<p>Sydney: US hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan's one-of-a-kind album <em>Once Upon A Time in Shaolin</em> began playing at an Australian museum on Saturday, organisers said, with fans in attendance describing the music as "very special" and "amazing".</p><p>All timeslots for the twice-a-day sessions at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art are sold out, with about 5,000 people on a waiting list. The museum is showcasing the single-print album from June 15 to 24.</p><p>"They're small sessions, they're about 30 people," said a museum spokesperson, who confirmed the start of the first listening session on Saturday afternoon.</p>.Drake and Kendrick's rap battle is defining hip-hop’s future.<p>The album, which has just one physical copy in the world, has a storied history, having been bought by the convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli in 2015 for $2 million.</p><p>Shkreli gave it up to as part of a $7.4 million forfeiture order after his 2017 conviction for defrauding hedge fund investors and scheming to defraud investors in a drugmaker.</p><p>It is now owned by non-fungible token collectors PleasrDAO who purchased the album for $4 million from the US government. PleasrDao is also suing Shkreli for making copies of the album and releasing the music to the public.</p><p>Music fan Cameron McBryde, who had travelled from Queensland capital Brisbane, described hearing the album as "very special".</p>.Sean Combs' hip-hop rise, controversies and legal disputes: A timeline.<p>"I don’t know another song or album anywhere else in the world that holds that same value that this one does like that," McBryde told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.</p><p>Another attendee, Hayden Kovacic, from Hobart, said it was "amazing" to be one of so few to get to listen to the album.</p><p>"It was actually hectic," Kovacic told the <em>ABC</em>. "The production was off it’s head".</p><p>The album consists of 31 new tracks recorded and produced by the New York-based group over six years from 2007 "in the original Wu-Tang style of the 90s", according to the album's official website.</p>
<p>Sydney: US hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan's one-of-a-kind album <em>Once Upon A Time in Shaolin</em> began playing at an Australian museum on Saturday, organisers said, with fans in attendance describing the music as "very special" and "amazing".</p><p>All timeslots for the twice-a-day sessions at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art are sold out, with about 5,000 people on a waiting list. The museum is showcasing the single-print album from June 15 to 24.</p><p>"They're small sessions, they're about 30 people," said a museum spokesperson, who confirmed the start of the first listening session on Saturday afternoon.</p>.Drake and Kendrick's rap battle is defining hip-hop’s future.<p>The album, which has just one physical copy in the world, has a storied history, having been bought by the convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli in 2015 for $2 million.</p><p>Shkreli gave it up to as part of a $7.4 million forfeiture order after his 2017 conviction for defrauding hedge fund investors and scheming to defraud investors in a drugmaker.</p><p>It is now owned by non-fungible token collectors PleasrDAO who purchased the album for $4 million from the US government. PleasrDao is also suing Shkreli for making copies of the album and releasing the music to the public.</p><p>Music fan Cameron McBryde, who had travelled from Queensland capital Brisbane, described hearing the album as "very special".</p>.Sean Combs' hip-hop rise, controversies and legal disputes: A timeline.<p>"I don’t know another song or album anywhere else in the world that holds that same value that this one does like that," McBryde told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.</p><p>Another attendee, Hayden Kovacic, from Hobart, said it was "amazing" to be one of so few to get to listen to the album.</p><p>"It was actually hectic," Kovacic told the <em>ABC</em>. "The production was off it’s head".</p><p>The album consists of 31 new tracks recorded and produced by the New York-based group over six years from 2007 "in the original Wu-Tang style of the 90s", according to the album's official website.</p>