RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #26

This week I’m bringing in another theme to help mix it up with the Wu-Wednesdays series. Episode twenty-six, or “wow, I’ve been doing this for half a year already?”, presents the listener, young and old, with ten Wu-Tang Clan and Wu-affiliated tracks which are all produced by Peter Phillips, better known in our chosen culture as Pete Rock. Not only do the Wu play well with others outside of their bubble, they’ve also established longtime relationships with some legacy acts, which makes sense, given that the group has been a part of our world for over thirty years now. Regardless of his poorly researched and misguided take on vaccines and how to handle oneself during a global pandemic, Peter Q. Rockefeller’s music has stood the test of time, which is why I believe you will enjoy this episode. Again, this shouldn’t be looked at as a comprehensive list of everything Pete has done alongside the Wu, it’s just ten songs I like a lot that feature everybody involved in their element. You may also find yourself surprised at some of the inclusions, and if you aren’t, I hope it will at least elicit a light chuckle.



A reminder: Early episodes of Wu-Wednesdays have been removed from the Mixcloud site as a way to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #25

So what do we have going on this week’s edition of Wu-Wednesdays? Soundtracks, that’s what. Specifically, I’m looking at some of the soundtrack offerings the Wu-Tang Clan (and their offspring, biological or otherwise) have submitted to various music supervisors across Hollywood, landing placements on various soundtracks for movies and the occasional television program. I tried to keep this as simple as possible, which means, yet again, in no way is this a comprehensive listing of Wu-Tang songs found on soundtracks. This is simply ten examples of the trope, none of which derive from any Wu-related film or streaming show (sorry, Ghost Dog fans, I’ll get you another time), most of which can only be found on said soundtrack (unless it happened to pop up on a mixtape or greatest hits compilation or something), and all of which bang. Enjoy the show, folks.



A reminder: Early episodes of Wu-Wednesdays have been removed from the Mixcloud site as a way to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #24

I’m keeping things simple with this week’s entry into the Wu-Wednesdays canon. There’s no real theme here, just ten tracks from various members of the Wu-Tang Clan and their myriad friends and family members, all of which bang, most of which I feel are severely underrated in the group’s cinematic universe. There are also at least two songs presented that will cause you to scratch your collective heads, either due to sheer confusion as to how you’d never heard of it before, or out of awe, since you didn’t believe I was going to take it there. Either response is acceptable, by the way.



A reminder: Early episodes of Wu-Wednesdays have been removed from the Mixcloud site as a way to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #23

 

This week’s entry in the ongoing Wu-Wednesdays concern focuses on a handful of the cameos the Clan and their ilk have made outside of their respective bubbles. These episodes are not intended to be comprehensive listings, mind you; rather, just like the rest of them so far, we’re presenting an entertaining compilation of ten tracks where at least one of the nine generals (usually) pops in to provide some friendly banter with their gracious host. You’ve likely heard some of these before, but chances are fair-to-good that you’ll be less familiar with at least a couple of the offerings, so I encourage you two to go into this with an open mind. After all, the whole point of this exercise is to expand your minds and/or your playlists with good fucking music, right?



A reminder: the first set of episodes have been removed on the Mixcloud site to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #22

As goofy, insular, and occasionally corny as these can be, I’m having fun crafting these Wu-Wednesday mixes for you all. Hopefully you’re enjoying the selection of songs from both the classic Wu era (by which I mean seasons one through six, obviously) and the later years, from both the traditional group members and the friends of cousins of friends who managed to make their way into a recording studio. Collectively there’s been a lot of output, not all of it is what could be generously described as “good”, but you can trust your old (emphasis on “old”) buddy Max to help cull the wheat from the chaff. Or whatever other metaphor makes me look good in the process.



A reminder: the first set of episodes have been removed on the Mixcloud site to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #21

Welcome back to Wu-Wednesdays, my attempt at continuing the discourse around the Wu-Tang Clan’s mythology (read: their songs, their affiliates’ songs, those of their affiliates’ affiliates, you get it). It’s a standard thing for rappers to put their friends on if/when they manage to strike gold, but nobody’s done it to the extent that the Wu-Tang Clan has. I mean, hell, entire groups rivaling the original Clan in size have spawned in their wake just because one of the members maybe went to preschool with Ol’ Dirty Bastard or something. Drawing out a family tree would be a great exercise in futility, since there are way too many people to include and accurate information isn’t always available online, but it could still be worth attempting, which is my way of saying, if any of you two are interested in trying to trace all of this DNA out, I’d be willing to assist.

Anyway, on to this week’s episode, filled, as always, with bangers, lesser known tracks, and general buffoonery.



A reminder: the first baker’s dozen of episodes have been removed on the Mixcloud site to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max

RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #20

You know the drill – it’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another entry into the Wu-Wednesdays canon, this limited series (presented by RandoMax Radio) promising to shine a light on various aspects of the Wu-Tang Clan’s influence upon hip hop one episode at a time. Today we have ten more tracks that I truly enjoy, some of which you’ve heard of, some you might have missed, and maybe one or two that will have you scratching your temple, but that’s just how flexible the group and their affiliates can be… when it works. If the end product is terrible, you won’t hear it from me, not on these mixes, anyway. (I’ll still tell you in reviews if something sucks. You have my word on that.)



A reminder: the first dozen episodes have been removed on the Mixcloud site to free up space, but the songs from each (the ones that are available, anyway) are thriving over on the RandoMax Radio Spotify channel, with tracks from the older episodes being added as they get removed. Give it a look when you get a chance – every like and follow helps me out tremendously.

Enjoy!

-Max