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El Michels Affair reimagines the Wu-Tang Clan songbook through dusty drums, cinematic horns, heavy basslines, and vintage soul on 2009’s Enter the 37th Chamber. Rather than simply covering the originals, the group strips Wu-Tang classics down to their foundations and rebuilds them as gritty, analog instrumental soul. “C.R.E.A.M.,” “Protect Ya Neck,” “Shimmy Shimmy Ya,” and “Can It Be All So Simple” suddenly sound like they were pulled from a forgotten stack of ’70s 45s-the very records hip-hop producers might have sampled in the first place.
Part soul record, part hip-hop tribute, and completely its own thing. Enter the 37th Chamber is a killer bridge between record collectors, beat heads, and anyone who appreciates a seriously deep groove.
El Michels Affair reimagines the Wu-Tang Clan songbook through dusty drums, cinematic horns, heavy basslines, and vintage soul on 2009’s Enter the 37th Chamber. Rather than simply covering the originals, the group strips Wu-Tang classics down to their foundations and rebuilds them as gritty, analog instrumental soul. “C.R.E.A.M.,” “Protect Ya Neck,” “Shimmy Shimmy Ya,” and “Can It Be All So Simple” suddenly sound like they were pulled from a forgotten stack of ’70s 45s-the very records hip-hop producers might have sampled in the first place.
Part soul record, part hip-hop tribute, and completely its own thing. Enter the 37th Chamber is a killer bridge between record collectors, beat heads, and anyone who appreciates a seriously deep groove.