We Bought the Unreleased Wu-Tang Clan Album with Crypto ✨
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2021
- On September 10th, 2021 in New York City, PleasrDAO, a worldwide crypto collective, purchased and physically acquired the most valuable piece of music on earth, the unreleased Wu Tang album, "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin." Since it's release in 2014, it shared the hands of "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli as well as the Department of Justice following his arrest. Watch as Jamis and armed guards travel to secure this grailed Wu Tang album.
Director, DP, Editor Jon Lynn jonlynnjonlynn.com
Music Spencer Harrison
Colorist Quincy Ledbetter
Mix Colin Alexander
Cast in order of appearance
Jamis Johnson Chief Pleasing Officer, PleasrDAO
Jordan Holtz Attorney for Matkov Clarke
Troy R. Abel Armed Security
John C. Jackson Armed Security\
Steve Alonso Armed Security
Matt Matkov General counsel to PleasrDAO
Peter Scoolidge Deal Broker of the album
Tarik Azzougarh “Cilvaringz”
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin Producer and Concept Originator
If what you say is true, the Shaolin and The Wu-Tang could be dangerous.
@HuntersGmailStuff Hunter I'll show you my Wu-Tang style.
Raw ama give it to ya
@@thecollectorsinged113 with no trivia
Raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia
My Hip-Hop will rock and shock the nation
@@illxs Like the Emancipation Proclamation
"The original NFT"
...
I think one of a kind art has existed forever.
one of a kind digital art
@@IamPaynus Its a physical copy...
The real original NFTs was those leaves that Adam & Steve used to cover their gennies at the garden of Eden
@@CadChamberlain thats stores digital media...
Nahh, it holds up. This was playing w nft mechanics before they arrives.
Man bought a 4 million dollar CD, and plays it on a 20 bucks CD reader on a laptop :D c'mon bruv.
right!
He don´t know what High Definition is.
He was also listening to the album on a prehistoric ass walkman cd.... WTF? Those things are notorious for scratching up discs
😂😂😂😂
shuuuuuut uuuuuup
That dork could probably care less about the actual music.
Agrees totatly
pushes play on CD player… silence… then, “Never gunna give you up, never gunna let you down!”
Lol
Best comment in here ! The ultimate classic TROLL ! 😂
LOL!!!!!
Lol. Classic 😊
Lmaaaaao
You better fucking release this album
They never will. Mark my words.
People like this never do, unfortunately
@@allthenamesiwantedweretakeny'all say that but Pleasr did say they wanna.
Problem is Ringz kept pulling some stupid gambit over it.
Judging from some comments, they wanna lessen the date from 2103 to something else
So this dude has never used a CD lmao He was genuinely concerned like “idk if this ancient technology will work”
I hear ya. You'd expect a hardcore Wu fan to be a little older. I my self had the double CD Wu-Tang Forever album back in the day!
@@BalloonCement Crazy how 32 can feel old sometimes. I still have my huge CD collection 🙂
He put the cd in and then immediately moved the cd player... like what are you doing dude???
@@donuts4dilla trying to laser burn the only disc in existence
Then he goes home and pops a PS4 disc in his PS5.
36 Chambers is the most historic album in the Wu catalog.
On top of that, it was affordable. $8.99 I believed I paid for the album.
It changed everything. Anyone who was there could attest to that.
This shit right here. Turns my stomach.
Such a fan of this group and to be gated out because I'm not rich does not sit well with me. But I respect the art and the decisions that went into the existence of that album.
You should look up the story behind it. When I read the comments on this video, a lot of people are saying that the album is made by someone else that scrapped verses from the members together.
I do hope to hear it one day.
Get over it. It's only music.
wutang got some sick music but I personally think that apart from RZA they are not "good people"
@@TheDetonadoBR yeah. Because you know them personally right?
It's sad that fans like you can't listen to it but rich crypto bros like him can. Like would these guys even listen to it at all if it would have been released like a normal album back in 2014?
This may as well be in the hands of any of the previous owners if you're not gonna do anything with it. Don't sit on it, don't sell shares of it on the blockchain, don't sell photos as NFTs, release it. Release it for free
I think the album is cursed. The new owner will either die or be locked up before Christmas 2022. Mark my words.
