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Wu-Tang Clan Debut “Family Reunion”

Holy moly, it’s only 10AM and today has already given us three amazing singles. Now Peter Rosenberg lands a Wu Tang Clan exclusive? This could very easily be the best Tuesday of 2013.

Hot97′s Summer Jam took place this weekend, and near the end of the night the entire Wu Tang Clan graced the stage for a performance including material that spanned their two decade career. A highlight of the night, if not the most important moment of the set happened when the group debuted a new track for fans entitled “Family Reunion.” Peter Rosenberg landed the exclusive radio …

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Widow Of Ol’ Dirty Bastard Files Cease And Desist Against Rock The Bells

The widow of Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard has filed a cease and desist order against Rock The Bells to stop a planned hologram performance from the late rapper.

Icelene Jones, who spoke exclusively with HipHopDX, claims she was never approached about the performance even though she alone has the rights to approve whether or not someone can use the likeness of her late husband. While this may seem like a move to stop the production altogether, that does not seem to be what Jones is after. In fact, Jones may even back the idea, saying in a …

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Rock The Bells 2013 Lineup Announced

The people at Guerilla Union have announced their official lineup for the Rock The Bells festival in 2013. Featuring Black Hippy, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Common, Curren$y, Juicy J, Kid Cudi, Rakim, Talib Kweli, Wu-Tang Clan, these shows are planning to blow everything out of the water. Click through to view the entire lineup in all its glory.

There will even be hologram performances by Ol Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E. Resurrection.

Get ready for four venues, the first being San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, CA (Sept 7-8), Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA (Sept 14-15), Festival Grounds @ RFK in Washington, …

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Wu-Tang Clan Announce New Album ‘A Better Tomorrow’

Holy shit, kids. This is a big one.

Twenty years ago, Wu-Tang Clan broke onto the hip hop scene with their legendary album 36 Chambers, and later this year fans will have new reason to celebrate thanks to an announcement made by the group earlier today.

This Summer, the entire reunited Wu-Tang Clan will come together for the release of their new album, A Better Tomorrow. Few details have been revealed, but the record is expected to land in stores before the group’s scheduled UK performances at the end of July. You can view a new group photo, …

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Method Man Confirms Wu-Tang Clan 20th Anniversary Album Will Drop This Year

Under The Gun Review has been waiting too long to say the phrase, “A new album from Wu-Tang Clan will be released this year.”

Wu-Tang member Method Man announced this exciting news during his birthday show at the Key Club, in Los Angeles, two nights ago. News of a 20th anniversary album was hinted at by Raekwon last November but we have not heard any follow-up until this morning.

Watch the exclusive video from Hot New Hip Hop through the link provided and get ready for more updates on Wu-Tang’s forthcoming album!

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Raekwon Announces New EP & Album

Raekwon is ready to start 2013 by announcing plans to release his forthcoming album as well as a new EP.

Kwon’s album is titled Fly International Luxurious Art (F.I.L.A.) and has a set release in the second quarter of this year. His Lost Jewelry EP will hit stores on January 8. There was also an early confirmation of his project Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. III but there has not been any further details regarding the surface date.

While you wait for the release of Lost Jewelry please listen to the latest track entitled “Neither One Of …

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VIDEO: Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson And GZA Go Back And Forth On Science And Hip-Hop

Superstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is Bill Nye The Science Guy for the Internet age. In a little over the span of a year he went from being the subject of a meme to a meme in and of himself. And why not? Dude is awesome.

Tyson had a chance to sit down with rapper GZA, one of the founding members of Wu-Tang Clan, to discuss matters concerning astrophysics, the effect of the media on the perception of rap music, and many, many other subjects on his radio show Star Talk. GZA isn’t called The Genius for nothing. …

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WATCH: Wu-Tang Clan Perform “Six Directions Of Boxing” On Fallon

The internet came alive early last week when a new Wu-Tang Clan song surfaced on the Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack, and now the group that will never die are back once again. Taking to Jimmy Fallon’s late night stage last night, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Cappadonna, GZA, U-God and Masta Killa performed a live rendition of “Six Degrees Of Boxing” to further promote RZA’s forthcoming feature film. You can view the performance after the jump.

Even with a few core members missing, Wu-Tang never ceases to impress. Will they reunite for a full tour in 2013? I’m doubtful, but …

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RZA Discusses The Possibility Of A Wu-Tang Clan Reunion in 2013

Holy shit. If there is one group the hip hop community would love to see reunited it’s Wu-Tang Clan, and today RZA is setting the blogosphere ablaze with comments that such an event could happen in 2013.

Speaking with The New York Times, the man behind The Man With The Iron Fists offered the following thoughts on a Wu-Tang reunion:

“There’s one last job Wu-Tang Clan must do. The 20th anniversary [of “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)”] is next year. And we need to, one time, completely, efficiently, properly, professionally represent our brand. One more time. But this time,

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Kanye West Streams Clip Of “White Dress”

Kanye West is coming off of the release of his label’s collaboration album, Cruel Summer, and has now released a clip of his new song “White Dress.” The song was recorded for the movie soundtrack, The Man with the Iron Fists, which is being brought together by Wu-Tang’s RZA.

“White Dress” was produced by Boogz, Tapez, Kanye, and RZA and will be available on October 23. In the process of creating this extensive soundtrack for the Tarantino flick, RZA told HuffPost “We went back and got some songs from some great artists, like Wiz Khalifa, the Black

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HOLY SH!T: Stream A Brand New Wu-Tang Clan Track

The RZA has announced an exclusive, limited-edition set of music from his upcoming movie, The Man With The Iron Fists. This special release is only available at the film’s official website. You may think this has nothing to do with the headline above, but it actually has everything to do with it because it’s the soundtrack to which we owe all the thanks. Before we get there though, here are some details on this limited-edition package:

This set includes 5 CDs: The Man With The Iron Fists Soundtrack Album (autographed by the RZA himself), the Score Album, the

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STREAM: Portugal. The Man – All Your Light (Times Like These) (RZA Remix)

In the most unexpected of scenarios, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA has decided to bust out an astonishing remix of Portugal. The Man’s song “All Your Light” and can be heard here!

This mix boasts a full range of slick bass hits and much more from RZA. The UTG staff is enjoying the experimentation on this so please be sure to click through and share with your friends.

The remix cover artwork could also win us over as the best of 2012 thus far. I kid, I kid.