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Wu Tang Clan Selling One Copy Of New Secret Album

By Tank617

Posted on 03/26/2014

(Gossip-Grind News) Wu Tang Clan Selling One Copy Of New Secret Album:

Legendary hip-hop supergroup Wu Tang Clan plan on selling only one copy of a previously unannounced, 31-track double LP The Wu – Once Upon a Time in Shoalin (not to be confused with their 20th anniversary reunion album A Better Tomorrow).

As reported by Forbes, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin will be encased in a silver and nickel box crafted by British-Moroccan artist Yahya and will probably sell for millions of dollars.

Rolling Stone reports:

“We’re about to sell an album like nobody else sold it before,” the rapper says. “We’re about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music. We’re making a single-sale collector’s item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king.”

But when one creates a piece of art comparable to an Egyptian king’s scepter, it’s only natural to show it off. Before the Holy Grail LP is sold to one especially loaded rap fan, the album will be toured across the world’s museums, galleries and festivals, using headphones to protect the songs from piracy.

While tour dates for this unconventional album haven’t been unveiled, the group has shared some intriguing details on the project’s website. The double LP – co-produced over six years by RZA and Cilvaringz – will feature “special guest appearances” including Redman, FC Barcelona soccer players and “a unique tapestry of guest performers.” It will be presented in a “hand-carved nickel-silver box designed by the British Moroccan artist Yahya.”

“The music industry is in crisis. Creativity has become disposable and value has been stripped out,” the band wrote. “Mass production and content saturation have devalued both our experience of music and our ability to establish its value. Industrial production and digital reproduction have failed. The intrinsic value of music has been reduced to zero. Contemporary art is worth millions by virtue of its exclusivity. This album is a piece of contemporary art.