#Wu-Tang Podcast

[55northorangeportlandmd55355]

40:00 What Hip-Hop album would I like to be present during a listening session?

*I want to visit Africa with RZA x GFK.

*Also that JuJu x GFK session for "One"? Native Tongues x WU collab, LIVE ???

Any other genre ?

*I just want to witness Donna record the title track

[thedigitalcrates]

Ghostface Killah Talks Wu-Tang Influence and Legendary Catalog On "The Juan Ep Is Life Podcast"

Cult Hip Hop podcast Juan EP is Life was one of the first Hip Hop podcasts, created in 2007 by Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg. Named after the character Juan Epstein from the popular 70’s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, the podcast delves into topics of Hip Hop music and culture, comedy. Various guests have included Jay Z, Q Tip, Dave Chappelle,  Eminem, Chris Rock, Quincy Jones, DJ Clark Kent,…

[ctzenjohnny]

I made a podcast about the history of hip hop!!! check it out if you want 🥰

[thedropnyc]

The Trailer for the Final Season of 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga'

Continue reading Untitled

[2partypodcast]

Lucas Cantor

Summary Today I interview Lucas Cantor of Lucas Cantor Music! Take a Listen! Lucas Cantor is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and speaker. He has worked in NBC’s music department for the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Athens, Torino, Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio, and Pyeong Chang. He won two Emmys for the Olympics (2008 and 2012). Lucas co-produced Lorde’s cover of…

[oshikiri-toru]

Thinking about the 141's music taste

I know deep in my soul that Soap is into classic dad rock, classic metal (nothing too heavy), and some hype hip hop (only the songs you'd hear on a school bus full of high schoolers going to an away game type shit) and has no clue about anything else

Gaz strikes me as a 90s/00s R&B lover first and foremost. He'll dabble in anything on the Hot 100, too, and loves a good female pop star (think Gaga, Beyonce, Charlie XCX). I also think he'd be into EDM, but really only listens to it at club's/raves

Price is one of those freaks that don't really listen to music. He's big on sports radio, podcasts, and silence. When he does listen to music, though, it's probably the Beatles or some other classic British band because that's what his dad listened to

Ghost is more complicated because I want to go obvious and say anything alternative (goth, punk, emo), but I also think it'd be funny as hell for him to get the aux and it's just pure pop (think Britney Spears, Kesha, Katy Perry). I like to think he listens to everything and just picks whatever is funniest at the moment. Someone wants hype gym music? Bam. Classical. Looking for something soft and moody? Fuck you. He's putting on speedcore.

Laswell likes soft background noise. White noises (brown, green, etc), rain recordings with some piano, maybe some smooth jazz or lo-fi if she's feeling crazy. Sometimes audiobooks. When she's drunk though, she'll bring out the 90s hip hop and go absolutely nuts, rapping the entirety of wu-tang clans discography without a sweat.

They all absolutely hate each other's music taste and will fight to the death over the aux cord. It caused enough fights that they are all required to wear headphones unless they are driving.

[mariacallous]

The members of PleasrDAO are, well, pretty displeased with Martin Shkreli.

The "digital autonomous organization" spent $4.75 million to buy the fabled Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which had been produced as only a single copy. The album had once belonged to Shkreli, who purchased it directly from Wu-Tang Clan for $2 million in 2015. But after Shkreli became the "pharma bro" poster boy for price gouging in the drug sector, he ended up in severe legal trouble and served a seven-year prison sentence for securities fraud.

He also had to pay a $7.4 million penalty in that case, and the government seized and then sold Once Upon a Time in Shaolin to help pay the bill.

The album was truly “one of a kind”—a protest against the devaluation of music in the digital age and the kind of fascinating curio that instantly made its owners into “interesting people.” The album came as a two-CD set inside a nickel and silver box inscribed with the Wu-Tang logo, and the full package included a pair of customized audio speakers and a 174-page leather book featuring lyrics and “anecdotes on the production.”

