Wu-Tang Album Sells at Auction

2015-11-26 by Hot Chocolate CONTRIBUTOR | 29 Comments
The secret Wu-Tang Clan album, entitled "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin", of which only one physical copy was made, has recently sold at auction. While many of the details remain unknown. It was purchased by "an American collector" for at least $5 million. This price tag far exceeds the previous record for most expensive piece of music bought, a $300,000 purchase by Jack White of a rare recording of Elvis' first song. Accompanying this news were reports that the album would not see a commercial release for 88 years at the direction of producers RZA and Cilvaringz.

Details of the purchase can be read here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2015/11/24/wu-tang-clan-secret-album-sold-by-paddle8-but-to-whom/

Tagged: Wu-Tang Clan

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MeatSalad
November 27th 2015
18669 Comments


$5 million leak when

JizzInMyPants
November 27th 2015
2965 Comments


88 years, motherfucker most of us are gonna be dead

user
November 27th 2015
1592 Comments


leak would make this pretty interesting...not the music itself, but rather the complications that would certainly arise.

zakalwe
November 27th 2015
41922 Comments


Whoever the buyer is they'll spin it once and think 'fucking hell, 5 million quid, am I some sort of cunt?

DoofusWainwright
November 27th 2015
19991 Comments


they're probably on sput 'it's no 36 Chambers...2.5/5'

EvoHavok
November 27th 2015
8096 Comments


That's pretty insane.

Flugmorph
November 27th 2015
35409 Comments


prob bad anyway

Shoteru
November 27th 2015
518 Comments


'A legal agreement with the purchaser states it cannot be commercially exploited until 2103, although it can be released for free or played during listening parties' Interesting

evilford
November 27th 2015
71408 Comments


88 years lmaio

evilford
November 27th 2015
71408 Comments


reeimz

anarchistfish
November 27th 2015
30532 Comments


https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/2y0mwl/the_truth_behind_the_new_wutang_album/

"prob bad anyway"

reviews seemed pretty positive

CapnJizz
November 27th 2015
530 Comments


I would pay 5mil for flockaveli 2 before anything these guys are doing now

AmericnZero02
November 28th 2015
3953 Comments


Pretty genius marketing move by wu tang.

bloc
November 28th 2015
70880 Comments


Watch them release the album for free in a couple of years lol

DatsNotDaMetulz
November 28th 2015
4513 Comments


God this reminds me of Metalocalypse when they had a tour of Mordhaus, and had an exclusive play of "Fansong" which would only be played in the special screening like once, and never be released outside of Morhaus. And the album that was made exclusively for fish. Although at least people got to hear the song. And fish got to hear the album.

LotusFlower
December 9th 2015
12000 Comments


AHAHAHAHAHA

the guy who bought this album is Martin Shkreli, AKA the guy who raised the price of that HIV drug to 750 dollars.

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-clan-album-buyer

DinosaurJones
December 9th 2015
10414 Comments


...goddammit.

That is so disappointing

LotusFlower
December 9th 2015
12000 Comments


Martin says he went about acquiring the album when he heard that it would allow him to rub elbows with celebs and rappers who would want to hear the album.

user
December 9th 2015
1592 Comments


http://i.imgur.com/DHkao4q.png
http://i.imgur.com/psn2tWS.png

SharkTooth
December 9th 2015
15014 Comments


Good good anything but that manchild

DatsNotDaMetulz
December 9th 2015
4513 Comments


What a self-serving prick

guitarded_chuck
December 9th 2015
18070 Comments


isnt it the guy that upped the price of aids drugs and made millions

yeah FUCK that guy

SharkTooth
December 9th 2015
15014 Comments


the thing is even if that drug price hike was dickish, he wasn't the only one to do it and certainly isn't the only one. No, in addition to that he called someone an idiot and irrelevant for simply asking why

Spec
December 9th 2015
41416 Comments


Well of all people he certainly has the money to afford it.

ShakeSoda
December 9th 2015
157 Comments


Shkreli got that skrilla
The AIDS-patient killa

SharkTooth
December 9th 2015
15014 Comments


Shrekerelli

rufinthefury
December 9th 2015
4372 Comments


that fake emo poser. fuck him.

LotusFlower
December 9th 2015
12000 Comments


Each pill comes with a free copy of the alum

JizzInMyPants
December 10th 2015
2965 Comments


LMFAO, I didn't expect that shit, lmfao



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