POPA WU: A 5% STORY...A DOCUMENTARY BY KHALIK ALLAH


Peace family. I FINALLY had the pleasure of experiencing Khalik Allah's latest film masterpiece- "Popa Wu: A 5% Story". It is a documentary style film on Freedum Allah, one of the elder Gods of the Nation of Gods and Earths, and the honored patriarch figure of the iconic musical group "Wu Tang Clan". The film is a walk with Freedum through several different levels of self, including his road from youth into the man we know and love nowadays. He runs through some of the pages of his "Book of Life", revealing his rise from the depths of Brooklyn, to the heavenly heights of our universal family and the world abroad. As some of you may recall, I also wrote a piece on Khalik's film "Azreal: A 5% Story", which I also loved; however, the difference in these two depictions are staggering in how they aid in telling the respective stories in contrasting fashion. The growth in cinematography and style that is present in this most recent execution is nothing short of brilliance. I would have to say, Khalik is leaning on full mastery of the art of filmography. I mean, lemme keep it "a hunnid", I'm a self-proclaimed movie buff, and I found myself a little bit sad when the movie was over(hahaha). Seriously, the scenes were so engaging I forgot I was only watching a 2 dimensional record of the events. Can you say "encompassing"? Yeah..it had me. My favorite parts include Rza and Freedum building on "weakness of the flesh"-to witness the equality shared between those great minds was beautiful!! Here they are discussing the innerworkings of man, with a look of pure inquiry sparkling in their eyes that is only rivaled by two children examining a brand new action figure.Considering how fiery his style and personality is, his love is extremely evident in moments like those. Another one of my favorites is the shot of Freedum walking through the tunnels of the Broadway Junction running down a glimpse of the gang scenery in Brooklyn during his formative years. He even spits the names of all the street gangs from his area-which hit home for me, because my Father and Mother tell similar stories all the time, as they share the same associations as well(Tomahawks and Pure Hells respectively). The on-screen marriage of Popa Wu and Khalik is 60 minutes of how the Original Man is God, yet God is much more than just the Original man. If you haven't grabbed this film, I suggest you do so (khalikone@yahoo.com). If you have it already, I suggest you grab another one and pass it off to a friend. So many times I see one of the Gods or Earths put out a product that is not appealing, expecting for the universal family to support it just because we are universal family. I don't agree with this. I will give to anyone who is in need, that is no problem at all. However, when you propose a trade of goods for gold, you should have a product that is actually satisfies the desires of the consumer. Popa Wu: A 5% Story IS THAT PRODUCT!!!!PEACE!!!