By The Hip Hop Writer
Hip Hop Vibe Staff Writer
Method Man has held several interviews and concerts where he has confirmed a reunion album from the Wu-Tang Clan. With the twentieth anniversary looming, all of the members are doing interviews. Ghostface Killah has been making his rounds over the past couple of weeks in anticipation of the new projects in the works.
Wu-Tang Clan last came together for a new album in 2007. Releasing their album late in 2007, 8 Diagrams was regarded as a solid album. However, longtime Wu-Tang Clan fans expected more from the group. It turns out, Ghostface Killah also expected more out of the album.
Recently, Ghostface Killah talked to XXL and he explained his stance on a reunion album, which appears to be a “final” album. Talking to XXL, Ghostface Killah said he hated the last album from the Clan. Ghostface Killah said RZA gave great samples out to artists like Nas and Busta Rhymes that 8 Diagrams needed.
Read an excerpt from the interview below:
“8 Diagrams, I couldn’t stand it ‘cause I know us, and then I know my man [RZA] even more,” he says. “I’m like, ‘Yo, how could you give our fucking people that?’ Now you had people that said, ‘Oh no, I liked it.’ That might be the ‘yes men’ niggas. You know what I mean? Or it’s a miss or something ‘cause I know how we can be. These motherfuckers wanted the skits. They wanted to feel like they at home with us. They wanna feel like, ‘Y’all didn’t hear this in a long time. What y’all got now?’”
“I saw him give other niggas fly samples from Nas to Busta Rhymes. Busta Rhymes sent me some shit, I said, ‘Yo, where you get this from?’” he explained. “I went to RZA. I told him I wanted this box right here. He gave us some fly shit’…pay for the sample RZA. Pay for the sample. So what they gonna take this and things, but the people want that from us right now. Pay for the fucking sample. RZA’s my brotha for life. That’s my brother-in-law. I got babies by his fucking sister. But what I’m hearing, I’m not saying I’m the best, but I’m consistent about my shit. So what you gon’ roll with? The nigga that’s being consistent or – even though he taught me a lot of shit but it’s like is your shit still – the way y’all been making these cakes for the past 30 years. Entenmann’s. Are y’all still making those kind of cakes? Or Little Debbie’s is coming up blowin’. C’mon man, that’s not that crumb cake, nigga.”
