How 'WuTang' Sabotaged Their 'Industry Success' - HP News
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- www.hypeplustv... - WuTang is considered one of the greatest rap groups of all time. With members RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, Cappadonna and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard; fans would get anthems like CREAM, Protect Ya Neck, and Triumph. Unfortunately despite their music, it turns out that a few things behind the scenes would hurt the group. HYPE+ News's Terrance Sims reports. Instagram: @ComedyHype & Twitter: @ComedyHype_
Mainstream success is temporary, but WU-TANG is FOREVER.
BONG!!! 👐
Wu Tang is legendary
Facts Witty Unpredictable
Wu-Tang members didn't sabotage their careers. What kind of nonsense is this. Let's speak on this properly. For them to even have release a group album and did huge numbers and then for most of the members to have platinum solo albums. Then Ghostface and Raekwon to form an undeniable duo. Then for all to come back and do yet another album together that did huge numbers. All Rza needed was 5 years of their life and it is fair to say they exceeded their goals. They are out the hood and inspired many generations. Even Method Man is also a top tier actor and he always brings his unofficial Wu-Tang member Redman with him. Oh wait they even have a TV series documenting their beginning.
@Hollow Vegeta⁸ EVERYBODY was hating on Big at the time...even his "friend" Tupac who turned on him for no reason....
@@Incredible_Geezbiggie switched on pac! Keep it real!!
Obviously you weren’t listening correctly. From 93 to 97 was all the success that you are speaking about. After Summer Jam 97 which was in 97 The WU as a collective saw a dip in success and a tremendous part of that is because HOT 97 banned them from the radio and so did all it sister stations. In the nineties radio still played a major part in how successful your album would be. In the 90’s congress erased the regulations that prohibited radio stations from being brought by mega corporations. Emmis Corporation which owns Hot 97 and multiple stations in other markets effectively banned The WU in multiple markets. After WU Tang Forever not another WU has gone multi platinum and only Method Man’s The Blackout with Redman is any other album featuring a solo WU member that has gone platinum. Even the members admitted that the ban affected their careers. The WU has maintained but their careers haven’t been the same.
@@willsalter8113 I thought Supreme Clientele went platinum?
@fishscaley it was certified gold and at last check it was around 875,000 copies sold. It might be platinum now but the last time soundscan officially checked those were the numbers and if it is platinum soundscan hasn’t certified it yet.
The TV show about them is pretty good, the acting is very good and every actor plays their role well, it really shows their evolution over time, hopefully it covers what this video shows as well.
Ayyyy I've been trying to find it on Netflix but apparently it's nono in Ireland ATM 😢
kikass torrent have all seasons if u don’t have hulu
too bad these allegory episodes are ruining the final season, so corny
the casting was whack they dont look anything like the wu, plus they over act.
Ashton Sanders ain’t good brotha I’m sorry.
The Wu was like nothing else the industry never seen before
@Hollow Vegeta⁸ You got that right
The one group you CAN'T and WON'T DUPLICATE 💯
Nothin to fuck with
Or since.
Wu will still be forever 👐🐝🔥
They never lost steam thats why their show is doing so good. They had their run in hip hop and still reign as the greatest group in history.
They lost steam come on man, you can't say post 2000 Wu was on a wave as big as mid '90's Wu. Doesn't discredit their cult status, doesn't put their ongoing legacy into jeopardy, but there's a difference between widespread cult status and mainstream succes.
@@DynastyLuminous46agreed.
Sabotaged what? They were the biggest group of the 90s. Meth, Ghost, ODB and Rae are considered legends in the game. Method Man has had a successful career in movies and television. RZA has moved on to movies and music production. GZA. All of the members still make music.
They are older now. You can't expect them to remain relevant forever, especially when music changes with time. Very few artists last as long or have a legacy as prolific as Wu-Tang.
They still should make music as a group just look at the rolling stones
A couple of them continued being big and the rest never got the spotlight again. And tbh outside of RZA, the rest of Wu-Tang were under-covered throughout the late 1990s and 2000s. Stop doing damage-control.
Meth and RZA are big actors and Ghost face has the best solo albums, all are tight and legendary.
All that hating that radio station did never deferred me from being one of the biggest Wu-Tang fans 🙌🏽.
