RandoMax Radio's Producers Guild Episode #7 - Allah Mathematics

Producers Guild is a series celebrating the creators behind the boards of your favorite songs. Listen to today's episode and leave your comments, suggestions, questions, criticisms, and/or whatever you have for me below so we can continue the conversation.

Ronald "Allah Mathematics" Bean is a producer-slash-deejay hailing from Jamaica, Queens. He's been an ancillary member of the Wu-Tang Clan since well before the Wu-Tang Clan was even a glimmer in The RZA's eye, having befriended Gary "The Genius" Grice back in 1990, back when he wasn't yet the GZA and he was signed to Cold Chillin'. But the man has a true claim to fame that distances him from his Wu-Elements peers: Mathematics created the Wu-Tang logo. Yes, the same logo that the group uses to this very day. Man, I hope he was paid handsomely for his work there.

Allah Math's production work is mostly limited to his time with the Wu-Tang Clan and their affiliates, with the occasional outsider brought in under his wing (usually appearing on Math's own solo projects). I sense this is going to change very soon, however: in 2017 the man was tasked with producing a new Wu-Tang Clan album in full, as The RZA was either too busy or too uninspired to take the reigns, and with his trusty ASR-10 he conjured up The Saga Continues, a blatant attempt at fan service featuring every member of the Clan, save for U-God (which is the only reason why the project was credited to just "Wu-Tang" and not the Clan, according to Allah Math), and a few outsiders (Sean Price, Chris Rivers, Pharoahe Monch and Tek on a remix), all performing over beats that were very reminiscent of the early Wu sound. The Saga Continues was a hit amongst Wu stans, which undoubtedly means that we, as a group, are eagerly awaiting what else Mathematics has been hiding from us.

This episode presents a compilation of Allah Mathematics production efforts that showcase his sound (a lot of loops, to be honest, although that's hardly a bad thing), if not his versatility, since he's only just now starting to reach out beyond the Wu bubble. What you'll hear today plays like a fine Wu-Tang compilation album, one where the microphone is thrown around the room and every participant gets in some fine verses while Math switches up the music every three minutes or so. Join me in the fun by pressing 'play', won't you?




PRODUCERS GUILD EPISODE #7: ALLAH MATHEMATICS
1. Wu-Tang Clan - "Do You Really (Thang, Thang)" (featuring DJ Kay Slay)
2. Method Man & Redman - "Dat's Dat Shit" (featuring Mally G and Young Zee)
3. Ghostface Killah - "Mighty Healthy"
4. Masta Killa - "Whatever" (featuring Prodigal Sunn and Streetlife)
5. GZA/Genius - "Pencil" (featuring Masta Killa and The RZA)
6. Streetlife - "F.A.N.Z."
7. Wu-Tang Clan - "Assed Out"
8. D Vine - "Say Hi To The Bad Guy"
9. Ghostface Killah - "Strawberry" (featuring Killah Sin and The RZA)
10. Wu-Tang - "Pearl Harbor (Remix)" (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Sean Price, Pharoahe Monch, and Tek)
11. Masta Killa - "All Natural"
12. GZA/Genius - "Feel Like An Enemy" (featuring Hell Razah, Killah Priest, Prodigal Sunn, and Trigga)
13. Mathematics - "Untitled Track 3 (Instrumental)"
14. Mathematics - "Rap Burglars" (featuring Raekwon and Inspectah Deck)
15. Wu-Tang - "If What You Say Is True" (featuring Cappadonna, Masta Killa, Streetlife, GZA/Genius, and Ol' Dirty Bastard)
16. Wu-Syndicate - "Pointin' Fingers"
17. Black Knights of the North Star - "Punishment"
18. Mathematics - "Respect Mine" (featuring Raekwon, Method Man, and Cappadonna)

Hopefully you've enjoyed this episode, along with everything else I've thrown at you for the pandemic edition of the 12 Days of Wu-Mas episode. If you like what you hear, leave me some comments-slash-criticism-slash-words of encouragement, so that hopefully we can keep this weird-ass tradition alive next year. Happy Holidays!

