Da Mystery of Chessboxin’

~ Recording by Wu‐Tang Clan

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)Wu-Tang ClanAlbum
  • US1993-11-09
Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Wu-Tang Records0786366336-1
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (repress)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • US1993-11-09
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66336-2
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • US1993-11-09
Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66336-2, 66336-2
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
Loud Records (hip-hop label)74321203672
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (BMG club edition)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
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
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ (album version)4:48Wu‐Tang ClanC.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)Wu‐Tang ClanSingle
  • US1994-01-31
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Loud Records (hip-hop label)07863 62766-2
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • GB1994-05-02
BMG International671448
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • JP1994-10-21
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Loud Records (hip-hop label)BVCP-761
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ (album version)4:48Wu‐Tang ClanC.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)Wu-Tang ClanSingle
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
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
BMG Brasil Ltda.66336-2
1.7Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanLegend of the Wu‐Tang Clan: Wu-Tang Clan’s Greatest HitsWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-26
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)82876 61645 2
1.7Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanLegend of the Wu‐Tang: Wu‐Tang Clan’s Greatest HitsWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-26
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Strategic Marketing Group82876 66429 5
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • JP2007-03-07
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
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:48Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (expanded edition, explicit)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • XW2007-12-25
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)
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:48Wu‐Tang ClanWu: The Story of the Wu‐Tang ClanWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-11-18
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 38186 2
1.9Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:48Wu‐Tang ClanPlaylist: The Very Best of Wu‐Tang Clan (explicit)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-06-30
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label)88697 22585 2
1.7Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
  • XE2009-12-17
Loud Records (hip-hop label), Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. Do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!)74321203671, MOVLP215
1.1Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:49Wu‐Tang ClanThe Essential Wu‐Tang ClanWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-10-29
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
1.6Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanOriginal Album ClassicsWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + 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
1.1Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:49Wu‐Tang ClanThe Essential Wu‐Tang ClanWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + 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
1.9Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:48Wu‐Tang ClanPlaylist: The Very Best of Wu‐Tang Clan (explicit)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-08-26
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Loud Records (hip-hop label)88875 15329 2
2.1Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:48Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (VMP Essentials)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
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
1.5Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:39Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
Loud Records (hip-hop label)07863-66358-1

Relationships

programming:Prince Rakeem (American rapper and actor)
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)
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)
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’

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)