The snare and the kick sound quite different, and those were the snares and the kicks we were sampling in early rap music. Drums now are different than drums in the ’60s. There’s been performances with the DJ and the band because sometimes live drums may not knock as hard as a sampled drum. Sometimes there’s scratching involved, but I think both of them complement each other. But with a DJ it’s a little different ’cause sometimes the DJ does some talking. There’s a set time for both, as far as the tempo. On the performance side, how is it different performing over records with a DJ versus with a live band? Through your work, you’ve used samples and breakbeats. If I would’ve closed my eyes and we hadn’t had that conversation looking at each other, I probably would’ve thought RZA was playing some of these beats.” “I went to DJ Muggs’ room and he started playing these beats on his laptop. I’m just looking forward to rocking the crowd with the band again. Every now and then I walk in Central Park-I walk around the lake. So I’m excited to get out there, be outdoors with the band and in a park, at that. I think a lot of people are looking forward to concerts now, being that it’s been 15, 16 months, or maybe more, since they’ve even been to a concert. It’s not anything in particular I’m looking forward to seeing, other than a crowd-just to get back into the motion again and observe their reaction and how they’re accepting it. Since you’ve been performing regularly since the early 1990s, but haven’t performed in-person in more than a year, is there anything you’re intrigued to see about performing in-person again? It’s cool to switch it out sometimes, but I just thought it would be better to do that outdoor event with a band instead of a DJ. I think sometimes those venues work better with a band, for me, as far as the atmosphere. You’re playing with your full band for the JBL True Summer Campaign concert-what made that something that you wanted to do? In our Q&A, GZA discusses what he’s looking forward to about his first live performance back, a mistake he made while crafting his Words From the Genius LP, working with DJ Muggs, and how he approaches writing his raps.
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Funk Flex will also have a DJ set at the event, which is free until capacity is reached. GZA will be playing with his full band at the show, which is part of the JBL True Summercampaign. In addition to working on his long-awaited Dark Matter LP, GZA is scheduled to headline his first in-person concert since COVID on July 17 at Rumsey Playfield in New York’s Central Park, home of the SummerStage. The New Yorker’s well-crafted rhymes established him as a revered writer and conceptual master, someone whose 1995 album Liquid Swords is widely considered among the best solo projects released by a Wu-Tang Clan member. The Wu-Tang Clan member-also known as The Genius-infuses his lyrics with double and triple entendres, often spinning stories that require multiple listens to catch all the references and meanings.
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