-Max

RandoMax Radio's Producers Guild Episode #6 - 4th Disciple

Producers Guild is a series celebrating the creators behind the boards of your favorite songs. Listen to today's episode and leave your comments, suggestions, questions, criticisms, and/or whatever you have for me below so we can continue the conversation.

El-Divine Amir Bey is a producer, disc jockey, engineer, and occasional rapper that goes by the stage name 4th Disciple. He was a part of the first wave of producers signed to RZA's Wu-Elements team, the other being True Master, but unlike his close peer, 4th is listed in the liner notes of the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (as a mixer, not a producer, but it still counts). Along with being one of RZA's go-to alternates, 4th Disciple also had a hand in forming a successful Wu-affiliated group of his own, Killarmy, made up of six rappers hailing from both Steubenville, Ohio and Staten Island (cities which are both very important in the Wu-Tang mythos in their own way) who enhanced their shit-talking shtick with military references that sounded a lot like standard-issue boasts-n-bullshit. Like True Master, 4th Disciple also had a career prior to his Wu-Tang connection, although he managed to work a hell of a lot more than Tru-God, alongside many different artists such as Raw Intellect, One Man, and everyone else that appeared on any of his various compilation projects (see: The Best of 740; Steel Valley Project).

This episode presents a mix of 4th Disciple's production work that showcase his versatility and sound, which oftentimes skews toward stark, bleak loops with hard-as-fuck drums. His choice of collaborators tend to lean heavily in that direction as well, making for another boom bap-heavy episode that you two are bound to enjoy. The tracklisting appears below the embedded player, so that you can quickly glance at it while wondering why you haven't yet pressed 'play'.




PRODUCERS GUILD EPISODE #6: 4TH DISCIPLE

1. 4th Disciple - "The Fall" (featuring Shogun Assasson and Alibastard the 1st)
2. 12 O'Clock & Raekwon - "Nasty Immigrants"
3. Sean Price - "Dead or Alive" (featuring Bernadette Price)
4. Method Man - "Another Winter" (featuring Streetlife, Hanz On, and Carlton Fisk)
5. 4th Disciple - "Letz Rok" (featuring Rah Digga)
6. La the Darkman - "Fifth Disciple"
7. Killarmy - "Dress to Kill"
8. Sunz of Man - "Wicked Ways" (featuring 7th Ambassador)
9. Raw Intellect - "Third Eye"
10. Shaka Amazulu The 7th - "Retrophin (4th Disciple's Gravediggaz Remix)" (featuring Frukwan, Shabazz the Disciple, and Solomon Childs)
11. Teraban - "Dead Silence"
12. Rubbabandz - "Drive By"
13. N-Tyce - "Hush Hush Tip" (featuring Method Man)
14. Killah Priest - "Moanin'" (featuring Killa Sin)
15. Sunz of Man - "Bloody Choices"
16. Killarmy - "The Cookout"
17. Bugsy Da God - "Killaz Language" (featuring Tragedy Khadafi, Timbo King, and Leathafase)
18. Wu-Tang Clan - "Better Tomorrow"

Hopefully you enjoy the second of today's episodes. Let me know what you think works, and more importantly, what doesn't, so that I can take your thoughts into account during future editions.  And be sure to subscribe to RandoMax Radio for more of these mixes, and just know, I take requests. Don't be shy.

-Max

RandoMax Radio's Producers Guild Episode #5 - True Master

Producers Guild is a series celebrating the creators behind the boards of your favorite songs. Listen to today's episode and leave your comments, suggestions, questions, criticisms, and/or whatever you have for me below so we can continue the conversation.

