@@imperialstats he ain’t nitpicking he telling how it should’ve been told. It’s his life so what’s wrong with him wanting them to portray more accurate scenarios, about what took place in his life
Ashton Sanders is clearly who Rae was talking about. & honestly Shameik Moore did the best he could but they still could have found a better actor for Rae.
The dudes that played Raekwon and ODB were spot on! Actually, the entire casting was on point, except RZA and GZA. They were both good actors but they just weren’t convincing as those members. Dude who played Rae said that he worked with Raekwon to get the character right.
yea they nitpicking wanting actors to be from new York that's why they actors cause they can act like it al Pacino not even cuban but he played Scarface and they loved it 😂😂
@@imperialstats I think technically the only one that was from Staten was the actor who played GZA. He mentioned that he stayed on the same street where Bobby, Devine all their siblings and their mom lived on.
Rae I feel you but that show was very good. It was one of the most positive uplifting black shows I’ve seen as of recent. For brothers to put the negativity aside and come together to eat and make a better life for themselves and their families, you gotta respect that. Notice after the first season, the show shifted away from the gritty street portrayal and focused primarily on the brotherhood and music in the next two seasons. RZA’s brother said in an interview that they did that intentionally. He said their were too many negative shows on TV glorifying the streets already and he wanted American Saga to be shown in a different light. It probably didn’t turn out the way some of the members wanted but the message was made clear and definitely inspirational to the culture.
People are honestly confused. RZA stated from the beginning that Wu-Tang: An American Saga WAS NOT A BIOPIC, and was NOT A TRUE STORY! It was just a fictional story based on a little bit of reality. Anyone who looked at like a if it was a real life story have very small brain cells.
True but to put your own point on it, The Wire was like 98% Baltimore. Written, Produced, Directed, Starring and filmed at. You got some dudes up there playing a char in a scene next to the char based on them irl
@@blacksheep9278 because the core story of the clan is interesting. very rarely are movies/shows based on true events EXACTLY like what happened in real-life. Most contain embellishments for entertainment’s sake.
WE DO HE CAINT EVEN THINK OF WHO WOULD PLAY HIM😂 OR KNOW THERE WAS NY ACTORS, HE MAD DEY EXPOSED HE DIDNT GROW UP AS GRIMEY AS HE SAID , HE HAD IT PRETTY GOOD
@tebogomolelekeng1038 1st off: it's "lay on the crime scene" 2nd: UFO's in their slang meant "unidentified flying ones" meaning dudes they did not know coming in their hood They have their own slang but I assure you they definitely do NOT be just rambling words I know some famous rappers that definitely do just to showcase flow but we won't get into that
I'm glad the made it into a series instead of a movie. Because they would have had to try and cram everything into 2hrs or so. I hope Rae can do his version as well. They could also do solo released movies too. Or a series focused more on the individuals ! That would be mega dope. Just like they do the spin offs in Power 🔋 😉!
Have you published a full interview with the Chef yet? I've seen a couple of these short excerpts but I'd love to see a conversation with him in long form.
I think the actor who played him did a decent job of portraying the Rae we thought we knew growing up but I understand his point of view. I definitely would have liked the Wu to have more input on their individual roles
Wu-Tang: An American Saga made me make a RUclips playlist of all the original Wu-Tang albums from 1993-1996. I just wanted to catch that original era, before Wu Tang Forever and Bobby Digital which were both great albums in their own right. But I needed that original era on mix. I remember being tired of all those albums I heard a billion times. But that show brought me back!
The actor who played Ghostface came to my store months ago. He was with another man but he was very quiet walking around looking at the phones. My guy definitely played ghostface without the cameras on because my guy had 1995 baggy ass pants 😂😂😂😂 I wanted to approach him and give him his props but had that “nah son 0_o” look in his eye 😂
Not a big fan of the "Cuban" style chain links . BUT . That classic gold with the Green stones is FYE, s/o the WU . timeless characters , tunes & memories for so many 💯
I like the Hulu series. But the way Raekwon just mentioned it as Candyland version to his Nightmare On Elm Street version of the way the Wu-Tang formed and happened. I have much more respect growing for these gentlemen. Who else does, too?
