I COMPLETELY understand why Divine was so offended when the members asked to be let out of Wu-Tang Productions. After the work and hell he caught I would’ve told them each to kiss my ass too and get they behinds in the studio and make me some more goddamn MONEY the way these ungrateful suckas was acting.
I believe it 100% too.
Divine has the right attitude for management, where others would have cracked Hunter’s face open and tossed him on the nearest street corner, Divine used him to his advantage, and even had to swallow his pride and pay off the credit card bill.
He knows when to be firm, like with Rae, and he knows when to try a softer approach, like with Ghost.
He only messed up by playing Deck to the left too long. He should’ve done SOMETHING to appease him, of course you can’t force a solo deal but you gotta show him there’s a plan for him. Make him the official face of Wu-Wear. Get him some endorsement deals. Broker deals to get him on some more soundtracks. SOMETHING to show that his hard work is being “seen” and appreciated.
It’s crazy how the most undisciplined ones seem to turn out to be the stars. Ghost, in real life around this time, was a known dust head who was still whopping nikkas asses and in the streets. Rae is a hater supreme whose bad with money management. ODB is a live wire, drug addicted, unreliable fukk up. Only two who really popped and seemed to keep cool heads was GZA and Meth.
RZA was smart enough to be like
and take Divine’s advice and let Divine handle the “unsavory” parts of the business. Looks like he even moved out of the mansion by this time. RZA learned his lesson after having to chase ODB around town and said “fukk it”.
Cappadonna looking at that contract like
was a great moment. Crazy how he ended up with one of the best Wu-tang produced solo joints but ended up driving cabs