The Tao of Wu

Chess tips and a case for vegetarianism also factor into this singular work. He writes about saving Method Man's life at the scene of a drug deal gone bad on Staten Island, the emotional connections shared in the projects over viewings of kung-fu movies and the marathon home production sessions during which he created the backing tracks for years' worth of albums for his cohorts. (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly This hodgepodge of memoir, spiritual advice and poetry is a sincere attempt by the RZA, Wu Tang Clan founder and producer, to impart his accumulated life wisdom through the lens of hip-hop and idiosyncratic personal religion. To this end, the book opens with a series of paragraphs defining wisdom (Wisdom

A Great Book Combination of Storytelling and Philosophy Pretty Manny RZA gives us a little bit of the Wu history, much of his own personal history, and plenty of deep, religious, life lessons that reveal even more about who he is. I couldn't put the Tao down, as it is written well and gave me much to think about in my own life. The Tao of Wu is probably one of the best books that I have found to explain the logic of the Kingdom of Gods and Earths aka The 5% nation, and made my skepticism subside since I was once a cynic due to so many acts out . A must Read. A new perspective on Life in general through meditation and understanding. Geovanni If you would like to learn about one of the few Great Pioneers of Hip Hop and understand how one of the greatest groups have come to be then this book is for you. It gives great insight on the story of the founder of the Wu tang Clan, the RZA. It takes you into a different perspective on meditation, how one can begin to find love for him/ herself and how to appreciate the world around them.I have read this book 4 times prior, allowed someone to borrow it, never got it back, th. HALFWAY THROUGH THE WU Half way through and this book is amazing if you have some interest in Wu-Tang or anything remotely close.

In The Tao of Wu, he takes us deep inside the complex sense of wisdom and spirituality that has been at the core of his commercial and creative success. A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop's most exalted wise man. The RZA, the Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop culture's most dynamic genius, imparts the lessons he's learned on the journey that's taken him from the Staten Island projects to international superstar, all along the way a devout student of knowledge in every form he's found it-on the streets, in religion, in martial arts, in chess, in popular culture. Part chronicle of an extraordinary life and part spiritual and philosophical discourse, The Tao of Wu is a nonfiction Siddhartha for the hip-hop generation-an engaging, seeking book that will enlighten, entertain, and inspire. His points of view are always surprising and provocative, and reveal a profound, genuine, and abiding wisdom-consistently tempered with humor and peppered with unique, colloquial phraseology.  . It is a spiritual memoir as the world has never seen before, and will never see again. The book is built around major moments in the RZA's life when he was faced w