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Wu-Tang Clan: Fear of a Black-Belt Planet

Simon Price, Melody Maker, 12 August 1995

In the last two weeks. Method Man and Gravediggaz have divebombed into the British charts. At last, Staten Island's utterly insane-in-the-membrane WU-TANG CLAN — Horrorcore originators, Kung Fu obsessives, Chuck D's favourite rap crew, and the hip hop name to drop — are turning into this year's Cypress Hill-sized crossover. SIMON PRICE ducks the flying stars and enters the 36th Chamber (alright then, the tour bus).

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