Raekwon & Ghostface Killah for Kith & the New York Knicks from KITH on Vimeo.
People are pretty excited about this freestyle R.A.G.U. did for KITH & the Knicks. To be fair, they sound fresh.
Category: Raekwon
RBMA with Wu [VIDEO]
A few years back, 2012, a couple of the guys from the Clan sat down with RBMA to talk Wu. The talk lasted for about an hour, and gives some interesting insights. A must watch, or read for the fan. So if you have the time, grab a seat, and turn back time.
Lecture: Wu-Tang Clan (RBMA World Tour 2011) from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.
Breaking news: CL2 in March ‘ 09
Please, don’t let my sarcastic title put you off. I mean all well and I want CL2 as much as the next man. But Rae, I don’t believe you, you need more people!
Raekwon hasn’t released a studio album in five years, but the prospect of a follow up to his 1995 classic, Only Built for Cuban Linx, still generates a buzz in most Hip Hop circles. That anticipation was raised when Rae signed with Aftermath Entertainment in 2006, but the union has still failed to produce any new material from “The Chef.”
Continue Reading “Breaking news: CL2 in March ‘ 09”
Raekwon To Perform Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Live In The UK
Raekwon will be performing his classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx album in its entirety during a one-off show in London at the KOKO venue on May 19th. Tickets are already on sale now priced at £16.
The Wu-Tang Clan rapper released Only Built 4 Cuban Linx originally in 1995 and it went on to become one of the definitive hip hop albums of the 90s.
Source: AngryApe (via Large Art)
I can’t help but wonder who will be doing the other half of the album. Mainly filled by Ghost originaly.
New True Master Album Coming
People spotted a Unreleased Snippet feutring Raekwon on the MySpace of True Master. Coming with this is the description: “Master Craftsman” coming soon. Looks like a True Master album is coming this fall according to his profile.
Here’s the snippet
True Master – Unreleased Snippet ft. Raekwon
[audio:https://www.vogeltjesdansbende.nl/weblog/wp-content/uploads/true-master-unreleased-snippet-ft-raekwon.mp3]
The Down Low On Black & White
After last sunday’s rundown of Black & White video’s I came across this post breaking down the movie. It gives a very interesting retrospective on what the movie tried to accomplish and what it actually did. Trying to capture the white HipHop audience.
On April 5th, 2000, a new movie reached theaters and it created quite the controversy. The Palm Pictures film was called “Black and White†and it was a collaborative effort between Wu Tang Clan exec Oli “Power†Grant and writer/director James Toback (both pictured below). The movie was an experimental piece in which each performer/actor had a specific amount of information and key plot points that they were supposed to get across in each scene but other than that they were allowed to freestyle their own dialogue. It made for quite an interesting final product considering that many of the key players had never acted before and/or weren’t trained thespians of any kind.
This was something that I missed in the James Toback video diary. Certainly clears up alot of awkward moments the movie had and the acting overall.
As a bonus here is the ACT mixtape that has been floating around. The only collection of ACT songs available.
American Cream Team – Only Built 4 Trilogy
Shy – Hold That Thought [Video]
After All These Years…
Wu-Tang In NYC Backstage [Video]
Street Knowledge TV: The Wu Tang Clan Perform Live At The Hammerstein Ballroom on New York City for their 8 Diagram Tour w/out RZA!
Shyheim Goes At Raekwon…Fakewon….
Shy is not the one to talk about production.
Update: This is a supposed quote from Shy about it
I was just talking to puff trying to set up a metting so my camera man was behind me trying to get drops for my dvd raekwom then pushes my camera and says hold that thought trying to big himself up in front of puff so fuck that fat nigga and who ever else dont like it
Rae & Cap Video Interview about 8D, ODB & Freestyle
Got these three video’s from the AT&T site. Decided to rip them and upload them for better viewing together. So there ya go. Original source at the bottom.
Interview: Raekwon & Cappadonna talk about 8 Diagrams (1/3)
Interview: Wu-Tang reminisces about ODB, and Wu-Tang forever (2/3)
Behind the Scenes: A special freestyle just for the Blueroom (3/3)
Source: AT&T Blueroom (via)