Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted June 19 Subscriber Share Posted June 19 Quote Listening to unheard Wu-Tang Clan Inside a delicately hand-carved silver box on display in an Australian museum lies the most exclusive, most valuable, and perhaps most infamous album in the world. And this weekend, I became one of the lucky few on the planet to have heard it. Recorded in secret over six years by trailblazing hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin was designed to be a piece of fine art. Only a single CD copy exists – and with it comes a legal stipulation that the owner cannot publicly release the 31 tracks until 2103. The record, which features the nine surviving members of the group, is currently on loan to Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) – a gallery so well known for its headline-catching art some dub it Australia’s “Temple of Weird”. First conceived during the pandemic, the museum’s new Namedropping exhibition explores why humans chase things that signal status and notoriety....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panflute Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 God this was such a stupid fucking gimmick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 1 hour ago, Panflute said: God this was such a stupid fucking gimmick. Wasn’t it just RZA that wanted to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panflute Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 (edited) 8 hours ago, Spike said: Wasn’t it just RZA that wanted to do this? RZA and Cilvaringz apparently. The 88-year commercial ban might've been just RZA, though. Edited July 1 by Panflute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ Posted July 2 Subscriber Share Posted July 2 Did they factor into their genius plan that CDs are now almost obsolete and digital media is picking up so some poor bastard tech will have to rework this when the date reaches? Such a weird thing to want to do with your music. Who knows what tech will come in that era too so they may have to recolor the music to get the best out of it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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