Raekwon thinks Justin Bieber is a lesbian

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4142219-interview-raekwon-on-kanye-justin-bieber-and-shaolin-vs-wu-tang?ticker

"I think a lesbian artist that been in the game for a minute [HE ACTUALLY SAID THIS], we need to embrace the younger generation and give them an opportunity to stand next to us and do great, great music."

DiS: First off, I just want to tell you I’ve been a Wu Tang fan for like 17 years so, it's amazing to get to talk to you.

Raekwon: Ah so you been there since day one huh?

DiS: Yeah - pretty much man, since I was like 13 or something.

R: That's good stuff man, thank you.

VERY professional interview

mistranscription?

He really meant 'labian'

this interview is really gross

Bieber probably thinks Raekwon's Chinese

mistranscription?

― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Friday, March 18, 2011 7:29 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, it seems like it almost has to be — if you try to follow the thought he is expressing in that sentence, 'lesbian (or whatever word it was) artist who has been in the game for a minute' seems more like it's him talking about himself...?

or the based god

one possible, more sensible reading: "I think, all us bein' artists that been in the game for a minute, we need to" etc etc — ?

when has raekwon ever made sense

when is he going to explain where the fuck his name comes from

also http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/

How could it be a mistranscription? It sez [HE ACTUALLY SAID THIS] right next to it?

like raekwon owes you shit, I bet you still got his killer tape

xxp

Although Bernard's reading does make more sense.

when is he going to explain where the fuck his name comes from

― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:56 (32 minutes ago) Bookmark

rza explains it in one of his books. i think it comes from some old kung fu movie, although i can't remember specifics and i cannot be bothered looking it up. :D

I would guess that he said "I would think, just being an artist that been in the game for a minute" &c

fwiw this guy has the name "Kayne" in his transcript twice

i was really looking forward to lols but otherwise the sentence makes no sense

allez bien

one possible, more sensible reading: "I think, all us bein' artists that been in the game for a minute, we need to" etc etc — ?

― SBlendor in the grass (bernard snowy), Friday, March 18, 2011 2:50 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's totally this^

when has raekwon ever made sense

― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Friday, March 18, 2011 2:52 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he always seems pretty low key and lucid in interviews IMO

rza explains it in one of his books. i think it comes from some old kung fu movie, although i can't remember specifics and i cannot be bothered looking it up. :D

it's not in the Wu-Tang Manual. is it in RZA's recent bio? I've watched my share of kung-fu movies and never come across this one.

Rake One

Ray Kwong

http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/blog/uploaded_images/x-files-believe-796806.jpg

think I've cracked it

Lathleen:How did you get the name Raekwon the chef?

Raekwon:I use to be a 5 percenter, I went from a 5 percenter to being a Muslim. I had gotten my name from a couple of friends, it came from back in my early days when I was seeking knowledge that I wasn’t able to get out of school at the time. We wasn’t getting a lot learnt from school at the time, they weren’t paying attention to us. I wanted to search for the higher plane of knowledge and I went to that side of it. The nation has taught me a lot.

wtf that doesn't explain anything!

wtf more do u want it's a name his friends gave him jesus

I just want to know where it comes from since it's such a random word and every other Wu-Tang moniker has some complex story/rationale/explanation behind it. "his friends made it up" doesn't really cut it, no.

people can make up names shakey.

also: study your lessons, you lack knowledge of self.

like if all your friends randomly decided to call you Bleeqwot I think you would wonder wtf they were thinking no

not if you were a total Bleeqwot

From here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=XkCncJ7j744C

Raekwon, who was named after the chef character in old kung fu movies, not only literally cooked very well (' 'He was known for cooking up some really good fish,'' writes RZA [20]), but he also had "flavor," as RZA writes-- "He had the Gumby haircut, the Gucci shoes, and he had the freshest slang of anybody" (21).

huh. I have never come across this chef character. weird! thx shasta

"We wasn’t getting a lot learnt from school"

like if all your friends randomly decided to call you Bleeqwot I think you would wonder wtf they were thinking no

― in my world of suggest bans (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, March 18, 2011 5:38 PM bookmarkflaglink

Knowledge God

oh my fucking god

amazing

Thank you for this primo Shakey content.

Random Raekwon anecdote: My parents who are in their mid 70's had a meal at Carmine's last year and sat unknowingly a table away from him and his date. They shared a lovely conversation about life and New York and only found out he was famous after they left when a flabbergasted waitress asked "did you know who that was??!" I died when they told me.

my dad met several members of the Fat Boys at a tire shop in Brooklyn in 1992

great revive

Bleeq-wot82

Wot wot

that's an awesome story octobeard

lol!