Popular Culture Review Vol. 11, No. 1, February 2000 | Page 85

The Sound of “Synthetic Fury” 77 verbal references and iconography, as well as samples, offer a means of survival for the “underclass” (Reynolds, 1996). Wu-Tang is an ancient sword style of Kungfu martial arts practised in Northern China, and Wu-Tang Clan make explicit reference in interviews and lyrics to no ѥ