Rza - I don't know. Everything changes with time you know what I mean. As far as Hip-Hop, yeah it has definitely changed but at the same time it cycles you know what I mean?

ThaFormula.com - Have you ever seen so many wack producers and MC's as there is now in Hip-Hop? I mean it seems like the amount of wack artists now is at an all time high?

Rza - I know what you mean but on the real I felt that way about Hip-Hop even back then, that's why I came out the way I came out. At the same time I do respect the change and growth that's why I adapt to what's going on out of respect to other brothas livin' it to. I'm not the only one who's livin this. You always had your Father MC's, your Heavy D's and you always had your Biz Mark's.

ThaFormula.com - Do you hear it a lot from the industry how the Wu-Tang is basically done with?

Rza - Yeah, not a lot but I hear that maybe 25 percent, close to 35 percent of the people that just say "yo when are y'all niggaz gonna come pop another one for us?" I think about 25 percent of muthafuckas are on some bullshit, but 75 percent of niggas are like "yo whenever y'all niggaz are ready to pop it off, pop it off, I'm ready to pop it with you."

ThaFormula.com - It seems like the Ghost Dog soundtrack was the closest thing I heard in a few years that resembled your early Wu days production style…

Rza - Well I don't think you been listening close enough then in reality because...

ThaFormula.com - And this is not a diss at all. it's just that in the past few years of releases I was wondering why there was such a difference in production between the Ghost Dog soundtrack and the rest of your releases especially since a Wu album dropped not long after that?

Rza - Right, but at the same time with the Ghost Dog soundtrack that was a total freedom to do whatever I wanted. So when I have my freedom there is no boundaries on it. I think the album that came out after that was "The W" which is more really like breaking bread. That album was really a bread-breaking album with the industry niggaz in the game and shit. I didn't only break bread with like rappers that were on the album like Snoop and Busta and all them niggaz, but with other people in the game. At the same time though I'm so opposite of what a lot of these niggaz is, it's like it ain't worth doing that shit nah mean? But I do that though. I break bread with all my niggaz. I got respect for everybody in the game cause I know it's a struggle whether we agree with each other or not. So we all gotta respect that part of it. That's why I did that "World According to Rza" album. It was more like a barrier breaking album. It put the barriers down for a second and it went with what we all have in common.

ThaFormula.com - Was it your choice to not do production for many people outside of the Wu camp or was it something where not many people were askin? I mean I know you did a good amount of outside singles here and there but not like some of the producers today that do tracks for anybody…

Rza - Yeah because they don't have a foundation of their own so they got to build their own. We grew our own tree and so we had to nurture our own tree. I remember one nigga told me that he wanted a Rza beat, but he had to try hard to get one so he got one that sounded like it, fuck it (Laughs).

ThaFormula.com - No doubt cause a lot of people were bitin' your style at that time...

Rza - At this time also one way or another.

ThaFormula.com - Now you were the only one to ever produce a track on a Cypress Hill LP other then Muggs. I mean some others did remixes but you were the only one to get on an LP. I was wondering how you and Muggs built such a good connection?

Rza - What he told me was t

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