Wu-Tang's RZA Explains Why Wu-Tang's Lyrics Are Timeless

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5 жыл бұрын

Director Sacha Jenkins and RZA breakdown the beginning of the Wu-Tang Clan in the Showtime documentary, ' Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men.'
This in-depth look at the creation of the rap supergroup revealed several new stories about the musical mainstay. RZA himself was particularly moved by the stories from Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah, and how he grappled with depression at an early age.
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@dissolvemusicofficial7652 5 жыл бұрын

Very powerful. RZA is so profoundly thoughtful. Although I don’t make rap music, he’s had a massive influence on me, even just his interviews.

@isaacantoniosantelizgarcia1181 5 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE RIGHT

@protectourfreedom8221 5 жыл бұрын

RZA came in to my work the other day and I was instantly filled with stoke and positive energy. It truly felt surreal being in the presence of one of your childhood heroes. He is a transcendent being who altered the mentality of millions through music and insight. Very similar to Bruce Lee but in different mediums. Peace to the god...we're truly blessed to have been impacted by this man's peak accomplishments.

@bnkdsociety4382 4 жыл бұрын

Why he come into your work ?

@protectourfreedom8221 4 жыл бұрын

@@bnkdsociety4382 he came in to discuss a reissue of odb return to 36 chambers album

@bnkdsociety4382 4 жыл бұрын

@@protectourfreedom8221 dude that's crazy asf u lucky bastardo

@protectourfreedom8221 4 жыл бұрын

@@bnkdsociety4382 yeah it was crazy...I couldn't stay cool so when I saw him I was like oh shit bobby digital! He then said to me respect bong bong lol

@trublazer933 5 жыл бұрын

RZA... always dropping jewels!!

@charlita25 3 жыл бұрын

Always 👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾

@spearPYN 5 жыл бұрын

It all makes sense now. Ghost was going through a depression in 95 era and thats why he sounded so real and emotional at the time...

@SM-qe7dk 5 жыл бұрын

spearPYN fright and it was better for him to use it as a musical inspiration which is a form of therapy better than any other thing that you can consider obviously it worked the brother progress is still standing strong no man's or no soak or professional psychiatrist or psychiatry which you don't know the origin or history of could have done better peace to the big brother GF k

@RellyOhBoy 5 жыл бұрын

Inspectah Deck is the most underrated member of the Clan.

@umerali2349 5 жыл бұрын

Inspectah is my fave, best opener in Rap history

@cheothegeo2742 4 жыл бұрын

his verse on cream in the single version with that interlude in the middle is top 5 for me.

@InvadersMustDie1918 4 жыл бұрын

No, he's not. We all know him and his potential.

@garrettbeck434 4 жыл бұрын

U-God is the most underrated by a long shot man

@joshd1062 4 жыл бұрын

U god is. But masta killa is slept on big time

@Anfmethodjor 5 жыл бұрын

“Working hard helps me maintain, and learn to overcome the hard aches and pains.”

@danielwilson9724 5 жыл бұрын

Heartache

@spainman2020 4 жыл бұрын

The slang was so heavy in their lyrics, some of that shit I'm still decoding to this day. A lot of shit went over my head back then as a teenager in Memphis TN. That kind of makes it timeless for me, just like a movie you can rewatch and catch something you missed every time.

@seekerundue 4 жыл бұрын

spainman2020 for me it's mostly the science related stuff going over my head. Sometimes I just start bopping and jamming to the track and can't pay attention to lyrics too sometimes.

@baqalfaham6621 5 жыл бұрын

RZA is the sharpest sword of the Wu. My day is rockin already once he spoke up.

@staygold9798 5 жыл бұрын

If you dont have the Tao of Wu... Then your missin out one of the greatest books to ever read ... Its a gem

@dblack6053 4 жыл бұрын

Whats it about?

@StevieGGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Who wrote it

@cjbarbosa207 5 жыл бұрын

Ghost Was Really Going Through It Lost His 2 Brothers And His Daughter Destiny. The Song All That I Got Is You Is What Really Blew Ghost Up More Further In The Game.

@JAMILHOSTILE 5 жыл бұрын

Well if you listened to “All I got is you” Ghost said it ...” 2brothers had muscular dystrophy” ..Killed Me 🤷🏾‍♂️

@imJGott 5 жыл бұрын

JAMIL HOSTILE That’s one of my favorite songs

@STRENGTHSKATEBOARDS 5 жыл бұрын

Why?

@bricbrac28 5 жыл бұрын

That song used to make me cry

@_kanumusic9330 4 жыл бұрын

STRENGTH SKATEBOARDS,LLC possibly because his mom was an addict.