Yea I agree this shouldn't keep happening
They’ll probably release tracks or samples in exchange for bitcoin or something, then someone’s gonna have to ball out and put it all together.
But really, can you sell sound like that? 🤔
Ya release it for free,
anyone who owns GME shares can own part of it too
"What is that?!" "That's the disk moving around while it reads it..." Bro I know I'm not THAT old. WTF do you mean what is that?!? It's the CD buffering!
Bro we're gonna have to go thru this with the new generation of kids, just like we did with VHS lol
😂😂😂
True but also its like what if he prolly thinking damn i paid 4 mill and what if the cd doesnt work lmfaoo
It only.plays in a discman. Also, you have to be rockin some sort of Wu-wear. Was that the guy who started Facebook?
@@canna-comedyculture5790 LMFAOOOOO no it is not the guy who made facebook
To this day they shouldve gave it to someone thats a legit fan
"This is like the OG NFT. The original fight against the middle men who are rent-seeking. And crypto is the same ethos" says the crypto bro on his way to buy a one-of-a-kind album in a probable scheme to start charging the public for it.
Its not charging if you sell it. If you charge someone your givinging them no choice. The marketplace needs a high demand of something, and NFTs are an issue.
Pretty sure there’s a contract that says they can’t release it to the public in any form if I remember correctly but I bet they’re trying to find a way around that. Maybe it doesn’t matter for them because they didn’t sign that contract?
they cant charge people till 2103 but they can put on listening parties or stream it online
He cant profit off it by selling it en mass till something crazy like 2080 so he will prob host listening partys art gallarys exibitions etc 🙌
They're not going to charge for it. They're going to give it. Give it through a dividend. An NFT dividend
"WU TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN !" - ODB......release that shit bro ! you'll be even richer with respect from the world
He cant. Its all tied up with a crazy contract, there is a few RZA interviews where he explains it.
@@Le_Petomane thats not true though. RZA is on record saying that you can release all songs for free, you just can't make any money off of it for the first 88 years.
@@morbidchid I think you can only stream the songs, not release em. I might be wrong on that tho
This is all hype. Meth already said it was trash. Produced by J love I think. Dude did the worst Wu mixtapes.
It was Cilvaringz actually...IDK where your comment went @Mark Cathy but you right. Which makes it even worse.
your gay just release it
They're legally not allowed to
@@Ray_da_real_onethey can for free tho
@@Ray_da_real_onewrong, they never signed any agreement
Jep he's definitely gay.
It’s you’re not your
The entire concept of NFTs is antithetical to one of the core mantra's of the Wu Tang Clan lmao
…release the music to the PEOPLE!!!
Until WE ALL hear the masterpiece, It’s all for just your personal gain, just like Shkrelli, until that happens…
They never will. Mark my words.
@@allthenamesiwantedweretaken Never. Wu had a contract with the original buyer (Shkrelli) that they could release the album and bypass the 88 year ban if they chose to, I know this because he flaunted it on his live streams on facebook and youtube before he went to prison. No doubt this dude or this group of "cryptobros" have the same deal. Release the album to the people.
Imagine releasing an album so special you need armed security to go look at it
I’m gonna have to find a way to live to 2103
Hal Finney
When you’re the owner, I’m sure you’ll be allowed to listen to it
Or just buy GME
@@JoeCanon17 THIS IS THE WAY
literally just blink and i dont know whats happening!WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
You better find a way to preserve this album. Handling that ish like you never held a CD before in your life
God he looks like an NFT “investor” too lol
Four million? They could have atleasted pressed it on viynl too
Dont Cds degrade over time as well?
Man, this really puts into perspective how far hip hop has come and the impact its had on the world. It spread like wildfire from the house parties and streets of Ny, all across the globe.
All part of the plan
wu tang kinda gave 800+ shows... all over the world, for 30 years...
