Peep Rae's take on what all the solo albums did to Wu-Tang here, and watch and celebrate the good life below.

Speaking candidly with VladTV of his crew's career arc, the still consistent Raekwon fondly recalls the period of time where he and his fellow Clansmen worked together as a unit. “What I really miss is that energy from my brothers. We were young, we was child stars at that time, but I miss being around ni**as and laughing in the studio and snappin',” reflected Raekwon. Just every line that come out ni**as, everybody's head lift up like, 'Oooh,' and everybody's head go down and get back in that pen and pad.”

The bombshell, however, was Rae stating that the Wu might have dulled their potential by having members pursue solo albums. “To me, it just created a force and I'm a tell you something, and I ain't told nobody this, but I feel like in a way, us doing solo things hurt us [as a crew],” said Raekwon. “It could've been more stronger if we knew it had to stay like that. But when we allow each other to do us, some did better than others and when some did better than others, it caused a certain kind of reaction in the whole movement."

Raekwon continued by saying, “The brand is so big just as a team, it's like when we did that, it jumped into some ego s**t, which normally happens, but what I'm just trying to say is if we would've stayed more tighter, we probably would've had about 30 albums right now.”

The limited edition prints are on sale for $60 a pop right here and you can see how they were created in the photos (click the #s).  Spotted over at Animal New York.

In a recent chop session with Gowhere Hip Hop, RZA spoke briefly about a few of the projects he has on tap for 2012. The Abbot also gave Nas and Busta Rhymes their option of beats for their upcoming projects, providing a 500+ catalog to choose from. Hear what else the Wu frontman had to say regarding a new Wu-Tang Clan album.

An old Bobby Digital demo appeared on this week's 'Wu Wednesdays.' Catch the RZA, who was recently interviewed on Chelsea Lately, showing off his acting talents on the new season of Californication.

The Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard passed away in 2004 but his legacy lives on via his music, and now FBI files. Pitchfork reports that a site called Gun.io obtained ODB's files via a Freedom of Information Act request.

The files are available here, and at 90+ pages it is far from light reading. Gun.io does provide choice selections for you to skip ahead to, including:

• "The WTC is heavily involved in the sale of drugs, illegal guns, weapons possession, murder, carjacking and other types of violent crime." [p5]
• Connections to the murder of Robert "Pooh" Johnson and Jerome "Boo Boo" Estrella. [p6]
• Connection to murder of Ishamael "Hoody" Kourma. [p13]
• A shoot-out with the NYPD. [p15]
• Arrest for felony possession of body armour. [p16]
• Connections to the Bloods Gang. [p17]
• Found in possession of large bags full of paper currency. [p40]
• Details of his being robbed and shot while staying in the Kingston projects. [p45]

ODB, born Russell Jones, died on November 13, 2004 from a drug overdose; cocaine and Tramadol were found in his system.

The Chef blesses the masses with a new mixtape to start off our 2012. Ingredients include bars from Busta Rhymes, CL Smooth and Mobb Deep, as well as beats from Statik Selektah, 9th Wonder and Scram Jones. Dig in.

Tracklist and download below.

Download Here

Wu-Tang's RZA has partnered  with Charisma Apps to release  the worldwide release of RZA's World App.

It is the most comprehensive, entertainment app on the market boasting an epic library of original content only accessible through the app. 

RZA's World has four main components: The Sound Track To Your Life, where RZA imparts sage advice on various life situations; a What's News newsfeed that provides up to date information regarding everything RZA;

a Vault selling exclusive RZA content; and the 3D Chess Chamber, a forum that offers entertaining game-play challenging chess players from novice to advance play.

The app also includes direct Twitter and Facebook updates, so it's like you're living in RZA's world every day.

Available on iTunes today: $3.99 for RZA's World App compatible for 4G iPod Touch/iPhone, and $7.99 for RZA's World HD, a premium, higher-resolution version compatible for all IOS devices (RZA's Word App for iPhone/iPod Touch - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rzas-world/id477622137 & RZAS World HD for all IOS devices - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rzas-world-hd/id479304006) .

Peep The Video as the RZA talks about the creation of his App. 

Wu Tang Clansman GZA aka The Genius will guest lecture at Harvard University next month.

GZA will be the focus of a lecture hosted by the Harvard Black Men's Forum, Thursday December 1 at 4PM. The lecture will center around his time with the Wu, creative process and include a Q&A session.

The rapper recently announced he will be dropping a new album on Babygrande Records in 2012.

Rocky claims his parents named him after Rakim and he's flirting with the idea of naming his child Kanye when the time comes.

Heavily influenced by Houston's sound, Rocky admits he's never been there but he admires the city. "I'm quite sure Wu-Tang had never been to China before, but they were influenced [by Chinese culture] and you couldn't tell them that they weren't."

Rocky also builds on the fact that his crew all have the ASAP name in front of their own and he made sure he secured a record deal that would allow him to put out other artists on his RCA label.

When asked about his relationship with Drake, Rock states that Drizzy posted his "Purple Swag" video on his blog and reached out to him to let him know he was an influence. Rocky credits him for that and is now a part of Drake's Club Paradise Tour.

"They call him corny but it is what it is. I'd smack the s**t out of somebody for Drake."
He would also smack somebody for Mac Miller and although Rocky's no longer homophobic, he can't hang out with Brandon (Lil B) because he wears "my grandmother's earrings."