Article: Wu-Tang Clan revives its past; Classic hip-hop act drifts dangerously close to nostalgia.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Scott McLennan

COLUMN: MUSIC REVIEW

WORCESTER - It would take explosive findings from some sort of George Mitchell-led investigation to undermine the legacy of Wu-Tang Clan, one of hip-hop's true classics. Yet, unfortunately, Wu-Tang Clan is experiencing some of the bad that comes with being a "classic."

Like the classic rock bands that traveled before it, Wu-Tang Clan is lashed to past glories. At the group's concert Friday at the Palladium, Wu-Tang Clan played more than half of its groundbreaking debut album, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)," which was released back in 1993, and nothing from its latest record, "8 Diagrams," released ...

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