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  "slug": "wu-tang-clan",
  "name": "Wu-Tang Clan",
  "description": "Wu-Tang Clan appears 2 times in our Golden Age Hip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/wu-tang-clan/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1993,
    "last": 1993
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 4,
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  },
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      "name": "Golden Age Hip-Hop",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/golden-age-hip-hop/",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
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      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred",
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    }
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      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/wu-tang-clan--c-r-e-a-m/",
      "title": "C.R.E.A.M.",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Loud",
      "isrc": "USRC19300133",
      "whyItMatters": "RZA's production is deliberately murky and cheap-sounding, which makes Raekwon and Inspectah Deck's verses land like documentary. Nine members and not one wasted line.",
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      ],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Wu-Tang%20Clan%20C.R.E.A.M.",
          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "wu-tang-clan--c-r-e-a-m",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/wu-tang-clan--c-r-e-a-m/",
      "title": "C.R.E.A.M.",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Loud",
      "isrc": "USRC19300133",
      "whyItMatters": "A four-bar piano loop, two verses, and a hook that became a proverb. RZA proved that the cheapest possible production could carry the heaviest possible writing.",
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        }
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      },
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    }
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}