U-God Releases Third Solo Album Today

Founding member of the mega-platinum iconic rap collective Wu-Tang Clan, U-God, is returning to the game with a bang. U-God will be blessing us with his 3rd solo release, Keynote Speaker today, July 23rd via RZA's Soul Temple Records.

Keynote Speaker features 15 gritty and raw tracks that channel the essence of Wu-Tang's staple sound. The album will boast features from Method Man, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Kool Keith, Styles P, and Elzhi from Slum Village. U-God plans to give the fans a rapid fire taste of the album by releasing 3 singles bi-weekly. First up, "Heads Up" will debut today, June 11th and features GZA, as well as his longtime partner in rhyme, Jackpot Scotty Wotty. The hookless song brings you back to the era of Wu-Tang's original posse cuts and will pull the listener in with back to back verses and assaulting wordplay. The follow up second single, "Fame," a head nodder featuring Styles P., is slated to be released on July 2nd. U-God will then give fans a glimpse into his life as he chronicles his dark past on a third single, "Skyscraper," that's due to debut on July 16th.

Giving the fans an opportunity to celebrate 20 years as a group, U-God and his Wu-Tang brethren set out on a tour that spans North America and Europe. They will be playing the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, TN on June 16th. Wu-Tang will also be headlining Rock The Bells in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, and New Jersey, as a rare hologram of the late Ol' Dirty Bastard joins them.

U-God (short for Universal God of Law) as a member of Wu-Tang clan has sold tens of millions of records worldwide. U-God was first featured on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), on the group's debut single "Protect Your Neck" as well as the now-famous opening verse of "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'." Throughout U-God's career he has been known to his fans for his rugged flow and bass-like voice on Wu tracks such as "Winter Warz," "Knuckleheadz," "Investigative Reports," and "Black Jesus." U-God released his first solo album, Golden Arm Redemption, in 1999 on Priority Records that featured two singles in "Dat's Gangsta" and "Bizarre." The song "Rumble" was used as the main song for the video game, "Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style." "Bizarre" debuted in Top 10 (#7) on "Billboard 100" and U-God became the first WU member to have a solo album debut #1 on Billboard. The album reached Gold status. Almost ten years later, in 2009, U-God independently released his rebirth album, Dopium, on FrankRadio/Baby Grande receiving 4.5 out of 5 stars by I-tunes. The video for the lead single, "WUTANG," currently has over 4 million views on Youtube.

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