Wu-Tang Clan's Secret Album Unveiled: Once Upon A Time In Marrakech | Forbes

[@disownkaos1784]

Why put it into a CD tho? For something to be so special it should have been put into a Vinyl with a CD.

[@WARGHOST]

+TN K 100% right.

[@disownkaos1784]

***** still fuck this album wu-tang clan sold out

[@reallyhappytrees]

+TNK they would have to destroy or preserve the lacquers so it wouldn't get bootlegged. Plus the cost to press just 1 vinyl pressing isn't a wise investment, especially after cutting the lacquers, mastering for vinyl etc.

[@therealflamelit]

why not just have it embedded into the owner's brain on a microchip?

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

Yer u would think. Wax...not. Just a CD. Lol. Keep fan.wundering if you ever get to here them song on the CD ....

[@FreakingKilla]

who the fuck is gonna have a cd player in 88 years?

[@cyka_delik9537]

+Noname Noname Truth. Our constant exposure to magnetic waves will eventually erase all the data on the cd.

[@TheWuCepticon1981]

This video does a great job of making a Wu-Tang fan feel like an outsider lol.

[@tochiRTA]

LMAO. I know, right? such a weird feeling

[@griffsheard1675]

"fuck silver rings" -method man

[@kerrydouglas]

This sucks. The clan wouldn't be anywhere without their fans, and what do they do to pay us back? Releasing one album of something we'll never be able to hear/afford. Think how much money all of the listeners gave them in sales/merchandise. WE have always been the highest bidders and WE deserve to hear the album.

[@Deep4kinThoughts]

Enter the 36 Chamber's and Wu Tang Forever album should be in that box! To me those are your million dollar albums.

[@anonvigil628]

This dude just didn't look the part trying to bob his head to the beat... "this is hip-hop, I am supposed to bob my head; here I go."

[@catfoosh6381]

Anon Vigil probably because it sucks compared to oldschool wu tang

[@anonvigil628]

catfoosh Probably because he is a nerdy white dude who has no style and who is out of touch with hip-hop and rap.

[@themonsteraddictmmxvi1564]

@@anonvigil628 dude went out of his way to find the long lost Wu Tang album. I wouldn't say he's out of touch.

[@jorgelambis9586]

8:45 and on could be a separate video called "Paul Rudd pretending to enjoy a song that his ethnic friend thought he'd like"

[@tochiRTA]

LOL

[@GeorgeBrown1]

I think it was a big mistake to play that snippet, it should be a complete mystery

[@southside2056]

after listening to that 51 seconds, im gonna start the bid off at 25 cents! goin once, going twice???

[@rarenirvanavideos7077]

That 50 secs is worth like a a thousand dollars lol

[@Kaylove347]

What happened to "wu-tang is for the children?"

[@doomizz]

A FREAKING CD?!?! whats next? heirloom usb sticks? Should be a vinyl imo

[@wolbi01]

couldn't agree more... should be on vinyl and gold plated.

[@pkilly126]

Jack White's Paramount Records Collection is all on a usb stick haha it comes in a 400$ wooden chest.. nice but yes it does exist already, but the vinyl suggestion fuck yeah man it only seems right. I respect the right of the wu & cilvaringz to do what they want with their project/creation but at some point give the music to the people, the fucks that guy talking about bury it in a time capsule for 200 years? That makes no sense to me at all, hopefully a real fan buys that shit & puts it out there or something.

[@pkilly126]

just thought of this too.. the fans are the reason they are where they are & the wu has some of the most dedicated ones out there so to make at least the sounds available at some point only seems right for w/o them they'd have exactly jack shit

[@G00dwILLHuNt1n9]

too expensive to be vinyl. Vinyl is not as durable as cd but I see where you're coming from.

[@tredeezy76]

My man...i just busted laughing at that shit....from 4 yrs ago?...wth...lmao

[@450Flamezz]

I don't care what nobody say this idea is genius. The culture of hip hop is so minuscule creativity wise. Everybody claims to be hustlers, dope boys and trappers but constantly get raped by the cooperate mainstreams of the music industry. Rza is already a multi millionaire, this idea is not about the money. Its about pushing the creativity of hip hop and putting a value back in our music and culture. Its obvious that not only are these rap clowns selling their soul for little to nothing, their not being compensated for the millions they make these labels its sad. We don't know our worth.