An interesting part about this interview and Raekwon is he has heavy saccadic eye movement. When he’s asked certain questions his eyes move rapid back and forth in the same direction. His eyes are showing he is actively scanning his memories and triggering different sections of each hemisphere in his brain. The brain uses saccades to quickly scan the mind like a mental rolodex. I’m sure when he’s in creative mode or writing rhymes his saccadic eye movements are crazy. Just a nod to his genius and ability to be a deep thinker 🫡❤️
I actually really liked the guy that played Rae. He definitely got him right. The guys that played ODB, Meth, Power, Divine, and U-God were spot on too. The guy that played Ghost had the hardest casting because he has such a unique voice and look, that it's hard to copy. But he did a good job imo. RZA actor was good, but i just can't see RZA when i look at him.
I’m a big Wu fan, but I never really liked that Hulu series. Some of my friends loved it but it was like a C- for me. Rae and Leo should make the movie still
Johnell (GZA) from NYC doe. He been in Atl for a lil min but he from out there and Dave from there too, shiii so was Joey b4 he got replaced which was very sad but worrh the Unique roll we got in exchange. His actor feom Lithonia GA doe, so i get it (still did well to me) But allum aint non New Yorkers.
Rae saying he doesn't think anyone would want to watch a movie about the Wu after watching the show is insane. Everyone and their moms would run to go see a Wu movie, me included.
If Rza would’ve waited on everybody input…. Nothing would have ever came out. There would not have been no Wu Tang movie. There would not have been any Wu Tang in general 😂🤦🏾♂️
OG had a flashback for a minute.Guess what I didn't have a father either.Mines was murdered 27 years ago at the age of 27 years young. April 5,1970-September 20,1997
The actor that played him did a phenomenal job. Nailed the persona that we see publicly… The guy who played Ghost captured him, Dave East was a good Method Man and the ODB actor was so much like him that it was scary! The other guys did good too, and even though the Rza actor was the least convincing, I still give him credit cause he wasn’t terrible. Seems like Rae is just being a perfectionist. 😂
Thats how i felt about the movie Coach Carter! They didn't get no Bay Area actors. You have a bunch of actors from the east coast with east coast accents and everything trying to talk like they were from the Bay,It was cringy
Deadass and they was playing south music while in richmond im from Oakland California im 24 and ik damn well they wasn’t listening to that south shit 😂😂😂
Chef’s my favorite out TWC, and since this conversation’s about a possible re-consideration on doing the Wu movie, I wondered if he ever thought about producing movies in general? If he had, would it on a scenamatic level of a Scorsese/DiCaprio production or would it be created just for the hood? Either way, I would like to see anything from that kind of evolution.
Personally speaking, as an OG fan from '93, the Hulu series really didn't feel real. It felt like acting as opposed to the genuine articles; like contrived. So, I would be 100% down to see a movie made; but it would HAVE TO BE a Trilogy.
They got the Raekwon character right, because Rae doesn't like anything.
100%
yea he said he wasn't sleeping on elevator roof but he slept on benches what's the big digferences he sound like he nitpickin 😂😂😂
@@imperialstats he ain’t nitpicking he telling how it should’ve been told. It’s his life so what’s wrong with him wanting them to portray more accurate scenarios, about what took place in his life
😂😂 I think he's the right to not like someone playing him
He definitely couldn’t think of anybody else to play him himself 😂
I get what Rae is saying but the dude that played him captured a lot of those mannerisms and the accent. I think he did a great job
Me to shameik Moore killed that role
Felt like watching every Rae interview we grew up watching
He said Raekwon actually helped him a lot while playing that role. He killed it!
@@calsarchandler6851 that's peace
lol was u around Rae at that time? at all? how tf u gon tell the actual person 😂😂😂
Only NY dudes feel like you gotta be from NY to play a character from there. 😂
@@Thavibegod It’s crazy because a lot of them are from New York!
LA niggaz are the same way too😂
@@calsarchandler6851Exactly Dave East is one of them
Ashton Sanders is clearly who Rae was talking about. & honestly Shameik Moore did the best he could but they still could have found a better actor for Rae.
It's because there is only 1 New York City. You must not be from the east coast.