Derek Harris, professionally known as producer-slash-occasional rapper True Master, is best known for his association with the Wu-Tang Clan. I know that sentence comes across as flippant and obvious, both because the timing of today's post implies a connection to the 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 and because it entirely discounts the man on his own merits, measuring his importance against the Wu-Tang monolith, but it's entirely true: one of the earliest members of the Wu-Elements production team, True Master is likely the man responsible for many of your favorite Wu tracks that don't come from the RZA himself, some of which are outright classics in their own right.

Harris has a life outside of the Clan, of course, which many of you two may not be fully aware of. True Master was once a member of the late Guru's Gang Starr Foundation alongside such names as Jeru the Damaja, Group Home, Bahamadia, and Big Shug, although you're forgiven if you never knew about this particular association, since Harris never made it on to any proper Gang Starr project. (He had to be satisfied with placements on one of Guru's Jazzmatazz albums and on the Illkid Records label sampler, Illkid Records being the short-lived label Guru had started to originally house the Foundation members.) The Wu-Tang connection came later, but not much later, as RZA picked up what the man was laying down rather quickly. (The Abbot had also realized he wouldn't be able to realistically produce every single Wu-Tang Clan effort without suffering from a noticeable decline in quality.) True Master and his fellow Element 4th Disciple made up the B-team of Wu-Tang production, a classification that remained in place for many years before True Master seemingly vanished from the face of the Earth while battling a sexual assault charge that he was later acquitted for.

This episode presents a mix of True Master's production work (and co-production work, in a small handful of places) that showcase his self-proclaimed "Persian Legacy" sound, which fits surprisingly well with a multitude of artists, not just those within the Wu fold. This episode brings boasts-n-bullshit in its purest form, with each artist focusing on nothing but one-upping those around them, which, in my opinion, bumps up the entertainment value quite a bit. Fans of East Coast boom bap will find plenty to enjoy here, although I believe there's something for everyone's tastes, especially my own, as I love all of these tracks (and I'm willing to bet a lot of you two will feel the same).



PRODUCERS GUILD EPISODE #5: TRUE MASTER
1. Cappadonna - "Slang Editorial"
2. RZA - "Fast Cars" (featuring Ghostface Killah and Erica Bryant)
3. Black Rob - "You Know What" (featuring Louis Farrakhan)
4. Tony Touch - "The Abduction" (featuring Wu-Tang Clan)
5. U-God - "Rumble" (featuring Leathafase, Inspectah Deck, and Method Man)
6. Eto & Trife Diesel - "Old Style"
7. True Master - "Who's The Truest"
8. KRS-One & True Master - "One Two, Here's What We Gon' Do" (featuring RZA)
9. Method Man - "Dangerous Grounds" (featuring Streetlife)
10. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Brooklyn Zoo"
11. Wu-Tang Clan - "Y'all Been Warned"
12. Method Man - "Party Crasher (Original)"
13. Guru - "Looking Through Darkness" (featuring Mica Paris)
14. Gravediggaz - "Burn, Baby, Burn"
15. True Master - "12 Jewels of Life" (featuring RZA)
16. Deadly Venoms - "(Throw Your...) Middle Fingers Up" (featuring Method Man and Streetlife)
17. Wu-Tang Clan - "Heaterz" (featuring Cappadonna)
18. Killah Priest - "The PWOWR (Problem Solver)"

Hopefully you enjoy this episode. Let me know in the comments what you think, what songs I missed, and leave me some ideas for producers to look into for future episodes. And be sure to subscribe to RandoMax Radio for more of these mixes, and just know, I take requests. Don't be shy.

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #11

credit: Shea Serrano

Eleven pipers piping. That's what you ordered, that's what it says on the invoice. So why, exactly, are there eleven plumbers currently in your kitchen unclogging the kitchen sink, which was recently filled with multiple breeds' worth of bird feathers from an unrelated event? You were expecting a musical act, one that wouldn't sound very diverse since everyone would be playing the same instrument, but still. Maybe it's time to check up on that return policy. Just give it about an hour, let them fix the sink first - I mean, they're here, right?

