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Khalik Allah's Iwow: I Walk on Water is exclusively playing on Mubi in the UK and Ireland starting April 12, 2021.The latest work from photographer-filmmaker Khalik Allah, Iwow: I Walk on Water, is a sprawling, ambitious, 200-minute self-portrait, a transparent exploration of the author himself through the relationships he forges as an artist and a man.The film opens, aptly, with an a capella rendition of the classic hymn “Blessed Assurance”—sung by the director’s aunt—in a testament to his faith (Allah is a member of Five-Percent Nation) and the conviction that has defined his work. When we spoke last May—after Iwow had premiered at the 2020 True/False Film Festival and in the throes of a pandemic that had shaken the world—Allah pointed out the emblematic juxtaposition at the start of the film: He prays to God. Then, he muses on his dick size. “I thought [as a boy] it would keep growing forever,...

The estate of Ol’ Dirty Bastard will mark the 25th anniversary of the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s 1995 classic Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version with a deluxe reissue. The original LP, Odb’s debut solo album, was also recently certified platinum by the RIAA, the estate announced Thursday.

The Return to the 36 Chambers reissue will come in a variety of formats, including an expansive digital-only version — out March 27th via Rhino — packed with 43 tracks: the original LP (featuring Wu-Tang cohorts like Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Gza and more), instrumentals,...

Ghostface Killah teams with Snoop Dogg, E-40 and La the Darkman for a triumphant new track, “Saigon Velour.” The song will appear on the Wu-Tang Clan rapper’s new solo album, The Lost Tapes, out October 5th.

“Saigon Velour” finds its all-star crew spitting over a classic Big Ghost beat of dusty drums, resonant horns and soulful vocal samples. Ghostface kicks off the proceedings with a hilarious barrage of punchlines, spitting, “I smoke two Cuban cigars and a Newport/ And an ounce of the Blueberry, big bottle of Tito’s...

[[tmz:video id="0_wbh4f6qt"]] Martin Shkreli can take his $2 million and shove it ... at least according to Ghostface Killah who says Shkreli doesn't deserve to be the sole owner of Wu-Tang Clan's album.  Ghostface and Wu affiliated rapper Killah Priest were in downtown L..A. when we asked about Shkreli's FBI arrest, and what should happen to the "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" album he secretly purchased. You gotta see Ghost unload ... we haven't heard anyone from...

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R.A. The Rugged Man is a Hip Hop artist from Long Island NY. He has worked with Mc’s such as The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jedi Mind Tricks, Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Talib Kweli, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, Killah Priest, and producersTrackmasters, Erick Sermon, DJ Quik, Buckwild, Alchemist, and Ayatollah. He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album, performing the theme song for Chris Jericho. The Notorious B.I.G. was once quoted as saying, “I thought I was the illest,” when referring to R.A.

In 2004 he released the album Die, ”Rugged Man, Die” on Brooklyn based label Nature Sounds. The October 2006 issue of The Source featured R.A.’s verse on “Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story” as its “Hip-Hop Quotable” of the month...

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Copywrite is an underground hip-hop artist from Columbus, Ohio. Copywrite emerged onto the independent hip-hop scene in 1998 along with his group “MHz” with a debut single on the legendary Fondle ‘em Records, entitled “World Premier”. Since then he has worked with the High and Mighty, Royce Da 59, Dilated Peoples, Inspecta Deck, Sean Price as well a heavyweight producers like Jay Dee (J Dilla), RJD2, Jake One and J-Zone. He is a talented emcee who has worked with a cadre of UK artists including Mystro, Rhyme Asylum, Loudmouth Melvin, Skillit, Sarah Love and Sam Khan.

This is his first full length since his 2010 release The Life and Times of Peter Nelson and is released on Man Bites Dog records on the 13th of June. Its seventeen tracks long with only one interlude and a whole host of emcees and producers on board. In fact every track...

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Since launching in Southern California in 2004, the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival has grown into a leading music showcase. After distinguishing itself in the past by recruiting acts such as Wu-Tang, A Tribe Called Quest and Snoop Dogg to perform the albums that made them famous – notably from start to finish, in 2011 the festival continues its focus on headlining “classic” recordings, this year enlisting artists like Nas to perform his blockbuster debut, “Illmatic,” and Lauryn Hill to...

There is big news coming out of the Weezer camp. Even though they've been busy on the road, they've got a new album ready to go that frontman Rivers Cuomo says will have "more raw rock energy." Though the collection — which will be the band's eighth and their first away from Geffen Records — still does not have a title, Cuomo told a Connecticut newspaper that he is (perhaps jokingly) contemplating Heavy Mental as a name.

That title works on a million different levels. It taps into Cuomo's love for hard rock (his favorite band of all time is Kiss), is a delightful pun and is also the name of an album by woefully underrated Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest. (No, seriously.) Just in case Cuomo cools on Heavy Mental, here are some suggestions for album titles in a number of different categories.

Metal Tributes

Bang Your Head

Goes to 11

Jackhammer...