Same here and I'm from a in Cali but you do got to admit they have been sabotaged because they were spreading the knowledge it wasn't about nothing Petty it was about waking up the masses then Wu-Tang Brothers was kicking knowledge never seen before. And the 😈demons that on the record companies did not like👿👿
Everything on youtube is a lie. Wutangs career wasn't ruined, sabotaged, or tragic. Styles and technology changes. People get older. Younger kids listen to different stuff even if it's is wack. Wutang turned out fine minus ODB but 30 years later they're all still here.
I’m 24 I listen to Wu tang all the time.. a lot of youngins love Wu tang.. this a comedy page they don’t know what they’re talking about 💯😂
Agree💯💯💯💯
Wutang is Forever!!
NY music in general shifted away from gritty shit to more fun r&b and pop rap sounds.
I call BS. I heard a interview with Reza and wyclef John and riza said something like only one out of every ten of his video gets AirPlay so there was definitely a sabotage in the working this was way back after the Bobby digital album was released
Let's face facts,the Wu Tang Clan is the greatest hip hop/rap ever.
That's a FACT
Nooo
Three six mafia.
Bone thugs.
NWA
Factz
@@vaughnreedjr6592 nope the clan is way more fire 🔥 the talent, the story of the come up an just the original idea in general
To tell a group to stop their Europe tour to perform for FREE or lose their music on radio is WILD.
I’m standing with Wu cuz hot97, why the mics was messed up? What, we supposed to believe that was accidental?
The took the streets by storm, then the airwaves. 1st rap group with solo projects, 1st rap group with a clothing line, 1st rap group with a video game. They were the blueprint of G-Unit.
Geto Boys? (Solo projects)
Naughty By Nature? (Clothing line)
@Jason Grant good job. Forgot about Geto Boys. Naughty had merch though. The Wu had their own store, and had their clothes in the top retailers stores.
NWA (solo albums) No Limit (solo albums) The Click (solo albums)
big wu fan here, but Naughty by Nature had "Naughty Gear" clothing line and store first. In fact, Naughty Gear kinda opened up that lane for wu wear.
@@mikaeelb. Geto Boys went solo before NWA and No Limit was over a decade later. The click? Your trying too hard. 0/3
Thats a rare pic of Sunz of Man @2:09. Another iconic group that need they flowers.
wu still doing there thing
Can't forget Cappadonna
He’s not one of the original 9.
This legendary group evolved,they didn't die,these cats are in their late 40s and 50s.
Wu-Tang is gonna sue once they see this video 😂😂😂😂
Bullshit
that incident didnt even put a dent in Wus legacy
this has nothing to do with comedy.... and why would you make a video about arguably the greatest hip hop group of all time and say that they "Sabotaged" their careers?? and you're not even a hip hop channel, straight disrespectful
Desperate for views
Funkmaster apologizing 25 years later... foh Flex has been acting funny for a while
My question is who was the one from Hot 97 that made that decision on if Wi-Tang don’t show up, they would be banned. Whoever it is scared to come upfront and say it.
I imagine it was the chick with the purple hair. portents for the modern day.
What goes up, must come down. Yet and still, Wu-Tang Clan can never, ever be outdone!
I hope this Summer Jam incident is covered in the next episode of 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga'.
It has been cancelled. there isn't going to be a 4th season.
@@D00M3R_MAVS I know, I meant the last two episodes.
@@luvaboy772 ah so we are actually getting more episodes in season 3?
thanks for letting me know, man. I didn't even know about the show until a few days ago, and binged them all on my sisters Disney account.
it said "penultimate episode" on the one with "iron man" being made and when RZA gets the slide guitar, but then there was no more episodes so I was confused as to what was going on.
that makes way more sense that it's still being aired currently.
Honestly dude, I was so confused why it left it where it did. Very happy to learn we're going to see "forever" being made.
@@D00M3R_MAVS This week's episode is the series finale.
I love Wu-Tang Clan always have and always will. I still to this day blame Hot 97 for what they did to Wu-Tang. Back in 1997 I know that's when The Notorious B.I.G. passed away and he was supposed to headline the show, But they had Puffy, Ma$e, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z and others. That's more than enough to rock a concert. Wu-Tang was on the tour with Rage against the machine. I just wish they went back after saying FUCK HOT 97. 👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐
You are on point. Hot 97 had enough mainstream acts for the concert. Their was no need to muscle WU Tang Clan like that. What ever happened for the love of Hip Hop and the people?
I like what you said but I just don't get the went back part you wish they went back after saying F Hot 97 🤔
@@jayfromcali7091 Oh no not Hot 97 I'm talking about going back on tour with Rage Against the Machine so Wu-Tang could of finish with them.
