Wu-Tang Clan

Ghostface Killah, John Lee Hooker Jr., Black Moth Super Rainbow and More Show Flyers

Ghostface Killah ofthe Wu Tang Clan plays 2720 Cherokee on April 27. John Lee Hooker Jr., the Grammy nominated son of the legendary bluesman, will stop at Broadway Oyster Bar on May 19. The enigmatic and experimental Black Moth Super Rainbow will be performing at The Firebird on May 15. More show f ... More >>

Ghostface Killah is Coming to 2720 Cherokee April 27

The Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah will be coming to 2720 Cherokee on Saturday, April 27. Joining him will be a ten-piece band, Adrian Younge's Venice Dawn.

The Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup Announcement Is Here [Updated With Complete Lineup]

[UPDATE: The complete lineup is now on page two of this post.] Right now, even as I type this, Weird Al Yankovic is in the midst of a three-hour long live streaming video announcement for this year's Bonnaroo Festival, a four-day event that takes place every year in Manchester, Tennessee. As one wh ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Lineup Announced!

The line-up for Coachella 2013 has been announced! Those who have been paying attention know there has been fakes, even a rumor that the Rolling Stones would headline (not the case) but this time the announcement is real-deal official. Headliners for the outdoor festival will be the Stone Roses and ... More >>

Inspectah Deck, Umphrey's McGee, and More Show Flyers

Inspectah Deck, perhaps the most underrated member of the Wu Tang Clan, returns to Fubar this Saturday for the second time in five months. Umphrey's McGee will play a two night stand at the Pageant the second weekend of February. More show flyers, below:

Last Night: Method Man Kicked Me in the Face While Holding My Friend's Hand

A healthy-sized crowd (600 at the door, according to the promoter) showed up to the Coliseum last night to see the Wu-Tang Clan's most charismatic member in action. The inimitable Mr. M-E-F performed in his trademark microphone-dominating style, climbing repeatedly off the small stage and into the c ... More >>

Method Man

8 p.m. Saturday, January 5. The Coliseum, 2619 Washington Avenue.

Kendrick Lamar's Debut is One of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums of Our Era

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: September 28 to 30

So did everyone check out this week's Best Of issue? What did you think of our music picks? RFT Music co-conspirator Ryan Wasoba was mourning the fact that there has been woefully little nay-saying of our selections in his column this week, and I got to say that I'm with him. Where's the righteous i ... More >>

Inspectah Deck

7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 30. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

Win Tickets to Childish Gambino

Update: And our winner is Tekoa Bolden, whose Wu-name is Budget Nudist. Thanks for playing to all but one of you. Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover) is coming to the Pageant this Thursday, June 7, and we'd like to give you a pair of tickets. It is well-known that Glover came by his hip-hop m ... More >>

12 to 6 Movement on How they Got Raekwon and Others on Thier New Record and Why They Called it Titties Out

It took a while, but local hip-hop trio 12 to 6 Movement finally unleashed their new collaboration-heavy album, Titties Out. Since our last interview with the group, they added songs with Joe Budden, Opio and A-Plus from Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics and Psycho Les from The Beatnuts to a tracklist ... More >>

Portugal. the Man

8 p.m. Sunday, April 29. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

"Omar Little" to Play Ol' Dirty Bastard in Dirty White Boy

Biographical films of rappers run the gamut from being borderline-spectacular (Get Rich or Die Tryin') to disappointing (Notorious). But a film about the Wu Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard is thus far moving in a positive - and surreal - direction. Entertainment Weekly reported last week that casting ... More >>

There is a Wu-Tang-Inspired Farmville Game

Earlier this month we told you about Juggalobook, the newly-launched social media hub where fat white trash with soaked-in-facepaint brain damage and undrinkable generic soda for blood Juggalos and Juggalettes can meet and discuss things like the proper wielding of hatchets, "neden" and just how it ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 5 to 11

This week brings us not one but TWO members of the Wu-Tang Clan (unfortunately on separate nights), Japanese punk-weirdos Peelander-Z, and the first visit ever from Seattle's raw Ramones-y punk band the Spits in its entire ten years of existence. Continuing with the punk rock / hip-hop aesthetic is ... More >>

Phife Dawg Graces Tivoli for St. Louis Beat, Rhymes, and Life Premier: "Ya On Point Phife?"