It only took 50 years haha
Hip hop is now corporatized along with Wu Tang
Now it's shit because it ain't ours no more the soul is gone ..Im tired of " others" having our historical artifacts rewriting our history Shane on you rza for selling the Wu Tang for only 4 mill you guys are so much more than money and style to the ghetto ..sad day actually I would expect that to go in the museum of hip hop or Jay z buying it or something like that I stand with ghost & mef fuck this album !!!
Release this album to the public, please.
They never will. Mark my words.
@@allthenamesiwantedweretaken I know, but it never hurts to ask, nicely.🤣
Legally can't unless free
@@fearthefnbeard That's what I want. I want them to release it for free. I'm not paying jack for this crap album😅
Yeah in 2103
That cheap ass CD player is going to scratch the disc!
I've never seen someone spend so much money on a CD and then have such a hard time trying to play it.
calm down
@@CharlesCoaston oh I'm sorry
That's what you get when you connect an external cd player to a mac
The way he placed it in that walkman though.. had me ready to tell him protect ya neck! 🐝
*discman.
I really hope you’ve uploaded these digitally just in case anything happens to the cd. Take it from someone who grew up in the age of cds. The tiniest scratch can fuck everything up lol
The coolest part of this whole thing is that a hip hop album has to be transported under armed security. And if any of you really know the Wu (most of you should have a good idea from the Hulu show now), then you would understand for a guy like me who grew up at the same time in the Big Apple this is huge!
💯
I didn’t know people who was actually from NYC called it “the big apple” but I guess I just learned something today........
@@kevindube7096 out on LI we just call it “the city” lol
its not even a real wu album, its produced by a guy most of them hate, and most of the guest verses were finessed from other projects and scraps, its a scam.
@@kevindube7096 WE DONT CALL IT THAT AT ALL
people are so damn curious about the album, while many propably havent listened to all the other wu tang albums yet. artificial scarcity is a powerful tool to manipulate our brains. also a good story matters sometimes more than the actual body of work. whoever came up the idea is a great mind in marketing.
Underrated comment
It's true. Album might have like 2 good tracks on it for all we know
This was a brilliant bid for immortality by 'CilvaRings" aka 'Mike'. The Clan's mystique will be like AC/DC, Pink Floyd, The Beatles. These are the new 'Classical Composers' of 2100 Ala DeBussy, J.S. Bach, Beethoven. Members of the clan hated the guy who came up with it.
Exactly. Dude spends 4 million on a Wu-Tang CD but probably only knows 2 songs and listens to Travis Scott Kodak Black and Gunna on repeat on his Spotify lmao.
@@markcarthy2479 Plenty of people worldwide still listen to the Wu's classic stuff, as it's some some the best music ever created, but no one really listens to the stuff they released in the 21st century, aside from maybe The W album. As a group, it's been many years since they've released any sort of quality music.
Bro if you’re not bullshitting me right now you GOTTA release that shit!
he cant until 2088
They have already!!!!
@@MadCap760 where
@@mackfritz5481 when you get the intel you let me know ok
@@mackfritz5481 where indeed
The Martin Shkreli story and the fact that he never released it and even threatened to destroy it makes this story ark so much more pleasing. Please release it for the world to hear. That's the NFT spirit - everybody can see it / hear it - but only one can own it.
As much as I want to hear it as the next man does, it will ruin its legacy
I thought there was a contract meaning it couldn't be released until a certain amount of time.
@@pentexsucks43 you can’t sell it for 88 years but you can release it for free
I bet that album sucks ass lol.
@@moecash8450 should've been 36 years lol
The whole world is happy yall got it from the Feds. WE ALL WANT TO HEAR IT.
no we dont..real fans know its garbage and not a real album
@@fatfurie 👌.
Exactly, ghostface said it was trash and I believe him. RZA was on some bullshit allowing this to be made
@@fatfurie why do you say that?
@@fatfurie i don‘t think is worse then the last group projects…
I like the stock.
What does the Wu have to say?
Me too.
At the very least from the get go, looks like he is giving it more respect than the previous owner.
Yeah its last owner basically caused HIV medication to be so expensive
@@ciaran4712 your clueless lmao
trying to play a 2 million dollar cd on 20$ garbage discreader for ur macbook is what you call respect??? bruh...
