Hollywood Life Interview: RZA

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00:00Rizzo, good to see you, congratulations.

00:0230 years later, here we are at the Empire State Building.

00:05What did you guys do, like mentally, that made people stay with you 30 years later?

00:10That music, it still doesn't get old, it's still relevant today.

00:14I think we captured a moment in time.

00:17This building is a capture of a moment in time.

00:19You think about a building like this when in the early 30s, right?

00:25They build this building and it's still standing.

00:29I think we captured a moment in time of New York history, of youth, of ourselves, of

00:35the vernacular and the flow that was really pure, unadulterated New York.

00:41And I think that people around the world, this city, people dream of this city around

00:45the world.

00:46And people come from around the world.

00:48And some people who couldn't make it, they got here because of that album.

00:52And those who live here can relate to it because they lived it through the album.

00:56So I think that it's one of those records which we call a right to passage.

01:02Yeah.

01:03If you were not going here though, but for a lot of people, the first time you puff on

01:10some chronic or whatever, you might discover Bob Marley.

01:14Yeah.

01:15Right?

01:16So Wu has this discovery part of life.

01:18I think that when somebody finds it, it becomes part of them.

01:22And for those who already enjoyed it, I think it still has a semblance to who they are.

01:27What brought you guys together in the first place?

01:29How did that come together?

01:31Where did you guys sort of sink?

01:33How did you guys make it work?

01:35Well, it's strength in numbers, unity.

01:37We came together for art, music, the talent, the common denominators that was all in our lives.

01:45And really, quite frankly, for a lot of us, our mothers knew each other.

01:49Really?

01:50You know what I mean?

01:51Yeah, quite frankly.

01:52A lot of us, our mothers were friends or knew each other in the neighborhood.

01:55And for a lot of us, you know, you think about a lot of us, a lot of our histories are, you know, public school, junior high school.

02:04Yeah.

02:05You know, so it's sad.

02:06You know, like today, it's like a wedding that some of the guys didn't make it to, right?

02:09But you'll see them somewhere else, you know what I mean?

02:10Yeah.

02:11Well, congratulations, sir.

02:12It's awesome.

02:13It's an honor.

02:14It's a privilege.

02:15I appreciate it, brother.

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