In a complicated transaction, PleasrDAO purchased the album from an unnamed intermediary, who had first purchased it from the government. As part of that deal, PleasrDAO created a non-fungible token (NFTs—remember those?) to show ownership of the album. The New York Times has a good description of what this entailed:

Makin’ Copies …

But after purchasing the album and sharing the collective ownership of its NFT, PleasrDAO discovered that its "one of a kind" object wasn't quite as exclusive as it had thought.

Shkreli had, in fact, made copies of the music. Lots of copies. On June 30, 2022, PleasrDAO said that Shkreli played music from the album on his YouTube channel and stated, "Of course I made MP3 copies, they're like hidden in safes all around the world … I'm not stupid. I don't buy something for $2 million just so I can keep one copy."

Shkreli began taunting PleasrDAO members about the album, telling one of them, "I literally play it on my Discord all the time, you're an idiot" and claiming that PleasrDAO was concerned about an album that ">5000 people have." Shkreli claimed on a 2024 podcast that he had "burned the album and sent it to like, 50 different chicks"—and that this had been extremely good for his sex life.

Shkreli even offered to send copies of the album to random internet commenters if they would just send him their "email addy." He also told people to "look out for a torrent" and hosted listening parties for the album on his X account, which reached "potentially over 4,900 listeners."

We know all of these details because PleasrDAO has sued Shkreli, claiming that he is acting in violation of the asset forfeiture order and that he is misappropriating "trade secrets" under New York law.

Shkreli "knew that by distributing copies of the Album's data and files or by playing it publicly, his actions would decrease the Album's marketability and value," said PleasrDAO. They have asked a federal judge to stop Shkreli—and also to get them a list of everyone he has distributed the album to.

Not a Secret

Shkreli's response to all this is, in essence, "So what's the problem?"

When he purchased the album for $2 million in 2015, he also acquired 50 percent of the copyrights to the package. Before the album was seized by the government, Shkreli says he took advantage of his copyright ownership to make copies as he was "permitted to do under his original purchase agreement." The government, he says, seized only the individual, physical copy of the album, and Shkreli was within his rights to retain the copies he had already made.

As for trade secrets, well, a trade secret actually has to be "secret." Thanks to his own actions, Shkreli has made sure that the album is not a secret. "Because Defendant legally purchased and shared the work before the Forfeiture Order and the Asset Purchase Agreement, the work is no longer a trade secret," his lawyers wrote in his defense.

The Empire State Strikes Back

On August 26, 2024, a federal judge in Brooklyn issued a preliminary injunction (PDF) in the case as the two parties prepare to battle things out in court. The injunction prevents Shkreli from "possessing, using, disseminating, or selling any interest in the Wu-Tang Clan album 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' (the 'Album'), including its data and files or the contents of the Album."

Furthermore, Shkreli has to turn over "all of his copies, in any form, of the Album or its contents to defense counsel." He also must file an affidavit swearing that he "no longer possesses any copies, in any form, of the Album or its contents."

By the end of September 2024, Shkreli further must submit a list of "the names and contact information of the individuals to whom he distributed the data and files" and say if he made any money for doing so.

[ausetkmt]

Bob Berg/Getty Images | Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Published on: Jun 13, 2023, 7:45 PM PDT

Wu-Tang Clan, Mary J. Blige, EPMD and more have been tapped for a Funk Flex-curated Hip Hop 50 concert going down in the heart of New York City.

In addition to the aforementioned names, Tyrese, Sean Paul and special guests Mariah Carey and Maxwell will also perform at the show, which takes place on September 15 at Madison Square Garden.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (June 16) via Ticketmaster. Fans can also use the code “DISCO” for Live Nation’s pre-sale on Thursday (June 15) at 10 a.m. ET.

You can view the full lineup below:

Hopefully fans get to see Method Man and Mary J. Blige come together to perform their classic hit, “I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By” – which Meth recently revealed he resented at first.

