Candidate for Texas Governor Wendy Davis Rocks Wu T-Shirt

Posted on November 4, 2014 by spiritequality

Wu-Tang really is forever. And omnipresent. If you would have told Rza 20 years ago that someone running for statewide office in Texas would be wearing a Wu-Tang T-shirt on Election Day to promote her candidacy, his mind would be blown. LOL.

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Peele of Comedy Duo Key & Peele Calls “Enter The Wu-Tang” His Favorite Rap Album

Posted on October 17, 2014 by spiritequality

Peele of Comedy Central sketch comedy duo Key & Peele declared Enter The Wu-Tang (ETWT) to be his favorite rap album at the end of a brief interview with XXL. The man has good taste in hip-hop, although they have jokes on the culture in the video above.

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.@Raekwon Blesses Mary J Blige Classic Cover With New Verse #TBT

Posted on October 16, 2014 by spiritequality

For this week’s Throwback Thursdays entry, Raekwon added a new verse to Mary J. Blige’s classic cover of The Mary Jane Girls’ “All Night Long.” Unlike most of the #TBT entries, however, this is only a snippet and the volume fades down shortly after the one minute mark.

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Raekwon Adds A High-Speed Verse To The O’Jay’s “Backstabbers” #TBT

Posted on October 9, 2014 by spiritequality

Continuing his #TBT (Throwback Thursdays) series, Raekwon adds a verse to The O’Jays’ classic ode to treachery, “Backstabbers.” On this one, Rae brings back the high speed flow he displayed on his featured performance on Outkast’s “Skew It On The Bar-B.”

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DJ Green Lantern Releases EDM Remix of Wu-Tang’s C.R.E.A.M.

Posted on October 9, 2014 by spiritequality

Former Eminem DJ/mixtape vet DJ Green Lantern recently released an EDM remix of the classic Wu-Tang banger “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)” The remix is largely instrumental, with a few choice vocal samples from the original (meaning the timeless lyrics are largely gone), but it’s still an interesting listen.

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Supreme Clientele 2 Is Finished, Sample Clearance Process Underway

Posted on October 8, 2014 by spiritequality

Ghostface Killah revealed in an interview that went online yesterday that “Supreme Clientele 2: Blue & Cream” is finished and now he’s going through the process of getting all the samples cleared. After that, he’ll begin shopping the record to prospective labels. Would be cool if it ended up on Nas’ Mass Appeal imprint. A different interview with Ghost where he also discusses “Supreme Clientele 2” can be seen in the video above.

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Raekwon Added A Blazing Verse To Amerie’s “Why Don’t We Fall In Love?” #TBT

Posted on October 3, 2014 by spiritequality

Raekwon chefs up something marvelous over Amerie’s “Why Don’t We Fall In Love” for his #ThrowbackThursdays series.

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New Wu Album “A Better Tomorrow” Dropping December 2?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by spiritequality

Looks like the Wu reunion album finally has a release date and a label home (Warner Bros). Between their recent Prince release “Art Official Age” and this forthcoming Wu release, looks like Warner is back in the business of promoting legendary artists! Rza also talked about his innovative plan to have a limited release of “A Better Tomorrow” on portable speakers (with instrumentals and a bonus track not available on other formats). Rolling Stone also reports that Cappadonna is now an official member of the Clan. Quite a day for Wu-Tang news! Check out footage of the crew (sans Cappa) on the Jon Stewart Show in the video above.

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Raekwon adds a new verse to Sunshine Anderson’s “Heard It All Before”

Posted on September 26, 2014 by spiritequality

For the latest in his “Throwback Thursday” series, Raekwon jumps on modern R&B classic “Heard It All Before” by Sunshine Anderson. Diehard Wu fans will be familiar with Ghostface’s re-working of this same track. Who do you think rocked it better, Rae or Ghost?

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LACMA Presents Rza Speaking On “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin”

Posted on September 20, 2014 by spiritequality

Over the years, Rza has come to be viewed as an expert on martial arts film. In that tradition, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has invited Rza to express his thoughts about martial arts film classic, “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” and how the film influenced him and the Wu. This is also a topic I discussed in my book on Wu-Tang, “Enter The Wu-Tang: How Nine Men Changed Hip-Hop Forever” (i.e. the vital importance of “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin,” which even served as the origin of the group’s name).

The event is $7 for LACMA members, students with valid ID and seniors (62+); $10 for the general public. Tickets went on sale on Thursday, August 28. Two ticket limit. The event will take place September 23 at the Hammer Building.

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