New Album Pairs Wu-Tang with Rap Legends

The Wu-Tang Clan is quietly making a comeback. Raekwon set the streets abuzz by leaking gems from his Cuban Linx 2 album. Then there's the feud brewing between Method Man and Joe Budden. To crown it all, there's a promise of some new Wu (not to be confused with "New Wu"). Chamber Music, a new album from Wu-Tang, is scheduled for release via E1 Music. It features a combo of new beats and live instrumentation.

Chamber Music's executive producer RZA describes it as a "homage" to Wu-Tang's early sound. "In the old days," RZA says via a press release, "we had to sample and find snares and things like that or chord changes just to make a beat. Now, this is being done with a band. A lot of times, you hear rappers over a live band and that loses the hip-hop because a lot of those bands from the old days wasn't from the hip-hop generation. On this album, we make it sound like it was in the '36 Chambers' era. To me, what also adds to this album, you've got the Wu-Tang MCs but you also got your other favorite MCs from that era like Havoc, Cormega and others. This album can be played with a live band and it will sound BIG."

The track listing for Chamber Music is as follows:

1. "Redemption"
2. "Kill Too Hard" Ft. RZA, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa
3. "The Abbot" Ft. RZA
4. "Harbor Masters" Ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, AZ, Inspectah Deck
5. "Sheep State" Ft. RZA
6. "Radiant Jewels" Ft. RZA, Raekwon, Cormega, Sean Price
7. "Supreme Architecture" Ft. RZA
8. "Evil Deeds" Ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, Havoc
9. "Wise Men" Ft. RZA
10. "I Wish You Were Here" Ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, The Williams
11. "Fatal Hesitation"
12. "Ill Figures" Ft. RZA, Raekwon, M.O.P., Kool G Rap
13. "Free Like" ODB Ft. RZA
14. "Sound The Horns"
15. "Enlightened Statues" Ft. RZA
16. "NYC Crack" Ft. RZA
17. "One Last Question" Ft. RZA

Chamber Music is slated for release on June 30th.