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It\u2019s indeed true that Cash Rules Everything Around Me, and according to new reports, The Wu-Tang Clan is now much, much richer. According to Pigeons & Planes, the hip-hop collective has found a buyer for their very special\/extremely-limited LP Once Upon a Time In Shaolin. Yes, that one\u2013the one that was teased by Forbes. The one that was locked up in a mysterious vault in Morocco. The one that, allegedly, won\u2019t enter public domain for another 88 years thanks to some creative copyright legalese. That one; someone actually bought it, and is now the only person on earth entitled to listening to it. What a time to be alive.<\/p>\n
A \u201cprivate American collector\u201d reported paid a final price tag \u201cin the millions\u201d to lay claim to Once Upon A Time in Shaolin. In a press release announcing the sale, the Wu-Tang LP is described as \u201ca retrospective soundscape that threads 31 songs, skits, and stories into a 128-minute-long aural screenplay.\u201d The record will be shipped to the buyer with a \u201chand-carved nickel silver box designed by Yahya, a gold-leafed certificate of authenticity and a leather-bound book containing the album\u2019s lyrics and stories behind each song, [and] an addition that had not been previously announced: a pair of customized PMC MB2-XBD speakers worth $55,000, included after consultation with PMC.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n