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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.


166-Wu-Tang Clan featuring Paulissa Moorman-Gravel Pit.


2000-Number 6 single


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The Wu Tang Clan were formed in 1992, in Staten Island, New York City, United States, by the collective of ‘RZA,’ (Robert Diggs) ‘GZA,’ (Gary Grice) ‘Ol’ Dirty Bastard,’ (Russell Jones) (1968-2004) ‘Method Man,’ (Clifford Smith) (see also best songs 359) ‘Raekwon,’ (Corey Woods) ‘Ghostface Killah,’ (Dennis Voles) ‘Inspectah Deck,’ (Jason Hunter) ‘U-God,’ (Lamont Hawkins) and ‘Masta Killa,’ (Elgin Turner) in 1995 ‘Cappadonna,’ (Darryl Hill) became the groups 10th member. In total The Wu Tang Clan have released seven studio Albums between 1993-2015, and 16 singles between 1993-2017. In America on the Billboard Hot 100 they have never had a top 40 single, while in the UK this song remains their only chart hit to date. Worldwide The Wu Tang Clan have sold in excess of six million records, but with all the individual band members also releasing solo Albums, or working with others, it is reckoned that the collective have in fact sold in excess of 40 million records worldwide.


The Wu Tang Clan are critically acclaimed among music critics, with the ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine calling them ‘The best Rap group ever. The American digital media company ‘About,’ that publishes articles and videos about various subjects agreed with ‘Rolling Stone’ by also calling them ‘The Number 1 greatest Hip-Hop group of all time,’ and in 2004 the ‘NME’ magazine hailed them as one of the most influential groups of the last 10 years. It was the groups members ‘RZA.’ and ‘The ODB’ who chose the bands name as a tribute to the 1983 Hong Kong martial arts film ‘Shaolin and Wu Tang.’


‘Gravel Pit’ was the second single released from The Wu Tang Clan’s third studio Album ‘The W’ from 2000, with all the groups members receiving the song writing credits, the track was produced by ‘RZA.’ Also credited is Paulissa Moorman who provides the female vocals on the song. The three versus are performed firstly by Method Man, then Ghostface Killah, and finally by U-God, other spoken words on the track are provided by RZA and Raekwon. The songs chorus ‘Back, back and fourth,’ is taken from the Funk group Cameo’s (see also best songs 312) 1987 song ‘Back and Fourth.’ Like many a good ‘Hip-Hop’ song the track has many samples, most notably the soundtrack to the French 1965 miniseries ‘Belphegor.’ The trumpet introduction is lifted from the 1966 James Brown song ‘It’s a Man’s Man’s World,’ and samples are also taken from the films ‘Enter the Dragon,’ (1973) and ‘Short Eyes’ (1977.)


‘Check out my gravel pit, a mystery unravelin.’ Wu-Tang is the CD that I travel with, don’t go against the grain if you can’t handle it.’