Word: rza
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...fströmThe Weinstein Company1/2 starBad things happen when people cheat in relationships: break-ups and divorces; sexual and emotional inadequacies; listening to Coldplay. Rarely though, does infidelity lead to life-threatening blackmail by a French thug or the martyrdom of The Wu-Tang Clan’s The RZA. In my limited experience, at least.However in “Derailed,” the appallingly bad star vehicle for post-“Friends” Jennifer Aniston and never-Bond Clive Owen, anything is possible.The “thrilling” plot—which aspires to twist...
...Babygrande)4/5Anyone who heard the stellar “Biochemical Equation,” the collaboration single between the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA (who did the soundtracks of both Kill Bill films) and indie-hop supervillain MF Doom last month had good reason to be excited for this project. I was dusting off my liquid sword, getting ready to guillotine heads once more. RZA wails, “Strong as the base of a mountain, there’s no countin’, how many MC’s have sprung from our fountain...
...tracks for Jay-Z's groundbreaking album The Blueprint, using samples of old songs (the Doors' Five to One, the Jackson 5's I Want You Back) sped up until they sounded like Chipmunks cover versions. (West admits he took the idea from the Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA; he insists on giving credit where it's due.) Still, he couldn't persuade Jay-Z, Damon Dash or anyone else to take him seriously as a rapper...
...picked up heavyweight Holly-wood fans, from Brett Ratner, director of Chan's Rush Hour smashes, to Quentin Tarantino, who screened Ong-Bak at his home with his pal the RZA of the iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan. "Tony is my homey, yo," says the RZA. "He's young, energetic--a new breed of martial artist born in the hip-hop generation...
Some of the other sketches are way too sketchy, but there's much to be said for the rock stars, Waits and Pop, playing bumper cars with their egos. Murray is good, too, as a caffeine freak who slurps directly from the pot and goofily encounters rappers GZA and RZA, who apparently have a sideline in holistic medicine...