GZA is currently prepping the release of his new album Dark Matter, inspired by quantum physics and slated for release later this year. During an interview with Rolling Stone, the Wu-Tang Clan member said that the LP is a “beautiful story” about “planets, black holes, comets” and more, and how his recent visit to MIT was one of the driving forces for the project.
“I had several different ideas and concepts in my head. It’s just a journey of the universe. Dark matter, dark energy,” he said. “The thing at MIT didn’t really have anything to do with it. This was just something that added to it. I mean, I never went to a university and linked up with, you know, quantum and astrophysicists and things of that nature. But it’s not like this is what sparked the idea for me to want to do this album.”
He also spoke on his upcoming projects, revealing that he’s beginning to write pilots and working on several scripts. He had no update on the Wu-Tang Clan reunion album, and said that even if the crew never records another song, he’s happy with what they already accomplished.
“We haven’t been on the same page in years,” he said, noting that he has no hard feelings about that. “Nah. It is what it is. Sometimes that match burns out. So, no, I don’t feel bad about it. It’s good. I’m grateful for everything we have done throughout our careers and if there’s nothing else to put out, then there’s nothing to put out. I’m constantly writing and working. It doesn’t stop there.”
Read the full interview at RollingStone.com.
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Pretty obvious they havent been on the same page in a minute, you knew summin was wrong a few years back when Rae went on Hot 97 to air out family buisness in public
ain’t nothin weed can’t fix
Yo GayZA and Wu Wang ain’t shit they’re old school faggots and ain’t got no swag YMCMB will take all these old bitches out of the game.
WTF?! your name is so icy boil, and you have the nerve to diss the fuckin WU-TANG CLAN!!! SMFH, stop smokin that fake weed and bath salts youngin its fuckin up ya brain cells.
that album sounds like it might be kinda nice. it might not be but ill check it out
This is going to be some heavy ish. and yeah, wutang aint been on the same page since the forever tour.
what up my nigga? we got some bad bitches dropping by the Alf Gang club house late tonight. come through and pick one out my nig
Yo I ain’t seen either of you for a minute!
Alf Gang or let Lil Wayne pick out your outfit
ayo what the fuck is this alf shit?
And how can I get in?
I got that one hand in my pants, one hand on a cold one steez, ya dig? ALF GANG!
We need another Wutang album, i know Rae is all for it and feels that them splitting up hurt the group. Ghostface has been in these interview calling for it
Most of them brothers are mcs which apart from the obvious…. experimenting with music, should not have gone dolo.
It’s been almost 4 years they should be waving that flag again with each member participating as a general without letting RZA be the brain child of the whole project, because clearly there was alot of dissatifaction in the group. Without taking anything away from the founding member.
To me it seems a shame to let something go to waste after that dud of an album and most of the members lending a hand on both the rae albums.
So Icy Boi comments, IF he gets paid to comment, and say $1 per response, gets 8-10 responses a thread. Times that by 10-12 threads per day, times that by the days in the month equals:
YOU ARE THE F*****G CLOWNS FOR PADDING HIS POCKETS BY RESPONDING.
I think you’re giving the dude too much credit, my G.
However, he’s a troll that does ish to get response and to validate his need to exist. Low life scum.
Don’t underestimate this internet business sir. There is a such thing as paid commenter’s.
If Gary’s not fucking drunk like he was on the idiotically titled “Pro Tools” (real creative!) this should be good… But let’s hope he’s off the alcoholism trip because it makes for lousy rap technique.
pro tools was fuckin horrible..nothing in his voice says that he is hungry..man even Rae sounds kinda weak ..but at least hes seriously trying
So true. Every time I’ve seen him live (5X) he’s been too drunk to perform well. It’s like pulling teeth to pay 40-50$ a ticket just to watch one of your heros completely shit the bed.
Dope concept!! i think a clothing line with planets and glow in the dark shit with space travel would be dope i mean where else can u get a plantary T other than the observatory. lol
breaker breaker 1 9
GZA/GENIUS one of the best hope productions tight
GZA ain’t for you tight jean wearing little boys. GZA does grown man stuff and does not make it simple for your little brains. GZA does the kind of hip hop when you actually had to figure out what an artist was talking about instead of abc 123 rhymers of today’s adhd audiences. Peace and Knowledge.
