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Adam Friedland Challenges RZA To Remember Obscure Wu-Tang Affiliates, Make A Beat Out Of Christopher Cross’ “Arthur’s Theme”

stereogum.com·Tom Breihan·26 days ago
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Part of the myth of the Wu-Tang Clan, especially back in the day, was that the group had this vast, mysterious extended family. The core crew was nine members, which was already a lot, but then there were literal hundreds of Wu-Tang affiliates running around out there. Some of them would turn up with verses on group members' solo albums, or they'd come together in peripheral groups like Wu-Tang Killa Beez or Sunz Of Man. Now, Adam Friedland has done what many of us always wanted to do. He sat RZA down, and he asked about a bunch of these far-flung Wu-Tang affiliates who can't possibly be real. As an interviewer, former Cum Town podcast Adam Friedland has a rare superpower: He is never, ever starstruck. If anything, it's the opposite. He approaches his famous interview subjects from the assumed perspective that they're full of shit and that he can just kind of chide them for an hour. If anything, he sometimes actively antagonizes them.…

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