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From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga by S.H. Fernando Jr.

Considered boilerplate or standard in major label contracts, the leaving-member clause stipulated that a label that signed a group had exclusive rights to sign any leaving member of that group. After "Protect Ya Neck" started blowing up, none of the major labels that called RZA for a meeting were willing to waive this clause, except Loud. Rifkind says he was amenable to the idea because, following his experience with New Edition, "I always thought the group would be bigger than the solo artist.” The only reason he was able to convince the top brass at RCA to see eye to eye with him was because they didn't have much faith that what they referred to as the "Chinese rap group" would sell many records.

So Wu-Tang became the first rap group in history whose individual members were eligible to sign with other labels. The compromise Rifkind reached with RZA allowed Loud to have first dibs to match any competing offers for Wu-Tang solo artists. RZA also secured the guarantee of complete creative control over the album, another unprecedented accommodation. In exchange for these two significant concessions, he rolled the dice, agreeing to settle for a relatively paltry advance of $60,000. In doing so, however, "Wu-Tang not only kept the right to determine the destinies of its members individually, but—fatefully—they also retained their brand: their name, their merchandising, and their publishing. Never before had hip-hop artists negotiated the kind of autonomy that RZA did.” Of course, another visionary artist, George Clinton, had pulled off a similar coup in the seventies when he got his bands, Parliament and Funkadelic, which were, ostensibly, made up of the same musicians, signed to Casablanca and Westbound, respectively. But RZA was about to take this concept to the next level.

Even before the Loud deal was clinched, he signed ODB to Elektra and Method Man to Def Jam. By February 1993, when "Protect" became a "Sure Shot" single in The Source, the premiere hip-hop publication at the time, Genius scored a deal at Geffen Records. For RZA, everything was proceeding as planned. "So, what happened is now you have major labels who are in competition with each other now working for the same cause without being aware of it,” he says. "And now hip-hop is getting a chance to get a new breed of energy that was lacking. Before Wu-Tang, you couldn't find many MCs that was really straight from the projects—ex-felons who would never have got a job, life would be over. Seven out of nine of us are high school dropouts and basically the ones that society would write off as dead or in jail by twenty-five. So, we was able to beat that statistic, bring the real people into the music industry, the people that was feeling it [hip-hop] and living it, you know what I mean, and changed the game.”

There was no question that the rest of the Clan was on the same page. In an early interview, GZA said, "Clan represents family, man. Clan means family. We all a family. But we spreading out. Don't think that because he has a solo deal and I have a solo deal that we all just separating and breaking up. It's not that type of thing, man. We just expanding because the talent is so great. It's like we have mad talent in this, yunno, and we just got to spread out.”

Dirty added, "We got a master plan for y'all, man. See we tryin' to get all our people in the door. I ain't even gonna tell you. I'ma just show you, man." (pp. 148-49)

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MF DOOM Will Be Honored With A Street Sweeper Named 'MF BROOM' In Richmond, Virginia

Some much-needed wholesome news: The lovely city of Richmond, Virginia is introducing a new bike lane street sweeper and residents have voted that it be named MF BROOM, after the late rapper MF DOOM who tragically passed in 2020.

In a bracket not unlike that of March Madness, the options consisted of MF BROOM, Kate Brush, Meryl Sweep, Sweep Carolina, Dirt Reynolds, Bike Dyson, LeBroom James, The Bus Duster, The Legion of Broom, Wall-E, The Grim Sweeper, and more creative names. MF BROOM and The Grim Sweeper made it to the final round, and the former won with a 59%-41% vote.

“The people have spoken!” Venture Richmond tweeted in the announcement. “We crowdsourced name ideas, you voted, and the name of the new @DPW_RichmondVAbike lane sweeper is… MF BROOM. Until then, enjoy your clean bike lanes!”

“Just remember all caps when you spell the mans name,” one user replied.

The beloved hip-hop legend is being memorialized in many ways. For instance, it was announced in May of this year that a biography of MF DOOM is in the works. It will be titled The Chronicles Of Doom: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast, written by veteran journalist S.H. Fernando Jr. and arriving via Astra House. -(source: uproxx)

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MF DOOM's Wife Celebrates The Late Rapper's 51st Birthday

