News: Wu Tang Clan Set To Release Secret Album in 88 Years

The Wu Tang Clan’s recent album A Better Tomorrow received less than stellar sales and reviews and for that reason we won’t be getting another LP anytime soon. We will likely have to wait 88 years for their next secret album to be released.

According to producer Cilvaringz, that’s how long it will be before the eventual buyer of the lone copy of the group’s secret double album, The Wu: Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, can release the LP commercially. He says:

‘After 88 years the copyright, which includes public and commercial rights, automatically transfers to the owner of the work. However, it will still be his or her choice at that [point] to release it or not release it.’

We can thank RZA for the 88 year wait as he has a special obsession with numerology as he had this to say:

‘When you buy a painting or a sculpture, you’re buying that piece rather than the right to replicate it. Owning a Picasso doesn’t mean you can sell prints or reproductions, but that you’re the sole owner of a unique original. And that’s what Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is. It’s a unique original rather than a master copy of an album.’

Well, that makes sense, but 88 years, will we still be here to listen to it? Maybe someone should have asked RZA that exact question. To read the full article, head over to Forbes.