CYRUS BOZORGMEHR was the senior adviser on the Once Upon a Time in Shaolin project and worked alongside Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and producer Cilvaringz. He lives in Marrakech, Morocco.
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Strategy+Business Best Narrative Business Book of the Year "A
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colorful, creative maniacal heroes and one of the blandest
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Oswalt, comedian and bestselling author of Silver Screen Fiend
"The rollicking narrative of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan's notorious
efforts to create an album that, rather than being mass marketed,
would be valued like a work of art... But the book also invokes
much deeper themes. It's about the group's efforts to rectify the
fact that file-sharing and streaming business models have rendered
it nearly impossible for most musicians to make money from their
work." --Strategy+Business "Hold on tight...it's a
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here, and with Bozorgmehr by our side, we know we are going to
experience it all.... [A] breakneck dive into a world we never
thought we'd be privy to." --PopMatters "[An] utterly candid
work...Bozorgmehr's stirring account gives readers the insider's
view of musical outlaws who possessed the best intentions of
elevating hip-hop from its street moorings to more stylish, chic
surroundings, and whose efforts exploded in a crisis of bad media
coverage and soulless pharmaceutical drug merchants." --Publishers
Weekly
"[Bozorgmehr's] insider's knowledge of the process drives this
fascinating story, full of suspense and surprises. A detailed,
compelling look at of one of the music business' most interesting
stories." --Booklist "A fantastic, gripping read from start to
finish, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin takes us to the heart of the
action and shows us what really went on behind closed doors with Wu
Tang's most controversial album. A must-read for hip-hop fans and
for anyone who wants the inside story into one of music's most
talked-about events." --Paul Edwards, author of The Concise Guide
to Hip-Hop Music, How to Rap, and How to Rap 2 "Once Upon a Time in
Shaolin offers a front-row seat as Wu Tang Clan's maverick,
idealistic attempt at a statement on the current state of the music
industry and the symbiosis of art and money backfires, turning into
a surreal caper featuring monumental ambitions, even more
monumental egos, Bill Murray, the FBI, replica AK-47s, and, yes,
arguably the most hated man in America. It's a music book unlike
any other." --Paul Fischer, author of A Kim Jong-Il Production
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