Yo, Is You Cheo? (Skit)
(专辑: Of Mics And Men - 2019)
[Cheo Hodari Coker:] The
first time I
finally got with Wu, nobody really even knew what they looked like with the
exception of, you know, that music video that I
think they made for $10 for-for Method Man. But the
problem was the
business of Wu-Tang. They missed the
photoshoot. The
only photos they had, that I
guess, featured them in masks. At the
time, you know, this is pre-internet. If you missed the
photoshoot, there was no way for a
magazine to course correct. The
magazine came out but instead of these photos, everybody had a
basic, not even like an illustration, but a
caricature. Raekwon the
Chef, there was an illustration of Raekwon wearing he's got like a
chef hat. Ol' Dirty Bastard is pictured with a
blow up doll. I
didn't like 'em but the
thing was-was I
completely understood the
position that they were put in. Without art we would have to kill the
story. I
didn't think the
illustrations reflected the
seriousness of what I
had witnessed. 'Cause musically Wu-Tang was just off the
charts. I
thought it looked corny. Some stories turn out great and some stories don't turn out great. This was the
one I
felt was only okay and um you know you move on. It came out and nothing happened. I
didn't hear anything from the
group First person that I
see, Masta Killa walks up, I
didn't know him at the
time. And he says, "Yo, is you Cheo?" And I
said "Yeah." Bam, I
get hit in the
face. He's right 'cross my left eye. "That's just to let you know Wu-Tang Clan nothing to fuck with. We come real with our shit. We ain't no fucking cartoon characters."