Wu-Syndicate is a
Wu-Tang-related album minus the production talents of main man
RZA (credited here as executive producer). Produced by newcomers
DJ Devastator, Tata, Dred, and
Mathematics,
Wu-Syndicate is far from the worst
Wu-Tang cash-in, in part because the productions occasionally transcend the trademarked
Wu sound. While rappers
Myalansky and
Joe Mafia are cartoonish gangsters closer in concept to the 1930s than the gangsta '90s (similar to No Limit's
Gambino Family), tracks like "Pointin' Fingers," "Ghetto Syringe," and "Muzzle Toe" are well-produced and even superior to several tracks from the latest "real"
Wu-Tang Clan album, Forever.