Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple

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Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple
Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple - Album Cover - Front.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2008
Genre Hip hop
Length79:20
Label Wanderluxe
Producer RZA
Hi-Tek
Bronze Nazareth
Mathematics
Wu-Tang Clan & Wu-Tang Killa Bees chronology
Return of the Swarm, Vol. 5
(2008)
Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple
(2008)
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
(2008)

Soundtracks from the Shaolin Temple is a 2008 album by various artists affiliated with or part of the Wu-Tang Clan. [1] A majority of the tracks are produced by Bronze Nazareth and one is produced by Wu-Tang member RZA. Seven members of the Wu-Tang Clan make appearances on the album along with over 20 affiliates.

Track listing

#TitlePerformer(s)ProducerSamplesTime
1"Darkness (Intro)"1:34
2"Killa Bee Swarm"Bronze Nazareth4:15
3"Lyrical Swords"Bronze Nazareth3:27
4" More Than Gold"
  • Bronze Nazareth
  • Timbo King
Bronze Nazareth4:12
5"On The Eve Of War (Julio Caesar Chavez Mix)" Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind 4:02
6"Iconoclasts"Bronze Nazareth4:53
7"My Piano" Hi-Tek 4:09
8"Biochemical Equation"RZA3:58
9"Pencil" Mathematics 4:00
10"Josephine"
  • Hi-Tek
  • Ghostface Killah
  • Trife Da God
  • Willie Cottrell Band
Hi-Tek4:11
11" The Obituary (E.B.G.G.)"Bronze Nazareth4:15
12"Chi (Interlude)"0:33
13"Deep Space"Preservation4:28
14"Alphabets"
  • GZA
True Master 2:44
15"Original Man"
  • Lord Jamar
  • Raekwon
  • Kasim Allah
Preservation5:33
16"The Bronzeman"Bronze Nazareth3:52
17"God's Creatures (Interlude)"2:00
18"Animal"
  • Icewater
Scram Jones 3:49
19"Still Grimey"Preservation4:18
20"The Ocean" Blue Sky Black Death 3:41
21"Street Corners"Bronze Nazareth5:25

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References

  1. Fernando Jr., S.H. (July 6, 2021). From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga. Hachette Books. p. 385. ISBN   9780306874444.