Released in 1998, Soul Survivor was the grand coronation of producer Pete Rock's already-stellar career, a large-scale album equally celebrated for its imposing instrumentals and heavyweight guest list (the Wu-Tang Clan, Black Thought of The Roots, and Common all had verses on the project). Yet despite the star-studded cast, Pete was the clear centerpiece, as his beats [...]
When the first remix from Wugazi hit the Internet, we kinda lost our shit. So did a lot of people, and it makes sense: Someone should've mashed up Wu-Tang and Fugazi, two groups with similarly diehard followings, years ago. Luckily, it was two dudes from the Minneapolis hip-hop crew Doomtree, and we're generally digging 13 Chambers, the [...]
We hope you're not sick of this yet. The Doomtree-affiliated project Wugazi has now posted 13 Chambers, its full mixtape of Fugazi/Wu-Tang Clan mash-ups. Download it here! And check back on Arts Desk later today for some highly considered commentary.
Shortly after our interview with Wugazi went online, the duo dropped another sweet mash-up: “Forensic Shimmy.” That’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” and Fugazi’s “Forensic Scene” providing one seriously funky jam. Whodathunk the late ODB and Joe Lally would’ve made such a killer combo?
We think it also makes for one solid soundtrack to [...]
The Internet went into hyperdrive when Wugazi, a mash-up project that combines beloved iconic post-hardcore act Fugazi and beloved NYC hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, released their first tune on SoundCloud last week. "Sleep Rules Everything Around Me" was a brilliant mix that restored out faith in mash-ups, and it ain't no fluke: Yesterday, the Doomtree-affiliated [...]
Remember when a mash-up could still feel brilliant? No? Fine, so it's hard to think of a time before the term came to evoke ill-concieved ideas, diminishing returns, and kids who go to Girl Talk shows to take E and make asses out of themselves.
Well, allow Wugazi take you back to a simpler time. Straight outta [...]
In 2009, Regi Allen pitched a program to Black Entertainment Television. They stopped him at the show’s name: Fried Chicken Cinema.
To hear Allen tell it, the BET executives weren’t interested in a show geared toward black audiences that was named with a persistent African-American stereotype in mind—never mind that the network itself frequently faces criticism for [...]
If you were like me in the 1990s, you idolized the members of Wu-Tang Clan, bicycling to the record store every time they dropped a cassette (ask any Wu fan about the vaunted "purple tape.")
DMVers Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones must feel the same way, if Shaolin Jazz: The 37th Chamber is an indication. [...]
Which Way to the Idioteque?: We tried to warn you. Alex Baca analyzed the map, suspecting that Radiohead, "however well-intentioned, might have fallen prey to the totally confusing L'Enfant Plan." The British didn't always have this much trouble getting around town. While things went fine in other places—say, Times Square—the geniuses behind The Universal Sigh [...]
The city provides us with stories, but not all of them involve sharks and shooters. People make stuff and say stuff and write stuff, and sometimes we wholeheartedly reply "far out!" or "hot dang!" Sometimes it's more of a retort than a reply, but whatever. Still confused, young'in? The dossier is as easy as one, [...]
