There’s once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, and then there’s having your childhood musical idols fire you up and invite you into the studio to record with them.
“When I first found out I would be supporting Wu-Tang I honestly thought it would be like most other tours I’ve been on (not a lot of interaction with the artists), but soon found out I was completely WRONG.”
Ooze then apparently showed Ghostface around Melbourne, in a trip that included a hunt for Ugg Boots and a trip to McDonald’s, but it was a trip to the studio where things started getting legendary.
“When we got to the studio everything was set up to go, but what I didn’t realise was, Ghost hadn’t written his verse yet, so I got to experience what it was like to be a part of his writing process and it was so FUCKING DOPE! After the studio session, Ghost jumped in the car, tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘that track we just did is fire!’”
Ooze also revealed that the entire Wu-Tang Clan touring party had holed up in another, smaller, studio in Windsor, and were busying themselves between shows working on recorded material, with RZA producing whilst Raekwon laid down vocals.
“So now we are sitting in a studio session listening to RZA’s production while Rae is working on his new verse… 16 year old me would have been in shock by this point.”
And as for the shows, which packed large, arena-sized stages in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, the young Aussie artist received high praise and encouragement from the legendary group, with Raekwon giving Ooze and his crew a full Wu-Tang pep talk, reportedly stating, “the energy you homies brought on stage tonight was nothing less than awesome. If you boys continue doing what you’re doing, you’re gonna be going places and that’s real. There isn’t too many people who can go before or after Wu-Tang and do what you boys do but you killed the shit and we’re gonna have a toast to that.“