[@mandoso7222]

Na that’s an asshole move no one gives a shit about that, give me the music

[@ChozenFTW]

I'd pay 2 mill for just the box, they can keep the CD.

[@JohnsonOyeniran]

W

[@JohnsonOyeniran]

***** ello

[@damienschutz2703]

I would buy the CD for 2 mill They can keep the box

[@potatopoison1130]

L

[@suehenry5351]

the key is to put rza in a basement in new york with all the equipment he used in 92-94 and dont let his ass out for 2 years or until he completes genuine proper solo wu and group albums. Not these wu afilliate producers who are trash except for trumaster. his shit is unique.

[@sjarifuddinhamid7546]

it would be awesomely trolling if the music inside the cd is RZA laughing

[@costademeloaragao]

the forbes reporter was bumping his head out of rythm

[@fuzzydunlop1753]

Couldn't they have sent someone who actually likes hiphop?

[@thatundergroundflavorrareo3194]

Let's hope this leaks onto the internet for all to hear.

[@NorthIslandLongboard]

Lol the old morracan guy has probably just been chilling in there, smoking a blunt, listening to the Wu album aha

[@WorldUnitedGamers]

***** LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE

[@truestrength]

I truly hope that whoever buys this releases it to the public

[@hectorramirez3711]

I would buy this just to crack the CD in Half

[@ryangregory9308]

The reason they did this is cuz WU-TANG IS FOREVER

[@dajazman2k]

"Wu-Tang is for the children"….. Not any more, it's for the corporates. ODB must be spinning in his grave. Fuck this.

[@cymandeh]

I respect this. This will work!!! 88 years. .there were 9 pissed of hungry mcs. Who changed hip hop And rapped with an unmatched fury!!!! They were called the wu tang clan!!!

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Great promo and doing throw back music is Wu Forever. Wu should have had a longer career and hands down they are the largest, most diverse group to hold it down for as long as they did with the raw fire they spit....

[@KBillionzz]

Beautiful idea. Creating Immortality.

[@Genocide4]

Wu-Tang Wu-tang!!!!

[@MariusSemeonOrtiz]

olympic torch flaming, it burn so sweet. the thrill of victory, agony,, defeat

[@henrydrake8463]

...yes... a hip hop group from the streets of New York has an interesting idea for a release. Logically, you want to let let FORBES break the story. I assume Martha Stewart and Rush Limbaugh were busy.

[@mhaze210]

OF COURSE a Villain had to get his hands on it.

[@Zirofol]

Even though some other dude got his hands on it, he would prob not share it.

[@Johnhassthisaccount]

40 years from now the Wu Members are dead and hip hop and rap is destroyed with terrible auto tune and awful lyrics. But the children of the Wu get together for the funeral for Silver Rings going through his belongings and find Once Upon a Time In Shaolin. Upon one listen the children new they needed to pass one the Wu Legacy. And thus resurrecting the Story of the Wu-Tang for they are nothing to fuck with.

[@TheWuCepticon1981]

There's plenty of great Wu music that's been out for decades, for the youth to hear. Nothing will be better than 1993-1997 material.

[@AphexxehpA]

Captain Deadpool Thankfully a man who knows his fkn stuff!! For me Wu fell off after their 2nd album and Ironman for their solo ish.

[@AllPro777]

Captain Deadpool I know, and this song in this vid sounds like nothing more than a ripoff of who the Wu used to be. I love the Wu and all, but this is too bizarre even for them, and that snippet just didn't sound good. I mean, of all the things they could've previewed they selected THAT song? Pfffft.

[@MFD00M47]

***** I smell haters smh

[@MFD00M47]

AllPro777 pffft your such a whiner you all are it sounded decent keep in mind the sound quality was off due to the small speakers he played it through and the cameras small mic

[@jazzymembers]

HipHop is not dead... WuTang is Forever.

[@supiriabeats2433]

got me imagining enter the 36 part II.

[@TheRoplo1]

6:22. One of the most EPIC moments ever..man I love how the designer did the design of the box so well, it really matches the secret, kung fu flair of the group...this album is lookin LEGENDARY as hell

[@ch3Ge]

no vynil? a fuckin' CD? this is a joke right?