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so press 'play' and let the eleventh episode of the 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 fill the airwaves of your heart.




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #11:

1. The RZA (Bobby Digital) - "Don't Be Afraid"
2. Ghostface Killah x Adrian Younge - "Murder Spree" (featuring U-God, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, and Killa Sin)
3. Shabazz the Disciple - "Thieves In The Night (Heist)" (featuring Killah Priest and Lil' Dap)
4. Method Man - "Presidential MC" (featuring The RZA and Raekwon)
5. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Extended Version)"
6. Raekwon - "The Table" (featuring Masta Killa)
7. Wu-Tang - "My Only One" (featuring Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah, The RZA, and Steven Latorre)
8. Wu-Tang Killa Beez - "Woodchuck" (featuring North Star, Royal Fam, Cilvaringz, Warcloud, and Black Knights)
9. Shyheim - "Furious Anger" (featuring Big L)
10. Ghostface Killah - "Assassination Day" (featuring Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, and The RZA)

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #10

Day 10 of the 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 brings with it ten lords a-leaping around like a bunch of methhead assholes, keeping your family trapped inside their home while the many many birds are agitated into squawking incessantly, waking the neighbors with the loud noise, especially that nosy old lady across the street from you who always stares at you whenever she sees you walking outside to your car. She's called the cops, because she always calls the cops, so it's just a matter of time before you'll have to field a barrage of questions about the Christmas gifts you chose to purchase this year. Man, 2020 is a trip, am I right?

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so press 'play' and start celebrating the holidays before it's too late...




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #10:

1. Ghostface Killah - "Guns 'N Razors" (featuring Trife Da God, Cappadonna, and Killa Sin)
2. U-God - "Glide" (featuring Leathafase)
3. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Gettin' High" (featuring Zu Keeper, 12 O'Clock, La the Darkman, and Shorty Shit Stain)
4. The RZA (Bobby Digital) - "Digi-Electronics" (featuring Timbo King, Shyheim, Doc Doom, and Madam Scheez)
5. Raekwon - "Guillotine (Swordz)" (featuring Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and GZA/Genius)
6. Zu Ninjaz - "No Retreat"
7. Killarmy - "Originators"
8. DJ Muggs x GZA/Genius - "Smothered Mate"
9. Gravediggaz - "1-800-Suicide (Poisonous Mix)"
10. Raekwon - "Baggage Handlers" (featuring Busta Rhymes)


Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #9

The ninth day of Wu-Mas apparently brings with it nine ladies dancing, so not only are there a bunch of birds on the list, you're also presented with multiple women who seemingly exist within the world of the song to solely entertain and/or "milk", and both of those options surely aren't earning you any side-eye from your spouse, right? Today's mix is for her, so that she can drown out the sounds of nine women stomping around on your carpet while she plots her revenge against the mysterious benefactor that has been sending these gifts in the first place.

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so press 'play' and begin your training.




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #9:

1. Wu-Tang Clan - "Gun Will Go" (featuring Sunny Valentine)
2. Wu-Block - "Bust Shots" (featuring Inspectah Deck)
3. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Protect Ya Neck II The Zoo" (featuring Buddha Monk, Prodigal Sunn, Zu Keeper, Merdoc, Killah Priest, 12 O'Clock, Shorty Shit Stain, and 60 Second Assassin)
4. Wu-Syndicate - "Lutunza"
5. Raekwon - "Butter Knives"
6. Wu-Tang Clan - "Deadly Melody" (featuring Streetlife)
7. Deadly Venoms - "Pockets Stay Deeply"
8. Ghostface Killah - "Box In Hand (Original)" (featuring Method Man and Streetlife)
9. GZA/Genius - "Words from the Genius (Prince Rakeem Remix)"
10. Theodore Unit - "Pass the Mic"

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #8

The eighth day of Wu-Mas 2020 steps away from the many many birds that have taken over your living room, hogging the television, fucking up your algorithm with their viewing selections, and generally leaving your family terrified to even attempt walking to the kitchen. So while you sneak out through the bedroom window to procure some dinner for your brood and the eight milking maids that have taken up residence in your front lawn (much to the consternation of your homeowners association), the Wu-Tang Clan and their extended family can provide the soundtrack in the form of today's episode, which should be embedded below.