@jzw55 5 жыл бұрын

This is what hip hop does for us. It’s our voice. That’s why we got to rid the culture of these venomous characters promoting pharmaceuticals

@LXP-MUSIC 5 жыл бұрын

word

@PayMeNoMind 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Question then, was anybody a bit taken aback by various mbrs rolling up on-camera? It didn't bother me necessarily, and maybe it was just natural (RZA just said 📽 = 👮), but I thought maybe that would've been excluded 7-10 yrs ago. Maybe.

@Xannyphantom905 5 жыл бұрын

get rid of all the funny little white kids too

@SM-qe7dk 5 жыл бұрын

The medical pharmaceutical companies promo PTSD and every other analysis that they could for the sales of their drugs.

@MK-vi2cm 4 жыл бұрын

@penguins can fly black people did make hiphop. fuck are you talking about?

@warnutztheloser 5 жыл бұрын

Rza need 2 Drop a new album

@jimjones3287 5 жыл бұрын

Bob Diggy!!

@InvadersMustDie1918 4 жыл бұрын

NO.

@Wrestlelesson 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy his albums for now because he has many 😅

@shangtsung1362 4 жыл бұрын

The Cure

@bricbrac28 5 жыл бұрын

That explains U-God attitude with Vlad tv , he was talking like this was an interrogation or something 😂

@aaronsutich-ursell47 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone from a broken home or a shattered childhood can identify with the Wu-Tang message, we all in together,

@MsLeeDennis 5 жыл бұрын

I love RZA!! Love his accent

@SheWhoComesAtNight 4 жыл бұрын

It’s called the “Brooklyn” accent, and it is beautiful to the ear. Also, he is intelligent and handsome. 🥰

@techromancer1 5 жыл бұрын

Wu tang is invincible These new rappers comin out with garbage..no respect for the OGZ Thats why no one will remember them ...but wu will always shine

@raymondsavala9714 3 жыл бұрын

True words

@Abruzzo333 2 жыл бұрын

The only ones who don't respect the OG's are the ones that haven't even been exposed to very much. So it's purely out of ignorance and lack of knowledge.

@AbhyudayGaur 5 жыл бұрын

I wish RZA was my dad lol or my uncle. Dropping knowledge bombs and teaching life lessons. Thank you Wu-Tang

@sjang816 4 жыл бұрын

gza has sick mind blowing lyrics but in a way rza is the genius of the clan

@pharoahfinale1183 4 жыл бұрын

nycjin816 Gza is like a scientist and Rza is a sensei

@dalecumberbatch6601 4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@wmurray003 5 жыл бұрын

They are timeless because they were so much more advanced and ahead of their time.

@meleneb 5 жыл бұрын

OMG I cannot wait to see the doc

@charlita25 3 жыл бұрын

I always knew these brothers were ahead of their time. And I started listening to them while in middle school 🏫 back in the 90’s

@the-engneer 4 жыл бұрын

I really love RZAs outlook on life. He really looks at things in a unique light

@Dmaccabees 5 жыл бұрын

Peace to the WU 🔥🔥🔥 Wisdom Group! 🔥

@PhantomOneOfTheFewTheProud 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody can touch the GODS ever their mathematics always been on point ! Suuuuuuuuu Peace to the God's

@isaacantoniosantelizgarcia1181 5 жыл бұрын

PALABRA

@Tufarock 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest story tellers of the era

@TheAnunnaki-NYC 5 жыл бұрын

GOD DAMN. I been listening to the WU since I purchased the rare first promo single I didn't know was rare back in 1992 , Tearz & Protect Ya Neck 12' single from Music Factory in the Boogie Down Bronx @ Fordham Road and Grand Concourse....man I'm old...... :(

@SiArks1 4 жыл бұрын

Rza so brilliant...his music and book got me through the toughest of times..wu tang 4ever!!

@romanhernandez5141 5 жыл бұрын

You could always learn something from Rza

@charlita25 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have suffered from PTSD as well from a harsh lifestyle in the urban community

@AndrewsOpinion15 5 жыл бұрын

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY RZA OF WU-TANG !!!

@isabelcastro3009 3 жыл бұрын

I could hear RZA talk all day

@bigunclegskunkxxl9173 5 жыл бұрын

The world will be wunited !!!

