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I(H)C13 β Da Ruckus
Maybe some of you know the 36 Chambers album – well, the original Wu-Tang really does exist.
Somewhere in the misty green mountains of Hubei province…
Mount Wudang, May 21st 2007.
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Soundtrack: Wu-Tang Clan – “Gravel Pit”
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December 20th, 2008 at 14:43
The best Hip Hop album ever! So the band altered Wudang into Wu-Tang? Is that where it coming from?
December 24th, 2008 at 04:54
Christian: I think they must have got it from Hong Kong movie productions, they have different methods of transliteration. And yes, the 36 Chambers is clearly among the best!!
December 26th, 2008 at 21:03
There are a ton of "Wu-Tang" Movies, like "Son of the Wu Tang" and even "Wu Tang Clan" or "The 28 Wonders of Wu Tang." In America they are packaged similarly, implying some sort of series, but the Chinese names normally never mention the Wu Tang, and they are by different directors, so it's hard to figure out if they were originally intended to be a franchise, or if that's just American marketing.
Actually, according to their book, RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard studied some kungfu in China, I think at Shaolin Temple. (Note, "Wutang vs. Shaolin" was also a movie's name.)
But the really interesting stuff comes with where the connection is between African Americans and China. That would be part of "Five Percenter" ideology.
The Five Percenters are a religious group from New York who were founded by a guy called Clarence 13X. He was a Korean War Veteran and member of the Nation Islam under Elijah Mohammad (like Malcolm X) until he broke away, founding his own faith (technically, The Nation of Gods and Earths) which heavily relies on "logic" (technically, something called "Supreme Mathematics"). He also declared himself Allah.
One of the racial conceptions that no doubt fused his war experience with racial theories from the Nation of Islam is the idea of the "Asiatic Black Man" which means a black mind that is established on the astral plain connecting with the ancient black wisdom of "original Hindus" or perhaps the Moorish tradition of science and reasoning.
December 29th, 2008 at 03:19
Austin: Dropping science dude! :)