The brother who played ODB, Divine, and Power killed it!
That's ODB son
@@Blackfirstblackonly: No it isn’t 💯
How can you determine that
And the actual Power was in the same scene with the actor Power not too sure how many peeped that car scene lol
@@Blackfirstblackonlyhis son performs with them now he didn’t come out in the show bro
That WU chain is 🔥🔥
Even his color block jacket is dope
SUPER FACTS 💯 I WANT ONE FRFR
SOOO official....that's customized just for RAE
Yeah Rae one of the flyest dudes in the game. Nas, AZ, Rae, Fab, Dave East & sometimes Jim Jones.
Some chill light fire shit
Never has any biopic movie or mini series been 100% on point, theres falsehoods and exaggerations in all of them.
Facts
Very true but i think Bobby Brown BET mini series was dead close to accurate as it gets i say 60 to 70%
Giving someone a father is INSANE tho
You're condensing DECADES into a TV show
Except for movies about nszis and holocaust
The dudes that played Raekwon and ODB were spot on! Actually, the entire casting was on point, except RZA and GZA. They were both good actors but they just weren’t convincing as those members. Dude who played Rae said that he worked with Raekwon to get the character right.
I didn't think the guy who played Mef fit the role one iota
@@XRay_TeD-411 Dave East played Mef. I thought he did a pretty fair job, not stellar, but sufficient.
Lie odb was the only actor who looked like they character
I actually liked the dude that played him
The cat that played him was one of the best portrayals on the show.
Yeah shoutout to Shamiek Moore! Young man works hard in everything he do! His portrayal as Rae is unforgettable
I agree he even sounds like him he was one of my favorites for sure
yea they nitpicking wanting actors to be from new York that's why they actors cause they can act like it al Pacino not even cuban but he played Scarface and they loved it 😂😂
@@imperialstats I think technically the only one that was from Staten was the actor who played GZA. He mentioned that he stayed on the same street where Bobby, Devine all their siblings and their mom lived on.
Rae I feel you but that show was very good. It was one of the most positive uplifting black shows I’ve seen as of recent. For brothers to put the negativity aside and come together to eat and make a better life for themselves and their families, you gotta respect that. Notice after the first season, the show shifted away from the gritty street portrayal and focused primarily on the brotherhood and music in the next two seasons. RZA’s brother said in an interview that they did that intentionally. He said their were too many negative shows on TV glorifying the streets already and he wanted American Saga to be shown in a different light. It probably didn’t turn out the way some of the members wanted but the message was made clear and definitely inspirational to the culture.
@@Mr_Tez20 love your statement
But they invented negativity like Rae never shot up Ghosts house
This
"They know how I feel, cuz I was threatening em" 😂😂😂😂
Dave east and joey badass from new york and the dude that played Gza is from staten island lol
The dude that played Ghost too.
People are honestly confused. RZA stated from the beginning that Wu-Tang: An American Saga WAS NOT A BIOPIC, and was NOT A TRUE STORY! It was just a fictional story based on a little bit of reality. Anyone who looked at like a if it was a real life story have very small brain cells.
Has not have dumbass
@@thablackkat9905 you do know smaller brains cells are better
@anthonyhenderson892 yeah, cells wasn't the word that was meant to be typed, but it is the result of predictive wording on my phone.
@anthonyhenderson892 yeah, cells wasn't the word that was meant to be typed, but it is the result of predictive wording on my phone.
@@thablackkat9905 So what was the word you meant to use
Idc. Shameik Moore played the PERFECT Raekwon. Voice and everything.
The actors not being from NY seems irrelevant. Idris Elba isn’t from Bmore, but he killed the role of Stringer.
@@dakritic foreigners are replacing Black Americans with the approval of Black Americans
He killed his small role in American Gangster too
@@dakritic Idris Elba is originally from 🇸🇱 MI BRODA
True but to put your own point on it, The Wire was like 98% Baltimore. Written, Produced, Directed, Starring and filmed at. You got some dudes up there playing a char in a scene next to the char based on them irl
Absolutely. And he killed it without even having a Bmore accent. And if he attempted one, it would have been distracting.