During his 2022 visit to Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast, the rap vet explained how he hated the image he received from the Grammy Award-winning song and attempted to reject the love he was getting.

related news

Method Man Explains Major Difference Between Wu-Tang Clan’s Era & Hip Hop Today

June 12, 2023

“I fought that ‘All I Need’ shit,” Meth said. “I didn’t wanna put it out ’cause it was at a point now where, when we were doing these shows [with] Wu-Tang Clan, I would come out and it’d be girls screaming. Now, for me, it’s like, I’m grimy, same-clothes-for-three-days-in-a-row nigga; who wants to go the sex symbol route at this point?!”

Meanwhile, this isn’t the only concert going down in NYC in celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th birthday. A mega concert celebrating the milestone in the genre’s birthplace of the Bronx goes down one month earlier inside Yankee Stadium on August 11.

Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube and many more have joined Run-DMC on the star-studded lineup that also includes Fat Joe, T.I., Common, Slick Rick, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, EPMD, and A$AP Ferg.

There’s a Queens of Hip Hop set that will feature Eve, Lil Kim, Remy Ma and Trina. The concert will also pay homage to trailblazers who helped pave the way like Kurtis Blow, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante, Melle Mel and the Sugarhill Gang.

[ear-worthy]

Pod-Alization: Freakonomics ESP on ESG; Idea Generation; Russian Oligarchs R.I.P.

Freakonomics has ESP about ESG

Leave it to the geniuses at Freakonomics to ask a politically divisive question and come up with an answer that doesn't satisfy any side, but does accomplish something political opponents have seemingly forgotten. How to find solutions to our current climate, social, cultural, and economic problems.

This week's episode of Freakonomics Radio asks "Are E.S.G. Investors Actually Helping the Environment?"

Answer: Probably not. The economist Kelly Shue argues that E.S.G. (environmental, social, and governance) investing just gives more money to firms that are already green while depriving polluting firms of the financing they need to get greener. But she has a solution.

The show also hears from the CEO of a so-called "brown" — that is, the opposite of green — company

Listen and find a script at freakonomics.com or wherever you get podcasts.

Idea Generation's All Angles highlights brands iHeartMedia and Will Packer Media have announced the debut of the new iHeartPodcast IDEA GENERATION’S All Angles. The show will debut on June 22, with new episodes airing weekly on Thursdays.

Listeners can tune in to the official trailer here.

IDEA GENERATION’S All Angles is a twelve-episode co-produced series highlighting brands from the fashion, food, media, and music industries that have helped shape and define today’s culture. Hosted by Noah Callahan-Bever, former Complex Chief Content Officer and founder of IDEA GENERATION – an independent media brand dedicated to the education and inspiration of tomorrow’s creative entrepreneurs – the unscripted series steps behind the curtain and talks with a variety of company leaders to uncover the crucial role that team chemistry has played in the making of the most popular culture-creating brands today.

On each episode, the show will feature an oral history format that weaves together a bevy of insider voices, culminating in a 360-degree narrative that tells the story of each brand. Utilizing the voices of key players and teammates, the show will discuss the ins and outs that helped take the company from an idea to an empire.

In the two-part debut, Noah Callahan-Bever will chat with entrepreneur Steve Rifkind, founder of Loud Records—the 90’s hip-hop record label responsible for developing acts like Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, and Big Pun—as well as his co-founder, Rich Issacson, legendary artist and repertoire (A&R) representatives Matt Life and Sean C, and Mobb Deep's Havoc.

“This new podcast with Noah will give listeners the opportunity to hear never-before-told stories about the trials and tribulations of transforming a brand,” said Will Pearson, President of iHeartPodcasts. “In today’s world, we’re seeing more and more aspiring entrepreneurs looking for their breakthroughs, and this podcast gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look into what goes into making a successful brand and how the people surrounding you can help champion your ideas.”

“There is a greater intensity in interest around not just the ‘who’ but the in-depth answers to the ‘why,’ ‘how’ and ‘when’ of American success stories,” said Will Packer, CEO Will Packer Media. This podcast gives listeners that specificity they crave.”

