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Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) is an album by Wu-Tang Clan, released in 1993. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “C.R.E.A.M.”, on 5 lists with a best position of #30.
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) hit the streets on November 9, 1993, on Loud Records, and the Staten Island crew that made it sounded like nobody else in hip-hop. RZA, the group's de facto leader, produced it at Firehouse Studio in New York over late 1992 and early 1993, and his beats are grimy, sparse and menacing, scraped together like a basement kung fu flick, which fits: the title nods to Enter the Dragon and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
On the mic it's a free-for-all. RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Ol' Dirty Bastard trade verses that are profane, funny and wildly free-associative, on cuts like "Protect Ya Neck", "C.R.E.A.M." and "Bring Da Ruckus". For something this raw it did surprisingly well, reaching number 41 on the Billboard 200 and going platinum by 1995. It helped put New York rap back on top, and in 2022 it entered the National Recording Registry.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.R.E.A.M. | 5 | #30 | – | 2021–2025 | |
| 2 | Protect Ya Neck | 3 | #568 | – | 2018–2023 | |
| 3 | Bring Da Ruckus | 1 | #127 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.