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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Samples)

You don't need me to tell you that the Wu's debut album "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" is a classic, and you already know RZA is a musical ~~GZA~~ genius. What you might not be aware of is all of the samples RZA used for the production on that album, and I'm hoping that's enough incentive to check out the mix I put together. There are a few musical references I missed - the amount of callbacks to other works that Method Man makes in his self-titled song would be enough to fill at least an hour's mix on its own - but I did manage to grab the 25 or so songs RZA sampled for the beats themselves plus a few bonuses like the Hall and Oates inspiration behind Meth's chorus.

Here's the tracklisting for the mix, which I have creatively titled Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Samples):

Bring Da Ruckus - Wu-Tang Clan
Synthetic Substitution - Melvin Bliss
CB#2 - Ralph Vargas & Carlos Bess
Shame On A... - Wu-Tang Clan
Black and Tan Fantasy - Thelonious Monk
Different Strokes - Syl Johnson
Clan in da Front - Wu-Tang Clan
Honeybee - The New Birth
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are - Thelonious Monk
The Love You Save - Jackson 5
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Wu-Tang Clan
As Long As I've Got You - The Charmels
Can It Be All So Simple - Wu-Tang Clan
The Way We Were / Try to Remember - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Da Mystery of Chessboxin' - Wu-Tang Clan
Tramp - Lowell Fulson
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit - Wu-Tang Clan
Underdog Theme - W. Watts Biggers
Papa Was Too - Joe Tex
Nobody Beats the Biz - Biz Markie
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan
Money Dollar Bill Y'all - Jimmy Spicer
Method Man - Wu-Tang Clan
Method of Modern Love - Hall and Oates
Disciples of Funk - Bootsy's Rubber Band
Sport - Lightnin' Rod
Chim Chim Cher-ee - Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins Soundtrack)
Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan
The Grunt Pt. 1 - The J.B.'s
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain - Folk Song
Tearz - Wu-Tang Clan
After Laughter (Comes Tears) - Wendy Rene
Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9 (Part 1 & Part 2) - Wilson Pickett
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II (Conclusion) - Wu-Tang Clan
Make It Funky - Ralph Vargas & Carlos Bess

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