Missing your favorites? Hit us up in the comments! For this list, we selected our top 15 Wu-Tang Clan songs.

Their debut album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is an absolute Hip Hop classic, as are most of the clan members solo albums released in the mid-90s. By 1995, the sound was one of the most instantly recognizable in Hip Hop. Over these surrealistic backing tracks, the MCs rapped hard, updating the old-school attack with vicious violence, martial arts imagery, and welcome warped humor. Under RZA‘s creative direction, the Wu-Tang Clan - through its own efforts and the solo projects, all of which RZA produced or co-produced - created a hazy, surreal, and menacing soundscape out of hardcore beats, eerie piano riffs, and minimal samples.

From the get-go Wu-Tang Clan’s intention was to establish themselves as a group first and then begin to profile themselves by doing solo projects, becoming a major force in the rap game as time progressed – a plan they pulled off flawlessly. RZA quickly joined the crew, as did 6 other rappers from their area: Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, U-God, Inspectah Deck, and Masta Killa. It all started in the early 90s when GZA teamed up with longtime friend Ol’ Dirty Bastard, to start a crew that would evolve into the Wu-Tang Clan. The Wu-Tang Clan arguably is THE most influential and successful Hip Hop collective ever.

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