Now with a new owner, hopefully, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin may be liberated for the world to hear sooner than expected. Wu-Tang’s objective behind this incredibly risky, yet gutsy concept was to prioritize the music, contending that technological advancements such as streaming had sonically and financially diminished the value of the art. However, it can be played during listening parties. 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin offers a front-row seat as Wu Tang Clan’s maverick, idealistic attempt at a statement on the current state of the music industry and the symbiosis of art and money backfires, turning into a surreal caper featuring monumental ambitions, even more monumental egos, Bill Murray, the FBI, replica AK-47s, and, yes. In 2015, the album was auctioned with a legal agreement with the buyer that stipulated the album cannot be commercially exploited until the year 2103. Purchased by an undisclosed buyer, who will be revealed at a later date, the single two-CD copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin was secretly recorded over six years and then kept in a secured vault in Morroco in 2014. However, Tuesday it was announced that he had paid the remainder of his balance, an indication that Once Upon a Time in Shaolin had been sold.
In April, a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said in a court filing that Shkreli still owed the government $2.2 million. The album-which RZA billed as more akin to a piece of fine art than a standard album release-was seized by the government in 2018 after Shkreli was arrested for fraud and was required to forfeit approximately $7.4 million USD in assets. Initially purchased for $2.2 million in a private auction, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin has become one of the most mysterious bodies of work in hip-hop history, praised by critics lucky enough to have listened to the album prior to its release.
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