Da Mystery of Chessboxin’

~ Recording by Wu‐Tang Clan

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
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
1.7Da 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) (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’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbum
Loud Records (hip-hop label)74321203672
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 (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
1.6Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanOriginal Album ClassicsWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + 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
1.1Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:49Wu‐Tang ClanThe Essential Wu‐Tang ClanWu‐Tang ClanAlbum + 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
1.9Da 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
1.6Da Mystery of Chessboxin’4:47Wu‐Tang ClanEnter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers) (BMG club edition)Wu‐Tang ClanAlbumLoud Records (hip-hop label), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66336-2
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 (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)