RZA (Rapper)

Ghostface: Show Preview

The Way We Die Now: Movie Violence Has Never Been Better

"The Man with the Iron Fists": The RZA Gets Good and Weird

The RZA: Show Preview

Summer Guide: Choosing the Season's Best Music Festivals

Before Hip-Hop Squares: Eight Links Between Rap Music and TV Game Shows

A game show that people have ever cared about -- even a little bit -- can go down, but it will never truly be out. Know the Dick Clark version of Pyramid that started in the 1970s and continued throughout the decade? No? Well, you've probably encountered the Bill Cullen version (also from the '70s), ... More >>

The Eight Most Memorable Pop Culture References on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

The rap game -- well, any game -- could use more people with the ambition of the RZA and the ability to make good on it. The man born Robert Diggs is more than an MC, a producer, and an actor. His resume also includes "DICTATOR" in big, bold letters: When the Wu-Tang Clan was just a bunch of young b ... More >>

Prince Paul's "Negroes on Ice" Wants the Rap World to Take a Joke

Rock the Bells Brings Classic Hip-Hop Debuts to the Stage

The Top 6 Weirdest Actor Cameos in Music Videos

What did we do on Christmas after we'd eaten a mountain of food and watched a giant stack of movies? Looked for actors in music videos, of course! Here are six of the weirdest cameos big-name actors have made in music videos. 6. Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon Of Choice"
 Up until t ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from this week in S.F. music

Wu-Tang Clan Is Playing San Francisco's Mezzanine This December

Nothing to fuck with.​YES: the Wu-Tang Clan (R.I.P. O.D.B.) is bringing its Shaolin magic on the road next month, and San Francisco lies in the path of destruction. (This less than a month after Ghostface Killah's show at Slim's next week.) So boom-bap to that! Come this way for details.

Good Rappers Who've Made Terrible Actors

The trend of rappers shifting into acting is nothing new, and in theory it makes sense. Both roles focus on emotive storytelling, right? Unfortunately, that transition isn't always a smooth one--a point hammered home repeatedly by the new film Just Wright, starring Queen Latifah and Common. It's 100 ... More >>

The Honor Roll Crew is the West Coast's Wu-Tang Clan

Listomania: Top Hip-Hop Picks For 2009

While year-end, catch-all wrap-ups are common to every musical genre, in no other style of music do they turn into the hand-wringing, "state of the game" examinations that hip-hop seems to provoke. (I've certainly written a few.) We worry because we care, of course. But at some point, like a thirty- ... More >>

Halloween Clips: The Ten Scariest Music Videos of All Time

1. Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"You can't have Halloween without Alice Cooper. From his decapitation-happy live shows to his self-mocking sense of humor, he's rock's king demon. (Sorry, Marilyn--we know how hard you try.) But was Cooper ever better than when accompanied by the Muppets? ... More >>

Rock the Bells

Hip Hop Chess Federation Presents "Mind Over Matter II"

EKAphotographyHip to be Square: RZA vs. CasualIf you thought chess was a game for old dudes with goiters, Market Street hustlers, and nerdy four-eyes kids, think again. The South Bay-based Hip Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) has completely redefined the image chess by making it a kid-friendly, urban art ... More >>

RZA Drops Afro-Samurai S/T, Prepares to Rock S.F.

Courtesy of The RZAYour kung-fu cannot defeat mine, you pathetic fool! My medallion is also a thowing star! Is it just our imagination, or has Wu-Tang producer the RZA become even more prolific since leaving the slums of Shaolin for La-La land? Having freed himself from the burdens of making gritty ... More >>

RZA Preps New Bobby Digital Album, Plays SF in June

GZA: Going Back in Wu-Tang Time

RZA Leaves Wu-Tang Tour

LastNight: RZA at the Independent

Your Monday Morning Hangover: Tool, Van Halen, and for the kids — SANTA = CHILD MOLESTER!!!

Your Monday Morning Hangover: Tool, Van Halen, and for the kids — SANTA = CHILD MOLESTER!!!

Your Monday Morning Hangover: Tool, Van Halen, and for the kids — SANTA = CHILD MOLESTER!!!

CD Review: Wu-Tang Clan -- 8 Diagrams

Wu-Tang Clan

8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

Renaissance Man

Wu-Tang producer RZA's balancing act

Wu-Tang Clan's '8 Diagrams' -- Sneak Review of the Leak!!

Is Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah as Dumb as He Sometimes Acts?

When I'm 64

Misc. Reviews

Beat Kings: The History

Method Man gets a bit too methodical

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Jaa Rules

Martial arts sensation Tony Jaa makes the most of his screen debut

Dance, Dance Revolution

This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past.

Handsome Boy Modeling School

White People

BeatBox

Hear This

Back with a new album, Wu Tang Clan's Method Man stops in San Francisco before taking over Hollywood.

GZA

Legend of the Liquid Sword

Various Artists

James Brown's Funky People, Volume 3 (Polydor)

Turning Japanese

Wu-Tang Forever?

U-God comments on the state of the Wu nation after a tumultuous year for its members

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The Sound vs. Fury

The secret success of 1995's rhythm nation

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