The Chef svoju nespokojnosť so zvukom chystaného albumu v réžii RZA vyjadril i verejne vo viacerých rozhovoroch v poslednom čase. "Rza's tryin' to create too much of a orchestra, piano...he's trying to do too much of this guitar shit like he got a guitar on his fucking back. We don't want that and the fans don't know us for that." Podobný názor vraj zdieľajú i ostatní členovia WTC. "No, we're not trusting you because we're not walkin' outta the studio happy. It's his vibe. He's like a hip-hop hippie right now. If this album goes that way, its gonna be a big shock to the game." Podľa Raekwona sa v prípade vydania nezmenenej verzie dá očakávať príchod ďalšieho WTC albumu, už však bez RZA ...

Na kritiku zo strany kolegov RZA odpovedal: "My idea with this album was to have an hour of your day be different -- you go into this other world of beats, hardcore lyrics and imagery of hip-hop," he said. "I wanted the listener to be stimulated by the music. I don't know if everybody agreed with it. Everybody has their own opinion. This is in my vision at the end of the day."

Viac, než samotný príchod albumu 11. decembra, sa v médiách rozoberá i rozpor ďalšieho člena, Ghostfacea, ktorý si sťažuje na nezaplatené peniaze za spoločné turné. 4. decembra vydáva svoj vlastný, v poradí siedmy sólový album The Big Doe Rehab, kvôli ktorému musel byť o týždeň preložený práve 8 Diagrams. "They trying to f- around and make me push my album back and doing all this. But n-as ain't give us money when we did them Wu-Tang tours… n-as is holding onto a lot of money…It's a battle right now." K údajne limitovanej účasti na albume sa vyjadril: "The Big Dough Rehab is my album, 8 Diagrams is their album. But it ain't got nothing to do with the regular members. 'Cause I love Raekwon, Masta Killa, U-God, Genius, all them. But it's on right now… N-as better pay my f-ing money. Matter of fact, they can keep the money - just get me out of their life right now."

Záverečné filozofické úvahy nad vopred zinscenovanou hádkou ako promo pred albumom si dnes podobne ako preklady citátov, minimálne v prípade Chefa vtipných, odpustíme, začiatok decembra napovie, či stále platí "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" alebo "Shame on a Nigga".

zdroj: hiphopdx