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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| 1.6 | 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 |
| 1.7 | 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) (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’ | 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’ (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 (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, 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 (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, 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 (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, 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 |
| 1.6 | Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ | 4:47 | Wu‐Tang Clan | Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (BMG club edition) | Wu‐Tang Clan | Album |
| Loud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 66336-2 |
| 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 (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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