Da Mystery of Chessboxin’
~ Recording by Wu‐Tang Clan
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu-Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Wu-Tang Records | 0786366336-1 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (repress) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 66336-2 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 66336-2, 66336-2 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 74321203672 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (BMG club edition) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 07863 66336-2, D 101613 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ (album version) | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Single |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 07863 62766-2 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| BMG International | 671448 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Loud Records (hip-hop label) | BVCP-761 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ (album version) | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) | Wu-Tang Clan | Single |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863-62766-1, 62766-1, RCA 07863 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| BMG Brasil Ltda. | 66336-2 |
| 1.7 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Legend of the Wu‐Tang Clan: Wu-Tang Clan’s Greatest Hits | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 82876 61645 2 |
| 1.7 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Legend of the Wu‐Tang: Wu‐Tang Clan’s Greatest Hits | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment Strategic Marketing Group | 82876 66429 5 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 88697-07098-2, BVCM-37852 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (expanded edition, explicit) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) | |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Wu: The Story of the Wu‐Tang Clan | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 38186 2 |
| 1.9 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Playlist: The Very Best of Wu‐Tang Clan (explicit) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 88697 22585 2 |
| 1.7 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label), Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. Do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!) | 74321203671, MOVLP215 |
| 1.1 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:49 | Wu‐Tang Clan | The Essential Wu‐Tang Clan | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 88883741242 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Original Album Classics | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88843098272 |
| 1.1 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:49 | Wu‐Tang Clan | The Essential Wu‐Tang Clan | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843059222 |
| 1.9 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Playlist: The Very Best of Wu‐Tang Clan (explicit) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 88875 15329 2 |
| 2.1 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:48 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (VMP Essentials) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Wu-Tang Records, Vinyl Me, Please. | 19439893981, VMP-E105 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:39 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label) | 07863-66358-1 |
Relationships
| programming: | Prince Rakeem (American rapper and actor) |
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| engineer: | Carlos Bess |
| co-producer: | Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu‐Tang founder, NYC rapper/producer) |
| executive producer: | Dennis Coles Mitchell Diggs (producer) Oli Grant Robert Diggs, Jr. (American rapper and actor) |
| producer and mixer: | Prince Rakeem “The RZA” (American rapper and actor) |
| lead vocals: | Ghostface Killah Inspectah Deck (east coast hip hop) Masta Killa Method Man (of the Wu-Tang Clan) Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu‐Tang founder, NYC rapper/producer) Raekwon (US rapper, Wu-Tang Clan) U‐God |
| arranger: | Prince Rakeem “The RZA” (American rapper and actor) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | BMG Music (in 1993) Sony Music Entertainment (Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1993) |
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| sampled by: | Daytona 500 by Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon (US rapper, Wu-Tang Clan) & Cappadonna Dedicated (explicit) by Mariah Carey feat. Nas (US rapper) Devil Music by The Pharcyde You Must Think First (Back 2 Basics remix) by DJ Hype (UK drum & bass DJ/producer Kevin Ford) |
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| mash-ups: | Another Chessboxin' Argument by Wugazi Chessboxin' in Suffragette City by MAN‐CAT feat. Wu‐Tang Clan Home Sweet Cry by I am Jemboy (video game/hip‐hop mashups producer) Mystery of Chessboxin’ (Wu Sky Black Death remix) by U‐God, Inspectah Deck (east coast hip hop) & Raekwon (US rapper, Wu-Tang Clan) |
| recording of: | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ |
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Related works
Da Mystery of Chessboxin’
| writer: | Clifford Smith (of the Wu-Tang Clan) Corey Woods (US rapper, Wu-Tang Clan) Dennis Coles Gary Grice Jason Hunter (east coast hip hop) Lamont Hawkins Robert Diggs, Jr. (American rapper and actor) Russell Jones (Wu‐Tang founder, NYC rapper/producer) |
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