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Originally Posted by Bob_Dole
Important and relevant to what?
You're a dipshit.
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Yes, as David said, important and relevant to the history of hip hop as a genre. Wu Tang signaled one of the handful of real turning points in hip-hop, with a sound that was against the norm of the time (the norm at the time, 1993, was Dr. Dre's G-Funk West Coast thang). They are one of the most popular and profitable rap groups of all time, and were certainly influential to many artists that came after tham.
In short, they were important and relevant the same way Kurt Cobain was -- to the music. Personally, I'm not a fan of either -- I was never into Wu Tang (I much prefer the G-Funk style), and I think Nirvana sucked as a band (good lyrics, lousy music), but that doesn't change the fact that they were quite popular and influential. Both Nirvana and Wu Tang are icons of a turning point in their genre.