GoKawiilSnippets of Wu-Tang's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin aired on podcast
The podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out released an episode featuring two short clips from Wu-Tang Clan's famously restricted album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, played at a listening event organized with current owner PleasrDAO. Wu-Tang member Method Man heard the album for the first time at the event, and his recorded reaction is included in the episode.
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The album has been shrouded in secrecy since Martin Shkreli bought it in 2015 and later forfeited it to the US government, which sold it to PleasrDAO in 2021; public access has otherwise been limited to rare exhibitions. This podcast release marks one of the first times actual audio from the record has reached a broad audience, which could renew public interest in the project's unusual ownership model and its planned 2103 release restriction.
- Two short audio snippets from Once Upon a Time in Shaolin were released via a podcast episode.
- Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man heard the album for the first time at a listening event tied to the recording.
- The album remains owned by crypto collective PleasrDAO and cannot be commercially released until 2103.
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