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Wu-Tang was shaken by the passing of ODB in 2004 when he was only 35, but the group has soldiered on with one of the rapperвЂ™s sons occasionally filling in for the late great MC live.

Legal and substance-abuse problems would curtail ODBвЂ™s activity as the Clan came together without him to record and release their 2000 album The W that found the group earning praise for the return to a rougher, more rugged sound (though the quick follow-up Iron Flag was decidedly lighter and would be dismissed my some members as time wore on).

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The group would maintain that pattern of a group release followed by a series of solo albums, though the crewвЂ™s prodigious output and the dilution of their sound from outside producers seemed to affect the quality of the recordings only OlвЂ™ Dirty BastardвЂ™s N***a Please and Ghostface KillahвЂ™s Supreme Clientele had critical acclaim that matched their chart success. The group reconvened to release the second Wu-Tang album - the ambitious double-disc collection Wu-Tang Forever - to great commercial and critical success in 1997, though RZA began to delegate some of his production duties to his proteges True Master and 4th Disciple. RZA also participated as a member of hip-hop horrorcore group Gravediggaz with fellow super producer Prince Paul (De La Soul) on their first effort Six Feet Deep. Over the next three years, RZA would produce Method ManвЂ™sВ solo turn TicalВ (an immediate hit that would win the вЂњBest Rap Performance by a Duo or GroupвЂќВ Grammy for вЂњAll I NeedвЂќ in 1995), followed byВ ODBвЂ™s classicВ debut album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version and albums forВ Raekwon ( Only Built 4 Cuban LinxвЂ¦),В GZA/Genius ( Liquid Swords) and Ghostface Killa ( Ironman)В that all stand among the great hip-hop recordingsВ of the 1990s. READ MORE: Some Critics Still Skeptical of Revised, Scaled-Back Plan to Fix Millennium Tower

Lauded by critics and hip-hop fans as an instant classic, the album and hits like вЂњC.R.E.A.MвЂќ and вЂњProtect Ya NeckвЂќВ established RZA as a visionaryВ force in the studio and - thanks to the unique deal with Loud/RCA that allowed individual members to haveВ their own solo careers - served as a springboard for what would become a cottage industry of Wu-Tang related recordings. Armed with the extended crewвЂ™s arsenal of gifted MCs and the gritty, spare beats RZA constructed out of dusty soul rarities and extensive sampling from kung fu films, the group produced its landmark debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993.

The RZA would form his new group with his cousins and a handful of childhood friends including Method Man (Clifford Smith), Raekwon the Chef (Corey Woods), Ghostface Killah (Dennis Coles), Inspectah Deck (Jason Hunter), U-God (Lamont Hawkins) and Masta Killa (Jamel Irief). However that first recording hinted at the influence kung fu moviesВ would exert on his next project with the song вЂњDeadly VenomsвЂќ and its first references to Wu-Tang. He moved to Ohio in his early 20s and founded the group All in Together Now with cousins Russell Jones and Gary Grice (future Wu-Tang members OlвЂ™ Dirty Bastard and GZA/Genius, respectively) that never got beyond local recognition.Дiggs eventually moved back to New York and tried to startВ a solo career under the name Prince Rakeem that never went past an initial single released by Tommy Boy in 1991. READ MORE: Victim Of Christmas Eve Shark Attack Off Central Coast Identified, Was Visiting FamilyД¬reating a distinctive sound and style during the early вЂ™90s that set the sprawling group apart from the eraвЂ™s teaming mass of gangsta rappers, the Wu-Tang Clan has established its credentials over the last three decades as one of greatest crews in hip-hop history.ДЇounder and principle producer the RZA (born Robert Diggs) took an early interest in hip-hop growing up in Brooklyn, participating in MC battles before he was a teen. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Three legendary MCs from the influential Wu-Tang Clan bring their current tour performing their respective debut solo albums to San Francisco this Friday when the GZA, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah land at the Warfield.