@@pp9856 Tell us all what you think he should have done. Gone to his house and played it over his home theater system? No. It’s not for your ears. So he’s gonna have headphones on regardless. Should he have blasted it and let everyone on UA-cam own a piece of what he just paid 2 million for? You kids are morons. Constantly wanting something that ain’t yours.
@@FinnaRealtawk2323 Are you his girlfriend? Sounding a little pressed for no reason. lmao
When the FBI took the box they forgot to check to see if the CD was inside, it was in home stereo system at Martin apartment.
You serious??? Damn!!
@@smokescreenFromThe6ix The solid gold inner case is gone. It came in a box with book, innercase and cd.
Where did you get that story?
@@ChosenOne6666 I don't doubt human error may have happened but what evidence do you have to support this claim? Other than the inner gold case isn't in the video
@@Don_Dilla I read the search warrant.
Its a glorified mixtape of random emailed in verses produced by an affiliate. I wouldn't worry about it not ever being released.
More info bro. Please.
Yeah I can’t image it to be anything but disappointing
@@josegarza3711 there’s a whole book about it called once upon a time in shaolin by Cyrus Bozorgmehr (that’s his real name lol)
Yeah I heard they where never even in the studio at the same time. Just randomly pop in and lay a verse over a beat. I can't imagine it being anything they put much effort into
@@roddywhite4161 theres a leaked track and its actually really fire, sounds like how 36 chambers would sound today
You know these guys burned it on arvhival CDs fosho. Prolly went from 1 in existence to 20 in existence overnight.
I heard that the CD is wack and it’s just a compilation of unreleased old songs and it’s just hyped up… am I wrong?
Ist probably on UA-cam in some form
Yes you’re wrong. What the wu-tang documentary ‘Of Mice and Men’
Who said it was wack? Because, barely anyone has heard it. And the few that have heard it, said it was fire.
@@TheWuCepticon1981 just something I heard. Heard it awhile ago. I think I heard someone say that one of the wu tang members/affiliates said that it was just a marketing ploy and was an album made up of old unreleased songs. And in my opinion… it could very well be true. Hype these days is out of control and people can be persuaded to like or not like something very easily.
@@TheWuCepticon1981 You a damn lie. The Clan themselves said it was wack af. They were scammed into making it.
Release the album for free! How could you not?
so lucky man I gotta try to survive for another 81 years to hear that
So happy to see that it’s coming back! I look forward to hearing it. 🔥👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻🔥
That failed read by VLC was giving me a heart attack
VLC player sucks, always crashes.
@@davidpearson6346 it is
One of my life goals to take this from you and release it to these good people
Release the CD, for free. Then write a book, and get Netflix to do a series. You'd make the 4mil back no problems.
You guys just had to mention that rat “Cilvarings” even though the clan can’t stand this album and they never gave it the approval (their word not mine) They were especially pissed that the album was put together (in pieces) without telling them the entire concept up front and what the intent was…..
Hmm I’ve heard this but never looked into it. After ringz first album I was hooked but then I heard method had big problems with him. He the one who put things together?
@@100datbitch4 check out the Wu 4 part doc " Of Mics & Men" they go into detail about how this album came to be and how the clan was involved.
@@100datbitch4 the album was originally being put together as a Cilvaringz compilation album, kinda like a Wu-Tang Killer Beez, "The Swarm" type of album. He had all of the Wu members and affiliates come and lay down verses on his production (which hearkens back to the classic Wu-Tang sound from the 90s). But then he felt like the album was constructed too much like an actual Wu-Tang Clan album, so he and RZA decided to market it as that.
But then, he realized that he used a bunch of uncleared samples for most of the beats. And now he can't commercially release the album. So, he and RZA cook up this pretentious work of art gimmick, in order to sell the album. That's basically what this album is all about. It could still be dope af though, and that's what matters at the end of the day.
The question is... are you gonna release it??
The fact that another rich white boy bought this is killing me
The idea that this album is a gift to the children or grandchildren of the $GME apes in 2100 is EPIC
please get a job
@@pietern.4456 will do, any recommendations?
