If someone made a drawing and tore it apart into tiny pieces then glued it back together into something similar or completely different, it is still ART.

Rakim said it best in ‘88 “Don't understand? Here's an example On why MCs and DJs sample 'Cause we don't have a band, it's just my voice and his hands That's what hip-hop was, it still stands The records we use are from mom and pop's collection Find a break from a dope selection And go to the store, then buy one more So my DJ can mix 'cause that's what his hands are for”

If people flipping samples puts you out of business you're not a good musician either lol

Sampling is an art form in itself

Funny cause now a drum machine MPC is considered an instrument in it's own right

That dude didn’t even make sense He says you’re putting people like him out of work right after he was told he hires people, like him, to play the guitar for him

How is he out of work when RZA literally just said he'd pay him?

One reason Hip-Hop is my favorite genre of music is because it got me into so many other genres through sampling, if it wasn't for hip-hop I probably would be as into jazz as I am, funk, and a lot of individual musicians from which I liked a sample so much I had to hear the source material. I don't even get mad at the people who say hip-hop is uncreative and unoriginal for sampling, but I can't stand it when someone claims producers and rappers "steal" beats besides a few rare instances where royalties weren't paid, I know these people don't know what they're talking about when they don't know that samples have to be cleared and royalties have to paid and besides a few tight ass musicians and their estates, most of them don't care and appreciate it especially if it's produces something good and they get their royalties.

Samples keep old music alive.. if it weren’t for samples I would not love Hip Hop music, if It weren’t for samples I wouldn’t know who Labi Siffre is, I wouldn’t know most the 60s music I listen to everyday, I wouldn’t know most the 70s music I know… the problem I have with sample, is when they let the mumble rappers with no voice “rap” on a song with an amazing sample, that’s disrespectful to the artist you sampled from.. stop allowing the trash mumble rappers with no voice and nothing to say rap on a sampled beat.. if you can’t match the greatness of the artist you are sampling from, then you’re disrespecting that other artist

old niggas always hatin.

Damn, I can’t believe they had a film crew there to document this. Respect

And the Academy Award goes to... none of these actors.

bro is mad at bro for hiring musicians and creating jobs.

"a slide what?" (rza never heard the word guitar before)

This guy was the worst actor they could’ve gotten

What people dont understand about Samples is if its never sampled then people would forget most music existed. Samples keep a lot of old artists relevant.

I cant get passed the fact that that actor was chosen to play the RZA😂😂😂

“A slide what?” The line makes it seem like RZA never hear the word guitar before. Such cheesy writing/acting 🤦🏻‍♂️

Willie Mitchell ain’t complaining. He eating good.

The interesting thing is they’re both right.

The thing is they’re both right in a way.

If sampler was available in 1700, probably Bach too would like to use it to make music

Funny how people never seem to question Rick Rubin, David Geffen, or Jimmy Lovine (3 mega producers who don't play instruments) in the same way.

My man just looking for a job, but he going about it the wrong way.

this is so bad its like watching something they'd show you in school about not doing drugs

Bad actors bad writing bad directors

this acting is so unserious

Where there's a successful black hip hop artist, there's 1000 black hating mf'ers ready to bring him down. --DMX, probably

"I'm an island boy ...just tryna get by..."

Tf is this acting💀

Me still bumpin Wu in 2023 also says different

the idea thats somebody would still be able to create good music without being able to play it manually really upsets some people I see lol

if people wanna go with the take "if you sample, then you're not making music" then my take is "if you don't sample, then you're not making HIP-HOP"

Christ, this was actually aired? It's like something you'd find in the depths of Tubi.

