While late-’80s East Coast rap was brimming with Afrocentrism through the Native Tongues collective and the quintessential B-boy flair of Run-DMC, Wu-Tang Clan rose from the ether as a minatory, philosophical force hailing from Staten Island. The iconic line is ubiquitous with 1983 revenge kung-fu film Shaolin and Wu-Tang and the opener of Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 genre-shifting rap album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). “Shaolin shadowboxing and the Wu-Tang sword style.”
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