The Wu-Tang Clan and the future of hip-hop performed at Club Nokia, on Jan. 21. They toured across the nation, to promote the rebirth of the iconic hip-hop group.
A female disc jockey wearing a letterman’s jacket opened the show. She played hip-hop music from both coasts, which included the late Eazy-E of Calif. and Nas of N.Y. Next up, a master of ceremony talked about his journeys as a different DJ accompanied him. He performed the song, “Steady Grindin’”, which had R. Kelly singing the chorus. The DJ remained on stage.
The next performers, Brooklyn Zu, were next. The late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, of the Wu-Tang Clan, discovered them. Six members took the stage but only five of them had microphones. They were a miniature version of the Wu-Tang Clan. Their music is somewhat similar because some of their songs had no chorus. They had the crowd chanting alongside with them. They made the crowd aware of a documentary, in which they produced. During their performance, they took time out to play “I Wish You Were Here” by Al Green. They mentioned that O.D.B. would play the song for them.
As Brooklyn Zu left the stage, the house lights came on and three MCs appeared on stage. They called themselves Black Knights and they were from North Long Beach. They had the crowd chant, “Throw your flags up”. A fourth MC appeared on stage with them, later on. Stagehands threw a couple of shirts into the crowd. A few audience members threw random objects on stage.
After the Black Knights appeared on stage, the Wu-Tang Clan performed. As they appeared on stage, the crowd went berserk. A few of the members wore letterman jackets. On the back of their jackets, it read “C.R.E.A.M. Team”. They performed a slew of their iconic library including: “Clan in Da Front”, “Da Mystery of Chessboxin’”, “Gravel Pit”, and “Triumph”. Two members, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, were not present. Streetlife and Shavarsh Odadjian, the bassist of System of a Down, took their place. Odadjian has collaborated with RZA, in the past.
The Wu-Tang Clan had the audience participate with them. They encouraged the audience to start a mosh pit. Method Man walked on a few of their hands, spun and landed on his back. As he was brought back up, he appeared to have twisted his ankle. Luckily, it was after the last song.
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