No Said Date is the solo debut album by Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...

 member Masta Killa

Masta Killa

Jamel Arief , better known as Masta Killa, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...

, an American hip hop music

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

ian. With dark and dramatic beats and samples from martial arts film

Martial arts film

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s (most notably, the song "Masta Killa" which featured samples of Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...

), the album has a sound reminiscent of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Enter the Wu-Tang is the debut album of American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released November 9, 1993, on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1992 to 1993 at Firehouse Studio in New York City, and it was mastered at The Hit Factory...

as it features all nine of the original Wu-Tang Clan members, including Ol' Dirty Bastard

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...

 (in his last musical appearance before his death in 2004).

Reviews

Prefixmag.com gave the album a 7.0/10 rating saying: "No Said Date hearkens naturally back to the independent glory of 36 Chambers in its recognizable beat-smithing and refreshing flow from one of Wu-Tang's least-known members."

Rapreviews.com gives it a 9/10 as reviewed by James Corne stating: "No Said Date is a near classic album that will hold a place in any listener's archive for a long time to come."

Hiphopsite.com claims that the album "ought to be enough to satisfy all but the most demanding Wu-Tang fans. And in a time where hip-hop hasn't seen a legitimately classic, well-rounded album in years, No Said Date holds up as a solid, entertaining and overall satisfying debut."

Track listing

All tracks by E. Turner

1. "Born Chamber" – 1:16
2. "Grab the Mic" – 2:59
   • Producer: Brock
3. "No Said Date" – 2:44
   • Producer: RZA
     RZA
     Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
     
     
   • Samples: "Police Woman
     Police Woman
     A police woman is a female police officer.Police woman may also refer to:* Police Woman , a 1970s American drama, starring Angie Dickinson...
     
     " by Henry Mancini
     Henry Mancini
     Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
     
     
4. "Last Drink" – 4:03
   • Producer: Mathematics
     Mathematics (producer)
     Mathematics, also known as Allah Mathematics, is a hip hop producer and DJ for the Wu-Tang Clan. As well as producing many tracks for the Wu-Tang Clan and for its solo and affiliate projects, Math has released two solo albums.-Biography:Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York Mathematics was...
     
     
5. "Love Spell" – 4:14
   • Producer: Dave West
6. "The Future (Skit)" (featuring Shamel, Kareem & Jamel) – 1:28
   • Producer: Hakim Shabazz
   • Samples: Five Deadly Venoms
7. "D.T.D (featuring Raekwon
   Raekwon
   Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...
   
    & Ghostface Killah
   Ghostface Killah
   Dennis Coles , better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success...
   
   ) – 4:13
   • Producer: Mathematics
   • Sample: Try A Little Tenderness
     Try a Little Tenderness
     "Try a Little Tenderness" is a love song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods, and recorded initially on December 8, 1932 by the Ray Noble Orchestra followed by both Ruth Etting and Bing Crosby in 1933...
     
      by Otis Redding
     Otis Redding
     Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
     
     
8. "Whatever" (featuring Streetlife
   Streetlife (rapper)
   Patrick Charles, better known by the stage name Streetlife, is a hip hop artist who is a close associate of the Wu-Tang Clan, particularly of Method Man. He was born in the Bronx, moved to Houston, Texas, and later moved to Staten Island where he grew up....
   
    & Prodigal Sunn
   Prodigal Sunn
   Prodigal Sunn is an American rapper, actor and entrepreneur.- Biography :Prodigal Sunn was the only child of indigenous parents and grew up in Brooklyn. During his youth, Prodigal was known as the ‘Sun of Man’ and was later re-christened "Prodigal Sunn" by childhood friend Killah Priest in...
   
   ) – 2:54
   • Producer: Mathematics
9. "Secret Rivals" (featuring Killah Priest
   Killah Priest
   Walter Reed, better known as Killah Priest, Iron Sheik from the Middle East, or Masada, is an American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate who was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant & Brownsville neighbourhoods in Brooklyn. He is known for intensely spiritual lyrics loaded with metaphors and religious...
   
    & Method Man
   Method Man
   Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
   
   ) – 3:29
   • Producer: True Master
10. "Skit" – 0:24
11. "Digi Warfare" – 4:06
    • Additional vocals: RZA
      RZA
      Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
      
       & U-God
      U-God
      Lamont Hawkins , better known as U-God , is an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan. He has been with the group since its inception, and is known for having a deep, rhythmic flow that can alternate between being gruff or smooth...
      
