honestly? Yeah. I'ma say here like I done said it other places.
RZA is the Father of modern hip hop. And naw I don't mean this skate rap shyt.
Not counting his contributions as a producer.....
Large group of MCs able to stand on their own?
Almost every MC signed to other labels while still able to work as a unit with the larger group under their own label?
Group name as a Brand name with their stamp on everything from SUCCESSFUL clothing line (yes I know Naughty Wear came first and Roca-Wear was more successful financially) to Wu-Tang Deodorant? Video Games? Comics? Toys? RZA
Rap nikkas have real names. Wu Tang has real names and then aliases with aliases.
RZA talks to Kotori about inventing Final Scratch technology - YouTube
HE didn't invent it, but he sure Thomas Edisone'd that shyt. lol
Hell, it's gonna be nikkas and bytches with that W tattoo'ed on them till they die! Not some shirt or a wifebeater, not some fake chain, not some traffic light running nikka tweeting YOLO, but that BRAND. That "W".
RZA left a scar on the musical landscape- the PLANET while dudes talking producers sold shyt and discovered so-and-so.