Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut album of East Coast hip hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan. It was released on November 9, 1993 by Loud Records and RCA. Many critics consider Enter The Wu-Tang one of the most significant albums of the 1990s and one of the greatest hip hop albums recorded.[1][2] The distinctive sound of Enter the Wu-Tang created a blueprint for hardcore rap in the mid-1990s and helped return New York City hip hop to national prominence.[3] The Wu-Tang Clan's debut was a landmark album in an era known as the East Coast Renaissance.[4] In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it #386 among the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[5] The RZA produced the album with heavy, eerie beats, largely based on martial-arts movie clips and soul music samples. The album itself is named for the 1978 martial arts film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. References Related portals and WikiProjects | Hip-hop | | | Culture | | | | 5 Pillars | | | | History | | | | Categories | | | | Continental | | | | Territories | | | | Category · Portal | | Purge server cache |
