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The Wu Tang Issue
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Killa Bee's!
WU TANG
In this issue WE Drop knowlege on THE legendary
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what Raekwon, Ghost and Meth like for desert.
KNOW YOUR WU TANG ICE CREAM FLAVOURS!! / Find out
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on the men, the myths and the legends, plus give you a short history of The Wu and each members
The Wu Tang Clan: The Members (and Their Legendarily Badass Achievements!)/ We fill you in
the land of Shoalin through the eyes of The Wu!
YOUR GUIDE TO WU YORK CITY! / See New York City and
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what a conversation between Bill Murray, Gza and Rza might consist of? Well we have the answer for you!
BILL 'GROUNDHOG DAY, GHOST BUSTIN' ASS' MURRAY!? / Ever wondered
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Tang Glossary
KNOW YOUR WU TANG SLANG! / Think of it as your Wu
FACT 1/ Wu Tang Clan aint...
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peep what lies ahead of you!
FINAL THOUGHTS / A question for the masse s.
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FACT 2/ C.R.E.A.M.
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Wu Tang is for the children....
BUMRUSH THE STAGE!/
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you the do's and don'ts of Wu throwin’!
WANNA KNOW HOW TO THORW UP YA WU? / We show
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THE MEMBERS
rehab center.) In 1994 Method Man’s Tical began Wu-Tang Clan’s forefathers, began Despite all of the legal strife a series of Wu solo projects. Tical collaborating as early as 1976 — hip-hop empire with street poetics, and solo achievements, the Wuwas named after the Wu’s slang when RZA was eight years old. As kung fu mythology, ingenious Tang brotherhood remained a term for marijuana. The following break dancing and freestyle circles production and entrepreneurial unit and recorded two more Wu solo efforts, mostly produced or sprang up all over New York City, savvy. The outfit’s rugged beats group albums: Wu-Tang Forever coproduced by RZA, also achieved RZA and GZA began writing rhymes and top-notch MCing have taken and 2000’s The W. In 1995 the both commercial and critical and challenging other MCs to the two-turntables-and-a-mike Wu-Tang Clan launched the acclaim: Raekwon’s Only Built 4 battle. During junior high school, foundation of hip-hop to its grimiest, lucrative Wu Wear clothing Cuban Linx, Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s RZA befriended Ghostface Killah, and arguably most artistic extreme. line, and three years later Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty U-God, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method A collective of relatives and close created the video game Version and Nigga Please; GZA’s Man, and Raekwon. In 1987, while friends, the Wu-Tang Clan has its Shaolin Style. In 2000 RZA Liquid Swords and Beneath the selling marijuana, RZA purchased a roots in the hostile housing projects produced the score to Surface; Ghostface Killah’s Ironman 4-track and began moonlighting as of Staten Island, New York (also and made a cameo and Supreme Clientele; RZA’s RZA as a producer. referred to as Shaolin in Wu lore). appearance in Jim Bobby Digital in Stereo; Inspectah Around the time RZA was on Cousins RZA and GZA, the Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog, Deck’s Uncontrolled Substance. trial for attempted murder (in 1992 a film about a black RZA also recorded two albums as a he was acquitted on the grounds samurai who works as producer/member of the of self-defense), the Wu-Tang Clan a Mafia hitman. group Gravediggaz. recorded its first single “Protect Ya Ol’ Dirty Amidst all of the prosperity, Neck.” The group members sold the Bastard, real name certain Wu members found single to local record stores and Russell Jones, themselves in legal trouble. In 1999 radio stations, and it became collapsed and Ghostface Killah was sentenced an underground success. died of a heart to four to six months in prison for Loud Records soon signed the attack on charges stemming from an assault Wu-Tang Clan to a deal the afternoon and robber y incident. Ol’ Dirty that gave the group members of November Bastard, who temporarily gave creative control and the freedom 13, 2004. himself the pseudonym Big Baby to negotiate solo projects with Jesus, was arrested twice in 1998, other labels. In 1993 Loud released once for threatening to kill his exEnter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), girlfriend and once for threatening a ghetto narrative filled with security guards at a blues club. In martial-arts metaphysics and January 1999 ODB was arrested for cryptic instrumentation. Songs like opening fire on police officers (a “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Can It Be All So few weeks later a Brooklyn grand Simple” introduced RZA’s knack for jur y declined to indict him), and juxtaposing beats, poignant subject in March of the same year was matter, and street vernacular. The video for “Da Mystery of Chessboxin’,” arrested for possession of crack cocaine. In November 2000 ODB depicting hooded swordsmen in fled a court-mandated stay at a black and white masks dueling Pasadena, California, rehab center on a giant chessboard, received and was found by law enforcement frequent airplay on BET’s Rap City a few weeks later outside a and illustrated the group’s McDonald’s in Philadelphia. In April mystic philosophies. 2001 he pleaded guilty to the drug charge and faced a two-to-fouryear jail term. (In light of the plea, the court ignored his flight from the
The Wu Tang Clan established a
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to himself, during his shermedout years Bobby built--using his own rapidly-accruing wealth-an armored suit capable of withstanding AK-47 machine gun fire, so that he could go out and fight crime on the streets armorplated-Batman-style. Unfortunately, the vastly expensive armor was stolen in an act of comic-bookworthy criminal ballsiness. Ask
The Legend: According
single, "How to Rob," 50 Cent threatened to run up on RZA and jack him for his funny-ass rings (pictured above). Now ask yourself for a moment: does the idea that Mr. Digital would sit back and take that shit strike you as mythical? It does us. Also, would you really want to be caught in a dark alley mugging a guy who's studied Kung Fu, and whose first punch could knock out one eye and most of your teeth?
