Although it's been years since fans were blessed with a Wu-Tang album, Raekwon has finally addressed the reason for the group's split and why it was ultimately beneficial to the group.
During a recent interview with DJ Green Lantern, The Chef wasn't modest about serving up the truth behind why there hasn't been an album from the massive collective of rappers.
"Everybody has their own focus on where they wanna be at," Raekwon explained. "We did the family thing for a long time for y'all. We been very loyal to that, giving y'all the Wu-Tang albums but at the same token, we need to make more money man. We got things that we gotta do and you know if somebody comes at me and offers me a situation, I gotta know that's what I'm here for. But I can't stop it and everytime be like, 'Nah we doin' a Wu-Tang album' it's like nah, we never designed this family to be like that. We told y'all from the door, each n*gga is an individual. I don't know if everybody forgot that, but that's written facts right there. We told y'all each man can carry his own weight. Each man is gonna go out there and bring more sh*t to the table for all of us."
Rumors about the group's break up have swirled since they dropped their last album. The rumors were further fueled by Ludacris' 2008 song Let's Stay Together, which Method Man had no problem addressing.
"We never really split up," Meth told the New York Daily News. "People need to stop taking sh*t out of context. Even Ludacris, who I respect a lot, kind of upset me with a song he had where he mentioned Wu Tang broke up. No, we didn't break up! There has never been an official statement that said 'We're done' or 'I'm out.' [Before a new group album,] there's things we've got to take care of first before anybody even starts to discuss that."
- By Erin T. McMillon