      
    • Producer: Choco
12. "Old Man" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard
    Ol' Dirty Bastard
    Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...
    
     & RZA
    RZA
    Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
    
    ) – 2:46
    • Producer: RZA
13. "Queen" – 3:40
    • Additional vocals: Allah Real
    • Producer: True Master
14. "School" (featuring RZA
    RZA
    Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
    
    ) – 3:12
    • Samples: Dialogue from Good Times
      Good Times
      Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...
      
      
    • Producer: RZA
15. "Silverbacks" (featuring Inspectah Deck
    Inspectah Deck
    Jason Hunter, better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
    
     & GZA
    GZA
    Gary Grice , better known by his stage names GZA and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist and founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. He has also appeared on his fellow clan members' solo projects and has maintained a successful solo career...
    
    ) – 3:26
    • Producer: True Master
16. "Masta Killa" – 2:51
    • Samples: Bruce Lee
      Bruce Lee
      Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
      
       interview with Pierre Berton
      Pierre Berton
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    • Producer: Baby Dooks

Singles

"Old Man" was released as a single. There is an official video for the song, which features RZA and the Ol' Dirty Bastard who appear as characters which were influenced and inspired by Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son is an American sitcom, based on the BBC's Steptoe and Son, that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977....

. The video was ODB's last music video appearance before his untimely death. In it he recites the Big Mac slogan followed by "You big dummy", which serves as the song's hook. The video also features a cameo by rapper R.A the Rugged Man

Personnel

• E. Turner – Executive Producer, Vocals
• Jose "Choco" Reynoso – Recording, Mixing, Producer
• Michael Sarsfield – Mastering
• Dreddy Kruger – A&R
• Brock – Producer
• RZA
  RZA
  Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
  
   – Producer, Vocals
• Mathematics
  Mathematics (producer)
  Mathematics, also known as Allah Mathematics, is a hip hop producer and DJ for the Wu-Tang Clan. As well as producing many tracks for the Wu-Tang Clan and for its solo and affiliate projects, Math has released two solo albums.-Biography:Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York Mathematics was...
  
   – Producer
• Dave West – Producer
• Hakeem Shabazz – Producer
• True Master – Producer
• U-God
  U-God
  Lamont Hawkins , better known as U-God , is an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan. He has been with the group since its inception, and is known for having a deep, rhythmic flow that can alternate between being gruff or smooth...
  
   – Vocals
• Inspectah Deck
  Inspectah Deck
  Jason Hunter, better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
  
   – Vocals
• Ghostface Killah
  Ghostface Killah
  Dennis Coles , better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success...
  
   – Vocals
• Raekwon
  Raekwon
  Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...
  
   – Vocals
• Killah Priest
  Killah Priest
  Walter Reed, better known as Killah Priest, Iron Sheik from the Middle East, or Masada, is an American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan affiliate who was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant & Brownsville neighbourhoods in Brooklyn. He is known for intensely spiritual lyrics loaded with metaphors and religious...
  
   – Vocals
• Prodigal Sunn
  Prodigal Sunn
  Prodigal Sunn is an American rapper, actor and entrepreneur.- Biography :Prodigal Sunn was the only child of indigenous parents and grew up in Brooklyn. During his youth, Prodigal was known as the ‘Sun of Man’ and was later re-christened "Prodigal Sunn" by childhood friend Killah Priest in...
  
   – Vocals
• Method Man
  Method Man
  Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
  
   – Vocals
• Streetlife
  Streetlife (rapper)
  Patrick Charles, better known by the stage name Streetlife, is a hip hop artist who is a close associate of the Wu-Tang Clan, particularly of Method Man. He was born in the Bronx, moved to Houston, Texas, and later moved to Staten Island where he grew up....
  
   – Vocals
• Ol' Dirty Bastard
  Ol' Dirty Bastard
  Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...
  
   – Vocals
• Baby Dooks – Producer
• GZA
  GZA
  Gary Grice , better known by his stage names GZA and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist and founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. He has also appeared on his fellow clan members' solo projects and has maintained a successful solo career...
  
   – Executive Producer, Vocals
• D. Horwitz – Co-executive Producer
• A. McCaskill – Co-executive Producer