The Myth: On his breakthrough
Again according to RZA, during their teenage years he and Grice were trapped in an abandoned building, alone and unarmed, by a group of gang members. Weilding nothing but a Shriners cap, the nickname of Genius and an intimate knowledge of Five Percenter lessons, GZA walked out--still unarmed--and talked mystical gibberjabber at them until they wandered away empty-handed. Okay, so it’s not a bulletproof suit of armor...but if a normal human being could pull that shit off, every Rabbi in New York would be bulletproof.
The Legend:
There are no myths about this man, he is 100% raw sexy myster y. Although again, that might just be those gigantic pistols talking.
The Myth:
Gary Grice when no one’s looking, is RZA’s cousin and one of the lyrical backbones of the Wu-Tang clan. He was also one of the only two (along with Method Man--more on that later) that had his own solo track on the group’s debut album, Enter the Wu Tang: 36 Chambers. When he later got the chance to record a RZA-produced solo album, it was considered one of the best rap albums of all time. That might be enough of an accomplishment... if you want to ignore his twodecades-plus-long career in a genre that sees Eminem-level stars come and go within periods of twoto-four years. Also, if you want to ignore that pair of giant guns he’s shoving in your face right now. We sure don’t.
The Man: GZA, also known as
The Man: RZA, or Robert Diggs,
yourself for a moment which is more terrifying: the idea of a is the founder/producer of the random criminal with an AK-proof Wu-Tang Clan and the architect of deathsuit or a millionaire rapper the sound behind their explosion careening about NYC like a in popularity. You may think that version of Will Smith's Hancock counts as his Badass Achievement fried on Angel Dust. of the Century, but no. Not content with creating some of the most incredible beats in hip-hop, he also lays down some of his own psychobabble vocals from time to time, and a lot of the time they actually make sense. If you feel that making sense is hardly an accomplishment, keep in mind that from 1997 to around 2003 he was addicted to weed laced with PCP.
THE GZA A.K.A. THE GENIUS A.K.A. MAXIMILLIAN
THE GZA
THE RZA A.K.A. THE ABBOTT A.K.A. BOBBY DIGITAL
THE RZA
Mr. Bastard was one of the most incredibly unlikely ladies' men the world has ever seen. We're talking truly Zeus-like-mythical proportions here, as in having a veritable cornucopia of children spread out over different women. If he came upon a woman with a boyfriend at a concert, he would introduce the guy to the rest of the Clan. Then, while the poor fuck was sitting there all starstruck, Dirty would take his girl in the back and bang her silly. All of the Clan members maintain that he had a hidden wisdom about him, and if that doesn't say unseen mystical powers, we don't know what does.
The Myth: Apparently, the late
The Legend: If you believe the and GZA, ODB was the Wu's loose news stories, when he was caught cannon--literally. He was known with vials of crack in 1999, ODB for his lyrical prowess (namely asked the cops to "make the unleashing relentless torrents of crack vials disappear," asserting crack-feuled nonsensespeak that it would hurt his image as upon unsuspecting listeners). a role model. The sheer blackDirty passed away in 2004 of an hole-spawning density of balls exploded motherfucking bag of required for this is almost cocaine--mixed with a painkiller unimaginable. "Hey, officer? called Tramadol, no less--in his Mind chucking that rock stomach. Before that he was in and down a drain somewhere? out of jail, usually stemming from Or smoke it yourself, I humdrum, everyday charges like don't give a fuck. I got an shooting at policemen for pulling image to maintain here." him over, being caught with crack, Really, rest in peace, and escaping from rehab facilities but a role model (multiple times!). Want it to get for what? Having creepy ? He died days before his dozens of kids with a 36th birthday, which holds special handful of women, significance in the Clan's Divine spending long Mathematics-based numerology stretches in prison, system, as evidenced by the titles and dying early of both the Clan's debut and his from a massive own first album, Return to the 36 overdose? Chambers: The Dirty Version.
