1. You Don't Want It- Cormega 2. Threat- Jay Z 3. Devil's Pie- D'Angelo 4. The Champ- Ghostface Killah 5. Scenester- Cage 6. Riot Akt- Gang Starr 7. Day One- D.I.T.C 8. The Potion- Ludacris 9. Leflaur Leflah Eshkosnka- Heltah Skeltah 10. When The Gun Draws- Pharoahe Monch 11. Trocadero- Marvin (The Martian) 12. Eternalists- Talib Kweli, Hi- Tek (Reflection Eternal) 13. Hollow Bones- Wu-Tang Clan 14. Bury Me A G- Young Jeezy 15. My Uncle- Ill Bill 16. Get Busy- The Roots, Peedi Peedi, Dice Raw)
Damn this video slipped under the radar along with the song's name change. I guess calling a song 'Suu Wu' was asking for trouble. This is a fucking smash record though I don't give a fuck. Best thing Wu Tang have done in years. YEARS. The video lacks direction, too many lost faces under performing. It will do though.
Yeah that's a long blog title. This is a viral video Rockstar are using online to promote the online multiplayer capabilities in 'Grand Theft Auto: China Town Wars' on the Nintendo DS. The song is new, called 'Blaow! Blaow!' with a hot Ghostface hook. It's an extremely violent record. I make no apologies for it.
Marvin and Jack hate on this song so much. They hate on the album 'The W' too. I swear they haven't heard it since it came out because it's actually a pretty solid record. I really don't like 'Iron Flag', 'Forever' or '8 Diagramms' which I actually listened to for the first time at work the other day. So boring. 'MC Conditioner' is a good song, people don't talk about it much.
I just watched a load of first album Wu Tang videos back to back. It was the best 15 minutes of Youtubing I think I've ever done. I decided I'd post the 'C.R.E.A.M' video because it's probably my favourite song from the album.
First thing's first. I'm very happy and very privileged to have been able to see Ghostface and Raekwon performing 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' in London last night and I'm sure I'm not the only person who felt that way. But with Wu Tang it's never over until it's over so on the journey up I was absolutely resigned to the fact that not only was Ghostface not going to be there but that Raekwon probably wouldn't be there either. The fact that I got in with no fuss and didn't have to stand through poorly received support acts (people came for Wu Tang, unless you've got Method Man back there don't bother) made me more hopeful. When Raekwon came out I was more excited by the fact that J-Love was DJ'ing, don't ask me why, he's just one of the few DJ's I've followed in the last few years, god knows I don't follow Alan Matthewmatics. My initial fears appeared to be founded when Rae was tailed by a very nondescript weed carrier who may or may not have been in that awful group Ice Water. Rae jumped into a few '36 Chambers' classics including his verse from 'C.R.E.A.M' where he says he smoked crack, a line that Shyheim ended up making a whole diss song about not too long ago. One of my other fears about tonight was that Raekwon might want to try some 'Immobilarity' and 'Lexx Diamond' material. He did, although I shouted "No new shit!" I was drowned out by some people who I guess are bigger Wu Tang fans than me who seemed to know every word.
Rae's warm-up dragged a bit before he introduced Ghostface. Now let's get this straight, Ghostface could well be the greatest who ever did it, no gas, the guy has consistently released great albums (although that last one was a bit...) and has the charisma of Big Daddy Kane in his prime, he's tailed tonight by his own set of weed carriers, I recognise one of them, he's Shawn Wiggs from Theodore Unit, he's white, it's kinda obvious who he is, the other one? Not so much. Ghost runs through 'Fishscale' classics, 'Ironman' classics and a couple of numbers from 'Supreme Clientele' before starting his ritualistic controlling of the light man's evening "We want the red light. Just the red light. Turn off all these other shits" they didn't do the whole of the 'OB4CL' intro which was honestly a disappointment to me "You know we had the baddest motherfucking unit back in the days kid".
