“Protect Ya Neck” is the debut single by the Wu-Tang Clan, released in 1993. In the beginning, members are not yet united under one vision, but that vision is necessary for the long-term success of any team.Ī good example of a team first forming is the Wu-Tang Clan’s first single, “Protect Ya Neck.” When this single was first released, it was well received by hip hop audiences, but, it was not a true group effort. There is no shared idea of success and what that end goal will look like. When teams first form, the members join for individual reasons. Each person is operating from their personal vantage point, focused on the “what’s in it for me” reasons for joining the team.” “At this initial stage, the team is essentially a collection of individuals beginning to think about the project and the role they’ll fill. To support this point, Matt shared the following quote from Trello product specialist, Leah Ryder: For the RZA, the goal was for the group to become successful music artists.Īccording to Matt, a leader does not determine the overall vision and goal for the group alone, but, they can help the team to come together and discover what their group’s vision should be. The RZA (pronounced “rizza”), who had some success as an emcee prior to founding the Wu-Tang clan, decided to form a team to achieve a goal. The Wu-Tang Clan’s success came from the RZA’s vision to bring a team of talented emcees together. Whatever you’re working towards, forming a team is necessary and an important first step towards completing a challenging yet worthwhile project. If you’re a digital product developer, your task is possibly to build a website or design a product. Let’s imagine that you’ve had limited success on your own, and you would like to form a team to achieve something. The leader must have a clear product vision and be able to sell it to the team successfully. You see, hip hop music, like product development, is about storytelling, and product specialist at the UK-based digital agency, Redweb, Matt Northam shares my regard for product development and hip hop music for the same reasons.ġ. Hip Hop Music is about Storytellingįor others who love hip hop music, they love it because of the musical instrumentation or “beats.” But for me, I love it because of the lyrics and stories rappers would tell over the beats. That was the moment I fell in love with hip hop music. Suffice to say, I was astonished, for that was the moment my life changed for the better. Instead, I heard the words “ Cinderfella Dana Dane,” and the person who said it was not just telling a story - he was rapping the story. It was a story about Cinderella, but it was different. As the music played and he told me stories about his latest adventures, suddenly, a song came on that I had never heard before. It was 1988, Brian and I were hanging out in his car, playing a cassette tape in his radio.
During those visits, I enjoyed listening to Brian talk about Iceland, or wherever the Navy deployed him. I lived for those visits, because those were the only times during my childhood when I didn’t feel like an outcast.
He was stationed in Keflavik, Iceland, and whenever he was on break, he would come home to visit. My older brother, Brian, he enlisted in the United States Navy.
Growing up on an island where I was bullied because I was the son of a strict high school teacher - I became depressed, quietly seeking out reasons for living. As a boy living in the British Virgin Islands, being twelve years old was a difficult period.
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