Ghostface Rocks ALIFE with BadBadNotGood

Even after twenty-plus years of dominating in the hip-hop culture, Ghostface continues to tear down stages like a starving artist. He recently tore it up at one of ALIFE‘s legendary sessions, backed by Toronto jazz trio BadBadNotGood.

In the video above, you can catch part of his set and Ghost also explains how he keeps everything in perspective, by describing himself as an instrument, as opposed to getting his ego inflated on some “I’m a celebrity” trip.

Among the songs he rocks in the video above are Ghost’s legendary rare gem, “The Watch” and “Nutmeg“, a banger off of “Supreme Clientele” (and if you don’t own that album, you need to click that link and buy it immediately…trust me).

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Rza Continues To Inspire New Producers: TOKiMONSTA

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The first female producer signed to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label (who later moved on to Ultra for her 2013 album, Half Shadows), TOKiMONSTA recently told a Red Bell Music Academy audience that her earliest beats were inspired by Rza.

“Soul to Seoul” (from Half Shadows) can be heard below:

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Rza teams with Dr. Pepper to release EP

The trend of corporate brands linking with hip-hop legends to provide free music to fans – in exchange for adding cool to their brand – continues, as Dr. Pepper has teamed with Rza to release a free EP, “Only One Place To Get It”, which you can stream below.

https://soundcloud.com/drpepperstudio/sets/only-one-place-to-get-it

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Czarface is a slept-on Wu-related album

Czarface is a collaborative project combining the forces of Wu general Inspectah Deck with Boston underground veterans 7L and Esoteric. The project dropped in early 2013, received critical acclaim, and has the energy level of Deck’s legendary “Triumph” verse throughout the album. Continue reading

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Rza’s Second Big Action Movie Tops Out At $20 Million

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Bad news first, good news last.

After just over two months in theaters, it looks like Rza’s second action vehicle, “Brick Mansions”, is only set to gross a few million more than his action-packed directorial debut, “The Man With The Iron Fists”. The budget for “Brick Mansions” ($28 million) was roughly twice the budget of “The Man With Iron Fists” ($15 million), thus the former film was expected to earn significantly more. Continue reading

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Family Names Twins After Raekwon And Ghostface? Not Quite

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A few days ago, the Internet went crazy with the rumor that a married couple (last name Lieberman) had named their newborn twins Raekwon and Ghostface, but unfortunately for hip-hop history, it was a hoax. Nevertheless, #WuTangIsForTheChildren

Never fear though, at least one child has been blessed with a Wu-Tang name. Fat Lip of the Pharcyde named his son Rza.

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