"On the eve of the release of the Staten Island, N.Y., group's last album, 2007's "8 Diagrams," Wu-Tang rapper Raekwon went public in a minor mutiny and expressed his dissatisfaction with the album's production, which was being overseen by RZA.
"That wounded me," RZA said over the phone in California. "And that made me just . . . do more push-ups."
After the release of "8 Diagrams," the rest of the members of the Wu-Tang Clan toured the country without RZA and refused to perform any songs from the new album.
This is why RZA said he's done doing business — but may still collaborate musically — with the Wu-Tang Clan: You can't have millions of dollars invested in an album and then not promote it.
"Once you're in the ring, you've got to fight," RZA said in his distinctive sleepy drawl.
He's not sure if "8 Diagrams" will be the last Wu-Tang album, but after the debacle, he took an offer from KOCH Records to make another record as his alter ego, Bobby Digital.
"I kind of got the hip-hop vengeance in me," he said."
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