RZA Gives Raekwon 30-Day Deadline on New Wu-Tang Clan Album, Says It May Not Come Out at All

Album tentatively due in July...if it happens

RZA recently addressed Raekwon's "strike" from the upcoming Wu-Tang Clan album A Better Tomorrow, saying, "We need him there. I want him there." It was also revealed that the two men recently spoke, and Raekwon gave his demands.

Now, in an interview with Sports Illustrated (via MTV), RZA has given a firm deadline for when they'll decide whether or not Rae will be featured on the album. If he's not involved, they'll decide if A Better Tomorrow will be released at all.

"The album is slated to come out in July," he said. "If we don't come to terms [with Raekwon], I think, within the next 30 days, then this will either be an album without Raekwon or an album that never sees the light of day. And that's a very strong potential."
"I would not want to put out a Wu-Tang album without every live member available," he said. "At the same time, I don't want the fans not to have this incredible music that we've been workin' on for the last year. So that's gonna be a tough decision, but we've got about 30 days to make that decision and come to that conclusion."

In his recent Rolling Stone interview, Raekwon was asked to rank, on a scale of 1-10, the chances of him appearing on A Better Tomorrow. "We at a two right now," he said. "It’s like climbing up a fuckin' mountain if you got on slippers. "