For the first edition of OK1st, Okayplayer caught up with multiple artists about the first dates they ever went on. “Liquid Swords” is obviously the most famous song on the album, a Wu standard that’s ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Discovering an older musician from some far-off land can be a frustrating pursuit. His discography hasn't been subjected to the usual canonization that English-language rock typically is. So there can ...

#LiquidSwords: The 25th Anniversary Of GZA's Liquid Swords Album GZA’s ‘Liquid Swords’ LP Remains High Bar Of Lyrical Excellence 25 Years Later The second studio album of the artist formerly known as ...

On this day in 1995, GZA, the lyrical mastermind and spiritual head of the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Voltron,” dropped his landmark solo debut Liquid Swords—a record that would come to define not only his ...

Pardon what appears to be an opening digression, but there’s a point here, which I’ll get too in reasonably short order, I promise. They may have patterned their concepts on kung-fu and mafia movies ...

GZA's 1995 album Liquid Swords is widely thought of as one of the greatest albums in the entire Wu-Tang Clan discography. It featured the Clan's most cerebral lyricist (not for nothing was his ...

Legendary rapper and Wu-Tang Clan core member the GZA is coming to Orlando next month to present one of his most iconic works in full live glory. The man also (rightfully) known as Genius is taking ...

1995 was a critical year for the Wu-Tang Clan. Just three years after forming and two years after the explosive, groundbreaking group debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the legendary Staten Island ...

Lettuce have announced the Get Up Tour, an expansive run that will take the band to 16 high-profile venues across the country at the outset of 2025. To amplify expectations for its return to touring, ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, GZA of Wu-Tang Clan’s second album, Liquid Swords, was certified gold by the RIAA. The album was initially released on Nov. 7, 1995. The LP was recorded entirely in the ...