NY RZA intervju om 8 Diagrams och ODB
RZA droppin some knowledge..
The title of the new album is 8 Diagrams?
Yep. It is an ode to hip-hop. Hip-hop could use my services right now. The name 8 Diagrams comes from a classic kung fu film. But I have also been studying the I Ching.
It is an ancient way of predicting the future. I Ching is about change, and it contains eight diagrams. Each diagram represents the way the stars are, the way life is, the destiny of a person, the destiny of a nation, and the destiny of our planet. The ancient Chinese used it over 4000 years ago to predict and calculate harvests, good times, bad times. Each diagram represents a Wu-Tang member and our position.
It is time for a change in hip-hop. We look forward to ushering in a new change with this album. Nothing happens by chance or coincidence. Everything in the universe travels in a circle. The Earth goes in the same circle every year; you understand ... there are small circles and big circles.
There are eight points of the sun. In my lyrics I say, "I am the seven in the center of the eight-pointed sun." I see myself as the center of Wu-Tang. The eight points are the members that shine out. We are like each point of that sun, shining in all directions. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2007-08-02/music/return-of-the-boom-bap/
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