Wu-Tang Clan To Release One Copy of Secret Double-Album

"We're about to sell an album like nobody else sold it before," says RZA. "We're about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music. We're making a single-sale collector's item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king."

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The single edition of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" will sit in a hand-carved, nickel-silver box designed by Yahya, a British Moroccan artist. According to an official site containing information about the album, the double LP will feature the full Clan, as well as guests like Bonnie Jo Mason, Redman and FC Barcelona soccer players (!).

"The music industry is in crisis," reads a manifesto on the site. "Creativity has become disposable and value has been stripped out. Mass production and content saturation have devalued both our experience of music and our ability to establish its value. Industrial production and digital reproduction have failed. The intrinsic value of music has been reduced to zero. Contemporary art is worth millions by virtue of its exclusivity. This album is a piece of contemporary art."

No exhibition dates have been announced yet for "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin." "A Better Tomorrow," meanwhile, is on track for a standard commercial release this summer; a new song, "Keep Watch," surfaced online last week.