That wu tang piece is hard af
That green wu tang chain is off the hook. I want one
Dave East is from New York 😂😂😂😂
And dudes that played Ghost and GZA. Lets not forget Joey Badass. 😂😂
@@machomusprime50 yeah but they replace after season 1
@@hittingdasauce I know. Still counts though. He was way better as Unique anyway. Lol
Joey Bada$$ too
That's what I'm saying.
I like how he's color coordinated with the couch. I know its by default, but Rae has always been fly.
@@foggylungs facts
Fly nigga
Dave East, Joey Badass and the dudes that played Ghost and GZA are from NY, Chef.... 😂
It’s loosely based on their story. I don’t know why people think every thing that happened in the show happened in real life.
Exactly
Why even base anything off them then
@@blacksheep9278 because the core story of the clan is interesting. very rarely are movies/shows based on true events EXACTLY like what happened in real-life. Most contain embellishments for entertainment’s sake.
People thinking they have a better perspective than Rae are definitely cray
WE DO HE CAINT EVEN THINK OF WHO WOULD PLAY HIM😂 OR KNOW THERE WAS NY ACTORS, HE MAD DEY EXPOSED HE DIDNT GROW UP AS GRIMEY AS HE SAID , HE HAD IT PRETTY GOOD
@@jblaze1336 right you made blockbuster movies and conducted auditions are a award winning roll caster 👍
@@jblaze1336but if they showed his father in the house and he really didn’t grow up with his father the show isn’t accurate
I feel like Scarlett Johansson would've been a good Raekwon
He would definitely give u a buck FIFTY😂😂😂
i was thinking Anna Kendrick would have been the perfect fit
REA! WE GONNA ALWAYS SUPPORT ANYTHING YALL DO! STRAIGHT UP! YA'LL RASIED MY BROTHER N I.
@@drdemise me and mine as well
This is my guy, I think this might be one of the most underrated rappers in the game hands down.💯💯
Rebel INS as well.
Underrated? Huh? Where? Mainstream?
That's why it's called underground.
@ I said the whole Game!!
I like the documentary "Of Mics and Men" more than the "Saga" will that ever be on Blu-ray?
That was the best especially the odb part
Shoutout to Shameik Moore who played Rae he definitely killed it💯💯
No one can tell your story better than you can! You see the world a whole lot different than how I see it!
Rae bruh you might have to come up off that WU chain🔥😅😅
You taking that ish huh 😂
Thank you for the interview, btw in case you don't know, have the video is blank.
Last 10 minutes were crazy, can't believe Rae said that
"Lay on the crime scene, sippin fine wine, pullin nines on UFOs thinkin they fly clothes, they eyes closed" -Chef Maarvelous
What does this mean lmao
@@joshuafoster7931😂 same as ghost, he be sayin' nothing but the cadence makes it good to the ear.
Lol i was sitting here trying to decode the lyrics . Like tf this shit mean?
That 💩 REGGIE 🗣️ I can't even call it Mid 🤦🏾♂️😂
@tebogomolelekeng1038
1st off: it's "lay on the crime scene"
2nd: UFO's in their slang meant "unidentified flying ones" meaning dudes they did not know coming in their hood
They have their own slang but I assure you they definitely do NOT be just rambling words
I know some famous rappers that definitely do just to showcase flow but we won't get into that
Rae gives great interviews!
They looked like y’all kids … that didn’t grow up in the struggle. The radio edit versions 🥷🏼🪽
dave east played method man and he from harlem new york plus a good rapper. how rae didnt know that or forgot that is crazy
I'm glad the made it into a series instead of a movie. Because they would have had to try and cram everything into 2hrs or so. I hope Rae can do his version as well. They could also do solo released movies too. Or a series focused more on the individuals ! That would be mega dope. Just like they do the spin offs in Power 🔋 😉!
Have you published a full interview with the Chef yet? I've seen a couple of these short excerpts but I'd love to see a conversation with him in long form.
Yes we published it about a month ago.
@@RealLyfeProductions OK thanks very much for answering! I'll check it out
I mean I know it’s a movie about his life however the acting and story line was phenomenal. Even if you aren’t a WuTang Fan you would enjoy the series
There are heads that ain't Wu fans?
