LiQUiFY Magazine December 2014 | Page 98

EAR CANDY WU-TANG CLAN // A Better Tomorrow (Dec 2, Warner Music) Twenty years of Wu-Tang Clan – and this posse are still as strong as ever. The legendary NY-based rappers includes one of the craziest lists of hiphop OGs ever assembled - RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and Cappadonna - and has sold over 6.5 million records in the US, and nearly 40 million worldwide, including individual members’ album sales as well as group sales collectively. We’re guessing the 20th anniversary party is going to be off the hook. This album comes on top of five studio albums and 19 compilation albums – thanks to the loose congregation of nine MCs turning the standard concept of a hip-hop crew inside out with the philosophy of spinning off into as many side projects as possible, resulting in the members all becoming individual legends and veritable rap gods. Get your OG on and get this record - www.wutangclan.com DEADMAU5 // Five Years Of Mau5 (Out now, mau5trap/Virgin EMI) This double album is packed with five years of highlights from the beloved back catalogue of this heralded electro producer AKA Joel Zimmerman, alongside exclusive and new remixes from friends of his label mau5trap. Fans can froth on the knowledge the track list include Some Chords, the opening track of deadmau5’s 2010 album 4x4=12, known as a classic mau5 track bathed in synths. There’s also the deadmau5 smash Ghosts n’ Stuff along with remixes by NERO and Chuckie, and a new offering from Australia’s Wax Motif, the Wax Motif Remix of Raise Your Weapon www.deadmau5.com