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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron Williams" data-source="post: 6400">When I was in high school 20-something years ago, I would get up early every Saturday to watch Zatoichi movies on cable. One of Japan’s longest-running film series (seriously, think the Marvel movies but solely about the adventures of a blind samurai in 1830s and ’40s Japan), the movies were the equivalent of Saturday morning cartoons for me, but for the longest time, I felt totally alone in my love for them (I know I wasn’t — The Boondocks even referenced Zatoichi in the episode introducing Grandad’s feud with Colonel Stinkmeaner) but now, it looks like I have something in common with Florida rapper <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-the-game/" target="_blank">Denzel Curry</a>.Today, Curry, who has been promoting his upcoming album <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-melt-my-eyez-see-your-future-trailer/" target="_blank">Melt My Eyez, See Your Future</a>, dropped off the video for the album’s latest single, titled — you guessed it — “Zatoichi.” Apparently, he was also a big fan of the visually impaired swordsman, who he references in both the lyrics (“I’m Zatoichi, leading the blind,” he raps over an ambient drum&amp;bass beat) and the video, which finds him training in the martial arts against a blind teacher on the banks of a sheltered, river in a verdant landscape. The song also features UK rapper Slowthai, who drops in to offer a spirited chorus.Denzel’s Melt My Eyez campaign has so far also included references to space opera in the video for “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-2022-tour-dates-walkin-video/" target="_blank">Walkin</a>” and Spaghetti Westerns <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-melt-my-eyez-see-your-future-trailer/" target="_blank">in the trailer</a>. He’s letting his movie geek flag fly in the build-up to the album’s release and I, for one, am truly enjoying it as a fellow cinephile.Watch Denzel Curry’s “Zatoichi” video above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-zatoichi-video-slowthai/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron Williams, post: 6400"] When I was in high school 20-something years ago, I would get up early every Saturday to watch [I]Zatoichi[/I] movies on cable. One of Japan’s longest-running film series (seriously, think the Marvel movies but solely about the adventures of a blind samurai in 1830s and ’40s Japan), the movies were the equivalent of Saturday morning cartoons for me, but for the longest time, I felt totally alone in my love for them (I know I wasn’t — [I]The Boondocks[/I] even referenced [I]Zatoichi[/I] in the episode introducing Grandad’s feud with Colonel Stinkmeaner) but now, it looks like I have something in common with Florida rapper [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-the-game/']Denzel Curry[/URL]. Today, Curry, who has been promoting his upcoming album [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-melt-my-eyez-see-your-future-trailer/'][I]Melt My Eyez, See Your Future[/I][/URL], dropped off the video for the album’s latest single, titled — you guessed it — “Zatoichi.” Apparently, he was also a big fan of the visually impaired swordsman, who he references in both the lyrics (“I’m Zatoichi, leading the blind,” he raps over an ambient drum&bass beat) and the video, which finds him training in the martial arts against a blind teacher on the banks of a sheltered, river in a verdant landscape. The song also features UK rapper Slowthai, who drops in to offer a spirited chorus. Denzel’s Melt My Eyez campaign has so far also included references to space opera in the video for “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-2022-tour-dates-walkin-video/']Walkin[/URL]” and Spaghetti Westerns [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-melt-my-eyez-see-your-future-trailer/']in the trailer[/URL]. He’s letting his movie geek flag fly in the build-up to the album’s release and I, for one, am truly enjoying it as a fellow cinephile. Watch Denzel Curry’s “Zatoichi” video above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/denzel-curry-zatoichi-video-slowthai/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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