“The money men are looking at me like, ‘Promote the film. Why aren’t you doing it? We paid good money for this.'” Adam Friedland commits to helping RZA spread the word on his latest Tarantino-backed project—”One Spoon of Chocolate”—which hit theaters this week. RZA hopes the film lands intentionally: “My music was always made to be listened to from beginning to end. I wasn’t thinking about singles and hit records. I was thinking about cinematic experiences without knowing the word was called cinematic.” This week’s episode of the Adam Friedland Show unpacks some highlights of RZA’s artistic journey—including the Kennedy namesake, studying “Peter and the Wolf,” and his coveted Tarantino mentorship. Adam also gets RZA to put on his Wu-Tang founder hat to QA its labyrinthian list of members—plus some additional unaffiliated hip hop household names that didn’t make the cut. For example, on Kanye, who has credited RZA as a hero: “I don’t wanna talk about Kanye like that, but he once said that they asked him, ‘Who was your hero?’ And he said, ‘The RZA.’ That’s respect. But I respect him as a genius and as a brother, as a talent. As a producer, he doesn’t get enough credit, honestly. He’s one of the best.” “But I think people know him more as a famous antisemite,” says Adam. Adam also mentions Drake: “Just for the record, no one has ever come forward and said they were molested by Drake. It was clearly a hit job. He was one of the first artists to sign the Palestine letter. DJ Khaled hasn’t done it yet, despite being the most famous Palestinian… ” Some more highlights from the show: On Being Named After the Kennedys Adam: “You’re named after RFK?” RZA: “Yeah.” Adam: “They were those kind of baby boomers. They were like, ‘It was Camelot. It was phenomenal.’” RZA: “It felt like somebody cared.” Adam: “You ever meet the son? He’s got some opinions.” RZA: “He’s got a deep voice, bro. Like, what the fuck happened to his voice?” Adam: “He’s got a voice like when there’s something stuck in his throat… He has cum stuck in his throat. That’s what he gets.” On Scoring Tarantino RZA: “When you’re working as a composer, you’re working at the service of the film. At first, I thought I was working for the service of the director. I realized—no. It’s his vision, but you have to serve that film.” “What I had to do was go back and study ‘Peter and the Wolf’… Every instrument represents a character—the flute was the bird, the trombones were the wolf. Going back to classical, going back to operas, going back to suites. ‘The Nutcracker Suite,’ et cetera. I studied that first, and then I understood I could do that with characters, and with inanimate objects in film.” “But even after that knowledge hits you, it doesn’t matter. I was writing a scene in Kill Bill . I thought I had it, and I showed it to Quentin, and he was like, ‘No, that’s not it.’ That shook me because I’m the RZA… What I did was probably considered undeniable—but it wasn’t good for that film. This went on for two weeks.” Adam: “You hadn’t had to collaborate in a while… You’d been the boss.” RZA: “Nor had I been at service. Collaboration is one thing—at service is even higher than collaboration. Then maybe week three, I’m just in there doing what I’m doing, and he burst into the room and was like, ‘That’s it.’ Okay. Understood. It’s nothing personal, it has to serve the film.” On Maintaining Positivity in Parenting RZA: “From the time that I stopped being a negative motherfucker… it wasn’t even a year later that I was able to be platinum. Before that, every time I tried to do something, which was mostly negative, shit was failing.” “Positive is not an easy road…You gotta go to the gym. Work your material out. And don’t be deterred, because something could easily tell you to turn left and fuck up your true calling. For me, art was my true calling—even though I was trying to be everything else but an artist.” Adam: “You have to catch L’s probably to get better.” RZA: “You gotta work your ass off—but you don’t gotta fuck up. I tell people that. You don’t gotta go through hell. I went through hell.” Adam: “Me too, bro.” RZA: “When you have your son, you ain’t gonna want him to go through your hell. If he’s going through your hell, then you didn’t do your job.” On The Wu-Tang Affiliate List Adam reads the full list. Some highlights: Adam: “Cheesy Rat.” RZA: “That guy didn’t make it, bro, I don’t know him.” Adam: “Shorty Shitstain.” RZA: “There’s a Shorty Shitstain…that’s my cousin.” Adam: “Does he use to poop his pants or something? I am kind of Shorty Shitstain.” Adam: “T. Diddy.” RZA: “He’s an impersonator, bro.” Adam: “Mike Boston. And it’s not, like, Microphone with a C. It’s M-I-K-E Boston.” RZA: “I don’t know him. Is that a radio host?” I am happy to answer any questions you have for Adam. All the best, Mitchell Jackson ABOUT ADAM FRIEDLAND Adam Friedland is a comedian and host of The Adam Friedland Show, a biweekly talk show featuring celebrities and politicians, whether they like it or not! Before hosting his eponymous talk show, Adam hosted Cumtown. He lives in New York City. RECENT PRESS Piers Morgan Uncensored New Yorker New York Times GQ Us Weekly Steve-O Your Moms House
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