Wu-Tang's GZA to Speak at Harvard
A report by Rolling Stone yesterday indicated that the GZA, a founding member of hip-hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan, will get to wax philosophical about his lyrics and music at Harvard University on Dec. 1. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsWu-Tang Clan Announces Tour Dates for December and January
After completing their Rebirth Tour in Europe this summer, the renowned hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan recently rolled out more tour dates, this time in the U.S. The N.Y.C.-based collective will play shows on both coasts throughout December and January. The short leg of dates kicks off in New Jersey and wraps up in Los Angeles at Club Nokia. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsWu-Tang Clan's GZA Inspires FX Comedy
A Wu-Tang Clan member’s life is in development to become FX’s newest sitcom.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsGZA Shelves Liquid Swords Sequel, Announces New Album
Despite the recent promising news regarding a Liquid Swords follow-up, the proposed GZA album Liquid Swords 2: The Return of the Shadowboxer has now been postponed for the foreseeable future. One of the alleged reasons for the delay stems from RZA, GZA’s intended producer for the sequel, who is currently busy working on directing martial-arts movie, Man With The Iron Fist.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMobbed Up: Hip-Hop's Eight Best Posse Cuts
The best times are always better when you’ve got friends to share them with. That’s true of almost everything, and it’s doubly, triply true of hip-hop. There’s even a specific word for getting your crew together on a song in the rap world—the posse cut, where four or more rappers trade verses in a song. Now granted, DJ Khaled has made a living by clowning on this most respectable of traditions, but that hardly means that every other posse cut is all about shrieking “We the best!” For your consideration then: the eight best posse cuts that totally aren’t by... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDavid Cross, Bob Mould, Ezra Koenig, GZA, More Contribute to Fucked Up Christmas Song
For its own version of a 1984-turned-classic holiday track, Canadian hardcore punkers Fucked Up have created quite the Christmas choir.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDevendra Banhart Talks Potential New Album With Wu-Tang Clan's GZA
"He's a legend. He's untouchable. He's an avatar, an iconoclast," gushes the hirsute folkie... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWu-Tang Clan Roundup: Where are the Killa Bees Landing These Days?
Wu-Tang is so scattered that they don't really qualify as a clan; at this point they're probably closer to a loose network of anarcho-syndicalist collectives. So no, we'll probably never see another record approaching the unmitigated brilliance of their 1993 debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The upshot to that is the individual members of the Clan are left to their own devices, which has produced some pretty great stuff, and they're set to continue that trend for the near-future.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBlack Lips Drop New EP Featuring GZA
If the shock of the Black Lips teaming with GZA at SXSW still hasn't worn off, then you may want to consider the Lips' new iTunes-exclusive EP for the song "Drop I Hold."... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSalute Your Shorts: Coffee and Cigarettes
Writing about Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes in this space is cheating a little bit... read more
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