🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix Genius/GZA feat. Tony Starks A.K.A. Ghostface Killah: 🎵 4th Chamber #Genius #GZA #TonyStarksAKAGhostfaceKillah ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
#gza
#MorningListening was GZA's *Beneath the Surface*, and afternoon listening was *Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...*, and this is keeping up a week or so of steady listening to the Wu that came out of nowhere.
I'm not complaining.
Three random observations about Beneath the Surface, an album I've probably listened to top-to-bottom at least a hundred times, likely more:
1) The album's sound isn't as cohesive/holistic as Liquid Swords - LS being 100% the RZA on production, BtS being a mix of Wu members & affiliates - but I am not sure there is a bad track on the thing. It doesn't hurt that neither LS or BtS suffers from the CD era's overstuffed-album-length problem. LS is the obvious classic but album for album, BtS is arguably just as good.
1/2
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Rapsody feat. D’Angelo & GZA/Genius:
🎵 Ibtihaj
Liquid Swords 🎶 https://youtu.be/Eqme6GKr57U?si=gFTLPwGJJvBFsQCX&t=393 #GZA #npr
Google translate:
Now now
The occupation continues to launch air strikes on the homes of safe civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Several areas in the north, center and south are being subjected to heavy bombardment, with intensive flights by Israeli reconnaissance planes and warplanes.
Song of the Day August 22 2024
In honor of the birth of Gary Eldridge Grice bka GZA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA
GZA - "Those Were The Days"
https://youtu.be/19JxZsgBgwY?si=vzXedGOEA63M8Dcf
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #August22 #GaryEldridgeGrice #GZA #ThoseWereTheDays #WuTahgClan #HipHop #Rap #RNB #Music #AudioRecording #1990s
Song of the Day August 22 2024
In honor of the birth of Gary Eldridge Grice bka GZA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA
GZA - "Those Were The Days"
https://youtu.be/19JxZsgBgwY?si=vzXedGOEA63M8Dcf
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #August22 #GaryEldridgeGrice #GZA #ThoseWereTheDays #WuTahgClan #HipHop #Rap #RNB #Music #AudioRecording #1990s
I recently had the opportunity to watch the brand new feature-length documentary about ODB called Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys, and I wanted to tell y’all what I think. The film was directed by Sam Pollard & Jason Pollard, and was produced by Four Screens & Pulse Films. It debuts on the A&E Network this August 25th at 9 PM EST, and then hits streaming platforms the following day.
https://youtu.be/xzp2xIXd6zs?si=ZYDJu6EF0pfXkggu
Before I talk about the movie itself, I would just like to provide some background on my experience with Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s artistry. When I first started this blog, I would do this activity that I called a “marathon” that basically involved listening to and writing about every album in an artist’s discography. I believe I started an expansive Wu-Tang Clan marathon some time in 2016 when I was about 17 years old. This marathon is still in progress, but I have done both of ODB’s albums at this point. I was a fan of both of the projects, and I believe I pretty much liked them equally. However, if you put a gun to my head and told me to say which one I prefer, I would probably go with the second album. I always thought the title for that project was wild, but I learned from this documentary that it was originally planned to be one million times wilder. It may have already been public knowledge prior to this film, but I had no idea about that until now. I have to say that if he actually managed to stick with the original release plan, that would perhaps be the hardest title for a Hip Hop album ever. Is it fucked up for me to say that? I just think it would be kinda funny and also a little badass to call an official album something like that. Album titles just don’t get harder than that. Anyway, one of the first things that stood out to me about the film was the fact that they got an official interview from Bryonn Bain. When I was 15 going on 16 I listened to an album by Saigon called The Greatest Story Never Told 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard. It features two interludes called Definitions and Reincarnated, and they were both performed by Bryonn Bain. These were my favorite two tracks on the whole album. This was almost exactly a decade ago now that I think about it. I was so entertained by Bryonn’s performance on that album that I did some research on him. When I found out that he was a professor and prison activist of Trini descent, I followed him on Twitter. This was on my old account that eventually got banned due to some questionable things I was posting while going through a mental health crisis. Speaking of which, that’s another thing that I really loved about this documentary. I guess it should’ve been obvious that the subject of mental health would come up in a film about Ol’ Dirty Bastard, but it’s somehow just not something I really thought about. As someone who has been institutionalized for my own mental health issues three times in my life, this section of the film really helped me feel closer than ever to ODB on a human level. It was a bit challenging to see certain images and details about his struggles. To be specific, the image of him being visited by Icelene and the rest of his family while he was at Clinton Correctional Facility was a bit eerie to me. I don’t know what it was, but something about that photo is unsettling. I guess the visible weight gain along with the additional context just made it feel very dark. I have to admit that my eyes did start to well up at that point in the film. However, the tears were not actually shed until they began speaking about his death. It’s understandably a very emotional film, so it definitely resonated with me on that level. I think that’s pretty much all I have to say about the content. There’s a lot more major stuff that I didn’t mention, but those were the things that stood out to me the most, and I of course don’t want to spoil anything. As far as my overall opinion of the film goes, I actually think this was amazing. It’s definitely a must-watch documentary for any major Wu-Tang fan. If Ol’ Dirty Bastard was ever one of your favorite members, then it should be a no brainer. It genuinely felt like everyone involved really wanted viewers to understand Ol’ Dirty Bastard as an artist as well as a human being. Again, it’s premiering on the A&E Network on August 25th at 9 PM EST, so be sure to catch it then.
https://focushiphop.com/2024/07/20/rip-ason-unique/
#BryonnBain #GhostfaceKillah #GZA #InspectahDeck #MastaKilla #MethodMan #OlDirtyBastard #Raekwon #RZA #UGod #WuTangClan
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Genius/GZA feat. Tony Starks A.K.A. Ghostface Killah:
🎵 4th Chamber
Justice is not a high priority for the #UnitedStates govt for the people of #Gaza: US condemns International Criminal Court investigation of Israeli war criminals #IsraeliWarCrimes #Israel #Gza #InternationalJustice https://countercurrents.org/2024/04/us-condemns-international-criminal-court-investigation-of-israeli-war-criminals/
GZA plots North American full-band spring tour
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/gza-plots-north-american-full-band-spring-tour/
#brooklynvegan_category_music #Hip_Hop #Music #tour_dates #Gza #The_Soul_Rebels
Our kid’s tag contains random/unique letters and numbers every time you print to prevent forgery/theft. One tag is on the child and the other with the parent so that they can grab their kids from the sunday kids school.
When they asked to see my tag, everyone looked at me a bit quizzically when I showed them this tag and pointed to each of my kids and said “The RZA, the GZA, Ghostface Killah - we are the Wu-Tang Clan!”
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Burna Boy feat. GZA:
🎵 I Told Them
https://open.spotify.com/track/1W6OkdLZQhRBhP7E1Ye5Lg
https://afrobeats.bandcamp.com/track/giza-feat-seyi-vibez
🎶 #Show #playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ivj2i9BbyMoJmb0ZucUM2
🎶 #KEXP #playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg
Tonight! Can't wait!
#WuTang #RZA #MethodMan #ODB #RIP #Raekwon #GhostFaceKilla #GZA #InspectahDeck #UGod #MastaKilla #YDB #Nas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7OZ7n7X7Lo'
Music/#DJ set of the day:
"FULL CASSETTE - 90s #Hiphop (Take2) - DJ YEW - Warm Cassette Tape Bass Version"
(Featured artists: #Nas #PDiddy #BlackRob #GZA #CypressHill #ATribeCalledQuest #SnoopDogg #AliciaKeys #BigPun)
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