@Wrestlelesson 4 жыл бұрын

Wu Tang lyrics describe some of my life events in details that is so amazing that is why Wu-Tang is the best 👍🏽

@rastaman39 5 жыл бұрын

Much respect for the great Wu Tang Clan 💯🙏

@rastaman39 5 жыл бұрын

Much respect for the greatest rappers Eva 🙏

@RusPitman 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man I can’t fuckin waiiiiiit

@rockfresh5359 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a new Wu fan 36 go so hard till this day

@charlita25 3 жыл бұрын

“Bong bong “ 🗣 RZA speak on it GOD

@jesusvillanueva3089 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah millstone nj 08510 I live two minutes from rza I was also best friends with his younger brother andre we went to Allentown h.s. I was the only Puerto rican in a all white school so that's way we became Such good friends and also was around some of the members one or twice and this was the time wu tang forever had dropped, such an amazing experience I will never forget and yeah drugs are everywhere Especially painkillers oxycoton

@ryder4life518 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! The way he xeplained the similarities of the hood and the suburbs and the common conecction of drug use as an escape from depression and the way the higher class can maybe better understand what their children are going through from hiphop was so powerful and imo was a barrier breaker fir racism

@michaelarrington2345 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up around and with them and Wu-Tang is def real in what they say and did. And how they spoke there words through hip hop.

@jesusvillanueva3089 3 жыл бұрын

Yep Millstone my beautiful town i live next to rza his brother dre is my best friend

@ChrisC2468 3 жыл бұрын

Wu forever. All day everyday, But Liquid Swords is freaking amazing.

@blacklaidback1457 4 жыл бұрын

i can really relate to this. Im going to speak through my music

@GrillMatic_SmokinBBQ 3 жыл бұрын

Wu tang Clan should be a subject studied in a college or university somewhere. These is the modern day Shakespeares bro

@isaacantoniosantelizgarcia1181 5 жыл бұрын

WU TANG FOREVER MY INFLUENCE

@ka-bapraxis5887 5 жыл бұрын

Yo what is this a movie or something? And when is this coming out?

@VintageScienceMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Legendary

@Goatchild90 5 жыл бұрын

Wu-Tang is for the children

@NeechOne 5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Stephens How is Wu-Tang for children? Like what exactly do they do for children that benefits them?

@Goatchild90 5 жыл бұрын

@@NeechOne You're clearly not part of the culture so there's no point in wasting my time and energy explaining it to you

@NeechOne 5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Stephens So in other words: you don’t know. You’re just some idiot repeating a senseless slogan. Gotcha👍🏾

@AppleJosh0 5 жыл бұрын

@@Goatchild90 it is a quote from ODB

@NeechOne 5 жыл бұрын

@@AppleJosh0 A nonsense drunken quote he made at the awards that everybody runs with like its gospel. It's fuckin retarded.

@urmonn8162 5 жыл бұрын

I was watching old vids with odb and Wu Tang, Rza,,is seriously the dopest of the whole entire wu,,,real talk

@urmonn8162 5 жыл бұрын

Secondly hardly anyone had that kind of energy of the Wu, the energy was crazy back than, Rza actually looked irritated with Odb, probably good since he was a crackhead lol, but seriously shimmy ya live is almost like crack lol

@urmonn8162 5 жыл бұрын

And thirdly Trudy mc birdly,, I know most of lyrics and never overplayed it.... boom bam ah man I slam,

@urmonn8162 5 жыл бұрын

Never underestimate your own power to observe and apply

@urmonn8162 5 жыл бұрын

We were actual martial artist Hip Hop heads ,real Chinese Kung Fu, real Hip Hop

@urmonn8162 5 жыл бұрын

Observe and apply, I never understood people that watch sports but dont shoot hoops

@seekerundue 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone watch the documentary?

@monalisadavinci9555 2 жыл бұрын

RZA- super noble person 😉😎 hello from Latvia crazy blonde 😊

@ThorntonM 5 жыл бұрын

Rza should start a school.

@Alive.On.Arrival 5 жыл бұрын

where can i get that head attire rza is rocking

@goku781 5 жыл бұрын

Wu Tang is Forever.

@ernestocaro9802 3 жыл бұрын

Bong !!!

@azeemali7102 4 жыл бұрын

I feel u, been traumatized for years even before 911, then 2008

@kalilallen7137 4 жыл бұрын

🐐🔥

@omororagland4850 4 жыл бұрын

His verse on Wu Gambino's is still a chopper up close in your face

@NA-du5vm 4 жыл бұрын

Yo I can listen to the God build for hours.

@DermDZL1 3 жыл бұрын

On the cool, I would love to see Wu-Tang Clan drop a big book with nothing but their lyrics.