As-Salamu Alaykum
Shut up Faggot.
Wu tang are only relevant in NY.
Your comment is only relevant in your mind
wu-tang isn’t relevant in NY. they’re whole core audience is in Europe now. That’s why they tour here every year.
RZA has planted the WU-TANG seed world wide. They can tour every state in this country and I guarantee a packed joint every time. But a fuck boi house nigga like ^real spit wouldnt know that because he obviously aint real.
Quite possibly the most overrated rap group in history.
You have clearly displayed that you lack intelligence and that everything you say should be disregarded when discussing music
In the last 2 decades..Wu Tang comes up as one of the best groups..they dominated as a unit and as solo artists.
Method man>the rest of Wu tang
GZA is tight but he’s too out there sometimes, this is sounding like some Canibus sci-fi shit. I’m not mad, though, dude makes music for himself rather than for fans and I respect that. And it’s obvious the Wu ain’t what they used to be but I would still like to hear what they could cook up if they all came together again. It won’t be the same but it shouldn’t be 20 years later.
I guess the question is, is it still worth it to get all those guys together and split profits so many ways and you know all they could sell is possibly a couple hundred K if that…
Theyve had longevity but so has ludacris *kanye shrug*
Ludacris is average, and hasn’t innovated anything. Wu-Tang on the other hand, are the Lawrence Taylor’s of Hip Hop, minus the hookers and crack.
i love wu-tang as much as pretty much anybody, but i disagree with the whole “minus the hookers and crack part.” no disrespect to the gods, but Ol’ Dirty Bastard ring a bell?
Stick a fork in him he’s done #mmgcantlose
Dont ever mention MMG with Wu tang. fucking trash group compared to a legendary game changing group
Wu tang isn’t what’s up anymore, fishscale was the last good product of the wu, swag.
I don’t give a fuck about this nigga GZA, and I don’t give a fuck about you faggots, cause at the end of the day, YMCMB gets the last laugh, bitches lol. swag.
Strange Music gets the last laugh buddy. Nice try though. Fuck YMCMB.
Well… If we’re mentioning Strange Music. How is that dick riding 40 year old doing? Why don’t you tell him no one gives a fuck about his music. The only reason 6’s and 7’s sold was because of the features. Look at Kusterfuk and Kollabos
Let me know when young money outsells what death row did. Now go fuck ur mother and eat a dic up till u hiccup……homo. fake Swag broke moon cricket
Niggas is trippin tell em Icy
Leave it to some fag to come to the Wu rescue from the bloggers way to waste 5mins of your life….oops 🙂
HiphopDX”the Wu-Tang Clan member said.. how his recent visit to MIT was one of the driving forces for the project.”
GZA: The thing at MIT didn’t really have anything to do with it.”
Terrible article. Read your sources.
wu tang was the greatest thing to ever happen to hip hop, no one has or will ever match the impact they had worldwide! And they are still relevant across europe cause we respect real hip hop and didnt give in to the drizzy fag swag era we are in! All I have to say is 36 chambers, tical, ironman, liquid swords, only built for cuban linx now how many rappers/groups dropped that man classics in a row and it was raw hip hop
gza you lying bastard. where the fuck liquid swords 2??!’
20 years from now, people will still be coveting hip hop from the 90’s era. Nobody will be checking for the swag, pants tight no lyrical content ERA of the now.
Yup don’t hold your breath bud. In 2020 we’ll be going “whatever happened to that 2000 rap”
GZA to has always been more underrated in Wu-tang Clan he was on alot of songs they did it was mostly meth,rae,ghost,maybe inspectah deck but maybe he just couldnt fit the structure of the song for group albums but solo wise liquid swords will always be in rotation in my car because he was hiphop at heart peace to Wu-tang clan but i think they made enough history just let your legacy be great dont tarnish it look at Outkast they seem to be headed that same way no album in almost 7 years
correct me if im wrong but i hope you re not saying that outkast has tarnished their legacy. your statement was worded in a way that i can t really make out what u meant by that
meant to say he wasnt on alot of the wu-tang clan songs also
Where in this article does it mention anything about mmg or ymcb?? Yet these dick riders chime in on here and get all wet talking about them. I’m not telling y’all to like Wu but niggas need to learn about the history. I started listening to hip hop more serious just prior to the mid 90’s, but I listened to all of the 80’s music to catch up. Niggas now are ignorant to the history, it’s bananas.
