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Protect Ya Neck By Wu-Tang Clan Limited Record Store Day Vinyl LP Record NEW
Sold Date:
February 7, 2016
Start Date:
May 14, 2015
Final Price:
$18.97
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DOS - PR5U1V3A50-2MM-664425801316 New! ----- from New York's Largest Selection of Entertainment Media Since 1976!
In 1993, an unsuspecting – and some might say dozing – hip-hop world was
bumrushed by a force that would dominate its consciousness for the rest
of the decade: the nine-member Wu-Tang Clan. This is the song that
started it all. Originally self-released on cassette and vinyl (with
producer and group patriarch The RZA’s Staten Island home address on the
label), the song blew up in a way that has rarely been equaled in the
hip-hop world. The grass roots groundswell it created is part of what
built the Wu-Tang legend and kept it strong. The song, beat-wise, is a
driving, dusty musical assault. That description holds true lyrically as
well, thanks to eight out of nine group members attacking the mic
(Masta Killa was absent), one by one – each showing their unique flow
and methodic madness, from GZA’s even keel to Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s manic
train of thought. Within months of first exploding on college radio, the
song was dominating mainstream hip-hop shows around the world.
Eventually picked up by Loud Records, it remains one of the most
explosive hip-hop posse cuts of all time, full of intelligence,
righteous indignation (at record labels who had dropped and dissed
various members of the crew) and raw power. This limited edition (3,000)
Record Store Day 12-Inch is pressed on split yellow and black vinyl for
the first time ever, with a reproduction of the original cover art and a
plastic Get On Down-branded outer sleeve.
Condition: NEW Sealed. Never Played
TRACK LISTINGS
Side A:
1. Protect Ya Neck
2. Protect Ya Neck (Shao Lin Version)
3. Protect Ya Neck (Bloody Version)
Side B:
4. Method Man
5. Method Man (Smoked Out Version)
6. Method Man (Home Grown Version)
7. Method Man (Bonus Beats)
