Older than fellow group members like Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and the RZA (the latter two of which are GZA’s first cousins), GZA aka the Genius, made his initial foray into hip-hop with 1989’s Words From the Genius, released by Cold Chillin’ Records. First and foremost was GZA, an MC who helped organize the genre-changing Wu-Tang Clan hip-hop collective out of disgust with the hip-hop recording industry. But there were a few key elements that formed the group’s backbone, a hard core if you will. The aforementioned hodgepodge of MC talent that the group brought together covered almost every lyrical style imaginable. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) became the blueprint for a decade of East Coast hip-hop, and its signature sound would allow the crew to franchise out with an ease that put Ray Kroc to shame. But life got real good real fast for the nine assorted MCs from Staten Island after the public caught wind of the masterpiece. When The Wu-Tang Clan released their now infamous debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, it’s hard to believe they could have foreseen the extent of its success.
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