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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 17, 2022 9:40:09 GMT -5
I'm about halfway into the 1st episode and I'm digging it. I'm hick enough that I had to put on close captioning.
I remember Mike saying that these were hometown boys and I just happened across it. So far so good.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 17, 2022 10:55:09 GMT -5
Yup, possibly the most famous Staten Islanders in the past 25 years.
The show is very well done, and I don’t think you have to be into their music or rap music at all (I’m not) to enjoy it.
I get the added bonus of looking for Staten Island landmarks, and there’s quite a few shown.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 17, 2022 11:06:53 GMT -5
Looking for landmarks is pretty cool. I live in a small town north of Pittsburgh and nothing happens here. But every few years a major movie will come into town to film our bridge, go figure. But people flock to the movie theater just to see it.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 18, 2022 14:06:22 GMT -5
I never binged a show but I watched all 2 seasons in 28 hours. I just couldn't stop.
I like old country, gospel, and classic rock. Now I'm going to go down the rabbit hole starting with Wiki.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 18, 2022 19:43:54 GMT -5
I watched the first season in a day. The second season I watched weekly as it came out. I preferred binging it.
Both Method Man and Raekwon were regular customers of the Foot Locker store I worked in during my first year of law school. One day I sold Mr. Meth an all black Yankees hat and black Air Force One sneakers, which he wore to the MTV Awards that night.
My band also had the occasion to jam with them once. They were filming a video in the soundstage at the studio where we had our rehearsal space. We left the door unlocked (as we always did) and Method Man, Raekwon, Rza, Ghostface, and one other guy I don’t remember walked right on in as we were playing. They liked our music and we motioned them toward the mic and they each took a turn rapping over us playing the music from one of our original songs.
Wish it was the cell phone age and there was audio/video proof.
They did not smoke in our room but the entire building reeked of weed.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 18, 2022 19:45:52 GMT -5
That's pretty cool Mike. I hope a few more of us check it out, well worth the time.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 18, 2022 19:50:16 GMT -5
That's pretty cool Mike. I hope a few more of us check it out, well worth the time. I suspect many in our group heard the word “rap” (or said Wu Tang? Never heard of them.) and will not watch, but I still contend it’s worth watching and enjoyable even if you don’t like the music. |
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Post by insanecooker on Jan 18, 2022 20:48:14 GMT -5
My band also had the occasion to jam with them once. They were filming a video in the soundstage at the studio where we had our rehearsal space. We left the door unlocked (as we always did) and Method Man, Raekwon, Rza, Ghostface, and one other guy I don’t remember walked right on in as we were playing. They liked our music and we motioned them toward the mic and they each took a turn rapping over us playing the music from one of our original songs. That is an amazing story. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 18, 2022 20:56:52 GMT -5
My band also had the occasion to jam with them once. They were filming a video in the soundstage at the studio where we had our rehearsal space. We left the door unlocked (as we always did) and Method Man, Raekwon, Rza, Ghostface, and one other guy I don’t remember walked right on in as we were playing. They liked our music and we motioned them toward the mic and they each took a turn rapping over us playing the music from one of our original songs. That is an amazing story. It was really a cool experience. Also a testament to how “small town” Staten Island really is (comparatively speaking, of course) where you can run into your sneaker salesman playing with his band while you shoot your rap video. I had zero business running into anyone from Wu Tang, and I did it in two completely different settings. |
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 19, 2022 6:49:59 GMT -5
I watched the first season in a day. The second season I watched weekly as it came out. I preferred binging it. Both Method Man and Raekwon were regular customers of the Foot Locker store I worked in during my first year of law school. One day I sold Mr. Meth an all black Yankees hat and black Air Force One sneakers, which he wore to the MTV Awards that night. My band also had the occasion to jam with them once. They were filming a video in the soundstage at the studio where we had our rehearsal space. We left the door unlocked (as we always did) and Method Man, Raekwon, Rza, Ghostface, and one other guy I don’t remember walked right on in as we were playing. They liked our music and we motioned them toward the mic and they each took a turn rapping over us playing the music from one of our original songs. Wish it was the cell phone age and there was audio/video proof. They did not smoke in our room but the entire building reeked of weed. ya know Mike, some things are better without the vids. I like the story it's perfect just like that. |
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Jan 19, 2022 12:20:47 GMT -5
Wow, a whole bunch of names I've never heard floating around in this thread.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 19, 2022 12:42:14 GMT -5
Wow, a whole bunch of names I've never heard floating around in this thread. Lol, I can't tell you any of them but now I recognize them. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 19, 2022 12:49:45 GMT -5
Wow, a whole bunch of names I've never heard floating around in this thread. I guess it’s hard to be as hip as I am lol. |
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Jan 19, 2022 22:18:09 GMT -5
Wow, a whole bunch of names I've never heard floating around in this thread. I guess it’s hard to be as hip as I am lol. Oh... I'm anything but hip. We established that in the early riser thread. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 20, 2022 13:43:24 GMT -5
I guess it’s hard to be as hip as I am lol. Oh... I'm anything but hip. We established that in the early riser thread. Me either, I wear furry shoes and name drop hip hop artists from 20 years ago lol. |
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 20, 2022 17:15:46 GMT -5
I'm disappointed! The commercials shown during the 2nd episode said new episodes on Wednesday. I haven't seen any.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 20, 2022 18:00:53 GMT -5
I'm disappointed! The commercials shown during the 2nd episode said new episodes on Wednesday. I haven't seen any. Nope they aren’t up to season 3 yet… |
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Post by dukedog on Jan 22, 2022 10:03:03 GMT -5
I'm younger than most here (just shy of 41), so I grew up being exposed to hip hop. I wasn't into it at the time, since I was a grunge head in the 90s, but I have grown to enjoy it. The Wu crew may be crass but rap has its own language. The Wu Tang doc has been on my list for a while now, so I need to check it out. P.S. - I saw this study mentioned in a Rolling Stone article some years back. The author compared the lyrics from a bunch of rappers to Shakespeare and Melville to see who had the bigger vocabulary. pudding.cool/2017/02/vocabulary/index.html |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 22, 2022 11:58:55 GMT -5
I'm younger than most here (just shy of 41), so I grew up being exposed to hip hop. I wasn't into it at the time, since I was a grunge head in the 90s, but I have grown to enjoy it. The Wu crew may be crass but rap has its own language. The Wu Tang doc has been on my list for a while now, so I need to check it out. P.S. - I saw this study mentioned in a Rolling Stone article some years back. The author compared the lyrics from a bunch of rappers to Shakespeare and Melville to see who had the bigger vocabulary. pudding.cool/2017/02/vocabulary/index.htmlWu Tang’s music was definitely different than most other hip hop, and I think the language of it was probably part of that. They touch on their unusual lyrics a bit in the series. |
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