@@elfpuncher garbage man is a good one. u get to drive around all day gettin free shit and smoking cigarettes
GMEverybody
Alright tough guy, if you actually have it. Put that shit up. Let’s go, let’s hear it.
You can't just release it
If they actually have it???
Crazy in the documentary the whole squad says it’s a fake wu tang album. OK I get the feeling the whole thing was a big joke by RZA, the clan didn’t even know about it
RZA got convinced to put his name on it somehow so if RZA said it was Wu-Tang, no one argued at the time.
@@MrML4L RZA and Cilvarings were travelling together and was trecking through egypt where Cilvaringz pitched the idea to RZA as an art piece
@@TapeFlip false. cilvarings collected verses form each of the members for years and then showed it to RZA and they both decided to make a quick buck. RZA had no idea until they decided to swindle the world.
@@Ghostfacedio i agree.
@@Ghostfacedio Yes the members were originally rapping over different beats apparantly. They prob thought they were recording a hard hitting final Wu Tang album for the people. Meth came out and said its a stupid idea sure?
loving that 1 bar techno through the entire 5 minute piece
I bet that dudes favorite artists is Justin Bieber
Just here for 741
The noises he was concerned about were the only noises as a kid that you knew it was working properly lmao
That laptop must be scratching the shit out of that CD
Thank you for doing this!
Can’t wait for my NFT
Give it to the people Wu tang is for the children
I'm just trying to imagine being a chief pleasing officer and still feeling good about myself. How many times a day does he have to please the chief I wonder?
WU TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN. Release it on youtube plz
Wu-Tang is for the children
for the children who were born near 2103 year
The mutants of 2103 will love this album.
This will best Hip-Hop NFT ever because of its history! Wu-Tang is literally forever!!
Not an NFT, but it is cool
Wow this is incredible, I’ve been following the story of this piece of art since before it was sold. I’d love to just see the thing in person 👏🏼 let alone hear it ! Amazing!
Wu tang forever 👐🏻
Can I fly to you to listen to it? Fan since 93. Bong bong!
boodoodoodooodoodoodoodoodoo
Thank you PleasrDAO!
I hope my great grandchildren plays the whole album next to my tombstone. Wu tang forever
I knew this video was gonna piss me off before I clicked it and I still chose to watch it
Damn this is art, the cover work , case and packaging from back in the day more prestige then today’s
Yeah and it cost way too much. It's the bare minimum for what you pay.
Truly only one thing to do: release it!
Every song "besta be" fire!! no half hearted verses at that price and exclusivity
Ghostface said it was trash
Good news for you then because there aren’t any verses at all on it, it’s just an “art piece”
@@kaido5641 not as trash as some of ghost's albums
@@kaido5641 Meth said it was trash as well and that they basically lied to get the verses from him.
I’ve been a Wu Tang fan from the beginning, I still am, but I honestly couldn’t give a shit about this album.
Same
Same. It's fuckery.
lol went to 3 chambers concert and ghostface did one of his verses in this album. didn't know the name and there was no video of it since we got told to not record, security got tighter at the point obviously. the track was so good oh god. I used to not give a fuck but I now do after hearing a little of it live.
Enough of a shit to watch, comment and follow, but yeah, I don’t give a shit too 🤣
all marketing. he just wasted 2 mill.
CD was ground breaking it was unbeatable for so long and it's funny that he had to plug a disc drive into a computer and resort to a old CD player. It made me realise how far technology has come.
*WU-TANG FOREVER !!!*
How much you wanna bet it’s just prince rakeem’s “ooh I love you “ on loop for 30 minutes
why i just finding this now?!?! great vid
here from TLR and you should let him listen to this peice of hip hop history
The real question is are u gonna release it to the public??? WU TANG FANS NEED THAT ALBUM MATTER OF FACT THE WHOLE WOLE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THAT ALBUM....
Exactly. The wu fans are cringing to have it released already!
