# Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10 |
| PopMatters | 6/10 |
| RapReviews | 7/10 |
| The Harvard Crimson | 4/5 |
| The Village Voice | B+ |
Dreddy Krueger Presents... Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture is a compilation album by American hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan and its affiliates. It was released on October 18, 2005 via Think Differently Music Group and Babygrande Records. Presented and executively produced by Dreddy Krueger, the main production was handled by Bronze Nazareth, Preservation, Allah Mathematics, DJ Noize, Fred Ones and RZA. It features contributions from several fellow independent hip-hop musicians, such as Byata, Del the Funky Homosapien, Ras Kass, Aesop Rock, Casual, C-Rayz Walz, Littles, MF Doom, Planet Asia, R.A. the Rugged Man, Roc Marciano, Sean Price, Sir Menelik, Tragedy Khadafi, Vast Aire and Vordul Mega among others, as well as narrations by Jim Jarmusch. The album was supported with two singles: "Biochemical Equation" b/w "Preservation" and "Lyrical Swords" b/w "Think Differently".
The Instrumentals version of the album was released on April 14, 2009. The Lost Files version was released on July 15, 2009, combining songs and beats recorded around 2005 and 2006 for Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture but were left off. The official follow-up album to Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture entitled Dreddy Kruger Presents... Think Differently Two: The Audio Film was released on February 7, 2020.

## Personnel

* James "Dreddy Kruger" Dockery – vocals (track 1), arrangement, sequencer, executive producer, A&R, liner notes
* Gary "GZA" Grice – vocals (tracks: 2, 15)
* John "Ras Kass" Austin – vocals (tracks: 2, 15)
* Theodore "Vast Aire" Arrington II – vocals (track 3)
* Beatrice "Byata" Dikker – vocals (tracks: 3, 12)
* Timothy "Timbo King" Drayton – vocals (track 3)
* Lamar "Prodigal Sunn" Ruff – vocals (tracks: 3, 4)
* Lamont "U-God" Hawkins – vocals (track 4)
* Sean Price – vocals (track 4)
* Waleed "C-Rayz Walz" Shabazz – vocals (track 4)
* Jonathan "Casual" Owens – vocals (track 6)
* Percy Lee "Tragedy Khadafi" Chapman – vocals (track 6)
* Rahkeim "Roc Marciano" Meyer – vocals (track 6)
* Shamar "Vordul Mega" Gardner – vocals (track 6)
* Jim Jarmusch – voice (tracks: 7, 14, 20)
* Robert "RZA" Diggs – vocals & producer (track 8), supervisor
* Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile – vocals (track 8)
* Kim "DJ Noize" Sæther – scratches (track 9), producer (track 15)
* Teren "Del the Funky Homosapien" Jones – vocals (tracks: 10, 16)
* Justin "Bronze Nazareth" Cross – vocals (tracks: 12, 19), producer (tracks: 1–3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19)
* Walbert "Solomon Childs" Dale – vocals (track 12)
* Alfredo "Littles" Bryan – vocals (track 13)
* Khalid – vocals (track 13)
* Jason "Planet Asia" Green – vocals (track 13)
* Phillip "Sir Menelik"/"Scaramanga Shallah" Collington – vocals (track 15)
* Làson "La the Darkman" Jackson – vocals (track 15)
* Ian "Aesop Rock" Bavitz – vocals (track 16)
* Shaleek "Shacronz" Drayton – vocals (track 17)
* Freedom "Free Murda" Drayton – vocals (track 17)
* Jean-Jacques "J-Live" Cadet – vocals (track 18)
* Richard Andrew "R.A. the Rugged Man" Thorburn – vocals (track 18)
* Jean "DJ Preservation" Daval – producer (tracks: 4, 16, 18), background music (tracks: 7, 14)
* Fred "Fred Ones" Sepulveda – producer (track 11)
* Ronald "Mathematics" Bean – producer (track 17)
* Jose "Choco" Reynoso – mixing
* Emily Lazar – mastering
* Chuck Wilson – co-executive producer
* Nubian Image – cover artwork, layout
* DJ City Rich – photography