@ShaAllahShabazzMBA 5 жыл бұрын

We grew up not talking. Every camera is like a cop to us. Amin Brother Rakeem. I'm still the same way. One of my brothers asked me about that yesterday. Why do you only upload audio recordings and never video? I gave the same answer that the RZA gave. I don't like cameras. Cameras are a narcotic. Look at social media. Everyone is shooting dope, on camera, ever day and every alphabet soup agency in America knows it. Keep the code. More often than not, it won't fail you. Peace

@llclassifiedll8179 5 жыл бұрын

Peace god

@ShaAllahShabazzMBA 5 жыл бұрын

@@llclassifiedll8179 Peace Lord

@MINDxWORM 5 жыл бұрын

RZA sitting next to an older version of himself

@seblee2664 5 жыл бұрын

👐🏻

@j2323j 5 жыл бұрын

Gravediggaz - 6 feet deep

@Koa51911 5 жыл бұрын

Ruler Zigzagzig Allah

@lilyleyva6241 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby 😍💕

@D1G1TALFOX 5 жыл бұрын

V E R Y N I C E . . . T Y 🦊 😎

@hoggybhoy1967 4 жыл бұрын

RZA is a talented bastard. His aura helped make WU what it was. His ego has made WU what it is.

@REVAMPEDWRESTLING2K Жыл бұрын

I never thought I would see RZA in skinny jeans, what happened to this guy... From gangsta to soft as a marshmallow

@SCUBONZIES 5 жыл бұрын

Rza 1 ;)

@stratepaper8508 4 жыл бұрын

Wu tang fitted🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👑

@shakleton768S 5 жыл бұрын

wutang, wutang!

@adriandelacruz353 4 жыл бұрын

If ghostface raised 2 siblings, then I wouldn't label him as having a weak heart. Being weak is a term similar to lacking strength to performing demanding and physical activity. If ghost was able to raise siblings then he would be more of a strong heart. Theres alot of people whom experience people crack and crumble eventually leading to a negative spectrum. He was depressed but being depressed is more of a state of mind which are considered as feelings. Ghostface is a hero, a role model and a savior with a strong heart. So Rza might want to reconsider or let's just say rephrase his words.

@tention5610 2 жыл бұрын

and thats why wutang is for the children, rip odb

@TangFiend1 4 жыл бұрын

"Yo, Black men don't ski" - Clifford Method Man

@irenajoskova6107 4 жыл бұрын

My opinion hip hop is a lyrical genius poetry comes from the ispiration from the tuff ruff rugged life experience .

@hordakskeletor4345 5 жыл бұрын

👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐

@_el_louie_213 4 жыл бұрын

i see why everyone in Wu, dislike Rza.

@rasmillions 4 жыл бұрын

WU!

@foxlujainechannel5746 5 жыл бұрын

Think god there's a wu-tang in this planet

@Tonyplat98 4 жыл бұрын

damn they got old.... geez....

@darksharxz 5 жыл бұрын

WU TANG Is the Children

@deobfl847 5 жыл бұрын

Peace to the God and earth 7

@SM-qe7dk 5 жыл бұрын

Ptsd' the god? The strong warriors of the original nation? Go fond me that in any ancient text, please.

@frecmenta5114 4 жыл бұрын

Let RZA tell us why so few dough per WTC members ? Why others have over 20 mill and they have under 20 mill ?

@DjNiX9011 4 жыл бұрын

Wu-Tang for the children, that's the scripture and phrase

@javih36vv 4 жыл бұрын

If you have a pair of neurons in the US you are a genius.

@JB-hl1qx 5 жыл бұрын

Ruler zig zag zig Allah... #wutangforever

@sontwisted 5 жыл бұрын

but there not

@chleb3832 5 жыл бұрын

Noice

@trenapier206 4 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt that all the rappers out now will still be relevant in 20 years...

@KingSum1 5 жыл бұрын

Give Melle Mel back his jacket son

@rickdavenport9538 5 жыл бұрын

Naw,Thriller & Beat it. Lol!!

@stacytaylor4876 Жыл бұрын

Their going to low security federal prison

@harizotoh7 4 жыл бұрын

Sacha Jenkins has the most Jewish voice ever. I think he's a Jew-black mix.

@ricardocunha5541 5 жыл бұрын

why the hell when i open the old testament always shows up. tha majority of times chapters about the israelis

@7LAMPSofFIRE 5 жыл бұрын

You meant The Hebrew Israelites. Am I Right, esau? Or do you prefer cain?🤭

@gfbmusic 5 жыл бұрын

DEPRESSION IS GOOD FOR POETRY N LYRICS. PEOPLE WHO SMILE ALL THE TIME R SHIT ARTISTZ. WE LIVE IN A TRAGIC WORLD WHERE SLAVERY IS STILL THE PROMINENT SYSTEM. MONEY IS THE VEHICLE FOR IT. POOR PEOPLE ARE IRRELEVANT. THE HYPOCRISY IS HILARIOUS.