Enter The Wu-Tang

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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Raekwon Interview Discussing Current Music

Posted on September 8, 2014 by spiritequality

Raekwon diplomatically discusses his opinions on current hip-hop.

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Ghostface and ODB’s Sons Have Bars

Posted on September 4, 2014 by spiritequality

Ghostface’s son (Sun God) and Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s son (Young Dirty Bastard) spit bars alongside Willie The Kid over a track from Wu-Affiliate Bronze Nazareth off this track from the Living Daylights collaborative album. As Ghostface said, “keep Wu-Tang money all up in the family.”

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Wu-Affiliate Bronze Nazareth Had A Great Overlooked Video: “The Guilt”

Posted on September 4, 2014 by spiritequality

Wu-Affiliate Bronze Nazareth produced an awesome project, in conjunction with Michigan emcee Willie The Kid, called “The Living Daylights” that was released earlier this year, but didn’t get half of the attention it deserved. The grainy film quality of the video for “The Guilt,” a track off that project, exemplifies the gritty street/social observation rap of Willie and nicely complements Bronze’s hypnotic track. It’s worth a look if you missed it and worth watching again if you saw it before.

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Rza Does The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge For Charity

Posted on August 24, 2014 by spiritequality

ALS is a tragic disease that affects many Americans, the most famous of whom was Lou Gehrig (which is why it is popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a viral fundraising strategy that has encouraged ordinary citizens and celebrities to have ice dumped on them and to challenge their friends to endure the same, then challenge their friends to donate to ALS research. It’s a fun, relatively harmless way to raise money for research needed to cure this disease. Rza takes the Ice Bucket Challenge above, then challenges Redman to take it, who accepted.

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Raekwon Blesses Gap Band Classic With A New Verse

Posted on August 15, 2014 by spiritequality

As part of his ongoing #TBT (Throwback Thursdays) series, Raekwon blessed the Gap Band classic “Yearning For Your Love” with a new verse. Newer R&B fans may be more familiar with the remake by Guy.

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Raekwon Cameos On LL Cool J’s “I’m Nice”

Posted on August 13, 2014 by spiritequality

Raekwon drops some nice bars as usual, but did LL Cool J just indirectly dis Beyonce with that “Y’all b—hes. Beyonce” line? And did no one tell LL that hashtag rap is over?

As an aside, Murda Mook delivers a nice verse. Maybe people will stop acting like battle rappers can’t compete with studio rappers in the near future. Two sides of the same coin.

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Ebony.com Posted An Awesome Review of my Wu Book!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by spiritequality

Ebony.com posted an awesome review of my Wu-Tang book, “Enter The Wu-Tang: How Nine Men Changed Hip-Hop Forever.” I’m hype! Salute to Ebony and the writer, Brooke Stephenson for the review!

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New Wu-Tang Single! “Ron O’Neal” (CDQ)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by spiritequality

The new single from the forthcoming Wu-Tang album, “A Better Tomorrow,” was released (in CDQ) by Rza on his Soundcloud page after they performed the cut on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” The track is called “Ron O’Neal,” who (for those who aren’t up on their 70s cult classic films) was the actor who played the lead in “Superfly.” That film seemingly influenced the storyline of Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx,” as both works involve a protagonist who wants to get out of the drug business after making one last major score. Perhaps the metaphor here is, the Clan wants to make one last major score with what is purportedly their final album (an apt parallel, since dope has been a metaphor for good music since the 80s in hip-hop slang).

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