Albert Samaha"All the time, Tip."​The crowd stood up and clapped when Phife Dawg strolled into theTivoli theater on Friday night. "Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest," had ended twenty minutes before, but more than fifty people were still in their seats, waiting for P ... More >>

Wugazi: Five Mashups We Hope End Up on the Finished Project

​Wu-Tang mashups are nothing new - from The Beatles to Warren Zevon, the Shaolin collective has been and remains one of the ripest sources for remixing and reconextualizing. However, when word dropped last week of Doomtree's "Wugazi" project - a Fugazi/Wu-Tang mashup - the Internet went abuzz ... More >>

Raekwon at the Firebird, 5/16/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Photo by Jon Gitchoff​ Raekwon/Steddy P and DJ Mahf/Safety Words The Firebird May 16, 2011 Safety Words, heretofore most commonly known for mashing eight-bit video game samples with rap tracks, officially retired those songs last night. You will never again hear "Biggie, Rae, Ghost, Rash, Zi ... More >>

Raekwon

9 p.m. Monday, May 16. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Raekwon Coming to the Firebird

On May 16, Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon will be coming to the Firebird. Tickets are $20 and are on sale effective immediately. Raekwon feat Ghostface and Method Man, "New Wu"

Scenes From Last Night's Village Voice/Frank 151 SXSW Showdown Featuring Wu-Tang, Erykah Badu, Yelawolf and More

Shannon CottrellThe Wu-Tang Clan​ Last night, people packed into the Austin Music Hall for the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 Showdown at SXSW. With performances from Yelawolf, Fishbone, Wild Flag, Wu-Tang and others, it was a wild night of music and mayhem. Jump over to the Houston Press ... More >>

Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa Talks Gaga, Van Smells, Hip-Hop and the Band's New Album

LA's Warpaint play tonight at the Luminary Center for the Arts. From left, Theresa Wayman, Jenny Lee Lindberg, Stella Mogzawa, Emily Kokal(front).​The Los Angeles four-piece Warpaint crafts haunting dreampsych with iridescent harmonies and filmy reverb, but don't label them as an all-girl band ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: DJs Crucial and Agile 1, The Coolest Young Parents in St. Louis

Jon ScorfinaDJs Agile 1 and Crucial with their twin boys​Rob and April Fulstone might be the two coolest young parents in St. Louis. For over ten years they've been staples in the St. Louis hip-hop scene under the monikers DJ Crucial and DJ Agile 1. Following the birth of their twin sons, Linc ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of June 10

Let's guess what J. Biebs is thinking here: "It's so tough being a teeny tiny heartthrob. Y'all just don't understand, yo! I'm angsty!"...Maybe. He's probably just thinking about recess though.​ Blueberry Hill Duck Room *Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, July 29 Cicero's *Oceans Over Airplanes ... More >>

Homespun: Safety Words, The Ghostfaced Pixels Mixtape

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Safety Words' The Ghostfaced Pixels Mixtape. He had this to say: [The Ghostfaced Pixels Mixtape] takes the rhymes of the Wu-Tang Clan (and assorted solo projects) and sets them to the eight-bit sounds of the original Nintendo Entertainment System's ... More >>

Homespun: Safety Words

The Ghostfaced Pixels Mixtape
(self-released)

Back to the Future: A new comic book explores the intersection of hip-hop, Egyptian history and bling

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: “Shining Star” by the Manhattans

Video: St. Ides Malt Liquor Rap Commercials

Pitchfork: Ghostface Killah Raekwon Review, Photos

Ill Bill/Tech N9ne

8 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

Wu-Tang Clan

8 Diagrams
(Motown/Universal)

St. Louis New Concerts, Week of October 24

Fishscaling: "9 Milli"

The Power of One

Ghostface Killah

Wednesday, 8 p.m. March 8. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

ODB

A Son Unique (Def Jam)

Jurassic 5 (opening for the Dave Matthews Band)

Wednesday, June 1; UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights)

The Way of the Wu

Haven't had enough Wu-Tang merchandise? Now there's a book.

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Osirus (Sure Shot)

The Dirt on Dirty

We chronicle the greatest moments of Ol' Dirty Bastard

Mix Masters

These days anyone can make a mix CD, and everyone does. Two local standouts manage to challenge as well as entertain.

GZA

Legend of the Liquid Sword (MCA)

Beat Juggler

Hip-hop legend Prince Paul is responsible for some of the music's most transcendent moments

Wu-Tang Clan

Thursday, March 21; Pageant

Ghostface Killah

Bulletproof Wallets (Sony/Epic)

Wu-Tang Clan

The W (Loud/Columbia)

Gathering of the Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan finds strength in numbers

WISH WU WERE HERE

What was billed as an appearance by the Wu-Tang Clan at the Galaxy turned out not to be