8 Diagrams | ||||
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Released | December 11, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 63:22 | |||
Label | SRC/Universal Motown | |||
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8 Diagrams is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released December 11, 2007, on SRC/Universal Motown Records. The album was released three years after the death of Ol' Dirty Bastard, and six years after the group's previous LP Iron Flag.
Upon its release, 8 Diagrams debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200, and number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with 68,000 copies sold in the first week.[1] It has sold 202,000 copies in the United States as of April 2014.[2] The album received generally favorable reviews from most music critics, and earned greater praise than the group's previous album Iron Flag.