Wu-Tang Forever
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Wu-Tang Forever is the long-awaited follow-up to the Wu-Tang Clan's first album . It was released on June 3, 1997 as a double album.
Track listing
Disc 1
- "Wu-Revolution" - 6:17
- "Reunited" - 5:23
- * Intro/outro: Roxanne
- * First verse: GZA
- * Second verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard
- * Third verse: RZA
- * Fourth verse: Method Man
- "For Heaven's Sake" - 4:13
- * First verse: Inspectah Deck
- * Second verse: Masta Killa
- * Third verse: Cappadonna
- "Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (Still Don't Nothing Move But the Money)" - 3:06
- * First verse: Raekwon
- * Second verse: Method Man
- * Third verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Producer: 4th Disciple
- "Visionz" - 3:09
- * First verse: Method Man
- * Second verse: Raekwon
- * Third verse: Masta Killa
- * Fourth verse: Inspectah Deck
- * Fifth verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Producer: Inspectah Deck
- "As High as Wu-Tang Get" - 2:39
- * Intro/Chorus: Ol' Dirty Bastard
- * First verse: GZA
- * Second verse: Method Man
- "Severe Punishment" - 4:49
- * First verse: U-God
- * Second verse: GZA
- * Third verse: Raekwon
- * Fourth verse: RZA
- * Fifth verse: Masta Killa
- "Older Gods" - 3:07
- * First verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Second verse: Raekwon
- * Chorus: Ghostface Killah & Raekwon
- * Third verse: GZA
- * Producer: 4th Disciple
- "Maria" - 2:34
- * First verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard
- * Second verse: Cappadonna
- * Third verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard
- * Fourth verse: RZA
- "A Better Tomorrow" - 4:58
- * Intro/First verse/chorus: Inspectah Deck
- * Second verse/chorus: Masta Killa
- * Third verse: U-God
- * Fourth verse: RZA
- * Fifth verse: Method Man
- * Producer: 4th Disciple
- "It's Yourz" - 4:19
- * First verse: Raekwon
- * Chorus: RZA
- * Second verse: U-God
- * Third verse: Inspectah Deck
- * Fourth verse: Ghostface Killah
Disc 2
- "Intro" - 2:02
- * Performed by: GZA & RZA
- "Triumph" - 5:38
- * Intro: Ol' Dirty Bastard
- * First verse: Inspectah Deck
- * Second verse: Method Man
- * Third verse: Cappadonna
- * Fourth verse: U-God
- * Fifth verse: RZA
- * Sixth verse: GZA
- * Seventh verse: Masta Killa
- * Eighth verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Ninth verse: Raekwon
- "Impossible" - 4:28
- * Chorus: Tekitha
- * First verse: RZA
- * Second verse: U-God
- * Third verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Outro: Raekwon
- * Producer: 4th Disciple
- "Little Ghetto Boys" - 4:49
- * First verse: Raekwon
- * Second verse: Cappadonna
- "Deadly Melody" - 4:20
- * Intro & first verse: Masta Killa
- * Second verse: U-God
- * Third verse: RZA
- * Fourth verse: Method Man
- * Fifth verse: RZA, Masta Killa, U-God & GZA
- * Sixth verse: Method Man
- * Seventh verse : Streetlife
- * Eighth verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Ninth verse: Streetlife
- "The City" - 4:05
- * Performed by: Inspectah Deck
- * Producer: 4th Disciple
- "The Projects" - 3:17
- * Intro & first verse: Raekwon
- * Chorus : U-God & Raekwon
- * Second verse: Method Man
- * Third verse: Ghostface Killah
- "Bells of War" - 5:12
- * First verse: U-God
- * Second verse : Method Man
- * Third verse: RZA
- * Fourth verse: Masta Killa
- * Interlude: Method Man & Raekwon
- * Fifth verse: Ghostface Killah
- * Outro: RZA
- "The M.G.M." - 2:38
- * Performed by : Ghostface Killah & Raekwon
- * Producer: True Master
- "Dog Sh*t" - 3:34
- * Performed by : Ol' Dirty Bastard
- "Duck Seazon" (Wu Tang Clan) - 5:42
- * Intro & first verse: Raekwon
- * Second verse : RZA
- * Third verse: Method Man
- * Fourth verse: Raekwon
- "Hellz Wind Staff" (Wu Tang Clan) - 4:52
- * First verse: Streetlife
- * Second verse : Ghostface Killah
- * Third verse: Inspectah Deck
- * Fourth verse: Method Man
- * Fifth verse: RZA
- * Sixth verse: Raekwon
- "Heaterz" - 5:26
- * First verse: Raekwon
- * Second verse: Inspectah Deck
- * Third verse: U-God
- * Fourth verse: Ol' Dirty Bastard
- * Fifth verse: Cappadonna
- * Producer: True Master
- "Black Shampoo" - 3:49
- * Performed by: U-God
- "Second Coming" - 4:39
- * Performed by: Tekitha
- "The Closing" - 2:37
- * Performed by: Raekwon
- "Sunshower" - 6:11
- * Performed by: The RZA (UK release only)
Personnel
- A-D - Art Direction, Layout Design
- Sherin Baday - Photography, A&R
- Bob Berg - Photography
- Carlos Bess - Mixing, Mixing Engineer
- Cappadonna - Performer
- Dennis Coles - Executive Producer
- Tom Coyne - Mastering
- Mitchell Diggs - Executive Producer
- Robert Diggs - Executive Producer
- Divine - Production Coordination
- Fourth Disciple - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Arlene Godfrey - A&R
- Oli Grant - Executive Producer
- Scott Harding - Mixing, Mixing Engineer
- Che Harris - A&R
- Inspectah Deck - Producer, Mixing
- Dia Kudu - Artwork, Art Direction, Design
- Ola Kudu - Art Direction, Design, Layout Design
- Laurie Marks - A&R
- Philippe McClelland - Photography
- Shawn Mortenson - Photography
- Eugene Nastasi - Editing
- Ney Pimentel - Artwork, Art Direction, Design, Layout Design
- P.O.W.E.R. - Production Coordination
- Michael "Wolf" Reaves - Mixing
- James Roach - Artwork, Art Direction, Design, Layout Design
- RZA - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Assistant Producer
- Troy Staton - Mixing
- True Master - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Music samples
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 1997 | Top Canadian Albums | 1 |
| 1997 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "It's Yourz" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 7 |
| 1997 | "It's Yourz" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 75 |
| 1997 | "It's Yourz" | Hot Rap Singles | 21 |
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