"Since the days of Henry Ford and Walt Disney the founder myth has been a foundational part of how the media has framed success in business," said Callahan-Bever. "But creating a great brand takes more than just one person's ideas or efforts—they're born out of the confluence of a founder's vision and the executional and operational expertise of their partners. And along the way there's going to be both collaboration and conflict, steel sharpening steel, and from that process excellence can be achieved. Our goal with All Angles was to capture that magic, and show aspiring entrepreneurs that there are so many crucial roles and crucial steps—and sometimes even crucial fights—that have to happen to build a culture defining brand."

Russian oligarchs are "Putin" mortal danger

SAD OLIGARCH from iHeart Media is hosted by independent journalist and documentary filmmaker Jake Hanrahan. The show explores the unexplained and suspicious deaths of more than a dozen of Russia's wealthiest businessmen. From frog venom to axes, window falls and more, each episode of SAD OLIGARCH will take listeners through the mysterious deaths of these oligarchs and explore Kremlin corruption and Russian political influence worldwide. Tune it in today.

Since January 2022, more than 12 of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs have been found dead. One was poisoned with frog venom. One was found hanged on a handrail, with his wife and children killed with an axe. Several fell out of high windows.

All the deaths are, of course, suspicious. Russia says most of them were coincidental suicides--that the oligarchs were simply depressed. I don't think so.

Sad Oligarch is a modern true-crime style investigative podcast series that looks into each Russian oligarch death in 2022/2023, unraveling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Russian political influence across the world.

I'll admit that it's difficult to generate much empathy for a group of corrupt one-percenters who achieved their position of wealth and power by subjugating so many others. But then there's Vladimir Putin. And then I do feel sorry for them, and the fate he imposed upon them.

[cutewitchirl]

ty to @theflowergirl for tagging me in this, it feels like 2013 again 

Three Ships:

I’ve never been much of a shipper, so I don’t have a great answer for this, but I do feel strong emotions about Gideon/Harrow (Locked Tomb) and Fitz/Fool (The Fitz and The Fool). I also like to see pretty pictures of Ningguang and Beidou  (Genshin Impact) smooching and/or staring smugly into each other’s eyes. 

First Ever Ship:

Isaac and Jenna from Golden Sun :o)??

Last Song:

Wait for Me - Anais Mitchell 

Last Movie:

Shaolin & Wu Tang (1983). I got really into kung fu movies a few years ago thanks to the boyf, and now we try to go to all of the showings at our local theater. This was the only known 35mm print of this film (!!!!), and it has sooooo many hilarious lines. 

Currently Watching:

True Detective (with the boyf) - this is not an endorsement of this show, but it is the truth

I also just finished White Lotus season 2. I’m technically in the middle of watching My Hero Academia, but I had to take a break because shounen is so long. Mostly I don’t watch a lot of shows because I fell into the deep end with podcasts, but I’m trying to work my way back to it. 

Currently Reading:

I’m finishing up Diana Wynne Jones’ Year of the Griffin. I didn’t really love the first book in this duology, but I’m enjoying this one a lot more. I was also reading concurrently (and just finished) Persephone Station, which I bought because the cover is pretty. There are some interesting concepts in this book, but almost nothing actually happens. I’m sorry T_T 

Currently Consuming:

is this about food?? i just had some black tea with an orange in it. i stole a mouthful of rice out of the rice cooker like an animal.

Currently Craving:

Lils mentioned pizza......I agree. But it’s snowed over in Portland today, so I will settle for...bread

i don’t really know anyone who uses tumblr regularly to tag, lol @songofsunset @moooooogs ?? 

[onassiskrown]

Wu-Tang Clan Quote & A World Without CREAM background track "For the Love" by A.L.I.A.S.

Free copy of "Wear Your Krown: The Seven Jewels for Building Kings & Queens" to someone who likes, shares and/or drops a 👑 below! (Must follow account to DM info.) Winner chosen every Sunday at 7:06pm!

