RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #35

 

Episode thirty-five in an ongoing saga that is Wu-Wednesdays is, predictably, filled with good music, elite bars, and some utter nonsense, same as its weekly predecessors. Today, you get much more in the way of “elite bars”, at least when it comes to the sheer number of participants delivering them, as the spotlight shines on posse cuts, some of which you might have heard but mostly unknown to those outside of the Wu standom otherwise. There are some doozies here, but the common denominator is that all of the tracks presented are good. Some may be less to your taste than others, but that wouldn’t make them less “good”, it just means they may not be your cup of tea, and as we all know, Wu-Tang is all about the tea. Look, not every single one of these sentences is going to make sense.



There are thirty-four previous episodes of the Wu-Wednesdays side project, but only a handful of those are still on the Mixcloud site. What happened to the rest of them? Well, they may have been removed from the Mixcloud site due to space limitations, but the songs themselves live on at the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the ones “they” want you to hear, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance and tell anybody you know who may enjoy something like this – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #34

Early on, the various members of the Wu-Tang Clan proved they could play well with others, making frequent appearances on projects recorded outside of the immediate family. That’s just talking about guest verses, though – when it came to the actual Wu-Tang sound, RZA and company were a lot less likely to share, at least back in the day. Obviously, their respective stance has shifted significantly, since otherwise today’s episode of the ongoing Wu-Wednesdays concern, a continuation of a previous episode that showcased what the Wu-Elements (and RZA himself) have done with artists outside of their bubble, couldn’t exist. As per usual, you’re going to be awfully familiar with some of these selections, but I guarantee a handful will come as a surprise, most of those likely coming from producer Bronze Nazareth, since that dude is prolific as fuck.



Wondering what happened to the earlier episodes of Wu-Wednesdays? They may have been removed from the Mixcloud site due to space limitations, but the songs themselves live on at the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the ones the labels will let you hear, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance and tell anybody you know who may enjoy something like this – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #33

 

While the various members of the Wu-Tang Clan and their ilk are mostly known for threatening to attack adversaries with swords in their music (and actually beating people down with their fists in real life, at least back in the early-to-mid 1990’s and whenever that Joe Budden thing happened), there’s obviously more to the guys than wanton acts of violence. Like the rest of humanity, the Wu-Tang Clan are multilayered individuals comprised of complex and often contradictory feelings, thoughts, and urges, and that also translates to their musical output. This week we’ll take it a bit easy on your AirPods by running through a selection of songs that showcase the Wu’s softer side, with love (and lust, let’s be real) in the air throughout.

This doesn’t mean the selected tracks aren’t hard, however.



Wondering what happened to the earlier episodes of Wu-Wednesdays? They’ve been removed from the Mixcloud site due to space limitations, but the songs themselves reside over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the available ones, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance and tell your friends – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #32

 

This week we revert to the Wu-Wednesday episodes without an apparent theme, and while I’m serious about the music featured being objectively “good”, I’m not nearly as hard on myself when it comes to the other random shit here. As such, this week’s mix is amongst the silliest I’ve recorded, with at least one payoff that I thought was utterly ridiculous. Regardless of your sense of humor (or lack thereof – no judgment, of course, not everyone laughs at the same things, although what I do here is pretty funny), I think you’ll like this episode, and you’ll probably stumble upon a one or two that you weren’t aware of before, but now simply can’t get enough of.



Wondering what happened to the earlier episodes of Wu-Wednesdays? They’ve been removed from the Mixcloud site due to space limitations, but the songs themselves reside over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the available ones, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance and tell your friends – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #31

 

We’ve been at this Wu-Wednesdays miniseries for more than half of a year now, and there are still several avenues I’d like to explore, but realistically I won’t be able to traverse them all. But fuck the future, because today we get a themed episode! This week is all about how the Wu-Tang Clan’s own Method Man quietly claimed the title of Cameo King within our chosen genre, usurping the likes of Canibus, Busta Rhymes, and the late DMX, and has yet to show a single sign of relinquishing the crown. Low key, Method Man has become the go-to guy for a cameo whenever you need grimy shit-talk presented over an unnervingly dark instrumental, usually with discordant keys for whatever reason, and what’s more, he doesn’t even fucking curse these days when he does it, a choice he made just to challenge his own pen, which I can respect.

Anyway, Meth is the man, and here is but a small selection of cameos from the world of hip hop, featuring other non-Wu artists you probably already enjoy listening to.



Wondering what happened to the earlier episodes of Wu-Wednesdays? They’ve been removed from the Mixcloud site as a way to free up space, but the songs themselves reside over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the available ones, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance, and tell your friends – every like and follow helps me out tremendously, no seriously, you have no idea how much it helps.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #30

Okay, this week’s episode of Wu-Wednesdays is just fun, dorky shit. There are some unexpected guests, some really goofy stuff that you may or may not recognize from a project that isn’t really Wu-related aside from the artists involved, and, of course, some good music. As always, you get some older stuff mixed in with newer tracks that may have passed you by, the common theme being that they’re all well worth your time, whether you’re a Wu-Tang old head who kind of gave up on the crew a long time ago (it’s okay, you can admit it, this is a safe space) or a newbie that wants to know why the Clan was ever relevant in our chosen culture. Enjoy the madness.



Wondering what happened to the earlier episodes of Wu-Wednesdays? They’ve been removed from the Mixcloud site as a way to free up space, but the songs themselves reside over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the available ones, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance, and tell your friends – every like and follow helps me out tremendously, no seriously, you have no idea how much it helps.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #29

This week’s episode of Wu-Wednesdays hits just as the United States celebrated an anniversary that means nothing these days. Look, I know that nothing in these mixes will help change the political climate. Hell, the Wu-Tang Clan aren’t even that political of a crew – oh, they’re fully aware of what’s going on in the world, to the point where you two will need to tell me if you interpret Cappadonna’s outro on one of the songs presented today as a blatant, if rather late, attack on a certain demographic of listener, but they tend to leave the actual commentary to their peers. (That’s how we wound up with a Ghostface Killah offering to take control of the Iraq War from George W. Bush, by the way. That song is not included today.) But even if I can’t help you change these circumstances, perhaps I can assist with allowing you a safe environment to forget about things, even for just fifty minutes. It’s what I have, so it’s what I can do right now, anyway. Hopefully it’ll help those that need it the most.



Wondering what happened to the earlier episodes of Wu-Wednesdays? They’ve been removed from the Mixcloud site as a way to free up space, but the songs themselves reside over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks (the available ones, anyway) being added to the playlist as they get taken down elsewhere. Give it a look when you get a chance, and tell your friends – every like and follow helps me out tremendously, no seriously, you have no idea how much it helps.

Enjoy!

-Max