Wu-Tang Clan: Chamber Music Album Art, Tracklist, Singles Harbor Masters & Ill Figures

Wu-Tang Clan: Chamber Music

The Wu-Tang Clan's Chamber Music is due June 30th from E1 Music.

Executive produced by RZA, the project features "Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, RZA, U-God and Inspectah Deck, plus affiliate Killah Priest, alongside classic hip-hop MCs such as AZ, Havoc (Mobb Deep), Cormega, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Sadat X (Brand Nubian) and Sean Price (Heltah Skeltah)."

From the press release:

"CHAMBER MUSIC's" throw-back sound is inspired by classic soul and kung fu imagery. It features a combination of new beats and live instrumentation by Brooklyn soul band The Revelations (all supervised by RZA) shaped in a classic vibe, reminiscent of the group's "36 Chambers" album but with a completely updated, modern twist.

Wu-Tang supreme architect RZA weighs in, "This album has a very live element of today's musicians playing the vibe of Wu-Tang, know what I mean? The vibe we would normally sample, the vibe of things that we would accumulate through old soul songs, jazz songs, kung fu movies, whatever, now you've got musicians that can play this vibe with Wu-Tang MCs rapping over it."

"The goal of this album is definitely paying homage to our early sound. In the old days, we had to sample and find snares and things like that or chord changes just to make a beat. Now, this is being done with a band. A lot of times, you hear rappers over a live band and that loses the hip-hop because a lot of those bands from the old days wasn't from the hip-hop generation."

"On this album, we make it sound like it was in the '36 Chambers' era. To me, what also adds to this album, you've got the Wu-Tang MCs but you also got your other favorite MCs from that era like Havoc, Cormega and others. This album can be played with a live band and it will sound BIG."

Singles via YouTube:

Harbor Masters features Ghostface, AZ and Inspectah Deck.

Ill Figures features RZA, Raekwon, M.O.P. and Kool G Rap.

Chamber Music Tracklist:

1. Redemption
2. Kill Too Hard Ft. RZA, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa
3. The Abbot Ft. RZA
4. Harbor Masters Ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, AZ, Inspectah Deck
5. Sheep State Ft. RZA
6. Radiant Jewels Ft. RZA, Raekwon, Cormega, Sean Price
7. Supreme Architecture Ft. RZA
8. Evil Deeds Ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, Havoc
9. Wise Men Ft. RZA
10. I Wish You Were Here Ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, The Williams
11. Fatal Hesitation
12. Ill Figures Ft. RZA, Raekwon, M.O.P., Kool G Rap
13. Free Like ODB Ft. RZA
14. Sound The Horns
15. Enlightened Statues Ft. RZA
16. NYC Crack Ft. RZA
17. One Last Question Ft. RZA

What I'm hearing sounds great. This should be a really fun release!

Available on iTunes:
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Over at Hip Hop Press:
E1 Music to Release New Wu-Tang Project "CHAMBER MUSIC" on June 30th, 2009