The tracklist appears below, so press 'play' and don't forget to pick up the chestnuts for that open fire your wife has going in the bedroom closet (you have to cook your food somehow).




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #8:

1. Black Knights - "Zip Code"
2. Sunz of Man - "Inmates to the Fire" (featuring Dreddy Krueger)
3. Ghostface Killah - "Run" (featuring Jadakiss)
4. Cilvaringz - "You'll Never Know (Original)" (featuring The RZA)
5. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Brooklyn Zoo"
6. Raekwon - "Verbal Intercourse" (featuring Nas and Ghostface Killah)
7. Trife Diesel - "Listen Carefully" (featuring Tommy Whispers and Kryme Life)
8. Ghostface Killah - "Laced Cheeba" (featuring Sean Price and Trife Da God)
9. Royal Fam - "Somethings Got To Give"
10. GZA/Genius - "Rough Cut" (featuring Armel, Prodigal Sunn, and 12 O'Clock)


Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #7

Unlike the horny birds from yesterday, today's flock of fowl consists of seven swans swimming around without a care in the world, as though there isn't a raging pandemic impacting our every way of life (and causing a worldwide shutdown after the holidays, if my prediction is correct). Doesn't that sound nice, though? Remember when you didn't have so many responsibilities to fulfill, or when that anxious voice in your head stayed quiet most of the time? I can't guarantee that today's episode of The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 will transport you back to simpler times in your life - a couple of the tracks included linger on the dark side, and another two deal heavily with relationships with the opposite sex, which could be a trigger for you two, I don't know. But if nothing else, today's episode will help you look back fondly at your life before the End Times.

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so pour yourself a tall one, press 'play', and get to reflecting and stuff.




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #7:

1. DJ Muggs x GZA/Genius - "Exploitation of Mistakes"
2. Ghostface Killah - "Guerilla Hood (Original)" (featuring Solomon Childs)
3. Method Man - "Break Ups 2 Make Ups (DJ Krush Remix)" (featuring D'Angelo)
4. Czarface & MF DOOM - "Phantoms" (featuring Open Mike Eagle and Kendra Scott)
5. U-God - "Fire" (featuring Scotty Wotty and Method Man)
6. Deadly Venoms - "One More To Go (The Earthquake)" (featuring Cappadonna, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, and Streetlife)
7. Ghostface Killah - "Kilo" (featuring Raekwon)
8. Killah Priest - "The Professional"
9. Raekwon - "Pyrex Vision"
10. Remedy - "Girlfriend" (featuring Cappadonna)

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #6

More birds, this time in the form of six geese, all of which are laying eggs as we speak, at least according to the song. So what exactly was it about the holiday season that made these geese horny? My best guess is this sixth episode of The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020.

Yes, that was a bad joke. I have no shame.

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so press 'play' and start enjoying the holiday season like these geese obviously do.




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #6:

1. Gravediggaz - "Burn, Baby, Burn"
2. Ghostface Killah - "Troublemakers" (featuring Raekwon, Method Man, and Redman)
3. Moongod Allah - "A Taste of Cold Steel" (featuring Cilvaringz)
4. Method Man - "I Get My Thang In Action"
5. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Snakes" (featuring Killah Priest, The RZA, Masta Killa, Buddha Monk)
6. GZA/Genius - "Living In The World Today" (featuring The RZA and Method Man)
7. Ghostface Killah & Trife da God - "Fire"
8. 9th Prince - "Tribute to the 5th Brother" (featuring The RZA)
9. Raekwon - "1,2,1,2" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
10. Wu-Tang Clan - "Older Gods"

