Its crazy that Ghost was the one who was the cause of the Hot 97 ban and tour disruption but also the one who was responsible for the resurgence of Wu when he dropped Supreme....I remember to everyone he was the savior of the Wu as after that tour they started to decline until that album dropped. ...guess u can call it full circle
He didn’t really “save” them though. He delivered the most critically acclaimed Wu album from that era, but that didn’t alter their overall trajectory. SC didn’t even sell much better than most second round solos, despite the acclaim (it went gold, just like Beneath the Surface, Bobby Digital, Immobilarity, Nicca Please).
In hindsight, the disruption of the tour with RATM was a huge mistake. The Wu could have really established a fan base that went beyond the hip-hop world. I get that they maybe felt uncomfortable with that in some ways, but that was the best path the Wu had to become a big, widely popular group with staying power. Instead, their sales peaked with Forever, and just a few years later Iron Flag barely went gold. And we see where they are today. They should be like The Rolling Stones, selling out stadiums in their middle age.
