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Wu‐Tang Clan

Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission

1993 · via Lauryn Hill

Wu‐Tang Clan’s 1993 recording of “Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission” is the earliest release on file. Ghostface Killah, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA and U‐God of Wu‐Tang Clan are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Raekwon (released 1995), Styles P & Ghostface (released 2005) and Ghostface Killah (released 2009), among 23 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” (1998) samples it, per MusicBrainz. It is on the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993).

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▶Wu-Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission from the album 36 Chambers
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Credited writers: Ghostface Killah, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA and U‐God.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1993.

On the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993).

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Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” (1998) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

23 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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