Cabaret
November, 1999
Only hip-hop obsessives can track the comings and goings of the Wu-Tang Clan, whose members have generated over a dozen albums since Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) laid out the Staten Island street agenda in 1993. In 1999 alone the Wu has thrown up the all-new Wu-Chronicles hodgepodge on its own Wu-Tang label, as well as the second solo project by GZA/Genius, Beneath the Surface (MCA). This obscure and enticing manifesto adds the balm of some female voices—a welcome touch. But that doesn't mean...