Shop at www.onassiskrown.com and support victims of substance abuse & domestic violence. Use code ITSOK10 to save 10% & join us as an Ambassador to make money!

And oh yeah btw... WEAR YOUR KROWN?! 👑

#wutang #cream #hiphopquotes #imagine #utopia #king #queen #inspirational #dailymotivation #mentorship #selfimprovement #podcast #empower #uplift #financialfreedom #business #entrepreneurship #family #holisticliving #lifecoaching #clothingbrand #streetwear #hiphopfashion #spirituality #lawofattraction #quotes #sevenjewels #onassiskrown #wearyourkrown

[thebonesofhoudini]

Honestly, family, I don't even listen to Hip-Hop like that anymore. I turned 40 two months ago and other than my old school 90s and 2000s shit, I have not really been interested in listening to new rap.

I don't feel like listening to rappers almost half my age rap about stuff they haven't really experienced. I can't relate to that.

Plus I grew up in the 90s, when we actually had serious rappers, and hip-hop was taken serious. It's hard to get into this new music when you grew up listening to Nas, Wu Tang, Biggie, 2pac, Mobb Deep, Jeru Tha Damaja, Gangstarr, Killah Priest, Brand Nubian, Outkast, Scarface, Snoop, Dre, Cypress Hill, E-40, etc. And at one point in my early 20s, I definitely carried myself like an elitist "Real Hip-Hop" backpacker who only listened to underground/independent rappers. And looked at graffiti magazines. And tried to be a B-Boy and breakdance at one point.

I actually started losing interest in HipHop in 2000s because of that. NY rap was dying in the mainstream, The South rose to prominence, and dare I say it, Rap started to get really dumbed down. And I've wasn't really feeling the negative content either.

I was collecting House and Techno records all throughout the 2000s. While collecting Hip-Hop vinyl and Funk, Soul, Reggae, Ambient, Drum & Bass, Jungle, IdM, etc.

I actually used to do both once upon a time. Between 2007-2008.

I would go and play in bars and clubs and play 90s hip-hop instrumentals mixed w/ downtempo and hip hop instrumentals. It was inspired by "Mushroom Jazz" by Mark Farina. The crowd I was playing for at time like that stuff liked it because it was something cool that you could talk to your lady to or have a conversation to or even rap over.

But then around this time, I started to get more interested in playing House Music and producing House Music. This was around the late 2000s when Blog House was taking over the internet and all of these DJs were popping up all over due to Serato and CDJs.

Let me tell you something even back then. Some people for as many people as there were that loved when I did house there were a lot of people too that got pissed off when I played it. They would say things like "play some Hip-Hop" like that's all Black People should be playing or listening to. Even back then, as much of a "Head" as I considered myself, I found that thought process so fucking ignorant. And these comments were coming from both Black ppl and White ppl.

Well now I am 27 years in the production game and 25 years in the DJ game.

I'm happy to say I'm still DJing and still making music.

Personally, I like House music because I can just vibe to it, chill to it, dance to it. Etc. And I don't really gotta think too much about it. Plus I'm kind of a goofy dude that doesn't like to take themselves too seriously and likes to dance, and that's the type of approach I have to my music. I feel it fits my personality more.

Recently I don't know. Between all the Rico/Fed cases, the stupid gossip and drama, the shootings, the killings, the constant negativity, the ignorance, all the all these fucking podcasts, these Peter pan syndrome ass dudes in their 30s and 40s, and all of these so-called rap "fans" that don't even take the rappers they listen to seriously, I am sooooo not interested in Rap/Hip-Hop anymore. Especially as much as I used to be interested in it when I was a teen and in my early 20s.