"Slide guitar" - "Slide WHAT?" lol.

the path to music mastery takes many different roads. creativity and making music that speaks to people's soul is what matters. HIP HOP is a way that youths in the inner city carved out to escape an oppresive environment and a lack of ressources. graffiti = using the environment to create art / break dancing = using your body to stay fit / hip hop - djing = using whatever equipment you have to create music without having instruments or music theory lessons. this form of expression has taken over the world. you can start with sampling it will lead you on a journey where you will discover many genres of music, open your mind and expand your taste and appreciation. I started with sampling, collecting records then moved to jazz and I am now learning music theory via the piano. I have a whole new level of appreciation not just for jazz giants and their legacy but also for the heroes of my youth: Peter Rock - DITC - Primo and also more recent producers Dilla - Madlib - Alc - DOOM etc... enjoy the journey and remember that: " If you can't pull it, all ya gotta do is Push it along, push it along"

that's really funny they put this in the show; this interaction is why RZA's production (to some) went to absolute shit past the 90's. a damn shame because he of all people should know that sampling is an art just as playing music is. oh well, i like some Bobby Dig shit

A master producer can sample and chop any musicians song into multiple dope beats. Unrecognizable and rearranged over chopped up breakbeats. Most if not all successful producers also play instruments and DJ also.

They def rushed season 2 bro what's this 😭

If your making music it's music dosnt matter the style or the way you made it so long as that hits deep and you can vibe n move your feet.

The wig tho😂😂

Hip hop was created on sampling

He could have just shown his musical skills to RZA, instead of hating like that And get credited along the way

Is this the same guitar center he made the beat thang beat?

Dude here looked like Popa Wu. At first, i thought that was the direction they were going for since he said he did like his records, but nope, he jus a lowkey hater OG 😂😭

"Yeah, fuck it" I'm gonna use that next time I'm bying something.

I would lose my mind seeing an uopened 3000 box. You kidding me!!!!

lol he just walked away without his stuff

As a Wu fan I literally can not watch this show, its corny and this guy playing RZA is actually terrible!! Looks nothing like him and sounds like a robot when he talks and respectfully they should have gave ODBs son some acting lessons and let him play his dad

Whoa, I had no idea this show existed. This was trippy to watch with no context.

RZA doesn’t sound like an African DMX.

“a slide what?” Lol has he never heard of a guitar

Nah geezers refusing to adapt is what puts them outta work lmao

Anyone can play music Only artists can shape it

Mpc 3000 is classic! Man I want one so bad

How many people listend to Do for love after hearing it from Pac, or Weak at the Knees from Dre like my guy they were the first generation of rappers they didnt have anyone else other than themselves like with what RUN DMC would do

Can the dude hating even really play an instrument good. They shoulda had Rza put him on the spot. I mean they added extra stuff to the wu story shoulda had rza hand him the guitar 😂😂

he got emotional and left his slide guitar? I was trying to hear that on an ODB track.

Big difference between a musician and a producer.

RIP to Sam Ash

My cousin saw him few years ago at a record shop like this in nyc

Music is harmony, rhythm, vocals, etc I don’t get people whom say Rap ain’t music

I swear people watched this and wanted violence not an actual saga on how wutang was created this show was for the fans and rza knew that he made it in his styles

They couldn't find anyone that could actually play the genius?

Damn can make me get my Purple Haze cd out of the box!

Always a old black dude hating on a young dude getting it

I like the idea of it ….its just the execution of this series is all bad. It’s just not believable.

why are all the comments so recent lmao

Idc lol Rza don’t talk like that he talk like Elmer Fudd

The thing about lotta old rock dudes is they don't even like innovative rock music or rock music that tries anything new they themselves are still stuck on classic rock (or whatever era they grew up in) and think thats peak music but then they want to talk about other genres of music when they don't even embrace new things in their own music. Boring old boomers. Don't listen to them.

tale as old as time oldheads tahmbout something they dont understand

This scene brings me back. My father, RIP. He worked and ran Jon’s just play music in Chicago in the 1960’s. He sold to all the up and coming bands and artist. Such as Chicago, Styx, Ides of March, American breed, Buddy Guy,REO Speedwagon, the list goes on. My father taught me the industry from a young age. He also taught guitar and played in a band that did weddings and high school dances and proms. Until 1970, my father knew his draft number was coming. By 1971 he enlisted in the Navy and was in Vietnam from 1971-1973. In 1974 he married my mom and put music aside to raise a family.