[@gdubnz85]

Vinyl would have been a nice touch for sure.

[@fiercekoolaid7711]

CD's sound better than vinyl as long as they aren't compressed and mastered like shit

[@ch3Ge]

u must be fallen on ya head, saying CDs sound better :D

[@fiercekoolaid7711]

CD's do sound better _when they are mastered well and uncompressed_, that's why most don't because of a thing called the "loudness" wars. And a CD is less prone to damage.

[@denatheexplorer]

This week, I will embark on the mission to bring back the album!

[@solardescent9940]

box inside a box inside a box

[@bigbadslimee]

I thought the album will be on some next level, forward thinking tip. But they just spent 6 years trying to recreate the 90s? smh. So you're basically paying 5 million for a hand crafted box. I won't be surprised if a billionaire like Mr. Stunt buys it and gives copies back to the people, whilst keeping the Box and replacing once upon a time with 36 chambers.

[@ZeroG84]

Great comment.

[@maxp112]

the next level album was 8 Diagrams but the fans didn't like it.

[@bigdbla]

No one wants next level from them. The sound they crafted in the 90's is perfect. People want more of it, I know I do. Otherwise you end up with some of the one dimensional garbage that Kanye puts out. You can't improve upon perfection.

[@SP-xc7wo]

stupid comment yes 36 chambers is a masterpeice but why your saying they cant make another masterpeice ?! these dude created that wu sound And whats the problem by recreating another 90s sound hiphop album ?! whats for u antoher level sound album of the wu should sound like ?! by putting techno beat or autune lil wayne on it ?! u want maybe to hear some rihanna on the album so it can be ''dated'' get the fuck outta here wu-tang is from the 90s and it has to have that 90s hiphop sound

[@rcole718]

SP Exactly. Why should they get their Jay-Z on and try to sound like everyone else that's out? Wu was never about that. Nothing wrong with having a 90s sound. That's when the music/culture had a soul. What Wu fan would be checking for an album full of trap beats and bullshit guest appearances?

[@farkingelle]

Everyone who was butt hurt about the auction of the album, Pull your skirts up! Fact is 90% of you wouldn't have bought a physical copy anyway, you would've just waited and then streamed it on KZbin. This is a History Books moment, some real time capsule shit.

[@hightimeswithseagore598]

I would have bought it :(( in a physical format

[@farkingelle]

hightimes withseagore welcome to the 10% club!

[@TheZx369]

How trippy would it be though if 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin' and 'A Better Tomorrow...' turned out to be the same album..

[@TheRoplo1]

wu-ception

[@deuceswild6350]

I was thinking some shot like that bro I swear.

[@twoxlife]

what happens when that one cd gets all scratched up

[@q.monette2643]

It WON'T REAL FANS N ADMIRERS LEARN HOW TO PROTECT+CARE FOR THIER DVDS CDS CD-RS OR V-GAME CONSOLES. SO U/PERSON MAY ENJOY AGAIN.

[@Cheps69]

it sucks that they are doing this for the money and not for the fans. Listen to it at 9:08

[@bobbyworldwide]

Brilliant.. Wutang Forever!

[@CW043]

HIP HOP IS ART.... RZA has done it again and the Wu did this shit RIGHT! They have solidified themselves; 88 years from now; people will be talking about THE WU TA:NG CLAN!

[@djjaysunx]

Finally someone who understands the point.

[@felixgerber2593]

Exactly. Think of it as a piece of art. One person buys it, and if they choose it can go on your through various museums, art galleries, etc. Because after all, the same would be done with a Picasso painting, both of which being art at its core.

[@djjaysunx]

If your not feelin this raw power then your liying to yourself or you lost your soul somehow.

[@michaelmichael7958]

I just wanna hear every song omfg

[@thsndfnthng]

NOT EVEN ON VYNIL!!! , ITS ON A CD SUPPORT THAT ROT IN TIME AS ALL CDS

[@tomparker6661]

It would be crazy if some one bought it listened to it one time and set the cd on fire

[@Shunobii]

ga damn i want that album

[@travislynch238421809]

Man I Want This Super Bad coolest shit i ever heard in hip-hip fuck it even music history

[@alanshakur25]

RELEASE IT, RIGHT NOW CMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT NOWW!!!!!

