“He actually said, if it was anybody else calling him, he wouldn’t have came.” 6. “… always brings it up…that that day saved his life,” RZA said. Had RZA not seen Meth, the moment could’ve played out differently. Meth was walking to buy weed when RZA called him over from across the street. In a 2009 interview with CNN, RZA spoke on a passage in his memoir, The Tao of Wu, where Meth almost find himself in the middle of a shooting at 160 Park Hill Avenue in Staten Island. But Meth’s undeniable talent could’ve been cut short before the Wu even began. Method Man is arguably the most recognizable figure out of Wu-Tang, having become both a popular rapper and actor. Method Man Almost Caught In A Drive-By Shooting
Also, rumor has it that two of the managers of the group also appeared in the cover photo to make up for U-God, Method Man, and Masta Killa’s absence. “Everybody at that point wanted to show their faces.”īut the mystique and aesthetic of the photo fit the music so well, a minor setback transformed into a piece of hip-hop history. “They weren’t thinking, ‘Don’t show my face’ ,” Hastings said. The idea was inspired by Hastings when he saw the group perform in masks at the Jack the Rapper convention in Atlanta. Working with the members present, Hastings came up with the idea to have them wear stocking masks to hide their faces.
In digging through his old beats to find more tracks for 36 Chambers, maybe Ashton Sanders (RZA) will stumble upon on the already-made “C.R.E.A.M.” beat, where we’ll then hit a flashback about he brought the instrumental to life. In another interview, Raekwon had shared how the “C.R.E.A.M.” beat was actually an old instrumental, dating it to the late ’80s. However, upon going into the studio to work on 36 Chambers, RZA had Inspectah Deck and Raekwon condense their verses, and then got Method Man to do the hook, which was built around a phrase him and his friend Raider Ruckus would use to talk about money - “Cream.”
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With the second season coming out on September 8, there’s likely to be more real life moments referenced from the lives of the Wu-Tang Clan, especially since RZA teased that the season will focus on the recording of the group’s seminal debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).Īs one of the greatest beats RZA has ever crafted - and one of the best hip-hop beats of all time - it’s only right that the series should have a scene centered around the creation of “C.R.E.A.M.” RZA has previously talked about the song, sharing in a 2018 appearance on LL COOL J’s Rock the Bells radio station that the track was originally called “Lifestyle of the Mega Rich,” and it had eight minutes of lyrics.
The first season made subtle and more overt references to actual moments that occurred in the members life - from Ol’ Dirty Bastard saying he used to battle rap A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip in high school to RZA and GZA’s solo careers as Prince Rakeem and The Genius, respectively, prior to the Wu’s formation.
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Photo by Bob Berg/Getty Images With the second season of Wu-Tang: An American Saga about to drop, here’s seven real life stories that’ll hopefully get highlighted throughout the season.Ī part of the allure of Wu-Tang: An American Saga isn’t only seeing the legendary hip-hop collective’s story be mythologized for a drama TV series, but seeing what real life stories associated with the group make their way to the small screen.