Minnesotan hip hop producer K Salaam's album 'Whose World is This?' is out now. It features some of the most prolific characters from the world of hip-hop and reggae including Trey Songz, Young Buck, Sizzla, Buju Banton, Dead Prez and Talib Kweli. Using their own distinctive style, this musical forum addresses politics, poetics and peace, exploring a variety of solutions and topics to formulate an answer to K Salaams thought-provoking question.
1Xtra will be recording an exclusive Maida Vale Session with the Wu Tang Clan on Tuesday 15th July, featuring all nine members, RZA, GZA, Method Man, Ghostface, Raekwon, Masta Killa, U-God, Inspectah Deck and Street. Semtex will host the session and interview with the full performance on the 1Xtra Hip Hop show on Friday 18th July.
It’s been 14 years since the Wu-Tang Clan took hip hop by the scruff of it’s neck and kicked new life into a stagnating genre. They arrived just as the first flush of gangsta superstars helped shift rap’s centre of gravity from its New York birthplace to the barbecues, swap meets and low-rider cars of sun-kissed Los Angeles, a city on the opposite coast with it’s own distinct style.