RZA: Wu-Tang a drive-by away from never existing - Blu-ray Forum

Jellybeans · 10-12-2009, 11:42 PM

The Wu-Tang Clan -- the New York hip-hop supergroup that spawned millions of album sales, nine solo acts and a few acting careers -- almost never was.

Method Man, the group's most recognizable voice, was nearly killed before the band formed, Wu-Tang's chief producer, RZA, writes in his forthcoming memoir.

Meth was walking to buy marijuana at 160 Park Hill Avenue in Staten Island -- the house in Wu-Tang's "Protect Ya Neck" video -- when RZA saw him across the street, he writes in the book.

"Come over here, yo!" RZA beckoned, according to "The Tao of Wu" (Riverhead). "He stopped and came running over. A few seconds later -- pow-pow-pow-pow-pow! -- a guy started shooting up the front of 160. A buddy of ours, Poppy, an innocent, school-going, nice guy -- he was shot and killed right there."

It wasn't the only close call RZA said could have snuffed the band that rewrote the rule book for hip-hop acts. The year before the group formed in 1993, RZA was acquitted on an attempted murder charge that could have put him behind bars for eight years, he writes in "The Tao of Wu," out Thursday.

Expanding on the book's anecdotes in an interview with CNN, RZA explained that if he had been imprisoned or if Method Man, aka Clifford Smith, had been killed, the band never would have come to fruition.

RZA, whose real name is Robert Diggs and whose stage name is pronounced "Rizza," also talked about his role in the death of his cousin, Russell Jones, better known as Ol' Dirty Bastard or ODB. Two days before his 36th birthday in 2004, ODB died in a New York recording studio from an overdose of cocaine and painkillers.

RZA writes in the book that he once witnessed ODB force his own son to watch him do drugs. RZA tried to leave, he writes, but ODB wouldn't let him. Now, RZA told CNN, he wishes he would've been tougher with ODB about his drug problem.

More at : http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Musi...ang/index.html

MCT · 10-12-2009, 11:46 PM

sometimes I wonder if RZA sensationalizes these life stories. Like, he calls Meth over, and a few seconds later the shots rang out. Come on. Sounds like something out of a movie. He's been hanging out in Hollywood for years now, so who knows.

and he should feel no guilt over ODB's death. He was a grown ass man that couldn't be dissuaded from taking drugs, no matter how hard RZA tried. At some point you just have to let a dope fiend be a dope fiend.

Jellybeans · 10-12-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MCT

sometimes I wonder if RZA sensationalizes these life stories. Like, he calls Meth over, and a few seconds later the shots rang out. Come on. Sounds like something out of a movie. He's been hanging out in Hollywood for years now, so who knows.

and he should feel no guilt over ODB's death. He was a grown ass man that couldn't be dissuaded from taking drugs, no matter how hard RZA tried. At some point you just have to let a dope fiend be a dope fiend.

I disagree

O.D.B. was his friend and a big part to the Wu-Tang!

toef · 10-12-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellybeans

I disagree

O.D.B. was his friend and a big part to the Wu-Tang!

This post cracks me up for some reason. I never even considered the thought that Canadians might've listened to Wu-Tang.

Growing up visiting family in Staten Island all the time, I found it hard to believe that they really grew up there, but I guess even SI, as small as it is, has it's share of good and bad areas (and some, I think, were actually from Brooklyn).

Ghostface was the best of the group.

Jellybeans · 10-12-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by toefer

This post cracks me up for some reason. I never even considered the thought that Canadians might've listened to Wu-Tang.

Growing up visiting family in Staten Island all the time, I found it hard to believe that they really grew up there, but I guess even SI, as small as it is, has it's share of good and bad areas (and some, I think, were actually from Brooklyn).

Ghostface was the best of the group.

Well, there is a lot of stuff you don't about us Canadians!

MCT · 10-13-2009, 12:07 AM

yeah alot of the crew went back and forth between Brooklyn and SI in their younger days. I don't think Raekwon and Ghost are the type of dudes to fabricate difficulties they faced while growing up.

MaCruz · 10-13-2009, 01:08 AM

Can I get a Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang!

