Vijay Iyerâs New Trio is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Talented Parts
Craig Marsden
At the end of the album version of Wu-Tang Clanâs âCan It Be All So Simple,â RZAâs grimy, chest-rattling beat fades into an early-90s radio review featuring Clan members Raekwon and Method Man. Theyâre explaining the âwhyâ behind the Shaolin crewâs colorful monikers, and as he explains GZAâs genius, Method Man likens the complete Wu-Tang to Voltron. You know, this thing:
Itâs that veritable 1980s cartoon super-bot made of smaller bots; a mech-amalgam with its individual members coming together to form a powerful whole greater than the sum of its parts.