Wu-Tang Clan‘S Iconic 1997 Album ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ Is Turning 25

Get On Down and Legacy Recordings are releasing special edition merch to celebrate the double-disc record’s quarter-century, including the album as a 4xLP with an accompanying lyrics booklet, a silver 7-inch single of ‘Triumph’ with ‘Heaterz’ on the B-side, and a reissue of the double album on cassette, which comes in a replica of the original slipcase. The merchandise is available for preorder now and can be bought in a bundle or as separate items.

The EPs comprise edits, instrumentals, and out-of-print remixes from the 'Wu-Tang Forever’ era, as well as original artwork.

Continuing the 25th-anniversary celebrations, the first episode in a short new series of unearthed Wu-Tang Clan interviews from the 1997 music video shoot for "Triumph" has been released. During a break from filming the clip, the guys spoke about the making of the song and the album, with this first interview featuring RZA. Watch it below.

"Wu-Tang Forever" was the outfit’s second studio album, and went on to achieve quadruple-platinum status in the US. The record also received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost out to "No Way Out" by Puff Daddy & The Family.

Last month, another of the rap collective’s albums, 'Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’, was archived in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, alongside A Tribe Called Quest‘s' Low End Theory’ and Alicia Keys‘' Songs In A Minor’.

A new documentary on late Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard was also announced last month, co-produced by his widow Icelene Jones. Currently under the working title "Biography: Ol’ Dirty Bastard," the film promises to be a “definitive” look at ODB and “humanizes ODB as a man, a father, and a husband like never before.”