Yo dude didn’t do his homework. You literally left out cappadona.
Not one of the original 9.
Comedy Hype, can you do a video on ODB's career after he got out of prison?
I really like Dirty's work with the Neptunes (where he started with the "guess who's home! guess who's home!" ad-libs).
RIP ODB.
Many docs out there from official hip hop creators. Why is a comedy channel speaking on this anyway.
@hollowvegeta9172where u from?
Three 6 Mafia was the coldest rap group in rap history the sales and fact that they went platinum every single album without even being on the radio 📻
They did the 1st summer jam, I was there. I did security for the legendary tunnel night club. Tunnel security was the most feared security in the city, So when summer jam 1st came out we got the call to do the security. Black Moon, A Tribe Called Quest, gang Starr, Arrested Development, Queen Latifah, SWV And Wu-Tang was the lineup. Arrested Development got booed. It was crazy, There was a couple of fights backstage, one was in Wu-Tang's dressing room. We did the 1st couple of summer jams and we also did security for the hot 97 float in the African American day parade in Harlem. That was a great time in hip hop🎤🔥
Tunnel security looked like WWE. I'm 6'4 and felt small compared to lot of those dudes. The ones who weren't mad tall and big, where still brolic. Nothing to be played around with.
Funk Flex used to be threatening dudes on the mic, if they were grouping chicks. I remember some dude smacked a chick's ass and she turned and looked at me. I just shrugged and was like don't put that on me. I saw those big mofos lurking and said "please don't run to these dudes". They asked no questions, just snatched you up and threw you out.
Its also why that Wht bytch Jessica Rosenblum felt so comfortable talking crazy to Black people on the line outside. Ex-kingpin Peter Shue told Flex on Hot 97 a few years ago, how he would have put Jessica in a trunk, if she talked reckless to him and how he didn't like how she spoke to people. Never liked her azz, even before The Tunnel. After that CCNY holiday game tragedy, where some people died getting crushed against the doors. She let Puff and Heavy D take all the public criticism during and afterwards, while she left with the cash box and dodged all responsibility. Blame the two negr0 rappers and let the Jew1sh girl get a pass.
I do remember Fat Joe and others say Mike Tyson chased one Tunnel bouncer around a car, who was harassing Big Pun. But in the 90s, Iron Mike was a mythical figure. Dude was knocking dudes out at an insane clip. Plus, he was a bonafide hood n*gg@, unlike most elite boxers of that time. I heard he slapped the shyt out of former Mr Olympia runner up Chris Cormier, in front of a club in LA, where he was doing security. Chris was known as one of the strongest IFBB pros back in 90s bodybuilding. Dude admitted he didn't do shyt to Mike.
@@ninocrown3247 Yeah Jessica talked a lot of shit because she knew we would back her up. She was flex's manager at the time And she definitely threw her weight around. Chris lighty was there also, We used to call him baby Chris because of his baby face. He was a real cool dude though. That was a time in hip hop that could not be recreated, they tried though in 2013 at BB kings on 42nd street. They had funk master and everything but it just didn't work. Somethings are better left alone😔
Their album is in my top 10 greatest albums. I remember that time fondly. Sad it went that way though.
Y’all gotta stick to comedy… sabotage their career how?
- Wu Tang is the GREATEST rap group of all time.. worldwide
- First album is apparently like the 37th best album of all time for ANY genre
- 2nd album is iconic and apparently really bought hip hop to the UK
- the RZA is one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, still relevant today with directing, scoring movies and even acting.. this guy taught Franklin Saint how to make crack and was in a movie with Denzel…
- Ghostface Killah is a known top 10 rapper of all time (at worst top 15) and has atleast 3 iconic hip hop albums, one of the greatest story tellers and most creative rappers of all time
- Method Man is one of the most known rap artists ever, still raps today.. redefined his career as a great actor.. who still features on songs today and remains one of the greatest feature rappers of all time… a top 30ish rapper of all time in his own right
- Raekwon has a top 10 hip hop album of all time and has been featured on many hip hop classic songs, best mafioso album of all time (which says a lot if u consider the fact that Biggie, Nas & Jay-Z has mafioso albums) another top 50 rapper
- GZA has a top 10-15 rap album of all time, has the 2nd largest vocab in rap history, one of the best lyrically of all time and another top 50 rapper of all time
- ODB is another POPULAR known character in hip hop, has the most hits out of any Wu Tang Member… not to mention his first album was a classic as well
- Inspectah Deck - One of the most underrated rappers of all time, has some of the best verses in rap HISTORY, well respected member who along with (Meth & Rae).. lowkey carried the first album that Rolling Stones says is a top 40 album ever..
