Hulu's....Wu Tang: An American Saga Official Thread 9/8
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yes, its worth a watch. particularly for any fan. its not wack. its just the same old cliche. its the same stuff we see all the time.
they arent focusing that much on the actual music that much in the first 3 episodes....just bits and pieces here and there. not much character development outside of RZA. RZA and GZA pre-Wu careers dont exist. just picks up at a certain point in time. just focusing on the street life as their primary aspect and the rap thing as just a hobby as opposed to them actually using the rap as primary motivation to get out the street. the RZA's character is obviously the most interesting because it shows how he was making beats and what equipment he was using and things like that. the one caveat is, how good it is can be is better determined based on how much of these events are actually true.
I can’t get enough Wu-Tang mythology and folklore, but I think for the casuals, this three episodes could have been cut down to one or two episodes
Happy to see Divine and Power and others behind the business, get their shine though.
Happy to see Divine and Power and others behind the business, get their shine though.
That’s one perspective. But the thing about RZA which I thought made him such a great leader is his charisma. Just by watching interviews, it seems his greatest leadership strength is being able to sell people to his vision.
But maybe we will see him grow into that. So far the RZA character seems very insecure and unsure about himself. But maybe we see him develop as he grows and gets away from his brother’s shadow.
You know what's crazy about their relay (RZA & Divine)...RZA looks up to his big brother, but Divine also looks up to RZA.
But I'm about to start i a few minutes
Naw, no specific music project tied to this series but Ghostface new album drops on Friday
Real N Quotes
East Is In The House OMG
Yo I KNEW that Raekwon and Ghost were”rivals” before they teamed up but did
Rae actually shoot up Ghost’s house with his FAM in there?
Or was that some “Hollywood” shyt they came up with?
IDK but Papa Wu eluded to this a while ago. Supposedly Ghost was a real goon out there robbing and shooting nggz. RZA brought the whole hood together with the W.
I'm enjoying the series so far. I like how the actors aren't trying to do impersonations at all (except for ODB, but you kinda have to do him that way) but do deliver on their personas. Off the first 3 I think they're establishing their lives and situation to help show what a leap of faith embracing music was in the first place and what they have to overcome but feels like with the 3rd episode they're going to pivot from there to start growing the music side more.
couple odd music things so far:
The music timeline is weird b/c this is before Rakeem/Genius are on, but they're playing Cypress Hill's debut from 91? Maybe they're just playing loose with that era as this is fictionalized but it's weird. Them doing the All In Together Now routine w/ Genius' "What Are Silly Girls Made Of" verse & GZA getting the card at the show points to the next couple episodes going into the Genius & Rakeem projects though.
When they reveal Ghost's rhyme book and it has his Wildflower verse, they have him writing out the JD's Revenge clip too?
At the sign-up sheet for the rap battle, they mis-name Staten rappers who probably signed up. Is that a rights thing?
Wanye Wrecka= Rhyme Recka (maybe)
Grey Hornet = Pop The Brown Hornet
Loungin' Luke = Loungin' Lo
"Ramel" sounds familiar but I'm not placing it
Cappa spitting his Winter Warz verse in jail might confirm my theory that everything Cap spit on Cuban & Ironman were verses written & edited all before & while he was locked and then he spent them on those albums and that's why he's never sounded as sharp since.
RZA's acappel "See The Joy" verse not working on a 1990-ish live crowd, especially after an established act with a rehearsed routine played, was pitch perfect. It was like a comedian bombing and good on RZA for showing that moment.
couple odd music things so far:
The music timeline is weird b/c this is before Rakeem/Genius are on, but they're playing Cypress Hill's debut from 91? Maybe they're just playing loose with that era as this is fictionalized but it's weird. Them doing the All In Together Now routine w/ Genius' "What Are Silly Girls Made Of" verse & GZA getting the card at the show points to the next couple episodes going into the Genius & Rakeem projects though.
When they reveal Ghost's rhyme book and it has his Wildflower verse, they have him writing out the JD's Revenge clip too?
At the sign-up sheet for the rap battle, they mis-name Staten rappers who probably signed up. Is that a rights thing?
Wanye Wrecka= Rhyme Recka (maybe)
Grey Hornet = Pop The Brown Hornet
Loungin' Luke = Loungin' Lo
"Ramel" sounds familiar but I'm not placing it
Cappa spitting his Winter Warz verse in jail might confirm my theory that everything Cap spit on Cuban & Ironman were verses written & edited all before & while he was locked and then he spent them on those albums and that's why he's never sounded as sharp since.
RZA's acappel "See The Joy" verse not working on a 1990-ish live crowd, especially after an established act with a rehearsed routine played, was pitch perfect. It was like a comedian bombing and good on RZA for showing that moment.
DeuceZ
Li pitit gason
Dope so far 
This shyt is really good BUT
Thats the only shyt i can’t fukk with.
Other than that the acting is great. Soundtrack is superb. And they are doing a great job of capturing that grimy NY 90’s feel. I’m fukking with it
Raekwon being responsible for both shooting up Ghost’s house AND burning down the trap spot is TOO unforgivable for these nikkas to eventually form a rap crew. Especially knowing how crazy Ghost was in REAL life back then
Thats the only shyt i can’t fukk with.
Other than that the acting is great. Soundtrack is superb. And they are doing a great job of capturing that grimy NY 90’s feel. I’m fukking with it
