Raekwon Urges His Better Half To “Stop Tripping” On Remix Of 90s Track

Raekwon on The Come Up Show
No, the woman in the photo above is not Raekwon’s better half, I just thought the picture was funny next to the headline.

Raekwon and Ghostface make some of the best R&B infused songs of everyone in the Clan (with all due respect to Meth’s classic collabo with Mary J. Blige). Raekwon recently released a snippet of a new cut entitled “Stop Tripping,” which is a remix of Horace Brown’s “Trippin” (off of his 1996 self-titled album Horace Brown). For those who forgot (or slept), Raekwon’s reworking of this track is in same lane as (albeit not as great as) the classic vibe Rae and Ghost brought to Jodeci’s “Freakin’ You” remix. This is ironic, since DeVante Swing of Jodeci is the person who discovered Horace Brown.

Listen to Rae’s “Stop Trippin” remix below.

https://soundcloud.com/iceh2orecords/raekwon-stop-tripping-tbt-2

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Ghostface Hops On The Remix To Mobb Deep’s “Dirt”

As I mention in Endnote #6 of my book, “Enter The Wu-Tang: How Nine Men Changed Hip-Hop Forever“, the Wu and Mobb Deep have a long-running relationship. With the exception of the long-unreleased alternate mix to “Eye For An Eye” (recently included in the deluxe version of “The Infamous Mobb Deep” album), collabos between Mobb Deep and Ghost are a rarity. Leave a comment with your thoughts on the track below!

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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

Tokimonsta
(Zhen Liu)

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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