You know what I’m saying? It ain’t that serious. U-God: Don’t be doing all that crazy shit you been doin’, boy! Be chill, cool out a little bit. What advice would you tell your younger selves?
And this is speaking about the people right next to me. Masta: The best part was, you’ve been with somebody for 25 years and you’re still learning things about them. RZA: Well, I kinda snuck into the editing room a coupla times, so I knew what was coming. It’s a lot of archival footage mixed with interviews.
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You all saw the movie for the first time at the premiere. So I also feel like this is a great renewal year for Wu-Tang, and I think this film is one of the sparks of it. I know as a producer I was trying to tell you a story, do the kung-fu samples and do stories like “Can It All Be So Simple?” and “C.R.E.A.M.” And now you’re watching that story instead of hearing it. On that album we were trying to make an audio movie. For us, we started as an album that maybe somebody invested $60,000 into, and now 25 years later you’re seeing a movie! We’re not going to have 25,000 years, but every 25 years is a big renewal point in life for any man, any band, any person. Actually, we deal in mathematics, and mathematics says the history of the planet is renewed every 25,000 years based on the circumference of the planet earth. You know, Philly was a big market for us, and we’re from New York, so to stand in front of the people right there, and to feel that energy and the way that it was packed from wall to wall, is like it gets no better than that. Ghost: It’s like you back where you started from. Masta Killa: Go back to your roots right there.Ĭappa: My brother came out for the first time in his life. What was the best part of playing 36 Chambers anniversary shows together in Philly and New York recently?Ĭappa: The best part is that our family got to come out and see it. And the world love you at the same time? It’s like, that means a lot!
But to keep nine, ten members together for 25 years, and only lose one, and we still pushing? It’s like, yo, that’s a blessing. Because like we said, a lot of groups, they break up! You watch Unsung ? You see what goes down, and the group just goes.
Ghost: What does it mean? We humble we humble. Ghost: Delfonics broke up, you know what I mean? But we still here 25 years later, putting in that work. If you would’ve saw us two days after that day, it would’ve been different from that day you saw us.Ĭappadonna: At this point every rap group has to look at us for the mold of how they should be, and should’ve been the whole ride. How are you feeling? I did a profile of you guys in 2007 and you seem more unified than you did then, when I couldn’t get any of you in a room together.Īre you feeling more like a brotherhood now? Until then, enjoy this trip down memory lane and a taste of Wu-Tang bringing da ruckus to a film festival.Īs soon as we sat down, RZA, who’d recognized me from 2007, treated me to a rap. Method Man, GZA, Inspectah Deck, and Raekwon had scheduling conflicts.īut they’ll all be coming together again for a European tour that starts on May 10 in London - the same day as the release of their Showtime doc. Five of nine surviving members (minus dearly departed Ol’ Dirty Bastard) made the Sundance trip: RZA, Ghostface, U-God, Masta Killa, and Cappadonna. Then, I couldn’t get any of them in a room with one another and had to chase down each member individually. The group is a lot more cohesive now than when I had the chaotic pleasure of profiling them back in late 2007 for the release of their 8 Diagrams album. It’s a four-part Showtime documentary in honor of the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - and director Sacha Jenkins says he gave the movie that title “because they are an American classic.” There were rumors of them playing a house party and fevered Instagram sightings galore, which only served to emphasize just how extraordinary it is for a rap group not only to have endured this long, but to have created a mythology and a signature style indelible enough to create worship among fans who weren’t even alive when 36 Chambers came out. The Staten Island band of brothers had come to this year’s Sundance Film Festival to premiere Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men. He was wearing a bright-yellow puffer jacket with a yellow faux-fur-trimmed hoodie that made him stand out even more than he already stands out, oozing badassery wherever he goes. “Yo, can you get some vegetarian tacos for the crib?” Ghostface Killah asked a helper.
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