DE AFARĂ: Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Wu-Tang Forever este cel de-al doilea album al trupei Wu-Tang Clan și a fost lansat în data de 3 iunie 1997, prin Loud/RCA Records și s-au vândut 612,000 unități în prima săptămână de la lansare.

Track listing

Disc one

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Samples	Time
1	Wu-Revolution	RZA	Popa Wu & Uncle Pete	Dialogue from Shaolin Temple	6:46
2	Reunited	RZA	Intro/outro: Ms. Roxy First verse: GZA Second verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard Third verse: RZA Fourth verse: Method Man		5:21
3	For Heaven's Sake	RZA	First verse: Inspectah Deck Second verse: Masta Killa Third verse: Cappadonna	"Don't Leave Me Lonely" by King Floyd	4:13
4	Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (Still Don't Nothing Move But The Money)	4th Disciple	First verse: Raekwon Second verse: Method Man Third verse: Ghostface Killah	"The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis	3:01
5	Visionz	Inspectah Deck	First verse: Method Man Second verse: Raekwon Third verse: Masta Killa Fourth verse: Inspectah Deck Fifth verse: Ghostface Killah		3:09
6	As High as Wu-Tang Get	RZA	Chorus: Ol' Dirty Bastard First verse: GZA Second verse: Method Man		2:37
7	Severe Punishment	RZA	First verse: U-God Second verse: GZA Third verse: Raekwon Fourth verse: RZA Fifth verse: Masta Killa	Dialogue from Three Evil Masters "Ice Cream Man (rare demo)" by Method Man	4:49
8	Older Gods	4th Disciple	First verse: Ghostface Killah Second verse: Raekwon Chorus: Ghostface Killah & Raekwon Third verse: GZA		3:05
9	Maria	RZA	Intro/first verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard Second verse: Cappadonna Third verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard Fourth verse: RZA	"I Love You More than You'll Ever Know" by Blood, Sweat & Tears "Get out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey Dialogue from Marco Polo (AKA 4 Assassins)	2:55
10	A Better Tomorrow	4th Disciple	Intro/first verse: Inspectah Deck Second verse: Masta Killa Third verse: U-God Fourth verse: RZA Fifth verse: Method Man Chorus: Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa	"A Time For Us" by Peter Nero	4:55
11	It's Yourz	RZA	First verse: Raekwon Second verse: U-God Third verse/chorus: RZA Fourth verse: Inspectah Deck Fifth verse: Ghostface Killah	"Look on a Soft Side" by Jean-Pierre Decerf and Marc Saclays "Sing Sing" by Gaz (band)|Gaz	4:17

Disc two

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Samples	Time
1	Intro	RZA	RZA, GZA	Music from the Kung-Fu Movie Duel to the Death	2:02
2	Triumph	RZA	Intro/intermission: Ol' Dirty Bastard First verse: Inspectah Deck Second verse: Method Man Third verse: Cappadonna Fourth verse: U-God Fifth verse: RZA Sixth verse: GZA Seventh verse: Masta Killa Eighth verse: Ghostface Killah Ninth verse: Raekwon	*"Everybody,Everybody" by Black Box	5:38
3	Impossible	4th Disciple, Co-produced by RZA	First verse: RZA Second verse: U-God Third verse: Ghostface Killah Chorus: Tekitha Outro: Raekwon	Pathetique Sonata by Beethoven	4:28
4	Little Ghetto Boys	RZA	Intro: Raekwon, RZA, Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah, & Method Man First verse: Raekwon Second verse: Cappadonna	"Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway "Ghetto Child" by O.V. Wright Dialogue from Invincible Armor	4:49
5	Deadly Melody	RZA	Intro & first verse: Masta Killa Second verse: U-God Third verse: RZA Fourth verse: Method Man Fifth verse: RZA, Masta Killa, U-God & GZA Sixth verse: Method Man Seventh verse: Streetlife Eighth verse: Ghostface Killah Ninth verse: Streetlife Post-song dialogue: Dreddy Kruger, RZA, Method Man, Inspectah Deck		4:20
6	The City	4th Disciple	Inspectah Deck	"Living For the City" by Stevie Wonder	4:05
7	The Projects	RZA	Intro: Shyheim & Raekwon First verse: Raekwon Chorus: U-God & Raekwon Second verse: Method Man Third verse: Ghostface Killah	"Cry Together" by The O'Jays	3:17
8	Bells of War	RZA	First verse: U-God Second verse: Method Man Third verse: RZA Fourth verse: Masta Killa Interludes: Method Man & Raekwon Fifth verse: Ghostface Killah Outro: RZA	"Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott	5:12
9	The M.G.M.	True Master	Ghostface Killah & Raekwon		2:38
10	Dog Shit	RZA	Ol' Dirty Bastard Interludes: RZA & Method Man		3:34
11	Duck Seazon	RZA	Intro & first verse: Raekwon Second verse: RZA Third verse: Method Man Fourth verse: Raekwon	Dialogue from "Unbeaten 28"	5:42
12	Hellz Wind Staff	RZA	First verse: Streetlife Second verse: Ghostface Killah Third verse: Inspectah Deck Fourth verse: Method Man Fifth verse: RZA Sixth verse: Raekwon	"Signed D.C." by Love Dialogue from "Unbeaten 28"	4:52
13	Heaterz	True Master	First verse: Raekwon Second verse: Inspectah Deck Third verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard Fourth verse: U-God Fifth verse: Cappadonna	"Giving Up" by Gladys Knight & the Pips	5:26
14	Black Shampoo	RZA	Intro: Dom Pachino, Tekitha U-God; Post-song dialogue: Method Man		3:49
15	Second Coming	RZA	Tekitha	"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer version	4:39
16	The Closing	RZA	Raekwon		2:37
*17	Sunshower (international track only)	RZA	RZA		6:11
*18	Projects (International Remix) (international track only)	RZA	Identical to original		4:34

Personnel

RZA - performer, producer, engineer, mixing, executive producer GZA - performer Ol' Dirty Bastard - performer Method Man - performer Raekwon - performer Ghostface Killah - performer, executive producer Inspectah Deck - performer, producer, mixing U-God - performer Masta Killa - performer Cappadonna - performer Street Life - performer Tekitha - vocals Popa Wu - vocals Uncle Pete - vocals Fourth Disciple - producer, engineer, mixing True Master - producer, engineer, mixing Mitchell Diggs - executive producer Oli Grant - executive producer

Divine - production coordination P.O.W.E.R. - production coordination Ney Pimentel - Creative direction, album artwork, design and layout Carlos Bess - drums, mixing, mixing engineer Ramsey Jones - drums Miri Ben-Ari - violin Scott Harding - mixing, mixing engineer Michael Reaves - mixing Troy Staton - mixing Tom Coyne - mastering Eugene Nastasi - editing Arlene Godfrey - A&R Che Harris - A&R Laurie Marks - A&R Ola Kudu - design and layout Sherin Baday - photography, A&R Bob Berg - photography Philippe McClelland - photography Shawn Mortenson - photography