{"id":2447110,"date":"2019-08-02T12:18:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=866772"},"modified":"2019-08-02T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:18:25","slug":"rapsody-recruits-gza-dangelo-for-liquid-swords-sampling-ibtihaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/rapsody-recruits-gza-dangelo-for-liquid-swords-sampling-ibtihaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapsody Recruits GZA, D\u2019Angelo for \u2018Liquid Swords\u2019-Sampling \u2018Ibtihaj\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rapsody-gza.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Rapsody recruits D\u2019Angelo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/gza\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gza\" data-tag=\"gza\">GZA<\/a> and samples the Wu-Tang Clan rapper\u2019s classic 1995 solo single \u201cLiquid Swords\u201d on her new song \u201cIbtihaj.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rapper also unveiled the new video for \u201cIbtihaj,\u201d an ode to fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American to wear a hijab while competing for the United States at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>On \u201cIbtihaj,\u201d D\u2019Angelo delivers a woozy take on the famed \u201cLiquid Swords\u201d chorus, while GZA himself appears in the video to revisit the song and contribute a fresh verse to 9th Wonder\u2019s RZA-sampling beat. Mary J. Blige and rap great Roxanne Shante also make cameo appearances in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Rapsody, who was nominated for the Best Rap Album Grammy for her 2017 LP <em>Laila\u2019s Wisdom<\/em>, will next release <em>Eve<\/em> on August 23rd. Each song on the album features the rapper paying tribute to \u201ca legendary black female, helping shed light on the people that have served as inspirations for Rapsody through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stories behind the songs on&nbsp;<em>Eve<\/em> are inspiring, and I wanted to do my part in celebrating these women in the best way I know how,\u201d Rapsody said in a statement. \u201cI want to not only help tell these stories but help further each woman\u2019s legacy and spark curiosity in people to learn more about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rapsody-gza-dangelo-liquid-swords-ibtihaj-866772\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapsody recruits D\u2019Angelo and GZA and samples the Wu-Tang Clan rapper\u2019s classic 1995 solo single \u201cLiquid Swords\u201d on her new song \u201cIbtihaj.\u201d The rapper also unveiled the new video for \u201cIbtihaj,\u201d an ode to fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American to wear a hijab while competing for the United States at the Olympics. On \u201cIbtihaj,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 17:37:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}