If you're a fan of Danger Mouse's Grey Album, which deftly mashed tracks from the Beatles' White Album with Jay-Z's The Black Album, you may want to check out Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers, which, as the title suggests, mixes the musical stylings of the Wu-Tang Clan with those of the fab four. The download is free after a simple email signup.
Producer Tom Caruana, who lives in the UK, doesn't relegate himself to just two albums; instead he picks and chooses from their entire catalogs, solo efforts included. There are some highlights: "Uzi (Pinky Ring)", using samples from "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey", and "Getting Better"; "Might Healthy" features Ghostface lyrics over a sample from "My Love Don't Give Me Presents". ODB sings the chorus from "Love Me Do" in one of the skits, possibly what sparked Caruana to make the album in the first place.
For someone whose interest in Wu-Tang waned after the first round of solo efforts (Tical, Liquid Swords, ODB's Return to the 36 Chambers) this is a nice introduction to some of the lyrical efforts I missed over the years. For all fans of Wu-Tang, it is definitely worth a listen, though it's certainly not as accomplished and polished as the Grey Album. Danger Mouse's treatment of "Allure" and "December 4th" far surpass anything you'll find here. But hey, it's free.
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