Cilvaringz

most people feel that way

in the beginning I thought the one copy only album was a fine artistic statement (I told Ringz so on wucorp back then) but he took it too far in that he kept on promoting it to the outside world along with RZA as if this had always been the idea. but no, it started out as a Ringz / Killah Priest collabo, then it turned into a Ringz produced album with lots of Wu (fam) features that were gathered over various years. so it was really a cut and paste album. it probably is really good, Ringz can emulate that early wu sound to a tee

but his motivation for the one copy thing was that his album was gonna drown in a sea of other releases and that it would be torrented as soon as it was released anyway

wucorp fans are pissed cuz there had been a thread about this album over there for years in which he gave them updates, occasionally posted short snippets and even asked for some feedback once in a blue moon (for example the LORD OF ALL LORDS GENERAL ISLORD THE GREAT's verse)

this album has taken on a much bigger than life meaning, so much so that it will be hard for anyone involved in the project (Ringz, RZA) to back out of the concept now

I would be surprised if anyone actually paid a ton of money for OUATS so personally I think nobody's ever gonna hear this finished product

which is a shame

I think we're all better off just forgetting about the album, this thing is dead in the water I think

I understand, Ramesh, you feel like talking some sense into Ringz

peace

L-m-a-o

i'm a south african & right now my rand is worth fuck all against the $ how the fuck are we supposed to raise $5 million? our neighbors in zimbabwe are basically eating each other as their zimbabwean $ is worth fuck all against the rand. illegal piracy effects all forms of entertainment it always has been like that & always will be, as an artist you have to find ways to succeed & there is many ways to succeed as many artists do.
the story of cilvaringz started cool, the dutch kid who hopped on stage & rapped with rza, going to staten island he was someone you could feel for & then he went from that cool kung fu music to religious terrorist for real type shit that alienated a lot of people to the shit he was making.
to me it looks like a dutch kid that's ashamed he is dutch which he shouldn't be & heavily into islam which is also not a bad thing as i believe all religion is good it's good to believe in something it's what teaches you compassion & a whole lot of other worthy virtues but in his case it's like to hide that he is dutch. religion is a sensitive subject as politics & race it's all shit that makes people feel uncomfortable personally i try to avoid tracks that talk about gangs, drugs & sex in 2015 i think the whole world is fed up with it also accounts for a lot of hip hop maybe that's why shit is not selling
what it comes down to is once upon a time in shoalin is a bitch move by a pissed off artist who couldn't succeed & used the powers of others to do so. he had to put in the 88 year claim to show the world a big fuck you a revenge move because we all thought he was wack, mediocre at best
he will be remembered as traitahRingz