Y'all hear how The Wu plans to release its upcoming album?
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2014/03/26/why-wu-tang-will-release-just-one-copy-of-its-secret-album/
How are they going to prevent a leak? Do you think people will pay to attend those listening parties at these museums? It's an interesting idea and I look forward to seeing how it plays out. I really hope a leak doesn't prevent it from getting a fair shot.
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How are they going to prevent a leak? Do you think people will pay to attend those listening parties at these museums? It's an interesting idea and I look forward to seeing how it plays out. I really hope a leak doesn't prevent it from getting a fair shot.
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Seriously, I was as big a Wu fan as anyone, but it boggles my mind that anyone would be excited over a new Wu release in 2014.
what a gimmicky crock of shit
these guys all hate the rza and resent him for many reasons
yet 80% of the time they fall flat on they face without him
someone must have ponied up and paid the chef to get involved in this kitsch
i hope it doesn't suck but it's been a long time since the wu complete has offered anything worthwhile,kinda like metallica
meth has a solo thang coming out soon too
we'll see
nomatterwhat least we can always count on ghost to hold it steady and keep it proper wally gangster
If they stick to the program it shouldn't be too hard to prevent a leak. Only one copy that people have to listen to on headphones in a guarded museum. Being a double LP it's really going to limit the amount of people that can listen each day. Unless it sucks so bad people stop listening. I would listen to the whole things just for the hell of it if I didn't have to wait in line for hours. I'm sure some museum goers will review it and post lyrics online.
I'm assuming who every can afford to buy this wouldn't rip it and post online until they are broke and need the money. They will want to brag and play it for friends for a while first.
Live shows and licensing is where their money will be, not in album sales/downloads.
So I'm really not sure what they are trying to protect with this utter weirdness.
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"That Raekwon piano lacquer purple tape was one thing, but I think I got carried away this time."
Yeah, I think 97% of Wu fans feel the same way but wouldn't admit it. Rae's last LP from a few years back was good...and Rza free, if I recall.
Honestly, going all the way back to the Forever double LP...I feel like the amount of songs that I actually enjoy on that could have been boiled down to an EP and any group efforts after that have been very misguided, unfocused and not to my taste.
I'm just interested in this approach. It's no doubt a gimmick. I wonder if it will make money.
My guess is someone will leak it before hand.
They could have tossed around half of Forever in the bin, and still had a good album.
The last actual Wu album I liked was The W; some great shit on there. A few tracks each off the albums since, and that's it, pretty much. Goes without saying they were as big a deal as they came during the 90s, but they've been running on fumes for years. The only people seriously checking for them as far as I can tell are the same people who rave breathlessly about PE as if they're still as good as they were in 1990.
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I would love the Wu to come back hard with some crazy good shit... but the chances of that happening seem pretty slim. So often they just sound bored on these records. If RZA came up with some crazy weird shit and got the entire clan stoned on some weird drugs then i bet it would sound good.
drugs.
since day one dude.
I'm way less interested in the fact that Wu has annoying fas who won'y let go, and more interested in the vehicle/gimmick they choose to deliver an album.
I mean, is there a musical group out there that could pull this off? I think the closest legitimate approach to this is when Jay Z convinced Samsung that buying a million copies of 'Magna' Carta' was going to help them sell phones....you just have to convince that one schmuck, company.
If Radiohead pulled some shit like this, I bet they'd make a ton of money off the listening party circle jerk museum events and some dude would spend a ton on the 'single copy album' release...hell, there'd probably be a biddung war over it.
I wouldn't be surprised if Wu actually makes decent coin on it.
Dude. Cilvaringz.
Dammit.....*sigh*, you're right. I still stand by my assumption that there is some group out there that could pull this caper off. Think PONO copping Neil Young fans...they got money.
Music. It stands alone.
An artist or artist handler trying to get Cribs-level money. That's where the bullshit begins.
Will this cover it I wonder?