I'm Brian Hyatt. This is Rolling Stone Music Now. Today we're going to be celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest albums ever made.

Wootang Clans enter the Wu Teng 36 Chambers.

And to talk about that album I have Rolling Stones, Andre G. with us,

and then we're going to play Andre's interview with Ray Kwan about making the album.

We're also supposed to have an interview with Ghost Face Killah, but he kind of ghosted on us, which I guess is appropriate.

But it's been 30 years since I entered the Wu-Tang 36 Chambers.

November 9, 1993, the same day midnight marauders came out by Trap Cold Quest

Very good hip-hop day strong hip-hop year strong hip-hop era

But yeah I mean enter the Wuntang and the whole Wutang Clan phenomenon was so unique on so many levels.

I guess one of the biggest was just the size of the group and the master plan that Riza had for this.

He was like, Stan Lee or Kevin Fygy had this whole universe

he was gonna set out and the crazy thing is the plan worked right I mean there were

these nine incredibly talented guys all somehow from the same area in Staten Island.

And you know not every single one of them became solo superstars but a large number did.

I've always said about like the Wu St. Clint it's literally a miracle that they came together.

You probably can't find nine people in the city now, like in the whole of New York City

that could like parallel their impact.

And they're in the same borough, like,

damn near the same like general area of the borough.

And RISA got everybody on one accord.

Some people initially weren't even cool with each other.

For them to align the way they did.

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