The writing and acting are awful.

why didn't they have Rza talk like the RZA.. Kinda talks like a baby.

Glad i didnt bother with this. Looks so bad it seems like it was made here in canada.

Who casted this cat as RZA? Not even close looking like a skinnny xibit

Are Sam Ash employees friendlier than Guitar centers? You start fiddling with an mpc at guitar center they hover over you like hurry up and buy

My answer to the guy would be to ask him what he played and give him a shot at some studio work. I deeply admire RZA btw.

Unfortunately, music is treated like a job rather than an actual art (yay economics). You don't _have_ to learn how to play the instruments you are lifting, sampling, what have you. And fighting over who is a "real" musician just invalidates somebody else's work bc of short-sightedness. Snobbery doesnt get you anywhere either, bc you think you're better than someone based on an arbritarily valued skill someone else can dunk on you for. Sampling is instrumentation, but in a new way. Learn how to sample is a skill much like learning the guitar. A controller IS an instrument, full stop. You build your knowledge of music theory using a sampler/controller, and theory is also part of culture too. Hip hop from Black musicians/producers came from urban life, social situations, discrimination, prejudice, generational trauma... but also values coming from your family and those surrounding you. Paying musicians to play on your project is also an industry standard. Session work is a real and valid thing to do, and some famous musicians are/were/did session work. And without hip hop, sampling wouldnt have been used and widespread. Just another way to do music. Both the geezer and RZA are musicians. Not one or the other.

This is depressing

"That's not RZA" and "this not real Wu" my brother in christ, RZA created the show. I blame it on him and the producers, I think he focused too much on the wrong things getting this show to the finish line. Ashton Sanders is not some bum actor, this sounds like he's being forced to deliver the lines how a director wants not like he just sucks at playing the character.

Jealous black "brother" in a nutshell.

Love Wu Tang , but this show looks like its AI generated. Also I started loving soul because of rap samples , just like many others - so thank you RZA and others for introducing us to that music

I watched the entire two seasons :D definitely enjoyed it would be nice if they touched a little on the Bobby Digital era

*HORRIBLE ARGUMENT* 1st: dude doesn't WANT to b a "real" musician 2nd: how many records u sell or how much money u got doesn't make u a real musician either 3rd: how tf does it keep that guy out of business? nothin's stopin ol head from makin music or playin it 4th: listen to Daft Punks Discovery n tell me that samplin isn't creative n artistic af

Every Sam Ash employee in the history of the company would call that a Lap Steel.

And Bobby Digital was born.

Some of these actors are just not great- dude playing rza i'm talkin about you

If you’re gonna make a Wu-Tang movie shoulda had them rap and do kung fu who wants fake made up conversations

"Hip-hop is not made up from scratch. The music, and the foundation of the music of hip-hop, comes from records that we found in our parents' crates, you know what I mean? Old funk and soul grooves. We've given new life to artists like james brown and isaac hayes and sly and the family stone and george clinton and parliament and funkadelic, and so many other groups, because we rapping over they beats, okay? So hip-hop didn't invent anything, but hip-hop reinvented everything."

1:20 this moment could’ve been used to exchange phone numbers and create jobs for at least one musician

This is where RZA started his only hanging out with white ppl villain arc

did bro miss the previous 15 years of hip hop?

The funny thing is the artist formerly known as Prince would also tell him that he is not a musician he wouldn't be hating on him but he'll just be saying its a matter of fact that you are not a musician.

The Actor doesnt look like RZA ,RZA is lighter skinned

I don’t know why the scene is so funny to me 😊

OG is now miserable at home on his medicare plan

Sampling records creates a paychecks for other artists whose records aren’t being streamed and recreating samples creates jobs for musicians. Win Win

For the comments about acting....Its a genuine story, not always about acting all the time, sometimes the story is whats to be seen imo

Kinda obsessed with how the actor looks nothing like RZA