Pete Rock is not the only elder statesman in hip-hop who frowns at today’s rap music. Wu-Tang Clan lyricist GZA is not impressed with some of the current rhymers who are making waves in the music ...
During a brief pause between “Cold World” and “Labels,” tracks five and six of GZA’s haunting, yet grimly funny 1995 masterpiece Liquid Swords, I saw out of the corner of my eye a hand zip by my head, ...
Let’s face it, there are few things more adored by the internet than the Wu-Tang Clan and Neil deGrasse Tyson. So, yeah, THIS… I do not know much about writing rap lyrics, but I’m guessing that most ...
Discovering an older musician from some far-off land can be a frustrating pursuit. His discography hasn't been subjected to the usual canonization that English-language rock typically is. So there can ...
Events include Lyric Theatre's 'A Chorus Line,' CVU's 'Into the Woods,' a night with famed poet Ada Limon and concerts at ...
"I don't have a hypeman, so you're my hype man," Killer Mike tells the crowd two songs into his set. "So get hype, motherfuckers." The crowd is more than happy to comply. Opening with the first three ...
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Concerts scheduled for the Pittsburgh area: January 2024 Jan. 6: That Girl Lay Lay at Benedum Center Jan. 6: The Warm Auction, Contravan at Club... As the weather starts to warm up, so too does the ...
If you ask GZA whether he thinks we’re in a golden age of hip-hop, he’ll laugh in your face. “Nowhere near,” he scoffs over the phone. “It’s not even the silver or the bronze age.” In fact, the last ...
I recently watched the video for GZA’s “Liquid Swords,” from the Wu-Tang Clan’s poet laureate’s classic 1995 album of the same name, for the first time since the Clinton era, and I found the shadow ...
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“This place is tiny, yo,” Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA proclaimed to the beyond-sold-out crowd halfway through his solo set at New York’s Knitting Factory late last night. “We’re doing two nights here, we could ...