Not long ago, Hip-Hop lost one of the genre's most talented & historic rappers. MF DOOM would've turned 51 years old yesterday (July 13th) & his wife dedicated a tribute to the late MC with a sentimental Instagram post. The image shows a birthday cake & features the caption "'Never forget alwayz remember' Old Dad. Best day ever 13th. -Lovingly Jasmine." There's also a video attached to the post that shows DOOM being celebrated with a display of fireworks as well. Take a look for yourself down below:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by MF DOOM. ALL CAPS. (@mfdoom) The Death Of A Hip-Hop Legend It's been over a year since the death of MF DOOM was announced on New Year's Eve in 2020. The news came weeks after he initially passed away, but out of respect, his family delayed sharing the information. He's influenced many artists in his lifetime, including Lupe Fiasco, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, Trippie Redd & many more. His style was one of the most unique to ever exist in Rap & not always easily accessible. It's hard to deny his lyrical genius & endless amount of creativity when hearing his songwriting. Despite not being a common mainstream name, his legacy will always carry on & propel him into the memories of everyone his music touched globally.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by MF DOOM. ALL CAPS. (@mfdoom)   How DOOM's Legacy Is Still Continuing? MF DOOM built a huge brand name for himself while alive & can be recognized globally. The New York icon's family is doing a great at preserving his image & continuing his legacy. It's been reported that an official biography is being worked on & written by S.H. Fernando Jr. for MF DOOM. As of now, it's set to be released sometime in 2024 hopefully. Additionally, DOOM got a street named after him in Long Beach, NY around the time of his 50th birthday last year. With all that said, what does MF DOOM & his career mean to you? Read more of FM Hip-Hop’s featured articles today.   Written by: Oryah Brown | Instagram: @oryah.wav Read the full article

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MF DOOM's Story To Be Told In Upcoming Biography

Masked rapper MF DOOM died two years ago and the first posthumous biography about him is on the way. According to publisher Astra House The Chronicles Of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconolast is currently being written by journalist S.H. Fernando Jr. The book promises to fill in the gaps of DOOM's mystique and tell the whole story of his life and the full trajectory of his rap career from the days of KMD to becoming the only rapper famous for wearing a mask.  The book will come out in 2024. 

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MUZIK Magazine’s Top 10 Books of 1995

1. Pollen by Jeff Noon

2. Maribou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh

3. Ocean of Sound by David Toop

4. Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson

5. The New Beats by S.H. Fernando Jr.

6. What Kind of House Party Is This? by Jonathan Fleming

7. Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

8. Bomb the Suburbs by William “Upski” Wimsatt

9. Krautrocksampler by Julian Cope

10. Microserfs by Douglas Coupland

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In 2005 I had the honor of joining my family on this one. My third single on wax Check out “Danger Danger” Much love and respect to Skizz S.h. Fernando Jr. Word Sound Records , And my brother SENSATIONAL this is an amazing project! go out and purchase this album now anywhere in the world 🌎 Much love to the UK and Germany #Chickenlover #kevhutch #PhillybMD #Sensational

[fmhiphop]

MF DOOM's Wife Celebrates The Late Rapper's 51st Birthday

Not long ago, Hip-Hop lost one of the genre's most talented & historic rappers. MF DOOM would've turned 51 years old yesterday (July 13th) & his wife dedicated a tribute to the late MC with a sentimental Instagram post. The image shows a birthday cake & features the caption "'Never forget alwayz remember' Old Dad. Best day ever 13th. -Lovingly Jasmine." There's also a video attached to the post that shows DOOM being celebrated with a display of fireworks as well. Take a look for yourself down below:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by MF DOOM. ALL CAPS. (@mfdoom) The Death Of A Hip-Hop Legend It's been over a year since the death of MF DOOM was announced on New Year's Eve in 2020. The news came weeks after he initially passed away, but out of respect, his family delayed sharing the information. He's influenced many artists in his lifetime, including Lupe Fiasco, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, Trippie Redd & many more. His style was one of the most unique to ever exist in Rap & not always easily accessible. It's hard to deny his lyrical genius & endless amount of creativity when hearing his songwriting. Despite not being a common mainstream name, his legacy will always carry on & propel him into the memories of everyone his music touched globally.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by MF DOOM. ALL CAPS. (@mfdoom)   How DOOM's Legacy Is Still Continuing? MF DOOM built a huge brand name for himself while alive & can be recognized globally. The New York icon's family is doing a great at preserving his image & continuing his legacy. It's been reported that an official biography is being worked on & written by S.H. Fernando Jr. for MF DOOM. As of now, it's set to be released sometime in 2024 hopefully. Additionally, DOOM got a street named after him in Long Beach, NY around the time of his 50th birthday last year. With all that said, what does MF DOOM & his career mean to you? Read more of FM Hip-Hop’s featured articles today.   Written by: Oryah Brown | Instagram: @oryah.wav Read the full article