[mrjellybeanz]

Queens New York Hip Hop Legend DJ Sincere Launches “DRTY TV” Podcast

  Queens,  New York Episode 1: Features Guest  Fly TY And Rud3 from Rockboy Records / Sony Orchard, Mike Ice & Under Lock And Key Entertainment.    When you mention DJ Sincere, you think of iconic personalities who have visited the Drtybsmnt Radio show over the past 20 years. Personalities such as Beyoncé’s father Mathew Knowles, Wu-Tang Producer 4th Disciple, Peedi Crakk, Agallah, Grammy…

[fred-the-curator]

Révélations sur 'Enter The 36 Chambers' : Secrets inédits du premier album du Wu-Tang avec Le Boug Arknow DJ Flexta et Olivier Nguessan

Révélations sur 'Enter The 36 Chambers' : Secrets inédits du premier album du Wu-Tang avec Le Boug Arknow, DJ Flexta et Olivier Nguessan   Le Boug Arknow et DJ Flexta accueillent Olivier Nguessan (ancien journaliste dans les pages du magasine RER) pour une revue de l'album classique du Wu-Tang Clan "Enter The 36 Chambers" dans le cadre de leur série de podcast "Revue Véritables Albums".  C'est surement l'un de mes groupes fétiches et celui qui m'a le plus marqué dans ma jeunesse donc même si je croyais tout connaître du Wu et de cet album mythique, j'en ai encore appris quelques secrets grâce à cette échange de passionnés et connaisseurs de surcroît. Sorti en 1993, "Enter The 36 Chambers" est le premier album du légendaire groupe de hip-hop de Staten Island, le Wu-Tang Clan. Cet opus est considéré comme un des albums les plus influents et importants de l'histoire du hip-hop. Avec son style brut et agressif, ses samples de films de kung-fu, ses productions lo-fi et les flows uniques de ses 9 MCs, cet album a posé les bases de l'esthétique du Wu-Tang qui allait révolutionner le rap. Des morceaux comme "Protect Ya Neck", "C.R.E.A.M." ou "Method Man" sont devenus des classiques instantanés. Le Boug Arknow, DJ Flexta et Olivier Nguessan, en grands connaisseurs de hip-hop,reviennent en détails sur la genèse de cet album, son impact et décortiquent les raisons qui en font un monument musical incontournable, près de 30 ans après sa sortie Le concept de l'album s'inspire fortement de la passion du groupe pour les films de kung-fu, en particulier "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin" de 1978 et r��alisé par Liu Chia-liang, qui raconte l'histoire d'un homme cherchant à maîtriser les 36 chambres du kung-fu pour atteindre l'illumination. Métaphore du travail entrepris par RZA pour amener Ghostface Killah, GZA, Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, U-God et Cappadonna jusqu'au succés et bien plus...Wu-Tang is Forever ! Le titre "Enter the 36 Chambers" fait donc référence à ces 36 chambres légendaires de Shaolin, lieu d'entraînement des moines dans les films. Cela symbolise aussi la maîtrise du flow, des lyrics et des beats  par les membres du Wu-Tang. Au-delà de l'imagerie martiale, le chiffre 36 revêt aussi une signification spirituelle pour le groupe, basée sur des corrélations numériques avec ses 9 membres et les enseignements ésotériques de la Five Percent Nation, un mouvement afro-américain influencé par l'Islam. Musicalement, l'album se démarque à sa sortie en 1993 du rap West Coast gangsta qui domine alors. Là où d'autres enveloppent l'auditeur dans un univers de gangsters et proxénètes, le Wu-Tang s'inspire de l'esthétique des films de kung-fu pour immerger dans un monde de guerriers du verbe.  L'album donne l'impression d'une session live brute captée dans un sous-sol, avec des morceaux aux sonorités crues et agressives entrecoupés de skits renforçant la cohésion et l'identité du groupe. Un témoignage urgent sur les réalités violentes des ghettos de New York. "Enter the 36 Chambers" lance la mythologie du Wu-Tang Clan, neuf rêveurs de Staten Island (surnommé Shaolin) liés par une philosophie spirituelle et martiale commune, sublimant l'art du rap en pratique guerrière. Un appel initiatique à entrer dans leur univers. via Blogger https://ift.tt/2vNrP8x May 17, 2024 at 09:00AM