Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter the Dub

Back in October 18, 2005 Wu-Tang released a collab album entitled "Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture." While not hugely successful as far as I could tell, (wiki says 59,133 units were moved) within my circles the album was a huge success. Featuring underground phenoms MF Doom, Aesop Rock, Ras Kass, and C-rays walz just to name a few, the production was unmistakably Wu and the lyrics were on point. The single "Biochemical Equation" featuring RZA and MF Doom was even played on the campus radio after the albums release (much to my amusement one late Friday night.)

Flying under my radar, a follow up album was released November 10, 2009. Tapping into the very different but just as devote fan base of dub step, "Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter the Dub" fuses the grimiest group of hip-hop with the equally distorted and dirty sounds of underground dub music's finest producers. While I recognize very few of the names, I've given it a good spin (or three) and I gotta say, after overcoming my initial reaction of "who left their hipster in my hip-hop?" the album knocks.

While dub isn't my preferred cup of tea, and not offering any knew lyrical performances aside from a few borrowed Three-6 and Pimp C bars from "Icewater: Polluted Water" the album is definitely worth a breeze through and even a purchase (6.99 MP3 download on Amazon) if you even moderately enjoy dub step.


Stand out tracks include:
-Keep Hustlin (Trillbass Remix)
-Knuckle Up (Matt U Remix)
-Street Corners (Scuba Scythe Remix)