It's worth noting at this point that some of those instrumentals were really not designed to be performed live in such a big venue, in a few instances I found myself waiting for the first 4-8 bars of a song before I could actually pinpoint what the fluck it was and believe me I know 'OB4CL' inside out. On principal I refused to throw my "W" up, I might have been the only person in the venue who didn't but it's whatever. I saw one guy running around before the show eating a Fruesli Breakfast Bar, at a fucking Wu Tang show. Times have changed. I did shout ODB during the staple Rest In Peace section though. Half way through the album as if it was an old purple tape Ghostface ordered the lights up and invited 5 or so young rappers to the stage to do 40 seconds of rap and see how the crowd reacted, of course they were all pretty shocking but the guy who did win I would say was probably the best, if only for the fact that he sort of looked like Skinnyman. A pleasant surprise during this half time interval Ghost & Rae were joined on stage by De La Soul who were in London that night because they have a show the next night at The Forum, they got a good reaction but I kinda felt bad when Ghost said that everybody who's at tonight's show has to go to the De La Show, the response was sorta muted, to be fair though they'd just paid £18 which is like $400 or some shit, god knows how much one of De La's monthly London shows cost, we're in a credit crunch after all. Ghost and Rae pass on their condolences to Corrine Baily Rae after her husband died of a drug overdose, while I believe that Ghost is friends with Corrine (I've read that somewhere too) Raekwon's claim that "That's my homegirl. What's her name? Corrine? Correen? Yo that's my homegirl" seemed forced.
Back into the album and Ghost wants the blue lights, Raekwon is looking a bit tired at this point and starts missing lines in his own verses forcing Ghostface to up his overlay game to a ridiculous extent to compensate. Raekwon goes accapella on his verse from 'Rainy Days' (video above) before everything simmers a bit, to finish off the night J-Love throws on little parts of a bunch of random Wu Tang tracks, the majority of which were from 'Forever' which sucked. Ghost and Rae perform 'Triumph' for some reason and get down to U-God's verse before stopping, I think everybody in the venue was confused by that. We wanted to hear U-God damn it! While J-Love packs up his gear Raekwon throws that new turd burger that has been listed online as 'Necro' but is apparently called 'The G-Hide' and is produced by Necro, he tells us it's from 'OB4CL2' and it's proof that the album really is coming, Rae raps along to it for the first however many bars before getting as bored as the rest of us, Ghostface drinks Marks & Spencers Juice on stage and does not pretend to know his lyrics, which I appreciated.
If you're into 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' like I am then you should definitely try to catch the show when it passes by your town, hopefully Raekwon will have shaken off the rustiness a little bit and maybe J-Love will leave his fog horn sound affect at home. If so you're in for a great night.
BONUS VIDEO: That Shyheim record I was talking about. I wonder where Shy would be if he got on Jay-Z's first album like he was supposed to?
Who's coming? I never count my chickens when it comes to Wu Tang (they've let me down too many times before) but if all the 100% confirmed listings are true then Raekwon and Ghostface will be in Camden tonight performing the whole of what could be the greatest album of all times 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'. Man this is going to be the best night of Karaoke ever. I'm expecting to see some people there too, Example said he was trying to get tickets and I know for a fact that Lethal ranks 'OB4CL' as one of his all time favourites. I could be wrong here because I regularly am but I think I will be the first blog to cover the event, have they done this anywhere else yet? I know they're doing it at 'Rock The Bells' this summer but have they done it anywhere else? I don't think they have. I expect The Guardian to have a review up in the morning that will be way better than mine but still. I hear that Public Enemy are doing 'It Takes a Nation of Millions' front to back at Brixton Academy this month too, I'm too young to completely get Public Enemy but it's in Brixton and Chuck-D's one of the smarter guys to ever do it so I'll try and reach that too.
Wu Tang skits in an office environment is definitely funny. The first clip is above and the latest is below. I think the 'Killer Tape' skit is funnier to be honest. Raekwon's methods of torture are kinda lame compared to Method Man's. Always thought so too.
My name is Marvin [The Martian]. I am a rapper, my debut album 'Devil In The Distance' came out Summer 2008 through NoCarbon/Universal. This is my blog. I run it with help from Tego and my producer Jack Nimble. If you want to get at me, hit me on my email whylout(at)hotmail.com.
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