The Man: Cousin to both RZA
A.K.A. ASON UNIQUE A.K.A. DIRT MCGIRT
OL'DIRTY BASTARD
famous, eponymous Jeep was repossessed for failure to pay over $50,000 worth of income taxes. His response? “Myself, I’m a pothead. It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget everything else.” Sure, mister tax collector, take my Jeep, fuck it. Want a hit off this blunt?
The Legend: In 2009, Meth’s
Method Man will “tie you to the bedpost, put a hanger on the stove, let it sit there for like a half hour, then stick it in ya ass real slow, like SSSSSSSS” but we don’t really know. And we don’t want to find out. But tell us that 30 minutes of watching a wire hanger glow red-hot on a stove wouldn’t prompt you to give him all the weed and malt liquor he wants, plus his run of your girl if he felt like it.
The Myth: We are told that
was the only other member of the Wu that got a solo cut on Enter the Wu-Tang. He has a propensity for marijuana perhaps equaled only by Snoop Dogg himself, and his extroverted style made him RZA’s choice for the first Wu-Tang Clansman to get a solo album, namely Tical. Since then he’s gone on to become a celebrity of massive proportions, posterchild for pot, and generally the class clown heir apparent after the death of ODB.
The Man: As mentioned, Meth
A.K.A. JOHNNY BLAZE A.K.A. TICAL
METHOD MAN
Just...Goddamn .
when most of the Wu-Tang were expressing heavy dissatisfaction with RZA’s production work on their fifth group album 8 Diagrams, Ghostface also politely suggested that RZA’s production company was
The Legend: Back in 2007,
has it that Ghostface doesn’t like self-aggrandizing pricks talking shit about his Clan. It’s rumored that he’s beat up no less than two of the highest-profile rappers (for their respective eras) at the drop of a hat: apparently he slapped the crap out of Ma$e back when he had millions of dollars, breaking his jaw. Also, when 50 Cent was just starting to rise in popularity, Ghost allegedly pushed him down some stairs for that slick talk in “How to Rob.”
The Myth: Common wisdom
coming up severely short with his the two Wu-Tang members devoted motherfucking royalties. Seeing almost exclusively to reliving as how he had a solo album of Scarface as closely as possible with his own coming out, and shit like a minimum of getting ejected out this drums up nice publicity for of gigantic bay windows by the guys like him who just don’t give sheer force of all that machine gun a fuck, he forced RZA to push fire. He was forced to wear a mask back the group album a week during public appearances early just to accomodate what was on, because of an outstanding technically the group’s own warrant. Also, back when the Wuside project. Then he took Tang would have to brawl their way the head and founding out of the underground NYC clubs member of his group to they performed in, Ghost would take court, won the amount he on five guys by himself. This terrifying claimed, and then went aspect is best summed up by his on to outsell his own own appropriately ridiculous words, group’s album, which “Gorilla, injected with strength of he also got paid for, eighty midgets.” seeing as how he was on it and all.
The Man: Ghostface is one of
A.K.A. IRONMAN A.K.A. TONY STARK
GHOST FACE KILLAH
Masta Killa pulled off a pissedreporter flinging-shoes-at-Bushlevel moment of badasser y when he completed and recorded his vocals that night. You see, Killa was the only member of the Wu-Tang Clan who didn’t even know how to rap when they met. That’s like you walking up to John Lennon, picking up a guitar and becoming the fifth Beatle.
The Legend: Unlike Killah Priest,
Priest, the only reason Masta Killa ended up in the Clan and Priest ended up chasing RZA for spare change was because during the recording of the last song for 36 Chambers, Priest fell asleep writing his verse instead of recording it. That is possibly the weakest excuse for not joining a legendary group imaginable.
The Myth: According to Killah
picture of him we could find. Not because he’s a vegetarian- but because he’s probably the only PETA member who could sneak into your room in the night and murder you without a trace. Apparently, Masta Killa decided to model his diet after his nickname, unlike RZA, who modeled his nickname after his debilitating drug habit. Masta Killa wins.
The Man: That’s the most badass
A.K.A. JAMEL IRIEF A.K.A. NOODLES
MASTA KILLAH
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mentioned his groundbreaking debut. Well, fourteen years later in 2009, after two all-around duds and four full years of putting off the project, he put out Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II to some heavy critical acclaim and kicked off a wave-no, a monsoon--of rappers putting out poorly-crafted sequels to their “classic” debut albums. So it’s kind of a mixed blessing, but hey, the total amount of successful rap sequel albums for 2010-2078 will probably include one: his.
The Legend: We’ve already
family say he might have a weed problem, but we don’t believe it.
The Myth: Close friends and
after the recording of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords, 36 Chambers Studios, the basement studio of one Bobby Digital, flooded out. An entire album’s worth of RZA beats recorded for Inspectah Deck’s album was destroyed. What with both RZA and Deck being at the top of their game at the time, to rap fan this is the equivalent of Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola never getting together to film a little movie called The Godfather: sure, we get on fine without it, but we will never know what could have been.