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #5

 

The Wu-Tang Clan seems like an obvious choice to build a mixshow-slash-podcast series such as The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 around, since, at their core, the main group features nine ten nine eleven twelve an infinite, constantly evolving number of members, and when you start throwing in all of the myriad affiliated artists and crews, you can fill your playlist pretty damn quickly. The challenge lies in finding the five golden rings in the rough, which is my clumsy metaphor for "actual great songs", which I believe I've pulled off for each day of Wu-Mas, especially today. (I say that every day, but I mean it this time.)

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so press 'play' as you watch your children throw tinsel on the tree (read: floor).

THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #5:

1. Czarface - "World Premier" (featuring Large Professor)
2. Masta Killa - "Secret Rivals" (featuring Killah Priest and Method Man)
3. Ghostface Killah - "Mighty Healthy"
4. Killarmy - "Galactics"
5. Wu-Tang Clan - "Rushing Elephants"
6. La the Darkman - "Heist of the Century" (featuring Killa Sin)
7. Black Knights - "Rollin'" (featuring The RZA)
8. Cappadonna - "Supa Ninjaz" (featuring U-God and Method Man)
9. Killa Sin - "The Archer"
10. KGB - "Bless Ya Life"

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #4

 

Why are there so many goddamned birds involved with "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? Who in their right mind would want to keep four calling birds, three french hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge and a pear tree in their home while preparing to surprise the recipient during the holiday season? These questions are not for me to answer - instead, I'm here with the fourth episode of the limited 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 series, which I just noticed could unofficially be referred to as "The Chamber Tape", since I subconsciously included no less than three tracks (out of ten) that have the word "chamber" in their title.

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so press 'play' and start celebrating the holidays the way RZA Claus originally intended.



THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #4:

1. GZA/Genius - "4th Chamber" (featuring Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest, and The RZA)
2. Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Streetlife, & Masta Killa - "Execute Them"
3. Method Man - "Intro"
4. Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (Bloody Version)"
5. Inspectah Deck - "Femme Fatale"
6. Wu-Block - "Pull Tha Cars Out" (featuring Method Man)
7. Masta Killa - "Iron God Chamber" (featuring The RZA, U-God, and Method Man)
8. The RZA - "Untitled #12 (Free Jazz)"
9. Gravediggaz - "Graveyard Chamber" (featuring Dreddy Krueger, Shabazz the Disciple, and Killah Priest)
10. Ghostface Killah - "One"

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #3

 

Bringing the three french hens to the office holiday party (you know, the one any responsible organization would just cancel this year because, well, you know) is the 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020, with the third episode of this limited series now available for injecting into your hip hop-riddled bloodstream. If you've been hesitant to play any of these mixes because of the proximity to the holiday and the fact that the series is called The 12 Days of Wu-Mas, just know that there aren't any Christmas songs in these episodes, because that Ghostface Killah holiday song from GhostDeini the Great is terrible and wouldn't have made the cut anyway.

I mean, one of the songs today kinda-sorta follows a holiday trope, but that's just because of the cadence Inspectah Deck chose to use that day in the studio. That, and the RZA crafted the beat while aboard a flying sleigh. But that's it.

Hopefully you're liking these selections so far, but if you're a Wu stan sitting there with your arms folded across your chest, directing to nobody in particular, "Sure, these mixes are cool, but I know all of these songs," just know that it's going to start becoming more esoteric as the days go by, and I don't just mean that as a Czarface reference.

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so get to pressing 'play' and, as always, share with as many of your fellow Wu stans as possible, as these Max-Approved Wu Mixtapes are meant to be fun for the whole family.




THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #3:

1. Method Man - "Mr. Sandman" (featuring The RZA, Inspectah Deck, Streetlife, Carlton Fisk, and Blue Raspberry)
2. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "N---a Please" (featuring The RZA)
3. Raekwon- "Rainy Dayz" (featuring Ghostface Killah and Blue Raspberry)
4. The RZA - "Lab Drunk"
5. Wu-Tang - "Pearl Harbor (Remix)" (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Sean Price, Pharoahe Monch, and Tek)
6. Sunz of Man - "Soldiers of Darkness" (featuring Killarmy)
7. Shyheim - "Young Godz" (featuring Killa Sin, Madman, Rubbabandz, Raekwon, and The RZA)
8. Gravediggaz - "What's Goin' On" (featuring 9th Prince)
9. GZA/Genius - "Feel Like An Enemy" (featuring Hell Razah, Killah Priest, Trigga, and Prodigal Sunn)
10. Wu-Tang Clan - "Dashing (Reasons)"

Enjoy!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #2

 

Now that you two have an inkling of what I'm doing with these mixes, you can settle into the second episode of the 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020, which you can subtitle "Two Turtledoves" if you'd like. I present to you ten more songs taken from different parts of the vast Wu-Tang catalog, songs that I enjoy a great fucking deal that I wholeheartedly believe that you will also like, or at least find a new appreciation for, and there's at least one more surprise to be found on here that I think you'll get a kick out of.

The tracklist for the second Max-Approved Wu Mixtape appears below the embedded player, so get to pressing 'play' and bear witness to some damn fine Wu-Tang Clan tracks that are underrated as hell.

 

THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #2:

1. Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God - "The Drummer" (featuring Method Man and Streetlife)
2. GZA/Genius - "Pencil" (featuring Masta Killa and The RZA)
3. Inspectah Deck - "Hyperdermix"
4. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Give It To Ya Raw (SD50 Remix)"
5. Ghostface Killah - "The Hilton" (featuring Raekwon)
6. Killa Beez - "KB Ridin'" (featuring Wu-Tang Clan, Shacronz, and Suga Bang Bang)
7. Wu-Tang Clan - "Heaterz" (featuring Cappadonna)
8. Ghostface Killah & Inspectah Deck - "Harbor Masters" (featuring AZ)
9. Royal Fam - "Army Brigade" (featuring True Master)
10. Raekwon - "Ice Water" (featuring Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna)

'Tis the season!

-Max

The 12 Days of Wu-Mas 2020 #1

Kicking off this year's 12 Days of Wu-Mas limited series is your partridge in a pear tree, which, when seen in a certain light, resembles the first episode of what is essentially the Max-Approved Wu Tape: ten tracks lifted from the Wu-Tang Clan's vast and sprawling discography, hand-selected by me as some of the finest work the group (and their many affiliates) have ever offered up as sacrifices to our chosen culture's gods.

The tracklist appears below the embedded player, so get to pressing 'play' and be sure to share with your fellow Wu stans who you think would appreciate Wu-Tang playlists where a lot of the tracks aren't the same twenty or so that get thrown around whenever the Interweb tries to discuss the Clan's greatest hits.

THE 12 DAYS OF WU-MAS 2020 #1:

1. Raekwon - "House of Flying Daggers" (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, and Method Man)
2. Killarmy - "Full Moon"
3. Gravediggaz - "Diary of a Madman" (featuring Shabazz the Disciple and Killah Priest)
4. Wu-Block - "Drivin' Round (Original)" (featuring Masta Killa, GZA/Genius, and Erykah Badu)
5. Bronze Nazareth - "5th Chamber" (featuring Two On Da Road and Sean Price)
6. Masta Killa - "Digi Warfare" (featuring U-God and The RZA)
7. Method Man - "4:20" (featuring Streetlife and Carlton Fisk)
8. Ghostface Killah - "The Soul Controller" (featuring The Force MD's)
9. Czarface - "Two In The Chest"
10. The RZA - "Samurai Showdown"  

Enjoy!

-Max