Jellybeans · 10-13-2009, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by macruz19

Can I get a Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6jwab3HWk

MaCruz · 10-13-2009, 01:15 AM

Ahh! Another classic song by the Wu!

I prefer RZA producing songs and albums more than as a rapper.

Jellybeans · 10-13-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by macruz19

Ahh! Another classic song by the Wu!

I prefer RZA producing songs and albums more than as a rapper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDPZpRmTg0

MaCruz · 10-13-2009, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellybeans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDPZpRmTg0

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=98181

Jellybeans · 10-13-2009, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by macruz19

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=98181

I just like Wu Tang and nothing else!

Oh well, i like Redman too!

MaCruz · 10-13-2009, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellybeans

I just like Wu Tang and nothing else!

Oh well, i like Redman too!

Wu-Tang has been one of the best groups of all time, but their music today as a whole is not the same IMO.

As for Redman, not sure what he's been doing, but I do know he's smokin a you know what with Meth.

hc666 · 10-13-2009, 12:08 PM

Method Man is going off to jail for Tax Evasion.

10-12-2009, 11:42 PM	#1
Jellybeans Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Montreal, Canada Blu-ray collection:140 Trading Score:1	RZA: Wu-Tang a drive-by away from never existing The Wu-Tang Clan -- the New York hip-hop supergroup that spawned millions of album sales, nine solo acts and a few acting careers -- almost never was. Method Man, the group's most recognizable voice, was nearly killed before the band formed, Wu-Tang's chief producer, RZA, writes in his forthcoming memoir. Meth was walking to buy marijuana at 160 Park Hill Avenue in Staten Island -- the house in Wu-Tang's "Protect Ya Neck" video -- when RZA saw him across the street, he writes in the book. "Come over here, yo!" RZA beckoned, according to "The Tao of Wu" (Riverhead). "He stopped and came running over. A few seconds later -- pow-pow-pow-pow-pow! -- a guy started shooting up the front of 160. A buddy of ours, Poppy, an innocent, school-going, nice guy -- he was shot and killed right there." It wasn't the only close call RZA said could have snuffed the band that rewrote the rule book for hip-hop acts. The year before the group formed in 1993, RZA was acquitted on an attempted murder charge that could have put him behind bars for eight years, he writes in "The Tao of Wu," out Thursday. Expanding on the book's anecdotes in an interview with CNN, RZA explained that if he had been imprisoned or if Method Man, aka Clifford Smith, had been killed, the band never would have come to fruition. RZA, whose real name is Robert Diggs and whose stage name is pronounced "Rizza," also talked about his role in the death of his cousin, Russell Jones, better known as Ol' Dirty Bastard or ODB. Two days before his 36th birthday in 2004, ODB died in a New York recording studio from an overdose of cocaine and painkillers. RZA writes in the book that he once witnessed ODB force his own son to watch him do drugs. RZA tried to leave, he writes, but ODB wouldn't let him. Now, RZA told CNN, he wishes he would've been tougher with ODB about his drug problem. More at : http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Musi...ang/index.html Last edited by Jellybeans; 10-12-2009 at 11:45 PM.

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10-12-2009, 11:46 PM	#2
MCT Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:499 Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:1	sometimes I wonder if RZA sensationalizes these life stories. Like, he calls Meth over, and a few seconds later the shots rang out. Come on. Sounds like something out of a movie. He's been hanging out in Hollywood for years now, so who knows. and he should feel no guilt over ODB's death. He was a grown ass man that couldn't be dissuaded from taking drugs, no matter how hard RZA tried. At some point you just have to let a dope fiend be a dope fiend.

10-13-2009, 12:07 AM	#6
MCT Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:499 Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:1	yeah alot of the crew went back and forth between Brooklyn and SI in their younger days. I don't think Raekwon and Ghost are the type of dudes to fabricate difficulties they faced while growing up.

10-13-2009, 01:08 AM	#7
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	Can I get a Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang!

10-13-2009, 01:15 AM	#9
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	Ahh! Another classic song by the Wu! I prefer RZA producing songs and albums more than as a rapper.

10-13-2009, 12:08 PM	#14
hc666 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:100 Blu-ray reviews: 26	Method Man is going off to jail for Tax Evasion.

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