El Michels Affair

Return To The 37th Chamber

These Brooklyn retro-funk revivalists gave the RZA’s productions a run for their money on 2009’s Enter The 37th Chamber. This belated sequel finesses their signature shtick on cinematic instrumental Wu-Tang Clan covers including the drunken master menace of Shaolin Brew and buzzing 4th Chamber. While impressive, one instinctively yearns for the superlative rough and smooth of Method Man and Mary J Blige on All I Need.