The Legend: Legend has it that
claims that his next album will be his last one, and also continues to claim that RZA will be producing half or all of it. This is about as mythical as it gets.
The Myth: Deck continually
need to know about U-God. No one cares about him.
having talent to begin with, which quickly ran dry, and routinely putting out the worst albums known to the entire Wu-Tang discography (which includes an Alexandria-sized librar y of side projects that are affronts to Jesus), U-God is still a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. That is some truly legendar y shit.
The Legend: Despite barely
U-God has claimed RZA would fully produce his next album. Fans took a hearty laugh when RZA instead announced he’d be doing GZA’s next album Liquid Swords II and Nas’ next album. And picking up his mail, taking out his trash--you know, important things.
The Myth: Like Inspectah Deck,
The Man: There is nothing you
for a long time, considered the lyrical pinch-hitter of the Wu. One verse of his could make a single, but unfortunately for him, nobody can really listen to him on a whole song. There’s really nothing else you can add to that.
A.K.A GOLDEN ARMS A.K.A. "WHO?"
The Man: Inspectah Deck was,
REBEL INS A.K.A. ROLLIE FINGAZ
picture for a second. Don’t try to estimate how much marijuana is sitting on that table. Don’t try to tally up how much it must cost. Just stare. Can you tell that Raekwon is the other guy in the Wu obsessed with a certain Al Pachino portrayal? We thought you could. Raekwon’s solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, was assisted by Ghostface Killah (it was more of a collaboration album, really) and is considered--even moreso than Liquid Swords--to be one of the greatest rap albums ever created. Seriously, people are still calling it an album that set the bar, when in this day and age “instant classics” like Tha Carter IIIare utterly forgotten about a year later. Go ahead; Google “best rap albums of all time.” I defy you to find a list that doesn’t include Cuban Linx somewhere.
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INSPECTAH INSPECTAH U-GOD DECK
The Man: Just stare at that
A.K.A. SHALLAH RAEKWON A.K.A. LEX DIAMONDS
RAEKWON THE CHEF
Watch these rap n****s get all up in your guts French-vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate-deluxe Even caramel sundaes is getting touched And scooped in my ice cream truck, who tears it up
[Hook: Method Man]
Ma, Ma, throw down some money The ice cream man is coming
[Intro: Method Man]
Recipe:
"Dear Uncle Sam" by The Charmels (chopped-up guitar segments) "Ice Cream Man" by Eddie Murphy (the repeated phrase "The Ice Cream Man is coming!!") "Ice Cream Man (rare demo)" by Method Man "Then You Can Tell Me" by Bettye Swann "A Time For Love" by Earl Klugh
Ingredients:
Lauryn Hill later sampled "Ice Cream" on her song "I Used to Love Him", from her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The Game later remixed "Ice Cream" with his "Can't Understand" freestyle in 2004.
The song features Method Man in the intro, chorus and outro, Ghostface Killah in the first verse, and Cappadonna in the third, though none of them are officially credited on the single. The B-side of the single is "Incarcerated Scarfaces" and was featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005). Both songs were included on the compilation album The RZA Hits (1999).
"Ice Cream", released in 1995, is the third solo single by Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon, from his debut studio album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
The WU devise An interesting and unique concept of comparing women to ice cream...
Black chocolate girl wonder, shade brown like Thunder
[Verse 3: Cappadonna]
[Hook]
[Verse 2: Raekwon] Shaolin’s finest, what up boo, peace your highness Yo I’m lounging, big dick style y’all n****s is the flyest Moves you’re making too fly jewels are shaking Not a rape patient, you’re looking good fly colored Asian Ghettoes, them is your hometown We can go the whole round After that, I’m shooting downtown I’m rocking hats and your wig is all intact Who’s that queen bee chick, eyes pearly black Freaks be moving in fly sneaks Two-finger rings and gold teeth and ain’t afraid to hold heat So when I step in the square dear You better have C.R.E.A.M. to share, Ricans, ven aqui yeah
[Hook]
Yo honey dip, summertime fine, jewelry dripping Seen you on Pickens with a bunch of chickens how you’re clicking I kept shooting strong notes as we got close She rocked rope, honey throat smelling like Impulse Your whole shell baby’s wicked like Nimrod Caught me like a fresh-water scrod, or may I not be God Attitude is very rude boo, crabby like seafood It turns me on like Vine’s Cee Allah Rule They call me Starky Love hon, check the strategy By any means, Shirley Temple curls was done by Billie Jeans Black Mrs. America, your name is Erica, right true Lazy eyeball, small feet, six shoe Caramel complexion, breath smelling like cinnamon Excuse me hon, the Don mean no harm, turn around again God damn, backyard’s banging like a Benzi If I was jiggy, you’d be spotted like Spuds McKenzie I’m high-powered put Adina Howard to sleep Yo pardon, that bitch been on my mind all week Back to you Maybeline Queen let’s make a team You can have anything in this world except C.R.E.A.M So what you wanna do, what you wanna do Let’s go ahead and walk these dogs and represent Wu
[Verse 1: Ghostface]
WU TANG ICE CREAM FLAVOURs!!
