuff said.
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The clown mentioned Grand Puba lol
Ricky doesn’t need platinum certification to achieve greatness.