Raekwon sat down with Joe Rogan for an intensive interview that touched on all the pieces from his want to create a film concerning the Wu-Tang Clan to new music he’s engaged on.
In a current look on the Joe Rogan Expertise, Rae recalled how, with an help from fellow rapper Q-Tip, he managed to arrange a gathering with himself, RZA and Leonardo DiCaprio’s staff to pitch a Wu-Tang film previous to Wu-Tang: An American Saga occurring. Nevertheless, the film by no means got here to fruition, with RZA as an alternative opting to inform the group’s story on the Hulu collection.
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“I want we might have been capable of sit down with [DiCaprio] as a result of the way in which I had him taking a look at it — I mentioned, ‘This might be, like, a slash of Goodfellas and Menace II Society, combined in a single,’” Raekwon mentioned.
“He was tremendous open. … However at the moment, RZA was already in pocket with what he already wished to do,” he continued.
Nevertheless, Rae did say that he’s nonetheless inquisitive about providing his personal cinematic tackle the Wu’s story, saying, “At some point, possibly I’d get to indicate my model of it.”
“It might nonetheless be made. … God prepared, we’ll actually provide you with guys one other style of how we actually see it,” he added.
Elsewhere within the chat, he additionally shared that he’s engaged on a documentary for his seminal debut studio album, Solely Constructed 4 Cuban Linx…
“We went again and determined to do a documentary about it,” he mentioned, noting that it’s going to be known as The Purple Tape Recordsdata in reference to the album’s notorious purple tape version.
“My staff sat down and mentioned, ‘You want to do a documentary about this album since you might make 50 albums and persons are nonetheless going to speak about Solely Constructed 4 Cuban Linx…’” he continued.
He then went on to say that he’s been engaged on the documentary for 10 years and that he’s getting ready to begin pitching it this yr.
And lastly, he shared that he’s engaged on new music, with the brand new album being titled The Emperor’s New Garments.