Masta Killa - some memorable verses as a wu tang clan member and even an iconic verse in “Da Mystery of Chessboxin”.. a student of GZA and well respected to fans of the Wu
- U-God - one of the best voices in the group who had a significant impact on that iconic 2nd album, some memorable verses as well
Wu-Tang Clan is The Beatles and New Edition of hip hop. They didn’t sabotage anything.
That whole situation seemed like one big mess that was out of their control
Wu-Tang are the Avengers of rap!
It should be titled: How a self-absorbed radio station tried to sabotage a rap group's careers...
In all honesty Wu it’s a miracle it even succeeded in the first place. No other group past or present had that many members/EGOS to deal with. Somehow they broke onto the scene and the rest is history…yes they eventually broke apart but that debut 36 chambers and Wu tang forever pretty classics.
Hitting the NY State of MInd Tour at Barclays in BK in September and theres nothing unfortunate about it.
I was just listening to liquid swords at the gym the other day! Their music is timeless to me, just straight bangers, especially their early shit! I don't know how they sabatoged their careers. I mean, they had a video game, a movie, TV show, etc. A sabatoged career doesn't achieve all of that. Who came up with this idea for a story? Had me curious
The Wu is timeless.
ZERO cap I was there and they cut their mics as they were on their RANT lmfao. Last thing one of them sarcastically said was, “BLAZING HIP hop and R & b….” Silence.
“Yo we were just in Europe where the WHITE boys rock with us!…”
Yeah Wutang were blackballed but then look at what happened to the rap industry after. Wutang Forever!!
ICONS always loved Wu Tang especially icon METHOD I love you so much Method ty u for all the support and love ICON METHOD 😊💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Wu Tang inspired the No Limit Soldiers two of the biggest rap groups of all time
I get upset when people discredit Boot Camp Clik 🤨
@@91Definite yeah that's back in the early 90s that dumb and that group was hard AF
@@druskeymercadel8955 definitely was second best to Wu Tang from the East
@@druskeymercadel8955
There was no rap group called No Limit Soldiers. There was a rap label called No Limit Records. They did have a group called “TRU” on that label.
“Stomping grounds in New Jersey?” They are from Staten Island! How does no one over there not catch that in writing the dialogue for him or in the editing? Smh 🤦🏾♂️
WU TANG IS FOR THE KIDS
I have a ticket for their upcoming show headlining the biggest music festival in my country, so I think they're doing just fine.
WU-TANG
IS
FOREVER
It was a blessing in disguise for wu tang. They were getting over exposed at that point and everyone you knew was a wu fan. And everyone knows when everyone likes the group you like it becomes uncool so I think them disappearing kept them relevant and legendary but what do I know
@Brian Delgado
Agree. Well said
@@user-dp5go8hr6w thanks brother ✌💙
Back in the day I didnt understand how control Hot97 had on what NYC artists went national with. On particular...GFK had a couple of silo releases that should have been BIG time hits nationwide. Because I was a huge Wu Tang fan and I was kn the Navy and Id play it for cats from all over and they'd all jam to it so I KNOW it should have some been hits
Wu Tang just dropped new joint on Statik Selekah album. They didn't sabotaged their careers.
Wu tang is unstoppable 🎤 drop 💥
They was anti industry that hurt the other members like masta killa deck and ugod but ghost meth rae gza odb rza all had great success. But that hot 97 diss at summer jam in 97 killed the wu but they couldn't deny ghost rae meth and odb they had to play them cause they was the biggest out of the wu
Rolling Stones to Rock 'N Roll is what Wu Tang is to Hip Hop
One thing different about Wu and other music groups are that most groups don’t release solo albums until they part ways. A brilliant idea for Wu “They even stopped playing our solo records for awhile”. Wu kept it underground but did reach mainstream w/ Wu Forever. And didn’t have to pay record stations to play their songs. Staying on topic though, the primary goal should be the group first then those solo projects. peace
"I told the Wu go off on hot 97 cause funk flex constant bomb dropping was corny 👐🏿🐝"
Not sure if I agree, The Wu was NEVER mainstream.. hell, I found out about them by word of mouth. Nothing about them is radio-friendly.
