Rza is doing an AMA on reddit right now

[mortuus est]

We have the same birthday! Do you do anything special for it? What's your favorite birthday cake?
Thanks, man!

authenticRZA
Red velvet birthday cake. What a cool birthday, it's right after the 4th of July. You get fireworks on the fourth, pop champagne on the fifth.

 

[mortuus est]

What was it like working with Kanye West; specifically on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy?

authenticRZA
Working with Kanye was super-cool. We had a lot of fun, got a chance to know each other, two generations of hiphop coming together as one.

 

[TrifeGod]

someone ask how long im suppose to keep my glocks dipped in olive oyal

and ask him does he still has the work he did with Warcloud aka Holocaust

 

[mortuus est]

What's your favorite cereal?

authenticRZA
I have to admit, ice cold milk and a bowl of fruity pebbles.

 

[mortuus est]

If you could choose any culture and era in time to go back to and live out the remainder of your life. Which would it be and why?

authenticRZA
Wow, that's a hard one. How about send me back to the Garden of Eden, before they picked the apple.

 

[mortuus est]

What's your favorite food?

authenticRZA
There's a vegan spot in California that makes what they call a "cowboy burger." And when I'm in that neighborhood, i usually buy 4 of them.

 

[infamousred]

What's your favorite cereal?

fruity pebbles=goat

 

[mortuus est]

Hey Rza, What was it like being on the set of American Gangster? My roommate and I went crazy when you said your line "15 fukkIN years"

authenticRZA
That was one of my first exhilarating experiences as an actor. I mean, I had the great Ridley Scott as my director, Russell Crowe as the lead actor, and Denzel Washington as our villain. I would have to say every woman in my family loves Denzel Washington, and my kudos went up when I had the chance to do a scene with him.

 

[mortuus est]

ou're asked to select one hip hop album to represent the genre to an alien race...
What's that album?

authenticRZA
I would send Wu-Tang Forever. If I could send 3, I would send King of Rock and The Chronic.

 

[mortuus est]

Just saw my first trailer for brick mansion, gotta say, it looks insane. What was your favourite moment from filming?

authenticRZA
Besides doing scenes with Paul Walker, I really enjoyed watching David Belle working doing parkour and his own stunts. I brought my son to set one day, and he was so amazed by David, that when we got back to the hotel, he was jumping off the couches.

 

[mortuus est]

You get a swimming pool but you can't fill it with water, what do you fill it with? Money is not a choice either.

authenticRZA
Those little plastic balls that you see in ball pits.

 

[mortuus est]

Are you still doing a movie of the Happy comic?

authenticRZA
It's still being developed.

Rza, what's your favorite place in New York City?

authenticRZA
It changes all the time. Recently, one of my most relaxing and coolest moments was simply riding the Staten Island Ferry.

So the victory is moreso in the process and the completion rather than the world's reception of the completed task.
Do you see the Wu Tang Clan as even having anything left to prove with an album? If not, do you think that may be another barrier? A "what gift do you get a man who has everything" situation?
Because between all the solo and group accolades, yall have literally done it all. I say this out of love, seeing that one of the last milestones hip hop has left is for a classic group to come back and give us that heat again, to the point where they reinsert themselves in the mainstream conversion. My money is on wu or The LOX right now and i think yall can do it.

authenticRZA
I agree that Wu-Tang has already made their statement in the world. But as the world grows and changes, and we are still a part of it, our point of view of today's world I think is still relevant. In our earlier albums, we described our childhood, our young adulthood. We have yet described how is it being a man in toddy's society, and a man who has traveled the world, raised children, seeing it change from being very separated because of racism and barriers to seeing these barriers begin to come down. And racism is slowly disappearing. (*I say that because on Staten Island, we would always get into fights with the white boys, and nowadays a lot of the white boys hang out with us and work with us). So I think it would be a wonderful gift to ourselves and to our fans and to the world if we deliver A Better Tomorrow.

 

[mortuus est]

As a white kid from the suburbs of Utah, I never in my life would have imagined the RZA calling me brother. Let me just go ahead and check that one off the list.

authenticRZA
As it was written, all men are brothers.

@Disciple of the Projects

 

[mortuus est]

Will the world ever hear that freestyle?
Also, I'd like to know more about your diet (besides prefering green tea to coffee). I'm trying to eat a bit healthier, like most, and it seems you've got a good grasp on nutrition.

authenticRZA
Earl and those guys got the masters from those sessions. I would suggest maybe start with slowing down on red meat and if that can lead you to slowing down on poultry and fish, that will avoid adding decayment to your body. I actually on most days only eat one meal. And my sifu taught me that if I don't exercise, I shouldn't eat. So I started to exercise, whether it's just 50 pushups or 50 situps, before I put anything in my mouth, because he says we don't deserve it. And what this relates true to me is what it says in the Bible, "a man shall work to the sweat of his brow. And thus, after work, he will nourish himself with the fruits of his labor." Peace.

 

[mortuus est]

How hard is it to stop working on any particular song or beat? It must be tempting to keep tweaking and improving so when is it that you know that a song gets to that magical level and you know you should stop?

authenticRZA
Hmm. Usually if you're in the studio, it's right about when the time is up.