13346850, My question is...what ground did it break
Posted by bentagain, Mon Sep-09-19 02:06 PM
and let's be all the way honest
the reason they had to form a 9 member collective, was because they couldn't get record deals on their individual merits
RZA and GZA had contracts prior to Wu...and got dropped.
Decades later, it's not like that is a blueprint for success
IMO, the relationships that members like RZA and Method Man were able to cultivate with hollywood...is helping drive these projects
They figured out a way to form a group that was never going to stay a group, and enabled individual members to eventually get solo deals
...cool...
in the DIY era, is that even relevant...?
"its became the norm"
Hunh?
I must have missed all of these 9 member rap crews that they inspired and the industry moving to that as the norm.
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