On this day in Hip Hop history, 23 years ago, the Genius of the Wu Tang Clan returned with his fourth studio album Legend of the Liquid Sword. Released through MCA Records, the project found GZA ...

Born Gary Grice on this date in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, GZA has long been revered as one of the sharpest lyricists in Hip Hop history. His wordplay, imagery, and intellectual approach to rhyming ...

It's been over 20 years since Liquid Swords dropped, and you still won't find an album that mixes psychedelic and steely lyricism quite like that masterpiece did. Its creator, GZA (aka the Genius) ...

If you ask GZA whether he thinks we’re in a golden age of hip-hop, he’ll laugh in your face. “Nowhere near,” he scoffs over the phone. “It’s not even the silver or the bronze age.” In fact, the last ...

The track was initially released and recorded by Babe Ruth in the 1970s and was covered by Jellyfish in the 1980s. But for this re-imagined version of the song, GZA lays down some fresh lyrics and ...

This article is more than 10 years old. Though it doesn't match the Wu-Tang Clan's sales king, the quadruple platinum Wu-Tang Forever, GZA's Liquid Swords remains one a favorite among hip-hop fans and ...

GZA's performance at the Tiny Desk was a rare appearance for the legendary Wu-Tang Clan emcee, in part because he's notoriously introverted, and because he brought along The Soul Rebels, an ...

Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA has stirred conversation with bold claims about the lyrical supremacy of his cousin and fellow Clan member, GZA, stating his belief that no emcee in Hip-Hop history could ...

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“You know dead rappers get better promotion…” -Styles P, “We Gon’ Make It” Something many forget or refuse to recognize is that art is immortal. Long after an artist’s life is over, they continue to ...

I labeled GZA the Wu-Tang Clan’s “poet laureate” in my essay on his classic debut album Liquid Swords (which he’ll be performing tonight in its entirety at Neumo’s). But, after listening to his newest ...

On the other end of the phone line, a teaspoon is clinking against a glass. Hip-hop icon The GZA is ready to talk about his favorite game in the world: chess. “Everything is based on mathematics,” he ...