Idolator

OnSmash has a 20-minute preview of the Wu-Tang Clan's new album, 8 Diagrams, consisting almost entirely of interviews with group members. You hear a little bit of music, but mainly it's Method Man giggling about nudity on European TV, Raekwon side-stepping issues of depression, RZA talking about collaborating with other producers, and most everyone dealing (or not dealing) awkwardly with the absence of Ol' Dirty Bastard. (Ghostface is conspicuously absent, although later in the video they explain that he does appear on three tracks; Masta Killa also seems to have skipped out.) It's fairly interesting, but just the fact that they're making another album is notable: While the touring market for old rap acts is extremely lucrative, no more so than for the Wu, in terms of records, no rap act has made a successful comeback. More »