Know your
One love to my butter-pecan Ricans for calling me Papi That’s for real One love to caramel sundaes, with the cherries on top Yeah and big up to my French Vanillas Parlez vous, francais, mi amor, merci, oui oui, bon bons And all that good stuff, that good stuff
Ice cold bitches melt down when in the clutch They want they titties sucked, ice cream One love to my chocolate deluxes, keep your nails done And your wigs tight, word up
[Hook]
Ice cold bitches melt down when in my clutch And want their titties sucked, ice cream Yeah, your guts
[Hook]
Wu-Tang in the cut, for real n****s what It’s the after-party and bitches want to fuck
[Outro: Method Man]
Politic to your deficit step, gimme your number Your sexy persuasive ta-ta’s and thighs Catch my eyes like highs, I want your bodily surprise Double down some time, Ice Cream you got me falling out like a cripple I love you like I love my dick size Ooh baby I miss you, your sweet tender touches Take pulls off the Dutches Orgasm in my mindstate, masturbate in your clutches I want you for self like wealth, so play me closely Bitches paranoia for the sting, who want the most of me Only a hard dozen wanna be calling me cousin Thirsty for my catalog, baby shopping spree you’re loving Call me if you want to get dug like the pockets I jissom like a giant, break wombs out of the sockets
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Flavours: French-vanilla Butter-pecan
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Bamma: Gun. BONES: Money. Burner: Gun. Biscuit: Gun. C-Cipher: Cops, police. “Watch for
the wooden soldiers, C-cipher punks couldn´t hold us”. From “Triumph”. Cakes: Kilos. Calicio: Gun. Cheddar: Money.
This is the Wu Tang Slang Guide!
If you're a real Wu Tang fan then you've got to understand what they are saying and mean in their lyrics. The meaning of common analogies used in their lyrics are shown here- they represent Wu's philosophy.
WU TANG SLANG!
KNOW YOUR
5-0 Killer Bees: Anthidium Manicalcum; This is the most aggressive territorial bee known. Male often kills any bee who enters their territory. This bee represents Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Bobby Digital (RZA), Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna. Megachile Willughbiella; Represent Killarmy, Sunz of Man, Royal Fam and Shyheim. Apis Mellifera; Represent Black Knights of the North Star, A.I.G., Ruthless bastards, Remedy and The Beggaz. Knuckle Up: Ready to fight, by closing ones fist and opening it or popping knuckles. “Start to knuckle up and, gun shots start to click the block’s duckin.” From North Star(Jewels) Liquid Swords: Being lyrically sharp with your tongue. Noodles: Masta Killa’s alias, taken from the character played by Robert De Niro in “Once Upon A Time In America” directed by Sergio Leone. P.L.O. Style: Stands for Palestine Liberation Organization, a group
Chef: Cocaine cook. “Chef Cocain cook, a marvelous book”. From “Heaterz”. Cherry Head: Idiot Chips: Money Chrome: Gun Cream: Money, as in ‘Cash Rules Everything Around Me’ (C.R.E.A.M.) Clarks: Company who makes “Wallabees”. “Boom, yo I got a crazy idea how to do Clarks now.” From “Glaciers of Ice”. Cuban Linx: A type of gold chain Raekwon has it on in Ghostfaces album cover. Delf: Self, solo, dolo. Drop Science: Drop knowledge, demonstrate wisdom or skill. Gold Fronts: Vampire-tyle gold teeth Gully: Ghetto Style Heaterz: Gun Ice : 1. Drugs, particullarly cocaine. 2. Diamonds. “We gonna pull a heist, snatch ice or rock mics”. Ice Cream : 1. see “Ice” 2. A fly honey or fly girl.
of Arab terrorists. Ruckus: A disturbance, commotion. Sun, Moon and Stars: Man, Woman and Child. Swayze: To disappear, like a ghost, after Patrick Swayze. Tiger Style: Is a hard external style that meets force with force with force. Its primary hand weapons are the closed fist and the tiger claw while the kicking manuevers are usually low to middle range kicks of extreme power. The key to the style is the strong counter attack. Timberlands: Wu’s footwear of choice, rock these in winter and Clarks in the summer. Toast: Gun UFO’S: Anyone not from your neighborhood. Walk The Dog: Taking care of business. Wallabes: A brand of shoes made by clarks, those are those shoes on the Ironman album cover, Ghostface dyes all his wallabee. Wally’s: Short for Wallabees. (See
Wallabees). “Red and white Wally’s that match, bend my baseball hat.” From “Daytona 500”. Wigg: Head, as in “I’m gonna split your wig with the heater” (see Heaterz). What The Blood Clot: What the fuck? Whip: Car Flavour Wallabes: Wallabees that are dyed. Yard: A three-year sentence. 16-Oh: A building in Park Hill;number 160. 6 Feet Deep: How deep your buried when your dead. 5-0: The police. 917: This the area code where cell phones and pagers are on in New York.. “smoke a blunt and dial 917”. From “Winter War’. 971: HOT 97, A CHR-turned-hip-hop station in New York.
