Wu-Tang Clan readies third LP for November

LONDON-- Wu-Tang Clan will release "The W," its first new album in three years, in the U.S. on Nov. 21 and in the U.K. on Nov. 20. The album will be preceded in the U.K. by the single "Gravel Pit" on Nov. 13.

"The W" is the follow up to 1997's "Wu-Tang Forever," and features 14 tracks. Wu-Tang member and solo artist RZA said in a statement, "It's a B-Boy album, 'cause we strictly hip-hop. It's an album that will make you take off your f---in gators and put your muthaf---in' Timberlands back on. Take off your silk shirt, and put your hoody back ..."

The 9-member group spent two months in New York and Los Angeles producing the album after finishing off their U.S. "Underground" club tour in July and August.