Note to The Chef; we will never grow tired of Wu Tang content.
I think the actor who played him did a decent job of portraying the Rae we thought we knew growing up but I understand his point of view. I definitely would have liked the Wu to have more input on their individual roles
Hav from Mobb Deep would play his role perfectly
How a 50 year old gn play a teenager😂
@@EV4LS1DE10MAN 🤣
@@EV4LS1DE10MAN🤣🤣
Bruv.... tf
That's how I feel about the chi I'm from Chicago and so I can't regulate with the show
I’m not even from Chicago and I felt the same way.
That show got some terrible dialogue and acting. Almost gut wrenching.
I lasted about 1/2 an episode… that show ain’t Chicago.
Shit im from amsterdam and i even felt like it wasn't chicago...
@AlmightyEvily1 way toooo much with the LQBTQ bs. Got Luke James with a transformer. Kmft disgraceful
I enjoyed the series but it's great to get the perspective of the inaccuracies too.
The more time goes the more I see how RZA musta had a hard time managing all these dudes
Wu-Tang: An American Saga made me make a RUclips playlist of all the original Wu-Tang albums from 1993-1996. I just wanted to catch that original era, before Wu Tang Forever and Bobby Digital which were both great albums in their own right. But I needed that original era on mix. I remember being tired of all those albums I heard a billion times. But that show brought me back!
He's looking good! Cool interview.
Raekwon looking suave in his older state. Right on to the real
Raekwon and beans startin to look like brothers
The actor who played Ghostface came to my store months ago. He was with another man but he was very quiet walking around looking at the phones. My guy definitely played ghostface without the cameras on because my guy had 1995 baggy ass pants 😂😂😂😂 I wanted to approach him and give him his props but had that “nah son 0_o” look in his eye 😂
Ayo Chef look young as hell right here. Stay healthy
Not a big fan of the "Cuban" style chain links . BUT . That classic gold with the Green stones is FYE, s/o the WU . timeless characters , tunes & memories for so many 💯
First 2 minutes got me in tears😂😂😂
Meth didn’t gaf about what his portrayer did, all he wanted East to do was be himself
Watching this rn. Rae feels exactly like the guy that played him in the show. He did a great job
The second I saw mans shoot up Ghostfaces house I knew this wasnt going to be completely accurate lmao
I been a Wu Tang fan for 31 years or so. I bleed Wu. But man i couldnt watch the wu show on Hulu cuz the acting was so bad yo. I really tried.
Yea same here, I stuck it threw tho
You gotta tbink of it as a comedy.
You missed a great show that's the sad part 😂😂😂
@@jcchambers7896 I want to watch it, I want to like it. I just cant.
It's not just the acting it's corny and awkward
Dave East as Method Man killed it for me too
I like the Hulu series. But the way Raekwon just mentioned it as Candyland version to his Nightmare On Elm Street version of the way the Wu-Tang formed and happened.
I have much more respect growing for these gentlemen. Who else does, too?
@@ArtisticAutisticandAiling 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿RIGHT HERE!!!
@MOLICIOUS69 Wu-Tang Got More Class than Jackass :D In my opinion but I got to Season 3 and I'm motivated to get an SP-12 sampler now
Dave East and Joey Bada$$ are both from NY
Nah but dude that played Rae was the best one.....I thought he did an amazing job. mannerisms and everything
How this video 20 min long when it cut off @ around 9 min.?
An interesting part about this interview and Raekwon is he has heavy saccadic eye movement. When he’s asked certain questions his eyes move rapid back and forth in the same direction. His eyes are showing he is actively scanning his memories and triggering different sections of each hemisphere in his brain. The brain uses saccades to quickly scan the mind like a mental rolodex. I’m sure when he’s in creative mode or writing rhymes his saccadic eye movements are crazy. Just a nod to his genius and ability to be a deep thinker 🫡❤️
As long as it’s wu, I’m watchin!!! Keep em coming
Keeping it 100. I heard him but i kept lookn at his chain.. That shit 🔥
That Wu chain is crazy
@@torrianoramsey7506 IKR!!!
