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RZA Talks Wu-Tang and Creativity In Quarantine

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop

I think no more than 150 people knew how to do it. It was a small, still a very small community. Joseph told me he got him from the Bronx, from Soundview Projects. He would go to their house and people would bring out sound systems there. That's where it hit him. So my style really could be traced back to the Bronx from the just, you know what I mean? But anyway, there wasn't a lot of people doing it. They answered your question and it was mostly DJ's catching a break beat. The samplers wasn't happening. And with your, with your talk, the bells for us. No Mr. Maddy. No Supreme

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