After the much-storied, one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album “once Upon a Time in Shaolin” has been the subject of ownership issues as recently as this week, current rights holder PleasrDAO is finally making it available to the public — at least, five minutes of it.
The company has put a sampler of “once Upon a Time in Shaolin” available for $1 on thealbum ($1.86 with tax, but who’s counting). Listeners can shell out a buck and change to hear never-before-heard verses from Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Redman, plus a taste of a handful of songs from the two-disc, 31-track album. The $1 purchase supposedly is for the entire record, but listeners can only hear excerpts for now.