[@YRUACNT]

Not worth a cent without ODB's involvement.

[@rodenrren2]

Mr.Galvanize songs were recorded waaaay before he died

[@thomasj.foolery7025]

Yeah because we need more MC Conditioner.

[@Jrobinson2009]

i wanna hear it too, but it is an idea that transcends time. the way they did it, make people want to hear it more.

[@erikkuether9300]

Chill Everybody...Apple just bought it, and will be available for free on itunes next week.

[@TheRohil]

Bullshit. Right? You are joking? Aren't you?

[@erikkuether9300]

I am..but they should. They did it with U2, not with WU

[@mulliganstew72]

Erik Kuether lol

[@KINGDUKE]

They need to drop it in stores also

[@TheThirdChild]

That shit sounded dope! I have faith that this album is as great as they're making it seem! Let's hope the fans can get it out there

[@julio1017]

I don't know about y'all, but I do respect the concept of the whole thing, I think something like this is needed. Has nothing to do with these current wack artists releasing singles and shit just to get airplay and attention. This is the product of real craftmasters.

[@mrfrench00]

I would buy it and see if it would blend

[@Umprella]

Guys, you do know that they're gonna be releasing an album to the public at the exact same time, right? Wu Tang ain't obligated to give you access to every single thing they've ever recorded, hell they ain't even obligated to get together and record anything in the first place. They can do with their art what they please, because that's what they are - artists.

[@zzzholy]

Wu-Tang is for the children! No kid is able to afford this

[@850iStyle]

9:29 HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!

[@almightyri1757]

Put it in a time capsule for 100 years? CDs only last a decade or so without proper maintenance.

[@DeFameWRONGCROWD]

Man, this is amazing. I don't know why cats wasn't feeling this idea. Wu-Tang Forever!

[@Bossplayin]

Wow...ol boy iz a real fan fa real down to tha gear down...what LEATHER BROWN CLARKZ....dope vid

[@stevenbell482]

thats such a brilliant idea! WU 4 Ever!

[@MKBIII.]

Love wu tang with all my heart, but it kind of pissed me off that thy made an album that no body could really access

[@MasterBlaster305]

damn that crazy! one CD for one person wow WU-Tang for forever

[@hypokritis]

to sell a million copies for 1 dollar or 1 copy for a million dollars. I aint mad.

[@ezekielthaprophet2030]

At first I was pissed off, but then I appreciate it as a work of art. It's like the original manuscripts of Shakespeare. I mean who better to pull this off other than the Wu tang clan! 88 years from now people will be at awe with this. Wu tang clan will literally be played in future generations and they will be looked at as the Hip Hop Mozart or Wolfgang. Plain genius!

[@ghettonerdsociety]

That part of the song tho! Feels like the double album

[@StationOfTerrapin]

dont u know we're riding on the marrikesh express

[@DoctorBenwayOperates]

has been stuck in my head through the whole video

[@rudolfoorozco1218]

Although this is so sad in my perspective cause I'm a young kid, and I will STILL not be able to hear this EVER but I still like the idea of the concept, imagine if a random, Beatles album dropped in 20 years after so many people forgot about them, and then they just drop a amazing album, this is for the future, the long forgotten will be soon yet again modern legends...

[@grekdanito]

OMG! The one and only Goddess of Pop..CHER!! 9:53

[@jrighteous1984]

Is this a joke !? Lol .. I couldn't stop laughing , all this trouble , going across the globe , walking thruw ancient valley's and buildings , going to a secret place for a hip hop CD box !? With in a box that looks like it should house the original holy Quran !! Lol big publicity stunt !

[@francisco4434]

it´s called the Wu Tang Clan , respect!!

[@andrewmilazi8402]

Francisco Thomas well put

[@jrighteous1984]

? C'Mon , you think it's too much ? ..

[@andrewmilazi8402]

Jay Sandoval too truly appreciate the whole thing you have to be familiar with Wu Tang's work

[@jrighteous1984]

I actually grew up listening to wu tang , I even had wu wear at one point .. I was a fan , then moved on to other music

[@Likewise_Truthfully]

Id tour it every once in a blue, but i wouldnt replicate it until i felt that in some form Wu wanted it released. id have listening parties with friends.. but id do everything in my power to keep it from leaking.

