Video: Raekwon f. Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface Killah & Method Man, “House of Flying Daggers”
- story Peter Macia
We’re definitely too old to still feel this way, but it would be pretty great if Wu-Tang actually went around beating up jerk ninjas.
llustrations by 1000Styles. Animation by Ryan Johnson and Drew Taylor. Directed by Erick Sasso and Brian Wendelken.
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posted on Aug 24, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Raekwon, Wu-Tang Clan
Video: Raekwon f. Method Man & Ghostface, “New Wu”
- story THE FADER
We know it is supposed to be Summer of Love ‘09 and all, but in watching this video we’re like… is this 1995? Only Built for Cuban Linx II is coming out late this summer, so they say, and in the video for “New Wu,” a gully little shoot that involves capturing some sloppy NARC-ish dude and rapping in a hallway at a strip club (The Player’s Club), the dudes are going in on hard throwback styles. “JUMP OUTTA BENZ WAGONS, MY FAMILY LIVE IN THE HILL, THEY CALL US BIN LADENS,” so says Ghostface. Whatever happens, it’s gonna be a hot hot summer in hell.
Video: Method Man & Redman, “Ayo”
- story THE FADER
When we went to a weird warehousey part of Bushwick a couple weeks ago to catch an exclusive behind the scenes for this video shoot, Meth and Red were doing exactly what they are doing in this video: chilling, stunting, smoking in a warehouse with some boxes lying around. And as they told us in our completely random interview/hang-out, the long-awaited Blackout 2 is gonna be one for the smokers. You think? If you couldn’t tell from the lyrics, you may want to check and see if you are already burning one. Note: that is a real bodega! It is not a set!
FADER TV: “Ayo” Video Shoot x Method Man and Redman x Contact High
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As you will see in FADER TV’s exclusive behind the scenes footage, Method Man and Redman are not shy about their hobbies. One will be fairly obvious to you, the others are Guitar Hero and feeding the world via rock & roll. Watch as The FADER’s Julianne Shepherd tries to remain professional while talking to the dynamic duo on the set of their new video “Ayo.”
Freeload: Redman & Method Man, “A Yo”
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Well, well, well, look who remembered they owe their fans the album they got everyone excited about and didn’t deliver on in Blackout!. Last we heard from Method Man, he was doing alot of complaining about how no one cared anymore, but last we heard from Redman was the unfairly ignored Red Gone Wild. Certainly they can both still rap their weed-loving asses off, but the question remains: can they do it 12 times in a row?
Download: Redman & Method Man, “A Yo”
Method Man’s Adventures In Film
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Let’s say you are a rapper-turned-actor. Actually, fuck it, let’s just say you’re Method Man. And let’s say your acting career isn’t doing what you’d like it to be doing, despite your great portrayal of Cheese Wagstaff on The Wire. You’ve reconciled the fact that How High 2: Even More Higher, The Legend of Ivory’s Ghost is never going to come out. You’ve accepted roles like Muggsy in Soul Plane and Persian Emissary in Meet the Spartans. The last semi-legitimate film you were in was an extraneous bit as a bellhop in Garden State, so sure, you take the part as the weed supplier Percy in The Wackness. It even let’s you try an accent, even if it is a Welcome To Jamaica, Mon!-style accent. But our question is this: When the director asks you to a deliver a “Biggie will change your life” bit of dialogue as “The What”—a song that you, Method Man, appear on with Biggie—plays, don’t you say, “Come on, Jonathan. All the references to Zima and Kurt Cobain’s death already make it abundantly clear that this film is set in 1994. This is getting too nudge-nudge-wink-wink even for me.”? Or do you just say, “Fuck the world, don’t ask me for shit. If you want to keep your S.A.G. card you have to work hard for it.”?
Live: Hot 97 Summer Jam 2008, Giants Stadium, New Jersey
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Summer Jam has built its entire rep on ridiculous moments, i.e. G-Unit starting a riot with chair-throwing in a downpour and Mobb Deep and Jay-Z getting into beef zone when Jay projected a flick of Prodigy extra dick-riding Michael Jackson’s outfit, glove and all. But the Summer Jam stage has never seen anything as subversive, uncomfortable and totally bizarre as Lil Wayne’s 20 minute set, apparently blasted on his own summer Js and a total amazing/scary rock star set, as in “DEAR GIANTS STADIUM, FOLLOW ME INTO MY K-HOLE, XOXO WEEZY.”
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posted on Jun 2, 2008 in MUSIC NEWS tags Alicia Keys, D-Block, ghostface, hip hop, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne, Method Man, Raekwon, Shawty Lo, Summer Jam 2008, Whitney Houston
Audio: Ghostface f. Method Man & Raekwon, “Yolanda’s House”
- story THE FADER
On this song Method Man does a hyper-detailed Ghostface style verse, and once again, Raekwon sounds like he’s rapping from a little ways down the hall. In any case, we are in no way mad at this or all the other new Wu material. Ghost’s The Big Doe Rehab comes out December 4th.
