Wu-Syndicate (album)

Wu-Tang Records Presents... Myalansky & Joe Mafia in Wu-Syndicate is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Syndicate. It was released on April 20, 1999, through Wu-Tang Records with distribution via Priority Records. The production was handled by DJ Devastator, Smokin' Joe, Mathematics and Dred, with RZA serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from fellow Wu-Tang affiliates 12 O'Clock, KGB and Trigga. The album debuted at number 61 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart.

Wu-Syndicate
Studio album by Wu-Syndicate
Released	April 20, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:11:08
Label	Wu-Tang
Producer	RZA (exec.) DJ Devastator Dred Mathematics Smokin' Joe
Wu-Syndicate chronology
Wu-Syndicate (1999) Grimlenz (2010)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	7/10[2]
The Source	[3]

Ralph Parfect of NME praised the song "Where Was Heaven" and considered Joe Mafia's rhymes to be "fluent" and "dizzying".^[2] AllMusic's Keith Farley commented on the album's production and considered it "far from the worst Wu-Tang cash in".^[1] Jonathan Bonanno of The Source praised the group's "emotional lyrics" that "paint vivid cinematic pictures of street tales, gun battles and flashbacks to the yayo-slanging dreams", but thought they get repetitive as the group lacked experience. He highlighted the production, which he called "prodigious", for its "harmonious guitar riffs and eerie, piano-accompanied bass lines".^[3]

Track listing

Track listing information is taken from the official liner notes and AllMusic.^[4] No individual song writing credits are given. All songs produced by DJ Devastator, except where noted.

Wu-Syndicate

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Thug War"	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon	5:15
2.	"Pointin' Fingers" (produced by Mathematics)	Joe Mafia Myalansky	4:22
3.	"Global Politics"	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon 12 O'Clock	4:00
4.	"VA Cats"	Joe Mafia Myalansky	4:12
5.	"Metropolis"	Joe Mafia	3:51
6.	"Golden Sands"	Joe Mafia Myalansky	3:47
7.	"Crime Syndicate"	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon	3:58
8.	"Where Was Heaven"	Myalansky	3:22
9.	"Ice Age" (produced by Dred)	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon	4:15
10.	"Ghetto Syringe"	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon 12 O'Clock	3:10
11.	"Young Brothas"	Joe Mafia Myalansky	3:21
12.	"Weary Eyes" (produced by Dred)	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon	5:02
13.	"Muzzle Toe" (produced by Mathematics)	Joe Mafia Myalansky	4:13
14.	"Ask Son"	Joe Mafia Myalansky	2:17
15.	"Wings of Life"	Joe Mafia Myalansky	3:57
16.	"Lutunza" (produced by Smokin' Joe)	Myalansky	4:08
17.	"Bust a Slug" (produced by Smokin' Joe)	Joe Mafia Myalansky Ill Knob Trigga	4:40
18.	"The Hit" (produced by Smokin' Joe)	Joe Mafia Myalansky Napoleon	3:18
Total length:			1:11:08

Personnel

• Joseph K. Outlaw a.k.a. Joe Mafia – rap vocals (tracks: 1-7, 9-15, 17-18)
• Timothy Eugene Turner a.k.a. Myalansky – rap vocals (tracks: 1-4, 6-16, 18)
• Corey Hart a.k.a. Napoleon – rap vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18)
• Odion Turner a.k.a. 12 O'Clock – rap vocals (tracks: 3, 10)
• Thomas Cassidy a.k.a. Trigga – rap vocals (track 17)
• Klik Ga Bow – rap vocals (track 17)
• David "DJ Devastator" Walker – producer (tracks: 1, 3-8, 10, 11, 14, 15)
• Ronald Maurice Bean – producer (tracks: 2, 13)
• E the Dred – producer (tracks: 9, 12)
• Smokin' Joe – producer (tracks: 16-18)
• Robert Fitzgerald Diggs – executive producer
• Nolan 'Dr. No' Moffitte – engineering
• Michele "Michou" Robinson – art direction, design

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	61
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[6]	18