I guess that's why most artists don't fuk with 97 anymore
Im a west coast nigga but i cant lie, each nigga was special as an individual and even better toghter if you include redman with meth its kinda a wrap . They got serious rap, funny, weed,girls, money, story telling old school and new school. Im willing to bet they hit every topic / song type multiple times and done it well.
Wu ain't never going no where.. Greatest Group Ever
Wuwurldwide
Stop playing
Wu-Tang is the only rap group in history that had an album the government HAD to buy and refuses to release to the public. If that isn’t legendary, the word doesn’t exist.
This feels very hiphopmadness-est even the title
Thank you for labeling the vid HP news it helps to narrow down the search for news vids
BEST HIP HOP GROUP EVER...PERIOD...END OF DISCUSSION 💯
*empd
You gots to chill
Nah they boring af compared to bone thugs and NWA
@@mikee3261*epmd, and close but no cigar.
Some people perceptions are crazy. Some people choice of words are crazy. If ppl truly understood the impact of the Wu, they would never say they sabotaged themselves.
👐🏾!!! See y'all and Nas in October for the NY State of Mind.
One of the strengths of having a nine-member group, is you could split the group up and be in two places at once. That's what Wu-Tang should have done in that past scenario. Kept the members who wanted to stay in Europe on tour in Europe, and brought home the ones who wanted to be in summer jam. That would have kept the peace.
💯
Greatest hip hop group of all time
Nah bone thugs wayyy better
@@quetzalcoatl9993 lol at first I thought you were being serious
@@Bonescratcher lets see one song by wu tang CREAM < IF I CAN RULL THE WORLD, EXTACY, NOTORIOUS THUGS , CROSSROADS , THUG LUV, NO SURRENDER, EAST 1999, LAND OF THE HEARTLESS, EXPRESS YOURSELF, 8 BALL, APPITITE FOR DESTRUCTION, GANGSTA GANGSTA , FUCK THE POLICE , Compton in the house remix, only people who hype wu tang like that are new Yorkers nd all that area face the facts
Your current new York groups like asap mob and Flatbush zombies seem based on them more than wu tang even cypress hill made more history yall barely came out with griselda to try n prove a point
Hot97 to this day has animosity with the Wu especially Flex annoying a$$
One word....legendary!!!
WU Tang clan will forever be the Greatest HH Groups of all times 👐🏿🐝
Wow, great breakdown!
You didn’t mention Cappadonna.
Is this what we do now? Saying people who had their time in the limelight and are no longer THE biggest thing years later simply sabotaged their careers?
Nobody stays on top forever, the biggest names all age out at some point or are replaced by someone or something newer. The Wu is still a hip hop cornerstone and are fondly remembered and frequently referenced in a positive light. They're on a comparable level of iconography as classic rock bands like The Rolling Stones, Van Halen and Metallica where people who don't even listen to their music will wear a shirt with their name/trademark/logo on it.
The Wu-Tang Clan are doing just fine for themselves these days and have been since their peak years decades ago. We need to cease this mindset of just because someone is not THE hottest thing anymore it automatically means their career was ruined.
You can't stop legends
Cappadonna as well!
The original 9 members.
1. Wu Tang is for the Children
2. Wu Tang ain't nuthin' to f with
3. Wu Tang is Forever.
I dont think that was their problem. there was an oversaturation of wu projects, from clan members to affiliates, clothing video games. Wu was everywhere.
Fucc funk master flex. Throwing salt on artists ain't cool. I remember he was trying to still talk smack about Pac even decades after his passing. He came under some heat for that stunt.
Yeah, naaaaa FAM! Wu mos def got mainstream success. Their freaking international yo!
The Wu-Tang Clan is Hip-Hop’s Grateful Dead 💀. I say Between ditching The Tour With Rage Against The Machine and Ghostface Screaming F-Bombs at Hot 97.
I literally ALWAYS call them that
You forgot to mention Cap!
1:54 NEW JERSEY IS NOT THEIR STOMPING GROUNDS WTF MAN
Don't they have a huge tour with Nas rn?
Hoping to see these in London this year🇬🇧👊🏻
Wu Tang was and Still is Larger than Life and Definitely Larger than hot 97. They Hos No Effect whatsoever on Wu Tangs's Overall Success!
How could HOT97 just say “we wont play your music?” Thats fucked up. Anyone know why they would say that if wutang didnt show up to the show that they would never play their music?
