From music-making to performing, Methodology Man is in his bag, and he’s dishing on staying within the rap sport whereas embarking on different pursuits!
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Methodology Man Says Music Has “Nothing To Do With [His] Performing”
The longtime Wu-Tang Clan member spoke on the themes throughout a brand new interview with Cassius Life, and he initially acknowledged his performing pursuits.
Methodology Man, 52, stated that — whereas he began by solely accepting roles the place “there wasn’t any performing concerned by any means” — he finally received “severe” concerning the craft after paying attention to all the opposite individuals who tirelessly work to assist the initiatives take off. He additionally mentioned ensuring to not be “the weakest hyperlink on [the] set.”
“I made a decision to take it severe after I noticed precisely what these actors undergo simply to get an element and to outlive each day. For me, that’s motivation sufficient to undergo each step that I’ve to undergo with a view to give my finest efficiency. And never simply my finest efficiency however my 110% effort to make it possible for I’m not the weakest hyperlink on this set. ‘Trigger there are folks that present up hours earlier than I do to verify every part runs easily.”
Following these observations, the Energy: E-book II star requested himself, “Who am I to come back unprepared?”
He continued by addressing a few of the variations between the crafts, noting, “Hip-Hop has nothing to do with my performing.” As a substitute, he acknowledged how childhood trauma and “actual life s**t” play into performing.
“I like being artistic. However so far as the performing goes, Hip-Hop has nothing to do with my performing, by any means. What has rather a lot to do with my performing is post-traumatic stress dysfunction from my childhood and real-life issues that occurred. Not issues that occurred on the stage, interviews, concert events no matter. Actual life s**t. Grocery retailer type of s**t. Laundromat type of s**t. Going again to highschool procuring to your youngsters sort of issues. One thing real that retains you grounded.”
He Acknowledges How He’s Seen Hip Hop Evolve Over The Years
Talking of hip hop, which not too long ago marked its fiftieth anniversary, Methodology Man touched on how he’s seen the style shift since he entered the scene within the early Nineteen Nineties. Particularly, he gave hip hop its flowers for evolving right into a “billion-dollar enterprise” that “units the pattern[s].”
“You seen the way it went from a million-dollar enterprise to a billion-dollar enterprise. Simply know this, Hip-Hop units the pattern for lots of the cultures. A whole lot of the style, whether or not it’s Timberland boots or these ugly-a** Balenciaga sock sneakers, Hip-Hop did that.”
Methodology Man shared that the style “modified the panorama” regardless of obstacles that folks put in its method.
“There’s no denying that this music style has modified the panorama of how music is even listened to or how music is accepted. They preserve transferring the [goalposts] on us ’trigger each time we get a little bit win it’s one thing [that] drags us again, or they put one thing within the forefront that doesn’t signify all of us, only a small group of us. However you reside and also you be taught.
Concerning the ever-changing state of the rap sport, he reflectively added, “I’ve seen folks come, I’ve seen folks go. And I’m glad that I’m nonetheless right here [and] related sufficient to be talked about amongst a few of the greats.”
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