NBA All-Star Weekend in New York City was a blessing for hip-hop fans looking for dope live performances. In the clip above, Raekwon rocks classic Enter The Wu-Tang cut “C.R.E.A.M.” (doing Inspectah Deck and Meth’s parts himself), backed by a live band.
There is only a taste of the famous break most associated with “Verbal Intercourse” in the intro and breakdown of this Rza-produced track (“Emotional”) by Swedish-Iranian singer Snoh Aalegro, but it should be enough to induce an instant head nod from any true Wu fan. The rest of the track is an incredible piece of production work from Rza as well, featuring what sounds like quite a bit of live instrumentation. Snoh is a promising new artist recently signed by veteran Chicago hip-hop producer No I.D., who also released a dope track featuring Common a few months ago.
Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to f–k with.
Neither are their fans. Disrespect a Wu member at a Wu show at your own risk. I thought this was already a well-established fact.
Raekwon gets to speak for a solid half hour on his thoughts on hip-hop culture with Peter Bailey of “Nitecap,” including touching briefly on his classic debut album, “Only Built For Cuban Linx” (which is on sale on CD for an unbelievably low $4.99 now).
Rza’s musical ability is unquestionable. And he learns new instruments every day.
This year, the Purple Tape turns 20! In honor of the 20th anniversary of “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx,” Raekwon and Ghostface recently announced that a documentary focused on the making of that legendary album will be coming soon. They also previewed a trailer for the documentary, to be entitled “The Purple Tape Files,” for a select audience of tastemakers and lucky fans at the Sundance Film Festival.
While repeatedly (and profanely) emphasizing that his love for Wu is strictly heterosexual/platonic, DMX gives props to Wu as only he can, live on stage with Ghost and Raekwon.
Much love to Cappadonna for supporting my Wu book “Enter The Wu-Tang: How Nine Men Changed Hip-Hop Forever.”
Had a lot of fun at the Rock-n-Roll Hotel show where Cappa performed (along with stellar sets from opening acts Far Exp and Beer-n-Black).
Like every Ghostface relationship song, this one remains timeless.
A live performance of this track on The Tonight Show can be viewed here.
Here’s something to get your taste buds whetted for that #DoomStarks project later this year: Ghostface and BadBadNotGood just released a cut called “Ray Gun” featuring MF Doom. Listen above!
“Ray Gun” is the lead single for Ghostface and BadBadNotGood’s joint “Sour Soul” project, due out 2/24/15, which you can pre-order here.
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