This might be my favorite track on the album. I like how I delivered on this one, and I love RZA’s beat. I remember writing to it and that it took me a while because I was trying different things. I remember being so happy after Ol’ Dirty [Bastard] blessed the track like he did. I love how the recording sounds too. When we perform this song live, the music gets real low for Deck’s part, and then it comes in real loud and it still always gets me hype. I also love the skit at the beginning. I just love that shit.
I had a brother named Scotty Watt. His name is Jackpot, but his name was Scotty Watt then. Actually, we started rhyming at the same time out in Shaolin – we were in the 6th grade. I taught him, he always gives me credit for that. When I moved from Shaolin in like ‘80, ‘81, ’82, his name was all over that borough. This was before Meth and Rae and them started – Rae and Deck lived there all those years also. They went to the same elementary school I went to. They were just a couple of years younger, but they’ll speak about Jackpot, Scotty Watt. (*Editors Note:* Finally that RZA lyric from the first Gravediggaz album makes sense! “When Jackpot Watt was hot, I was not†Also, Ghostface on Supreme Clientele makes the reference “watch me dolly dick it / Scotty Watty cop it to meâ€) I wish that brother could have had some of this success also. He used to say some of my lyrics. One of his most famous rhymes in Shaolin was my rhyme. I was always in the back like that. Always at the front of the ropes at the block parties watching everybody else rock, but don’t want to get on. Then at one point I didn’t like my voice. I didn’t mature young as far as my voice and going through puberty so when me and Scotty Watt used to make tapes I ain’t never like my voice. His voice was coming through sounding right so I had a little complex and I played the back until it was time for me to step up.
Los Angeles, February 20, 2009 – Legendary rapper GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, also know as the “Genius,” will team up with his hometown blogger Brooklyn Vegan to lend their expertise and knowledge of music in deciding the winner of the inaugural Dickies Battle of the Bands in Austin, TX on Friday, March 20th. DJ Josh Madden, founder of the DCMA Collective, will DJ the event. They will be partnered up with one final celebrity judge in the music industry to be announced next week. Submissions are still open for the Dickies Battle, but time is ticking! 8 independent/unsigned bands will be selected to compete for the $10,000 grand prize in this monumental war for the title. All entries are accepted via the Dickies Battle of the Bands website (http://dickiesupstart.com/) or by mail.
Deadline for submissions has been EXTENDED to Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:59pm EST. Bands chosen to compete will be announced March 2, 2009 on http://dickiesupstart.com.
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2DopeBoyz.com got this one from Dreddy. Who informed them that it was supposed to be the original Paper Plates, Nino Brown? But instead GZA made it into his belated answer to his favourite Paper Plate rapper.
All Natural is one of the most consistent, talented, enterprising, and
long-lasting crews in Chicago, but you probably already know that. In the Early 90s they got a deal with Wildpitch, but the label folded before they had a chance to officially release anything. They didn’t let that slow them down. They kept themselves in the lab knocking out material and a couple years later they came out on their label and their own terms. Stepping back a bit to ‘94, right around the time Wildpitch was going out of business, 950 AM “Rap Radio†converted to 106 Jamz FM and switches up the format a bit to include some more R&B but still is primarily a Rap station. I believe they were trying to compete with WGCI (the markets Top Dog R&B station). As I recall the best part about 106 Jamz was the show hosted by Pinkhouse (R.I.P) with Tone B Nimble on the wheels (respect goes out to The First Lady!).
This all ultimately leads to “Liquid Paperâ€. However, here’s where some of the details get a lil gray to me, hopefully someone else remembers something and can clarify. Anyway, Pinkhouse and Tone were doing some sort “benefit†show at Operation Push. They had Ghostface and Raekwon on the bill. I was promoting the King Just record and tried to get him involved (I can’t remember if he actually performed??) and had him in town to promote his album at the same time. Sometime before the show, everyone is hanging out in front of the venue. Ghost, Rae, King Just, members of their entourage, a bunch of local cats and fans. I’m right there but just sort of laying back cause I’m not really mingling or whatever. All the sudden there’s the “sound†of gunshots and dudes (I assume they are the ones “shootingâ€) running out from the trees. Of course, everyone around me is running and ducking. I remember Raekwon doing a action movie type dive to the side of the van which was impressive…ha. I didn’t run, not because I’m a tough guy, but because I didn’t know where the bullets where come from and I wasn’t trying to run into them so I figured I’m safest there until I figured it all out then it died down real quick.