Knowing these foos probably sell the album as nft
It won't be worth nothing if they release it, I wouldn't release after I paid so much it...IMO
u cant release it until 99 years are up according to rza
Oh word
This video is just a 5 minute ad for PleasrDAO. They don't care about the album. They just want to flex
Congrats, guyz! Please, upload it for wide public - it's concept of art and people all over the world must enjoying it.
They never will. Mark my words.
They can’t. There’s a contract under the original creators stating that the album can’t be released to the public until 2103 or 88 years after the 2015 sale. So I don’t think we’ll hear it anytime soon lol
@@artsylatina7151 you're not aware of the contract's terms. It can be released to the public, for free, whenever. It cannot be sold for 88 years after the original sell date. It was only sold on technicality since Mr. Shkrelli's possessions had to be auctioned off. One of said possessions was OUTS.
The Hulu series definitely helps motivate!
Can't stop. Won't stop. GameStop
This Album right here people is more rare than Cleopatras underwear, more rare than the Roswell UFO aliens, more rare than the photo of Uranus and more importantly more rare than The original hockey mask of Jason Voorhees!
When the world would have a chance to listen to it???
"But to do that, they’re gonna have to talk to RZA and producer Cilvaringz. The purchase of Once Upon a Time came with serious conditions, including that it can’t be released to the public until 2103" WHAT IN THE FACK
It’s not to be profited or mass produced until 2103. It can be showcased and/or straight up released for free. The intent was for the person who bought it to be an art collector and showcase it as an art show and have people have to go somewhere for free to hear it, instead of paying for it or listening to it like it’s any other song nowadays on streaming. RZA did not anticipate it to be bought by a big pharma capitalist pig fuck boy.
@@johnyboytrack29 Capitalist would be a bit of a stretch and borderline compliment for Martin. Dude is probably a ok person, it's his greed to markup insulin 800% and his persona that comes off as a fuck boy. A true capitalist attitude would've been, fuck Wu Tang, I'm charging people 5-10 dollars to download it since I bought it.
That was Shkreli s conditions. He lost the album and new acquires dis not nake that agreement
@@tuchesuavae pleasr do wanna still follow the guidelines Ringz and RZA follow, although Pleasr do wanna release it to the world, in comparison to Shkreli
Nobody in this thread knows shit about shkreli obviously. Anyway, I think the album has a mythical status at the moment and releasing that would give fans what they want, but decrease the importance of the album over time. The longer without being released the better the release.
Any updates?!?
It's funny bc martin skreli still has a digital copy of the album 😂
@02:32 wow! it comes with an ashtray!!!
awesome cilvaringz!
First thought: how does this video only have 90,000 views?!
Second thought: this dude (chief pleaser officer?! the fuck?) talking about “woah bro it’s like the original nft!” dressed like me going for groceries hungover at 10am on a Sunday, his favourite wu song is definitely c.r.e.a.m. his family is so tired of him talking about how “crypto is the future of now” and “Elon musk is actually probably at least three times smarter than Einstein because money, and he’s so handsome”
Yeah I get why no one wants to watch this.
money made elon.
This is fucking awesome
Someone that actually treats the album with respect dude
When he put it in that damn CD scratcher drive like it was a FREE AOL disc >.
Glad you have it man, Dude, i was reading on the Wu Forums, Back when Cilvaringz was starting this, It sounded like a dream come true to me, A Cilvaringz wu Project with everyone on it... All these years on, still gutted i havent heard it, Someway, Somehow, I hope this can get to the Wu Fans around the world.. Enjoy Man
WuTang Forever is unsurpassable in my opinion.Arguably one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.You put that album on now and it still sounds fresher & better then anything out today.
Real talk. I was walking through SoHo, bumpin' Wu Tang Forever the other day.
facts
Wack
Imagine needing an armed guard to walk into hmv lol
This release will forever be in the hands of kids with money.
Buy GME and you have a chance of owning a piece of it.
And DRS
The crypto correct ? Sorry for the stupid question I don’t know much about GME
@@Dabgram34 word on street is GameStop is issuing an NFT dividend of OUATIS for all stock owners.
Straight in to the hands of some crypto cringelords instead of somebody that appreciates the album.
Glad you got it. Seems like you got some sense. Thanks
I have never wanted to hit a lick more