The El Michaels Affair are a great soul and funk band from New York City. In the early 2000s they scored some shows with Raekwon, then other members of the Wu Tang Clan. For these shows they worked up some instrumental covers of Wu Tang songs. Eventually they recorded them as an album.
Duel of the Iron Mic |
Cash Rules Everything Around Me |
Shimmy Shimmy Ya |
Criminology |
El Michels Affair has some other interesting cover projects, including a tribute to Isaac Hayes, which is quite good.