8 Diagrams

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Wu-Tang Clan chronology
8 Diagrams

Studio album by Wu-Tang Clan
Released	Summer 2007
Genre	Hip hop
Label	SRC Records
Producer(s)	RZA
Iron Flag (2001)	8 Diagrams (2007)	–

8 Diagrams is the upcoming album by New York hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, scheduled for release in Summer 2007 through Street Records Corporation. The album's title is derived from the Kung Fu film Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter. The Clan, who has not released an album since 2001's Iron Flag, signed a one-album deal with Steve Rifkind's SRC Records in December 2006. The group's four previous albums were all released on Rifkind's now-defunct Loud Records.

8 Diagrams will feature eight of the Clan's original nine members: RZA, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Masta Killa. The Clan's ninth member, Ol' Dirty Bastard, died on November 13, 2004 of a drug overdose. The album will feature previously recorded material from ODB, as well as a tribute track titled "Life Changes."^[1]

In a released statement, group leader RZA commented on the need for the Clan's return:

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This is the perfect time for us to come back, the stars are aligned. It’s like when we first started with Steve. We put out real hip hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B. We brought the focus back to the music in its rawest form, without studio polish or radio hooks... People want something that gives them an adrenaline rush. We’re here to supply that fix. How could hip hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever? We’re here to revive the spirit and the economics and bring in a wave of energy that has lately dissipated."^[2]

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