house call yo. GZA: House call? RZA: Yeah, a house call, yeah. Sophia and Sifu’s children got sick with the flu and the virus. So I went by, prescribed so herbal medicines for them. Erm I told em, you know, lay of the dairy products, chill on the citric acids, makes you feel a litle better, you know. GZA: Hmmm, so, you a doctor now or somthin’? RZA: Yeah yo, I told you yo. I been studying alternative medicine for two
RZA: Yeah had a fucking emergency
you on the horn.
RZA: Yo yo yo Peace Yo GZA: Bobby, word. Sit down yo. RZA: Pardon for being late fam. GZA: Aint nothing man, I was about to hit
[GZA refills HIS cup of herbal tee AS RZA enters]
GZA: Damn Rza, where the fuck you at?
[GZA sits in A cafe alone and checks HIS phone]
years now son. I mean ancient healing techniques and all that yo. Check this yo, I even know a certain surgical procedure that I can perform using a drill-gun. . Electric drill-gun like, dzzzzz, dzzzzzz. Dead serious yo. But you know my hands is nice from being a DJ, you nahmean? So to me music and medicine all go together, it’s like two planets revolving around the same sun. So bong-bong. GZA: Want some tea? RZA: Yea, splash me. GZA: It’s all herbals, man. No caffeine. RZA: That’s what I’m talking about. No caffeine. Caffeine is ridiculous right now, man. For real GZA: Tell me about it. RZA: I’m serious. Caffeine, caffeine leads to depression, makes you all irritable, have your heart beating fast. Faster heart rate, you nahmean? And worse than anything, you drink that coffee, it gives you the shits, you nahmean? So I try to stay away from that. GZA: I’m off that shit, anyway. RZA: Crisp and clean. No caffeine. Trust,
What follows is a transcript of the Murray, Rza and Gzas segment of CofFe and cigarettes, 'Delirium':
The indulgence of addictions and obsessions frequently brings out the poetry in us (think Coleridge on opium). Jim Jarmusch filmed people known for taking artistic license here and there (Bill Murray, Steve Buscemi, Jack and Meg White, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop and many more) while they indulged in two of their favorite--and legal--addictions: coffee and cigarettes. What he got was pure genius.
Two Wu-Tang Clan members are waited on in a coffee shop by Bill Murray.
[Bill Murray sits down with RZA and GZA.]
BILL MURRAY: Anybody need more coffee? Kitchen’s closing. GZA: No, we don’t mess with caffeine. BILL MURRAY: You don’t? GZA: No, I don’t. RZA: Don’t you know caffeine can cause serious delirium? BILL MURRAY: Delirium? RZA: Serious delirium. BILL MURRAY: Well Now you tell me, well, that may be my problem, delirium. GZA: Yo. Aren’t you Bill Murray, man? That’s Bill Murray!? BILL MURRAY: Yeah, I’m Bill Murray... but err let’s keep that just between us, all right? Just between us.
[Bill Murray enters cafe as employee]
RZA: Wu Tang forever.
Wu Tang forever.
yo, to Liquid Swords family
GZA: Nah, to Bobby Digital. Word,
between us. Here, cheers. GZA: You know, before I gave that up I used to drink it every night, every single
aren’t you?
BILL MURRAY: Just Keep it down. Just
RZA: Damn, that’s harsh, money. GZA: You’re a real caffeine junkie,
[Bill Murray Pauses to drink coffee from the pot.]
BILL MURRAY: And, errr, you guys are, errr, related? RZA: Yeah, we’re cousins. We’re family man. BILL MURRAY: No, you’re messing with me now because you’re both troublemakers. GZA: Troublemakers? BILL MURRAY: The Wu-Tang Clan. GZA: Right, Wu-Tang Clan. BILL MURRAY: You’re GZA, the genius. GZA: That’s right. BILL MURRAY: And you’re RZA... RZA: A.k.A... dululululululululu BILL MURRAY: Bobby Digital. RZA: Yeah, he knows hip-hop yo, he knows hip-hop. GZA: And you’re Bill Murray. Bill “Groundhog Day, Ghostbusting ass” Murray. RZA:“Who ya gonna call?” BILL MURRAY: I know that. Just don’t tell anybody. GZA: What you mean, don’t tell anybody, Bill Muwway? I mean People will come here, they’ll see you. You’re Bill Murray. It’s obvious. GZA: Unless you’re wearing a disguise or something. BILL MURRAY: Well I am wearing kind of a disguise.
BILL MURRAY!?
