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Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
It’s aged super well. I don’t know how other people approach that West Coast/East Coast thing but I’m a New York kid and it’s different music. It has a different rhythm because you’re walking or you’re taking the subway, you’re not driving. I mean Too $hort seems to be perfect Californian music. It seems strange to be listening to Too $hort in New York. All the stuff that frames the Wu-Tang Clan is still the stuff that frames my existence today. Martial arts, long-standing paranoia and guns. [LAUGHS] ODB was amazing. He was from Brooklyn. Brooklyn Zoo, in fact, was six blocks away from where I grew up. He was one of my favourites but if we’re talking longevity… what we’re talking about here is the difference between Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder. Yeah, Cobain is more inspired but Vedder will last longer. It’s not necessarily a comparison outside of the fact that I think Ghostface has played a long game, made more creative choices in the long run and, of course, is still alive.