MIT, Cornell, Oxford, Harvard, NYU, will Lil Wayne be speaking at these places?
GZA = 1 of the GOATS. MIT, Cornell, Oxford, Harvard, NYU, will Lil Wayne be speaking at these places?
GZA = 1 of the GOATS. MIT, Cornell, Oxford, Harvard, NYU, will Lil Wayne be speaking at these places? Maybe he already has them lined up.
wu tang had a great run ,hiphop seems to be over aswell oh well it was fun back when was real
lyrics is weak like clock radio speakers
Fuck you.
^ Why are you saying “fuck you”? That’s a line from GZA’s “Liquid Swords” song, stupid.
hahahaha jay think he a fan, but he don’t know shit
what a faggot
HAHA Jay YOU A LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME
I’m definitely gonna cop this album. I don’t pay much attention to shit these days but a concept album like this I think is worth checking out. The universe, planets, things like that are what people should be interested in… not reality tv, and bullshit like that. One thing I have always enjoyed about the GZA is that he was always the type of cat who thought outside the box and would drop rhymes that made you stop and think. This dude actually put thought into his music, unlike today… but that’s a whole other topic… I respect him for accepting the fact that maybe Wu-Tang had their run and it’s over but if that’s true, then Hip Hop has been long gone.
sometimes rappers burn out..I honestly think GZA is one of them..liquid swords is one of the best hiphop albums ever though. I still youtube his vids from that album..but I guess if Rae could come back, Gza can too.. but sometimes you can just hear it in their voices..theres no fire, no motivation, no flow man…
Stfu faggot ass nigga. GZA fucking sucks. Please do us all a favor and kill yourself.
Wu-Tang has definitely carved their place in hip hop, there’s no denying that. As much as I would love to see at least one more group album (not counting Chamber Music/Legendary Weapons type albums), there’s a slim chance it might happen. But in the end, it’s all good because they’ve put out tons of great music over the past 20 years.
That being said, I wasn’t feeling Pro Tools all that much. GZA just sounded bored on most of the album. Here’s hoping that GZA will find that spark for Dark Matter and that he’ll have more soul and energy this time. And what about Liquid Swords 2? Is that still happening?
Wu-tang fucking sucks. Who bumps that old grandpa ass bullshit nowadays? This is the YMCMB era now. Fuck these washed up niggas.
nigga your name is swag aint nobody giving a fuck what you think about anything
Fuck you nigga you ain’t down with the YMCMB cause we fuck your ass everyday! lol
These 10 year old fucking faggots still get breast fed by mommie..fuck u and that so icey broke bitch. Swag is for fags u little sword swallower
Where is Liquid Swords 2 with RZA beats and the collab album with Killah Preist?
This fool tries waaay too hard, get an engaging delivery before you write some smart dumb shit ever again.
Maybe he should just slur his words and speak like a jigga boo boo to please all the simple simons huh??
^ are you fucking retarded? what’s up with those lame comparisons? it’s you, the so-called real hip hop heads, who can’t get young money and shit out of the mind, where did he say some shit like this? gza could work on his flow, if you’re not seeing this, you’re lost anyways. god damn, ignorance runs rampage.
Ignorance runs rampant…along with rampage of course.
This nigga should do poetry instead of rapping. How can such a talented lyricist like him be so terrible at rapping?
I hope Wu-Tang can put their differences aside for the sake of hip hop. I’m pretty excited about GZA’s “Dark Matter” LP though. GZA makes some great music, not to mention his arguably the best lyricist of all time.
He won’t touch Heavy Mental, the most underrated album of all time, though.
No one has yet filled their shoes yet, there’s not one good reason why there should’nt be another album, unless they really can’t stand each other.
We are expecting a come back after all the talk of a new album, and them getting in the studio.
