GZA

In 2004 GZA released a greatest hits compilation titled Collection Of Classics, announced he was soon to be finishing work on a Wu-Tang Clan behind-the-scenes documentary, appeared opposite RZA and Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes, toured first as a solo artist and then with the group throughout Europe and the US, and announced the forthcoming release of an album by his son. Discography:. GZA's last solo album was Legend of the Liquid Sword in 2002 (see 2002 in music), which was mostly well-received by critics. Resnik, of "Stars: original stories based on the songs of Janis Ian," copywrite 2003 Ian married her long-time partner Patricia Snyder on August 27, 2003. The album received good reviews, but failed to live up to expectations. Her works have been published in an assortment of anthologies and she is co-editor, with Michael D. After the Wu-Tang Clan's second album together, Wu-Tang Forever, GZA released Beneath the Surface in 1999 (see 1999 in music). Besides being an award winning singer/songwriter, Ian writes science fiction.

GZA's first post-Wu-Tang solo album was Liquid Swords (1995, 1995 in music) and was widely acclaimed; it is still remembered as one of the pre-eminent Wu-Tang solo LPs. As such, she has willingly released several of her songs, including the popular "Walking in the Rain", for free download from her website (see below for a link). GZA signed to Geffen Records. She is an outspoken critic of the RIAA, a record industry organization which she sees as acting against the interests of musicians and consumers. All nine members became a hot commodity and were allowed to sign with whatever record label they wished for a solo career, due to an unusual clause in their contract. She has also managed a sustained career as a songwriter. Their debut together was Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), which took the hip hop world by storm. Her most successful single was "At Seventeen", released in 1975, a bittersweet commentary on adolescent cruelty and teenage angst, as reflected upon from the maturity of adulthood.

However, the trio of friends from All In Together Now soon formed the Wu-Tang Clan with six others. She wrote and sang her first hit single at age 15, the song "Society's Child", which told the story of an interracial romance forbidden by the narrator's parents. The album was a flop, and GZA's experience with Cold Chillin, combined with a similar ordeal for his friend RZA at Tommy Boy, created a bitterness towards record labels that ensured the evils of the music industry would be a prominent theme in his music for the rest of his career. She had a successful singing career in the 1960s and 1970s. The album's sound was heavily influence by the wishes of the label Cold Chillin, who were eager to make it a commercial success. Janis Ian (born April 7, 1951) is a Grammy-winning American songwriter, singer and multi-instrumental musician. Born Janis Eddy Fink in a Bronx hospital, she changed her name while still a child. After recording as All in Together Now with future Wu-Tangers Ol' Dirty Bastard and RZA, GZA released a solo album, Words from the Genius, in 1991 (see 1991 in music). Janis Ian (1967).

GZA is, along with Ghostface Killah, widely considered the best rapper in the nine-person clan, and his solo work has been critically acclaimed. For All the Seasons of Your Mind (1968). GZA (pronounced The Jizza, aka The Genius, Maxi Million, Justice, born Gary Grice August 22, 1966 in Staten Island, New York) is an American rapper and member of The Wu-Tang Clan. Eddy Fink (1968). Download sample of "Shadowboxing" from Liquid Swords. The Secret Life of J. Who Really Cares (1969).

Present Company (1971). Stars (1974). Between The Lines (1975). Aftertones (1976).

Miracle Row (1977). Janis Ian (1978). Night Rains (1979). Restless Eyes (1981).

Uncle Wonderful (1983). Breaking Silence (1993). Revenge (1995). Hunger (1997).

god & the fbi (2000). Janis Ian Live: Working Without a Net. Billie's Bones (2004).