The Grammy-winning producer RZA talks to Alexis FFrench about his new classical album, 'A Ballet Through Mud.'
is back with his first ever classical album, a ballet score inspired by the artist’s recovered notebooks from childhood. “, which is out August 30th, explores the fictional evolution of the characters he grew up with at his Staten Island high school, imagining the kind of heartbreak and growth they might have experienced as they grew older.
‘Oh, you just a nerd?’ Joe said, ‘That’s not true.’ Then Monica said, ‘Yo, just have a taste,’ as she puffed on the joint and blew smoke in his face. Now, on Monica, Joe had a crush. He didn’t want to smoke the joint but felt that he must. Like many, we know love made him a fool, so he smoked the joint to prove he was cool.”But anyway, that’s like 14, 15-year-old thinking in the hood. But I took that and started to advance the story.
FFRENCH: 100%. It was compelling. It held me, and I know it held everyone in the audience for the full duration. This is highly deft. This is considered to be music of the classical elites. There will no doubt be some detractors who say, “Who is RZA to be working in this way?” And it’s interesting because these kinds of accusations have been around forever.
You’ve seen Cypress Hill. Like we said, they just did a classical rendition. Nas just did his album like that. Ray Kwan, he was anti-violins and all that orchestras. He didn’t feel it until I performed Cuban Linx with an orchestra and got it rewritten, and hooked it up.. So, I’ve been reading about Chan Buddhism, and this is fascinating because the album is inextricably linked to your story, and you’ve been profoundly influenced by Chan Buddhism throughout your life.
RZA: I could give them a whole soliloquy and a whole bunch of parables to try to help them, but I’m going to keep it simple. This is not a plug, but as Nike says, just do it, man. What’s the worst that could happen? Like doing for yourself, how could it be a no?
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