Liquid Swords will forever be heralded as one of the greatest solo hip-hop releases of all time. With that being said, GENIUS HAS LOST IT. Watching him try to rhyme live on stage is embarrassing to me as a long time supporter. He has no breath control and can’t stay on beat for shit. On their recent tour RZA was trying to punch his lines for him to keep him on beat and the nigga still couldnt spit his own classic shit well. With the exception of a few cuts, PRO TOOLS sounded boring, lazy and uninspired. Roc Marciano ran circles around him on his own shit. GZA! IF YOU ARENT MAKING LIQUID SWORDS 2 WITH RZA THEN YOUR WORD IS BULLSHIT! HANG IT UP!
I agree completely. The reason that he released LS doesn’t put him above criticism for a lifetime. What are dope concepts if you can’t execute them?
This nigga makes Cormega look like Royce Da 5’9” flowwise.
i saw him 2 months ago in ghent and his live performance was laaame, his studio material one of the illest but he suffers the same disease like nas, nas can’t top illmatic, GZA can’t top Liquid Swords…
I though Pro Tools, Legend of the Liquid Sword, and Grandmasters were all very solid if not spectacular.
You’re buggin’. Grandmasters and Pro Tools were both dope albums.
This is the exact reason why the clan ain’t on the Sam page, one dude raps about estrogen and astrophysics, couple of em are on that thug rap and then you got RZA trying to make radio pop commercial rap, of course nobody gonna be on the same page.
It’s great to see concept albums and rappers being creative but I don’t think certain styles and concepts appeal to a whole group at the same time.
Maybe I’m wrong…
they would be wack if they all rapped about the same shit all the time. trust.
Yes, you are wrong. RZA doesn’t make radio, pop music. Ghost and Rae do make drug music but they have some of the best lyrics and metaphors in history.
this spliff90 person was just on hhdx
telling nigg*s to go back to the jungle, now he here bigging up Wu. smdh
search the david banner/trayvon martin post
let’s here it, someone took your name right?
Hip Hop has no respect for its legends, you dont see The Rolling Stones getting ripped apart on Rock Message Boards like ya’ll are doing the GZA right now, lol
OH yeah go to blabbermouth.com and read there message board. you’ll see every rock band get torn apart 10 times worst than what people spam in here.
we need a new wu album to save hip hop!
GZA drinks too much, smokes too much weed and has become an embarrassment on the mic.
When his head is clear, he can still be sharp with the pen but it’s a shame the DISrespect he’s shown for his technique and are listening.
We reign all year round from June to June
While niggaz bite immediately if not soon
While ns bite immediately if not soon
Set the lynchin, and form the execution date
As this two thousand beyond slang suffocate
Amplify sample through vacuum tubes compressions
Cause RZA, to charge ns twenty G’s a session
Still one of my favorite MCs. Lookin’ forward to that album. One of the most descriptive MCs ever.
Wu Tang forever!
Dudes need to go back to the blueprint.
Rza behind the deck and let Rza direct the whole concept. Dudes need to recognize that Rza build that house and the clan need to spit legendary darts.
nigga name is so icy boil…SMFH, youngins
BUM ASS DRUNK HASN’T BEEN ** SOBER ** IN YEARS DUDE CAN’T EVEN HOLD HIS OWN AGAINST TEENAGERS IN CHESS ANYMORE JUST SAY NO GARY NO
GZA Genius the best lyrices to come out of the WU Period..9
36 CHAMBERS
TICAL
RETURN TO THE 36 CHAMBERS
ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX
LIQUID SWORDS
IRON MAN
WU-TANG FOREVER
TICAL:JUDGEMENTDAY
RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL IN STEREO
UNCONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
BENEATH THE SURFACE
NIGGA PLEASE
IMMOBILARITY
THE W
SEPREME CLIENTELLE
BULLETPROOF WALLETS
DIGITAL BULLET
IRON FLAG
LEGEND OF THE LIQUID SWORD
BIRTH OF A PRINCE
LEX DIAMOND STORY
PRETTY TONY ALBUM
TICAL:0 THE PREQUEL
FISHSCALE
4:21 THE DAY AFTER
8 DIAGRAMS
PRO TOOLS
ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX..II
MANIFESTO
WU MASACARE
APPALO KIDS
SHAOLIN VS WU-TANG
“The wu got somethin yo” as in the words of raekwon, they truly did have something and will be remembered as the greatest thing to ever happen to hip hop
Wu Block will sell about as many copies as K-Fed’s album did. At least Gza is being honest. They had their time. It’s better to look back and reflect on early success than to hold out for new classics that will never be. Even if everyone of the Wu wanted to try and duplicate 36 Chambers, today’s musical landscape has changed where if Chambers was released say tommorow, it would probably flop because what sounded fresh and lyrical then, would sound weird today.
any classic wutang sounds way more advanced than todays pop.
