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title: "Wu-Tang producer Mathematics teams with U-God and Nems on new song 7:Thirty featuring Illa Ghee"
url: https://badiyaa.com/mathematics-wu-tang-u-god-nems-7-thirty/
published: 2026-11-10T14:30:00+00:00
modified: 2026-11-10T14:30:00+00:00
section: Entertainment
publisher: Badiyaa
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# Wu-Tang producer Mathematics teams with U-God and Nems on new song 7:Thirty featuring Illa Ghee

Wu-Tang Clan producer Mathematics has released 7:Thirty with U-God, NEMS and Illa Ghee, his latest Wu record after 2025's Black Samson.

Wu-Tang Clan’s longtime DJ and producer Mathematics is back with “7:Thirty,” a new song credited to Mathematics, Wu-Tang Clan, U-God and NEMS, with a guest spot from Illa Ghee. A fresh music video for the track was shared on hip hop forums this week, and the song now sits in Apple Music’s catalog under that four-way billing.

The pairing is a neat one. U-God is a founding member of the Clan, and Mathematics has been tying Wu projects together for decades.

## Who Mathematics is

Born Ronald Maurice Bean in Queens in 1971, Mathematics, also known as Allah Mathematics, has worked as a DJ and producer for the Wu-Tang Clan and its many solo and affiliate releases. He also designed the group’s famous “W” logo, one of the most recognizable symbols in rap.

His beats run through the Clan’s catalog: “Mighty Healthy” on Ghostface Killah’s *Supreme Clientele*, “Mean Streets” on Raekwon’s *Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II* and “Stick Me for My Riches” on the group album *8 Diagrams*, among many others.

## A timeline of the Mathematics and Wu-Tang albums

- **October 13, 2017:** *The Saga Continues*, credited to Wu-Tang and produced entirely by Mathematics.

- **April 12, 2025:** *Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman* arrives for Record Store Day as a numbered 2LP limited to 5,000 copies, each with one-of-one cover art.

- **April 25, 2025:** that album reaches streaming services.

- **November 2026:** “7:Thirty” with U-God and NEMS.

*Black Samson* mattered because, for the first time since *Once Upon a Time in Shaolin*, every one of the nine surviving members turned up on a Wu-Tang record. U-God appeared on two of its tracks, “Lions Roar (The Lion’s Pit)” and “Dolemite.” Apple Music now also lists a Mathematics and Wu-Tang Clan album titled *Black Samson: The Saga Continues*, a name that fuses the two projects.

## Our take

Badiyaa’s view: Mathematics has quietly become the Clan’s archivist, the producer who keeps the Wu sound alive between the big group moments by pulling members into tight, beat-first records. “7:Thirty” fits that pattern. It is not a reunion event, and it does not pretend to be one.

The open question is reach. Mathematics’ recent albums leaned on vinyl and collector culture, and a song like this lives or dies on whether streaming listeners find it outside the Wu faithful.

If the Clan’s history is your entry point, start with our piece on [Wu-Tang Clan’s 36 Chambers and A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, both released on November 9, 1993](https://badiyaa.com/wu-tang-36-chambers-tribe-midnight-marauders-november-9-1993/). *Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman* peaked at No. 8 on the UK R&B albums chart.

## Further reading

- [Wikipedia: Mathematics (producer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_(producer))

- [Wikipedia: Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Samson,_the_Bastard_Swordsman)

*Illustrative image. Image: Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons*

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