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Track List
01) Entrance (intro)
02) Rivals
03) Staple Town Pt. 1 (interlude)
04) Ethiopia
05) Handkerchief
06) Staple Town Pt. 2 (interlude)
07) The Pillage of '88
08) Centipedes
09) The Widow's Tear
10) Sorrow
Cd 2
01) Sustenance (intro)
02) Lions
03) Since Time Immemorial
04) The Slaughter Mill
05) The Brute
06) Iqra
07) Flowers
08) Poisoned Earth
09) Shaolin
10) Freedom (interlude)
11) The Sword Chamber
12) Unique
13) The Bloody Page
14) The Saga Continuous
15) Salaam (outro)
16) Shaolin Soul (Exit)
01) Entrance (intro)
02) Rivals
03) Staple Town Pt. 1 (interlude)
04) Ethiopia
05) Handkerchief
06) Staple Town Pt. 2 (interlude)
07) The Pillage of '88
08) Centipedes
09) The Widow's Tear
10) Sorrow
Cd 2
01) Sustenance (intro)
02) Lions
03) Since Time Immemorial
04) The Slaughter Mill
05) The Brute
06) Iqra
07) Flowers
08) Poisoned Earth
09) Shaolin
10) Freedom (interlude)
11) The Sword Chamber
12) Unique
13) The Bloody Page
14) The Saga Continuous
15) Salaam (outro)
16) Shaolin Soul (Exit)
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First Released
2015
Hip-Hop
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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is the seventh studio album by the American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Only one physical copy of the album was created, with no ability to download or stream it digitally. Purchased directly from the Wu-Tang Clan in 2015, it became the most expensive work of music ever sold.
The album was recorded in secret over six years. A single two-CD copy was pressed in 2014 and stored in a secured vault at the Royal Mansour Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco, then auctioned through auction house Paddle8 in 2015. A legal agreement with the purchaser stipulated that the album cannot be commercially exploited until 2103, although it can be played at listening parties.
The winning bidder was Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who paid a reported $2 million. In March 2018, following Shkreli's conviction for securities fraud, a federal court seized assets belonging to him, including Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. In July 2021, the US Department of Justice sold it to non-fungible token collectors PleasrDAO for $4 million to cover Shkreli's debts; PleasrDAO said they hoped to make it more widely accessible.
Recording
Wu-Tang Clan began working on Once Upon a Time in Shaolin in the late 2000s with producer Cilvaringz. It took about six years to complete, and was recorded mostly in Staten Island, New York, and produced in Marrakech, Morocco. It features the entire Wu-Tang Clan, plus rapper Redman, the Wu-Tang Killa Beez, FC Barcelona soccer players, Game of Thrones actress Carice van Houten, and two appearances from Cher.
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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is the seventh studio album by the American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Only one physical copy of the album was created, with no ability to download or stream it digitally. Purchased directly from the Wu-Tang Clan in 2015, it became the most expensive work of music ever sold.
The album was recorded in secret over six years. A single two-CD copy was pressed in 2014 and stored in a secured vault at the Royal Mansour Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco, then auctioned through auction house Paddle8 in 2015. A legal agreement with the purchaser stipulated that the album cannot be commercially exploited until 2103, although it can be played at listening parties.
The winning bidder was Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who paid a reported $2 million. In March 2018, following Shkreli's conviction for securities fraud, a federal court seized assets belonging to him, including Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. In July 2021, the US Department of Justice sold it to non-fungible token collectors PleasrDAO for $4 million to cover Shkreli's debts; PleasrDAO said they hoped to make it more widely accessible.
Recording
Wu-Tang Clan began working on Once Upon a Time in Shaolin in the late 2000s with producer Cilvaringz. It took about six years to complete, and was recorded mostly in Staten Island, New York, and produced in Marrakech, Morocco. It features the entire Wu-Tang Clan, plus rapper Redman, the Wu-Tang Killa Beez, FC Barcelona soccer players, Game of Thrones actress Carice van Houten, and two appearances from Cher.
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