6 classic albums is actually pretty good going for any artist
The saboteur was RZA. Wouldn’t let members go make money, but every time a bag was available for him RZA put his time towards that instead of focusing on the group who he forced to rely on him. To this day you can see how he is still advancing his career and opportunities while maintaining control over what the group can do. While taking a majority of the cut size. SMH. Family?
Stop smoking crack. The greatest individual success they had in music was what he created. And they still touring internationally with Nas. If that was the case members wouldn't be there right now. How do you think the HULU show helping them all eat, or the documentaries on TV?
Wu Tang can't be forgotten. They are the most! Lyrically performed armed robbery!
Everyone knows that Wu-tang is for the children ❤
Watching this with my Wu socks on. :b
Funny to hear a non NY cat give a NY Hip Hop history lesson
wutang is bigger than any radio station or record label.
Sabotage is a big word
👐u tang 4eva🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kool Moe Dee of the Treacherous 3 and also Luke Skywalker from 2LiveCrew went solo before Wu as well. Also Bone Thugs was the group of the 90's
WU TANG FOREVER
Wu-Tang is for the Children! - ODB
Masta Killah was never an OG member (although had a verse on the first album) You could argue that Killah and Cappadonna should have been in the group, but they never were.
Killah has one of my alltime favourite albums "the psychic world of walter reid" and cappa actually beat all the OG members in a battle. I think RZA even inducted Cappadonna into the actual Clan at some point, too. As far as I know Killah was never inducted into the Clan, he remains a member of "Wu Fam" which is the extended family.
This video is dumb. ODB had signed to Rocafella right before his death. Method Man went into acting and Ghostface still continued to drop hits well into the mid 2000's. RZA also started producing movies and TV shows. As for the other Wutang members, idk but I can say for certain that they all didn't sabotage their careers 💯
It makes sense if you watched the Hulu series when chef heard someone playing biggie it was automatically tension
Listening to too many Industry Insiders for the Research that went into this video. With due respect to the data included and not to say any of it is inaccurate, but as someone who was around for all of this, hung out w Wu at shows in Miami, was involved in the NY-based Hardcore Hiphop scene as an Artist, this video leaves out the main reasons for Wu's descent from the apex of Hip-hop/Rap Music, as follows;
1. RZA on the cover of The Source: RZA made a lot of disparaging comments about The South, about emerging Southern Rap, Crunk that was gaining popularity and then I remember seeing them perform in Ft Lauderdale and they went in on "Laffy Taffy" and were criticizing Southern Rap, it alienated The South, also their lyrics about 5%er Knowledge, Comic Books, etc. wasn't accessible to The South, it became seen as Whiteboy shit, Fat Joe publicly joked about it, then Southern Rap kept getting bigger and eventually took over down here though some NYC Artists continued to do well. The Music changed and the new Southern style left Wu's technical and lyrical style behine, the public moved on.
2. The Quality of the Music, the Wu brand becoming diluted: 36 Chambers is the best Hip-hop album of all time, Wu is the best Hip--hop group of all time for me first off. I saw them in different incarnations, from 36 Chambers and 1st solo records-era to Forever, to just saw them in West Palm a few months ago, I've been supporting Wu steadfast since I heard Protect your Neck on the radio on Power 96, I bought all the solo albums up to a point, bought Wu Chronicles, the Killa Beez album with all of the other groups, I bought Killarmy, Sunz of Man, Iron Flag, RZA as Bobby Digital, but sadly none of it could really capture the 36 Chambers and the first few solos.
These two factors played more of a role than anything having to do with Hot 97 in my view. Groups like Bad Boy, G-Unit, were taling about things that everyone in the Hood could relate to as well as anyone of the mindset, where Wu is ESOTERIC. You have to Study to understand Wu, its complex, that approach and the legacy of KRS and Rakim and so forth passed, it was the end of an era that included other Crews like Boot Camp Clique, Hit Squad, the Hardcore Hip-hop sound later called "Golden Era" and now "Boom Bap" died out in the mainstream, the so-called Bling and Southern Style, Crunk became more popular so that is bigger than any one group including Wu.
Thanks for the vid, no disrespect intended just wanted to contribute to the discussion and alleviate some of this perception that Wu "sabotaged" their Career. No matter what they would have done differently the Sands of Time were changing, but they've continued to make Music, perform, documentaries, tv shows...
The more folks that make videos like these talking about Wu-Tang keeps it alive, keeps them RELEVANT.
Wu-Tang Forever, Forever Wu-Tang, MIAMI CHAMBER