12 Songs, 55 Minutes
EDITORS’ NOTES
Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan's RZA join forces, with some A-list support.
Anything But Words
Banks & Steelz
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4.4, 53 Ratings - $7.99
EDITORS’ NOTES
Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan's RZA join forces, with some A-list support.
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Giant
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Ana Electronic
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Sword in the Stone (feat. Kool Keith)
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Speedway Sonora
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Wild Season (feat. Florence Welch)
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Anything But Words
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Conceal
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Love and War (feat. Ghostface Killah)
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Can't Hardly Feel
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One By One
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Gonna Make It
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Point of View (feat. Method Man and Masta Killa)
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Ratings and Reviews
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Be28ans
I dont even take Rza serious anymore when it comes to music
Banks Only
badpenny
Anyway of getting this with JUST Paul Banks ? Just not into the RZA rap
Interpol Fan..cautiously optimistic
VAmem
Wasn't aware of this collaboration. Heard the premier on XM/Sirius. It took a few listens to fall in love. I was unbelievably disappointed with Banks' solo effort. I hope I'm not reaching here. Paul's hauntingly amazing voice in this genre works for me.
About Banks & Steelz
The project of Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and Interpol's Paul Banks, Banks & Steelz balances chilly post-punk and hard-hitting hip-hop in ways that are equally indebted to and distinct from its members' past work. Banks, a longtime hip-hop fan, released his own rap mixtape, Everybody on My Dick Like They Supposed to Be, in 2013, the same year he and RZA began working as Banks & Steelz. RZA, meanwhile, only knew of Interpol by name until his manager, a fan of the band, introduced him to Banks. The pair hit it off, first connecting over a shared love of chess and then writing together. Banks & Steelz ended up recording dozens of songs, many of them based on beats RZA made with a drum machine that used to belong to Sly & the Family Stone. They recorded their album in studios on the East Coast and West Coast, favoring an organic, experimental approach. The first taste of Banks & Steelz's music, "Love + War" -- which featured a cameo by Ghostface Killah -- arrived in May 2016 and was accompanied by a Reservoir Dogs-esque video. Another song, "Giant," appeared before the release of the duo's debut album. Anything But Words, which featured additional collaborations with Kool Keith, Wu-Tang's Method Man and Masta Killa, and Florence + the Machine's Florence Welch, arrived in August 2016. ~ Heather Phares
- ORIGIN
- New York, NY
- GENRE
- Alternative
- FORMED
- 2013
