Wu-Tang Clan Kicks Off Reunion Tour

The Wu-Tang Clan is back. Fourteen months after founding member O.D.B. fatally overdosed on cocaine and painkillers, the surviving eight members of the pioneering hip-hop group are touring again.

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A little while ago I put a bunch of Wu-Tang (both group and solo) albums on my computer. 21 of them, in fact. I inherited some mild OCD from my mom, and as anyone who has seen my iTunes can attest to, it manifests itself in weird ways.

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MUSIC: Kanye West, the Chicago rapper with an ego the size of Illinois and sales figures that dwarf the Sears Tower, tells Brian Boyd about his Black Panther dad, Obama's victory, why Shrek is his favourite film … and, yes, his album, his fashion business and his burger joint

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The machine that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast, has broken down. What happens now?

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What's New in Music 12/11/2007

Another week, another Tuesday, another flurry of new music. As new albums drop, this column will do its best to track the notable releases so you don't have to.

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Review of Wu-Tang's 8 Diagrams

Wu-Tang has not released an album since 2001's Iron Flag, but getting them together has proven the right move, as 8 Diagrams is a new classic album in an age where hip-hop is supposedly dead.

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This is one of the hottest hip hop rap albums to drop this year. Though many people slept to it's release in the midwest and dirty south. No it's not dope dealin rap but conscious hip hop for your mind.

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...New Sound On her new CD, As I Am, Keys says: ''My voice is different'' — raspy, urgent. (Hear for yourself on the addictive single ''No One.'') ''All my albums are personal, but there's so much more that I feel, and so much more I needed to say.''

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Authorities say two dogs found buried at a Phoenix-area home owned by rapper DMX had serious wounds, and a third had been burned so badly that an exam was inconclusive.

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With the unveiling of his proteges Ice Water, Wu-Tang Clan and solo albums on the horizon, and a run on the Rock the Bells tour, Raekwon can make a case for being the hardest-working man in hip-hop these days.

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amazingly, of the fourteen performances scheduled this weekend for the main stage, only one featured a woman performer - erykah badu played one set on early sunday evening, as the sole woman included amongst the festival's main attractions.

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The nostalgic hip-hop tour Rock the Bells came to town, with a second stage courtesy of the indie-rap tour Paid Dues. Not coincidentally African-Americans were a tiny minority in the crowd.

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Mos Def, Wu-Tang Ready To "Rock The Bells"

Late this Summer, Mos Def, Wu-Tang Clan, & Talib Kweli are set to play at the fourth Rock The Bells Festival.

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