Wu-Tang Clan vs. The Beatles? Tom Caruana’s creation gets extra Funky, starting with this remix of “Uzi (Pinky Ring)”:
Thanks to Tom Caruana (@tomcaruana) and the relatively recent tradition of smashing Hip-Hop Classics with their counterparts from other genres, the Wu-Tang heads have this seriously dope album to bump.
Of course, we’re no strangers to ill Wu-Tang reinventions, and we got a major kick out of DJ 2-Tone Jones’ “Shaolin Jazz” project.
Some background on the project from a NYTimes interview:
This project came about unintentionally, really. I’d done a Large Professor remix album and an MF Doom one, and then I was starting on a Wu-Tang one. One of the tracks that’s on there, “R.E.C. Room,” I made a couple of years ago. I had this easy-listening record of this orchestra playing cover versions of lots of different ’60s stuff. It had this instrumental version of “Girl,” and the whole thing was just stunning. But I didn’t want to just take a little bit of it. I took the whole song, and sped it up to the right tempo, so it has the complete arrangement and feel of the original Beatles song. Then I made the “C.R.E.A.M.” remix. And then I was like, O.K., I’ve got two tracks now that have Beatles samples with Wu-Tang a cappellas. A few days later I found Ol’ Dirty Bastard talking on YouTube about how he was influenced by the Beatles. And I just thought: This is it.
The original version of “Uzi (Pinky Ring)” should not be missed either:
Sample the entire album below, and click here for info on the double final pressing!
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