GZA ain’t shit but a ho ass trick, suckin dick and shit. I hate this nigga he has no fuckin talent ain’t shit compared to YMCMB. Swag.
@Lil B: Well Brother, That Is Your Opinion And I Can Respect That. As I’m Sure That You Can Respect That I Think Your Music And YCMB/Cash Money Etc. Sucks…… You All Are Killing The Rap Game With All This Homo Talk…I Understood Your Consept Of Your “I’m Gay” Album Meaning Happy.. However All That It Was Doing Was Bringing The Wrong Idea Of What Real Music Is All About. And What Does “Based God” Mean To You? Peace!
Only WU can bring back the Glory to HIp HOP!
Keep Hating Kids:
All you new hip-hop fans (15-25 yr olds) have horrible attitudes about life and music. You don’t even discuss the music like we did back in the day when Run DMC, Nas, Wu-Tang, Rakim, Biggy, Pac, etc. was running the game.
ALL you guys do is have your little online race wars and cry about Eminem vs whoever or Jay-Z is illuminate or who’s “real” or not. Worst of all you think there is one way to rap or one style to floss.
You guys are too myopic, boring and ignorant to call yourselves “hip-hop” fans. It was never like this in the 80’s and 90’s. Black and White kids grouped up and pushed for better race relations. We were too smart to suck on the FOX news or CNN teat.
This is what’s frustrating the pioneers of rap music and new well rounded rap artist. You FANS, YOU FANS, have lost ALL perspective.
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OH YEAH. BACK IN THE DAY MAN, IT’S ALL TURNED TO SHIT, PPL TODAY HAVE LOST THEIR WAYS– fuuuuuck outta here.
I’m not that dude up there, but when I first got here I actually thought you had a good perception ETK. I was definitely wrong and are not ashamed to say it.
You weren’t strong enough to withstand the comment hate, so you joined them.
I saw that dickriding cosign you posted, your opinion your life, but you melted with that, you might as well be Yessir the 3rd and troll hard. As a person with a respectable comment, you’re done here and I’m not the only one who saw that nonsense.
Now if you wish to mentally spar, I’m rolling some piff, your turn.
ETK just proved the previous poster. Igonrance is the almighty benefactor for this generation. Stay classy “ETK”.
@Anonymous for real man? With all your insinuations about how much more cultured and respectful and generally positive ‘your generation’ is, do you realize how hypocritical and supercilious it is to group all of todays young hiphop fans into a single generalization of online bickering, debates about who’s best, illuminati conspiracy theories and percieved ‘realness’ of rappers? Seems to me that in your rush to defend hip-hop or your generations unrivaled love for hip-hop or whatever your point was, you may have disregarded all those traits you were attacking us for disregarding in the first place. You seek no generational unity yet cite your own generations’ racial unity as evidence of your superiority as hip hop fans. You infer that you have this incredibly broad perspective that allows you to reach conclusions concerning hip hop that are beyond my generations intellectual reach, yet are too narrow minded to realize the incontavertible truth that you are mashing every young hip hop fan into an inaccurate stereotype in the same sentence. If you were assuming nobody from our generation would have the mental capacity to counter your ridiculous conjectures, as the obvious holes in your logic suggest, then it looks like I have disproven what you presented as infallible truths about my generation of hiphop fans. I can’t find a single comment on this page that embodies negativity more than yours, so by all means check your brother, but check yourself first man. Defend what you used to love about hiphop, but don’t attack what someone out there loves about it now, and certainly don’t question the validity of someone else’s opinion just because you don’t understand it.
GZA, Canibus, and Killah Priest would make a Killah combination….bars of wisdom for centuries!!!
4th member could either be Ras Kass, Last Emperor, or Nas…any intelligent mc would fit in!
4th member could either be Ras Kass, Last Emperor, or Nas…any intelligent mc would fit into the mix!