A few days ago I referred to the Twelve Days of Wu-Mas as the site's annual holiday tradition, which has been true for at least a few years. Since 2018, if we're being specific. Longtime followers who stuck around through the lengthy hiatuses may recall a time when the site was just as known for its focus on the Wu-Tang Clan and their affiliates as it was for its snarky hip hop commentary. If you take a gander at the sidebar, you'll see that the tag "Wu-Tang Clan" remains the most populated to this day (although I'm sure "RandoMax Radio" will soon take the title, but whatever, life goes on). During one of the many times where I was feeling burnt out from constantly writing about our chosen genre and not really enjoying listening to our chosen genre (before I started working on my time management skills, which are still a work in progress), I decided to challenge myself by not immediately dropping everything for any new Wu-related release, choosing to instead focus on literally everybody else in hip hop. I quickly realized that there were a significant amount of readers who looked forward to the Wu shit, however, which led me to grouping everything together as an end-of-year treat.
Which is how we ended up here.
Admittedly, the publication schedule on the site isn't what it used to be, and it's likely that a lot of folks fell by the wayside during the multiple hiatuses, so today I'm providing you with a list of Wu-related posts I've run during the holiday season since 2018. This way, you two can play catch-up and jump back into the 2022 mix with the same knowledge base as everyone else. Also, you might have missed when I wrote about Moongod Allah, a thing that did actually happen, so now's your chance to see it without all of the digging through the blog.
(Note: the below only includes content published on the free feed - Patreon exclusives remain just that, exclusive. It also skips the year 2020 entirely, as that run consisted strictly of Wu-themed episodes of the Max-Approved Mixtape.)
2018 (or, "the year I ran a review every hour for twelve hours, which, in hindsight, was terrible for me to keep up with while also dealing with usual holiday shenanigans that day"):
Ghostface Killah - The Lost Tapes
Raekwon - The Wild
Czarface - A Fistful of Peril
Masta Killa - Loyalty is Royalty
Deadly Venoms - Pretty Thugs
Black Knights - Every Night is Still a Black Knight
Killah Priest - Priesthood
Moongod Allah - Ten Tigers of Kwantung
Czarface & MF DOOM - Czarface Meets Metal Face
U-God - Venom
Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words
Wu-Tang - The Saga Continues
2019:
Czarface & Ghostface Killah - Czarface Meets Ghostface
9th Prince - Prince of New York
60 Second Assassin - Remarkable Timing
Czarface - The Odd Czar Against Us
Deadly Venoms - Still Standing
Method Man - Meth Lab Season 2: The Lithium
Inspectah Deck - Chamber No. 9
Ghostface Killah - Ghostface Killahs
Shyheim - Manchild
Wu-Tang Clan - Of Mics and Men (EP)
Cappadonna - The Cappatilize Project
Zu Ninjaz - Now Justice
2021:
Prince Rakeem - "Ooh We Love You Rakeem" (12-inch single)
The RZA - Only One Place To Get It (EP)
Raekwon - The Appetition (EP)
Killarmy - Full Metal Jackets
KXNG CROOKED x Bronze Nazareth - Gravitas
Dreddy Krueger - Dreddy Krueger Presents: Think Differently Two :: The Audio Film
I'm certain you've all noticed that the write-ups on the free feed aren't occurring all that often anymore, so if you're a fan of the written word, I encourage you to sign up for the Patreon today, as that is currently where the new content is housed. You'll find stuff you like there, I promise, and likely some other things you didn't know you would enjoy until you stumbled upon them.
Enjoy!
-Max
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