"GROUNDHOG DAY, GHOSTBUSTIN' ASS"
RZA: Damn, that doesn’t sound to good Bill Muwway. BILL MURRAY: It’s not flu or anything. It’s
[Bill Murry coughs heavily and Rza pats him on the back.]
BILL MURRAY: I know a guy who freezes coffee, puts sticks in it, has himself a coffee Popsicle, A caf pop. GZA: A caf pop?
[Bill Murray lights up a ciggerete with a BBQ Lighter.]
night up until it was time to go to sleep. Used to make me dream faster. You know, like when they flash those cameras on those Indy 500 cars and they just, fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh. Thats how my dreams was, Just whizzing by. RZA: Haha. You’re stupid, yo. BILL MURRAY: He is stupid, isn’t he? RZA: Word, yo.
man, nicotine interferes with your central nervous system and your respiratorial system. In very small doses, it causes paralysis. BILL MURRAY: Really? RZA: Yeah, really, man. I mean, just 50 mg alone have been proven to be fatal in a few minuets man. BILL MURRAY: How much is in one cigarette? RZA: 3mg, and did you know they also use nicotine for insecticide to kill bugs. BILL MURRAY: It’s good if it kills bugs, right? RZA: But are you a bug Bill Muwway? BILL MURRAY: Jesus, RZA, you sound like my doctor. GZA: He is a doctor. Actually he specializes in Alternative medicine..... That is alternative to this planet. BILL MURRAY: Do me a favour and don’t tell anybody you saw me here. ok?
just a smoker’s cough.
RZA: That’s what I’m saying, nicotine
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fucking Murray RZA: Thats crazy yo, damn yo its 3 o’clock god.
RZA: Word GZA: Word, Bill mother
[Bill Murray gets up and leaves.]
BILL MURRAY: Doc, what could I do for this cough? RZA: Shit man, I was just thinking about that. Check this out: you get some hydrogen peroxide... BILL MURRAY: We got that for cuts and stuff. RZA: ...take fifty percent hydrogen peroxide, fifty percent water. You gargle with it. Do *not* swallow. You spit it out. Don’t swallow, Bill Muwway. GZA: And if that doesn’t work, try oven cleaner. BILL MURRAY: We got that in the back, too. Thank you RZA: Yeah cool BILL MURRAY: Thank you, I’m going to try that right now.
[Bill Murray coughs again.]
Don’t worry about it. BILL MURRAY: Thanks you, thank you very much. I really appreciate this.
[RZA and GZA leave the cafe.]
outta here.
RZA: Don’t know, but lets get the fuck
oven cleaner?
GZA: You think he’s using the
[Bill Murray can be heard gargling in the back]
know how it is waiting on Ghost, we’ll be here all night. RZA: Think we can smoke a blunt up in this joint? GZA: Nah, def not. It’s hot up in here with the 5-0. RZA: I’m saying we always used to smoke weed in here though. GZA: That was till Dirt Dog done blew it up. RZA: Told Deflon “Never let Dirty inside this spot, man”. So whats up, what you want to do yo? GZA: Yo, Lets slide to the ‘audio RZA: Hit the ‘audio, right. Play some chess? GZA: Yeah, no doubt. RZA: Allright then. GZA: Is that the bill, for Murray? RZA: He don’t need the money yo. GZA: Hit him anyway. RZA: Think I should tip him?
GZA: Whats up, what you saying RZA: I told Ghost to be there by 3:00AM. GZA: Don’t hold your breath on that. You
He is a doctor. Actually he specializes in Alternative medicine..... That is alternative to this planet.
Jesus, RZA, you sound like my doctor!
have to do this, this is great. GZA: A bag of items for you, Bill Murray.
GZA: Use whatever you want. BILL MURRAY: Ooh GZA RZA: Rock that, man. Stay on the low. BILL MURRAY: This is nice stuff, you didn’t
[GZA hands Bill Murray duffle bag]
of something? BILL MURRAY: Yeah, sort of, something like that. I mean now I’m thinking it may be the delirium. RZA: Serious delirium. GZA: Serious. Well erm, if you’re on the low, I got something that’ll help you with your disguise. Take this.
GZA: Naah RZA: You can trust us Bill Muwway GZA: So Bill Murray… you hiding out
PELON: Another name for Bronx
LEBANON: Another name for Long Beach
MECCA: Harlem/Uptown. A city in western Saudi Arabia near the coast of the Red Sea. One of the three holy cities in Islam cause it´s the birthplace of the prophet Muhammed. (see Medina and New Jerusalem)
for Queens
THE DESERT: Another name
MEDINA: A city of western Saudi Arabia north of Mecca. The Wu use it as another name for Brooklyn. The home of ODB and GZA
Home to a majority of The WU
SHAOLIN: Nickname for Staten Island.
The Wu Tang Clan, obviously, isn’t any thing to fuck with. But they never say Wu- ang Clan ain’t nothing traipse after so in that spirit we’re offering you a Wu- ang Guide to New York, the city the clan put on the map, or at least the hip hop map.