As expected after that tensions where high. Ghostface gave a speech to the people hanging around that if they were going to be there it wasn’t just on some fan sh**, they better be watching their backs…I feel that. Anyway, I guess due to all the confusion and stress they got the idea that they shouldn’t be rocking for free or should be getting paid more money if they are getting shot at….ha. I mean I see the “logic of convenience†in that but a deal is a deal right? Anyway, there’s all sorts of tension and all that going on. They finally go on and during the show something goes haywire and all the sudden it’s an all out riot. I’m backstage watching the show thru the security door. When it goes crazy the security guards literally go “well it’s Midnight, we’re off duty†and leave!! I mean I know they didn’t sign on for a right but damn! People are going crazy and trying to get backstage and it’s utter chaos. The guard leaves from blocking the door so I rush to the door and try to hold it close because I don’t know who is trying to come back there and I’m not trying to be caught up in a all out riot. Plus for all I know it’s fools with guns or whatever (sure I guess they could’ve shot thru the door but whatever….ha). Anyway, it’s a pretty crazy night. I can’t remember all the details….I probably purposefully erased them from the brain….ha.
Later that year, Genius drops “Liquid Swords†and has the track “4th Chamber†which features Ghostface and he drops, “stay windy in Chicago….Promoters try to hold dough, give me mine before I wrap you up in so and so  One would guess that is in response to the Operation Push show. Apparently All Natural felt so too and they responded with “Liquid Paperâ€.
I don’t know how much this song got out there or if they ever officially squashed it with Ghost. I do know that Cap D absolutely kills it! The word play is simply excellent. They flip the “Daytona†beat and go for the throat.
*Side jewel: I also remember when Ghost and Rae were in town the only thing I heard them play
in their tour van was Smoothe Da Hustler “Broken Language†and some Wu Tang R&B remix
they had just done…can’t remember what joint it was though.
TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: RZA
Published Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:00 AM
By Alvin “Aqua” Blanco
Beside a knack for freaking ridiculous beats, if RZA possesses anything it’s resounding confidence. Still, when certain Wu-Tang Clan members (ahem…Raekwon) went rogue and publicly disparaged The Abbot’s beats selections for 2007’s 8 Diagrams, you couldn’t help but wonder if it shook his self-belief.
However, “It didn’t f**k up my confidence but it f**ked up my heart,†says RZA.
Well love must conquer all because when we spoke to the RZA he was on the road with the entire Wu-Tang Clan and he assured any issues were resolved. Besides touring with his band of brothers, RZA is promoting the second season of the anime series Afro-Samurai, which he again scored. The show’s soundtrack, RZA Presents…Afro-Samurai: Resurrection includes appearances from the likes of Ghostface (“Wharâ€), Rah Digga (“B***h Gonna Get Yaâ€), Kool G Rap (“You Already Knowâ€) and even Sly Stone on “Blood Thicker Than Mud (Family Affair).â€
Family must have been on RZA mind when we asked for his Top 5 Dead or Alive. Initially he tried to include a gang of his Wu brethren but we did him a favor and consolidated them into one entry, while he dropped nice insight on the rest of his picks. Bong. Continue Reading “RZA’s Top 5”
Another heads up from schoki. This time a new Afro Samurai track with Kool G Rap & Ghostface. And if I recall correctly it has been a long time coming since Ghost and RZA both appeared on a track, as RZA himself said.
Pro Tools by GZA is coming this fall on Liquid Swords Entertainment. So that’s about a year since it popped up on the same December date as 8 Diagrams.
Also a new Bronze album is up in the mix. This one will be released on Half Entity/Think Differently. I am sure there is a great number of fans out there waiting for this.
And if you are waiting for more, Dreddy will release ‘Dreddy Kruger Presents: Think Differently Music “ReThink”‘ real soon. And there is a new group from NYC coming up under his wing by the name of Folk & Stress. First single is said to feature GZA.
And another one. The Liquid Sword collection of samples. This one includes a lot of samples I myself did not have. Mainly because I never really searched for them. So this is a good chance of updating it.
Kudos to Hip Hop is Read for doing this. Greatly appreciated. Hit up their site if your are by any chance looking for the samples to God’s Son, Game Theory or Doctor’s Advocate.
It would be nice if someone took the time to collect the samples used on 8 Diagrams. Sure to happen some time in the future.
Press Rewind is coming phenomenal with their scans of old reviews. We previously linked their scans for the reviews of Only Built For Cuban Linx and Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. This time they got a scan on Liquid Swords. Published in the December 1995 issue of The Source.
How they gave it only four mics I fail to see. Thirteen years later, some people may have forgotten the Clan, the man and his album. But to those who have heard it it is regarded as a classic masterpiece. A defining point in hiphop history. Even outside of the general hiphop crowd this record is considered to be beyond great. An amazing thing to accomplish.
If you are looking for more of these rewinding scans hit up the Press Rewind blog. Besides reviews they also got scans of complete articles. THIMK is running posts with complete scans of back issues. With this most interesting backissue. Which got a small article on Come Do Me in The Genius his own words back in 1991.
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