Dave east from Harlem
Chef 🐝🔥👐🏼 Reakwon ✌🏼 Wu Tang Forever 👑
I actually really liked the guy that played Rae. He definitely got him right. The guys that played ODB, Meth, Power, Divine, and U-God were spot on too. The guy that played Ghost had the hardest casting because he has such a unique voice and look, that it's hard to copy. But he did a good job imo. RZA actor was good, but i just can't see RZA when i look at him.
I’m a big Wu fan, but I never really liked that Hulu series. Some of my friends loved it but it was like a C- for me. Rae and Leo should make the movie still
RAEKWON MY FAVORITE WU MEMBER
Johnell (GZA) from NYC doe. He been in Atl for a lil min but he from out there and Dave from there too, shiii so was Joey b4 he got replaced which was very sad but worrh the Unique roll we got in exchange. His actor feom Lithonia GA doe, so i get it (still did well to me) But allum aint non New Yorkers.
Dave East is from New York 🤣🤣🤣
Rae saying he doesn't think anyone would want to watch a movie about the Wu after watching the show is insane. Everyone and their moms would run to go see a Wu movie, me included.
If Rza would’ve waited on everybody input…. Nothing would have ever came out. There would not have been no Wu Tang movie. There would not have been any Wu Tang in general 😂🤦🏾♂️
Do the Movie 💪🏽💯
Who cares if they’re actually from New York. Those dudes are actors first. This coming from dude that’s from Brooklyn
I thought Inspect Da Deck would be the one to inspect on whether you playing or not 😆
OG had a flashback for a minute.Guess what I didn't have a father either.Mines was murdered 27 years ago at the age of 27 years young.
April 5,1970-September 20,1997
Dave East is literally from Harlem😂
Rza didnt cater to the kids..... he catered to the FANS..... the fans wanted to see the journey, we didnt want to see no damn gangster movie
Dave East is also from new york
The actor that played him did a phenomenal job. Nailed the persona that we see publicly…
The guy who played Ghost captured him, Dave East was a good Method Man and the ODB actor was so much like him that it was scary!
The other guys did good too, and even though the Rza actor was the least convincing, I still give him credit cause he wasn’t terrible.
Seems like Rae is just being a perfectionist. 😂
So you know better than Rae than himself 😮
@@TaCo-t5q#IATL WERDIOS ALWAYS KNOW MORE THEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT
No he didn’t 😂😂😂
I love Rae! 😂 🙌🏾
Dave east is from NYC
16:55 is crazy what he says there
The god raekwon
That WU chain is so dope and unique....love you Chef no one like you and the bros (THE CLAN).
Thats how i felt about the movie Coach Carter! They didn't get no Bay Area actors. You have a bunch of actors from the east coast with east coast accents and everything trying to talk like they were from the Bay,It was cringy
Deadass and they was playing south music while in richmond im from Oakland California im 24 and ik damn well they wasn’t listening to that south shit 😂😂😂
I think T.J Adams did a great job as ODB!
Some of them was from NY, though.
Rae and Ghost are hip hop treasures. Hip hop royalty . What you see is what you get type sht .
Most of great gangster movies was like that casino scarface goodfellas and. They were praised for it
“Moms bounced on old man, so we moved to Shaolin land”
I thought Dave East was from some part of New York
This video just proved that they did raekwon right in the series😂
WE GONE WATCH WHATEVER WU IS FOREVER AND WE LOVE YALL.
like in jasons lyric like wow u can tell them houston accents were fake as fuck
Mad dog go home 😂
They was in ATL
Most biopics are inaccurate, because Hollywood wants to put their stamp on them, the closest one that was the most accurate was The New Edition Story.
Chef’s my favorite out TWC, and since this conversation’s about a possible re-consideration on doing the Wu movie, I wondered if he ever thought about producing movies in general? If he had, would it on a scenamatic level of a Scorsese/DiCaprio production or would it be created just for the hood? Either way, I would like to see anything from that kind of evolution.
That Wu piece is sick!!
Personally speaking, as an OG fan from '93, the Hulu series really didn't feel real. It felt like acting as opposed to the genuine articles; like contrived. So, I would be 100% down to see a movie made; but it would HAVE TO BE a Trilogy.