R U S
SHAOLIN
N E W
WU YORK CITY, son! AL E M JE
YOUR GUIDE TO
ME
MEDINA
C C A
LEBANON
THE DESERT
PELON
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(Brooklyn neighborhood) Red Hook: Not only a record label that drops bootleg albums on us, it´s also an area in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Zoo: Borough Park
neighborhood)
Bethlehem: Bensonhurst (Brooklyn
MADINA Neighborhoods:
Island neighborhood). Now Born: New Brighton (Staten Island neighborhood). Stapleton: Staten Island neighborhood. Wild Wild West: West Brighton (Staten Island neighborhood)
Killah Hill: Park Hill (Staten
Island neighborhood)
Jungle Nilz: Mariners Harbor (Staten
Shaolin Neighborhoods:
stolen newspapers on the Verazzano bridge, and it is mentioned in the song P.L.O. style: “P.L.O., peace to that nigga Barryano/ Word up, let’s take him to the bridge, Verrazano.”
4 The Verazzano Bridge: RZA sold
worked here with U-God, a lesser known clan member, before they were part of Wu Tang.
Statue of Liberty: Method Man
7 The original WuWear store: 61
3 The Gift Shop outside of the
8 Wu Nails: RZA’s sister opened a salon next door to the original Wu Wear store on Victory Boulevard called Wu Nails. It has also closed. Sadly.
Victory Boulevard Staten Island. This store closed and is now a unisex salon.
6 Shaolin Kung Fu Temple: The Wu
Tang Clan modeled their philosophy and style after Shaolin King Fu teachings. They call Staten Island Shaolin in many of their songs and often make kung fu references. like Wu Tang clan.
head of the Gambino crime family, had a mansion on the top of Todt Hill and enrolled his children in nearby schools. Members of the Wu Tang clan admired his house and felt inspired to become as successful as Castellano. They used to call it the White House.
5 Paul Castellano’s mansion on Todt Hill: Paul Castellano, the late
Referred to as both Killer Hill and Crack Hill by Wu-Tang members because of frequent arrests for possession of crack, many Wu Tang members grew up in these Clifton projects. Park Hill is mentioned in the song Gravel Pit: “From Park Hill, the house on haunted hill/ Every time you walk by, your back get a chill.”
2 Park Hill Housing Projects:
1 Stapleton Houses: This is housing project located in the middle class neighborhood of Stapleton. It is where RZA and Ghostface Killah grew up and where the group often spent QT.
SHAOLIN SIGHTS:
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KILLAH HILL
WILD WILD WEST
SHAOLIN
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JUNGLE NILZ
NEW BORN 1
STAPLETON
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Bethlehem
Brooklyn Zoo
MEDINA
HOw NOT: Errr.. Thats YOU the REPPIN’ THE westcoast holmes.
Here, We’ll show you THE HoW’s and How not’s!!
WU's UP?
THROW YA
WANna KNOW HOW TO
HOW NOT: NOPE... you’re still throwin’ it up for the west side....
How NOT: What... We don’t even know what to tell you here!
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How not: Aight, nearly there, Atleast you used both hands this time!
BINGO!: Thats the one, interlock the thumbs, keep all those fingers up. Now bump that track up to 11, throw that 'W’ in the air and bounce it!
Please calm down... I went and bought me a suit today that costed me a lot of money today, because I figured that Wu-Tang was gonna win!
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In what was one the stranger moments in Grammy history, Shawn Colvin’s trip to the podium to pick up her award for Song of the Year was interrupted by the Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who stole the mic to praise his group, and his new clothes. After sneaking to the microphone and kissing presenter Erykah Badu in mid bumrush, O.D.B. urged the crowd to “Please calm down,” and launched into a confusing speech thusly: “I went and bought me an outfit today that cost me a lot of money, because I figured that Wu-Tang was gonna win,” O.D.B. said, referring to the Best Rap Album that Wu-Tang was nominated for, but did not win earlier in the evening as the honor went to Puff Daddy. O.D.B. was then ushered off the stage, and a thoroughly confused Colvin was allowed to give her acceptance speech!
In 1998 ODB got up on stage and blurtted out the now infamous lines "Wu Tand is for the Cildren".
THE STAGE!
BUMRUSH
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February 25, 1998 Radio City Music Hall, New York City.
" O.D.B.
Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best. __ __ __ __ ______ _ I want you all to know ___ that this is O.D.B., and I love you all. Peace.
for the children. We tea ch the children.
I don’t know how you all see it, but when it comes to the children, Wu-Tang is
#2
Around me,
CASH RULES EVERYTING
FaCT
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Bill Y'all
dolla dolla
Get the Money
C.R.E.A.M.
is forever
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WU TANG
How can be
Hip hop DEADIf
Final thought:
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peace
free at the show!
The Wu Tang Issue!