The Wu-Tang Clan

Rap's mainstream barely even exists anymore, and these days, the Wu-Tang Clan's eerie murk and ferocious paranoia couldn't be any further from it. But if the endlessly chaotic Staten Island collective's shows are now nostalgia-fests, they're about the most forcefully giddy nostalgia-fests going, thanks in part to the throng of...

By Tom Breihan

December 2, 2010

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Rap's mainstream barely even exists anymore, and these days, the Wu-Tang Clan's eerie murk and ferocious paranoia couldn't be any further from it. But if the endlessly chaotic Staten Island collective's shows are now nostalgia-fests, they're about the most forcefully giddy nostalgia-fests going, thanks in part to the throng of local diehards who will gladly bellow along with everything the group might throw at them.
Wed., Dec. 8, 8:30 p.m., 2010

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