[@cyrusgraham292]

That was 1986 before I got Stationed in Germany July 24th, 1987. I never knew any Bernie Barnes back then.

[@RrrutssS]

looks sweet,sucks that ill never get it nore hear it.

[@wubangabruce1792]

I'm hoping for another album that's hard. something for the real fans . Please make at least one more album . maybe a double cd. that just bangs . Some poetic. hard. genius shit

[@7ELR]

Only the Gods could have manifested such a great idea of making one album as a collectors album. The is art for those with true taste for music. The Gods are trendsetters, many more will follow time will manifest this to be true. So for all you haters I say this...Wu Tang Forever and a day!!!!! Peace.....

[@MrRpres0088]

And now no one gets to hear it! Great job!!

[@rodrigomonsalve3698]

fucking dope

[@YQWERandYQWER]

if i had the money id for sure buy it

[@rileyhamilton]

this is awesome, forbes

[@jawless7616]

1.6k likes 350k views. I'd pay to see the dislikes this has received

[@mixey01]

And the whole point of this secrecy is?!!

[@jesseneutron1669]

If I had the money I would buy it. I really would.

[@Stormfire28]

I like the idea....see if it was in mass production and tour!! higher quality music,quality tour, sound like big money!! WU better think on doing another idea like this...but mass production. I would even consider buying it with the way it was package! (LOL)

[@nastynas55]

i wish they never showed the sample of a song cause i kno ill never hear the album

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

That album better be the greatest thing I've ever heard in my life if I'm bidding on this. Dark Side of The Moon should feel envious. I have a strong feeling, I'd be able to bet on it, that the album will be leaked in less than a year or two.

[@oldirty7090]

so you got like 5'000'000 $ lying around??

[@kundalini1128]

Hip Hop is global.

[@mulliganstew72]

Da Mystery of Chessboxin. Da Skillz to pay the bills.

[@nubeing500]

LET THE PUBLIC HEAR. BUT NOT SO FAST.... hold it then blast that shit

[@MarkSpits0016]

It's GENIUS...

[@AllPro777]

Why are people expecting vinyl? CD's are appropriate for the time that Wu Tang was at their peak.

[@DamianBrown]

These dudes, Cilvarings and his family, probably had a buyer, went to RZA and sold the idea... business move no less. Not art. Business. It is what it is. Next.

[@kpimkpim349]

+Damian Brown could you imagine if some asshole would have preconceived what he wanted Leonardo Da Vinci to crave out of marble lol. Then had the nerve to ask him to make 1 copy that only 1 person can own? Idk when people started mixing art with business but they should take the business aspect out of it and sell it as a $12.99 CD at Best Buy. Not selling at Best Buy isn't hip hop

[@KillahManjaro]

5% teaching succeeding. Wu-Tang Forever

[@rac50172015]

So money with the right amount of money will own this and in my opinion the WU sent a message and its clear buy the albums! this could be their greatest work and if I had the money I'd respect the cause and deadstock the album no one would ever hear it.

[@SocietateaAscendenta]

"What will they do with it?" - probably the guy will take out the LP to play it, light a blunt, get high, drop the blunt onto the carpet, his mansion will burn, Voila! The time capsule on its way to heaven... Listen, I don't wanna be a negative criticizer, but: the idea sounds really cool, for a Sci Fi movie, or something, but in practical terms, is just a Marketing scheme with not big value. RZA has, probably, watched to many movies, it's alright. But, he and this dude forget that, e.g. ancient art (like the treasures found in the pyramids and put out in museums, to be seen and 'lived' forever, in front of the watchers etc.) is a total different thing than music. You know why/how music truly keeps on living forever? By people liking and singing it forever. Short as that. That's the real time capsule that nobody can destroy it, not even disasters or death. Look at Mozart, Vivaldi (classical music), Elvis etc. - they keep on living also today, because people still PLAY their music and keep promoting it to others, from generation to generation. That's how you send a time capsule to the future siblings, IF PEOPLE WILL STILL LIKE IT BY THEN, dear RZA. Peace to everyone and forget about what I said, if you're not sharing same viewpoint. Love you. L.

[@cheapcd3903]

so rza didn't make the beats he wasnt in control?

[@azee1v1]

Can we have the CD's switched? give them a better tomorrow we'll take Once Upon a Time..