Group Interaction in The Wu Tang Clan

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Group Interaction in The Wu Tang Clan The Wu Tang clan is a nine-member hip-hop group that formed in 1992. Since 1992 the group has gone on to find success as a group and as solo artist. The Wu Tang Clan is easily one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time. The group has taken aspects from every area such as kung fu to religion and blended them into a unique brand of music that is many times imitated but never duplicated. What makes the group able to blend such a wide varity of topics into its music is the diversity and ability of its members. The group consists of the Rza, Genius, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, U God, Old Dirty Bastard, Masta Killah, Reakwon and Ghost Face Killah. Each member brings their own style to the group which in the end allows the group to have a wide varity that encompasses all areas that needs to be touch within a true musical performance. The group can cover many areas when doing a song unlike other groups that can only do one musical style. All the members of the group are innate, strong songwriters who spark and complement each other. What is a group? The definition of a group is two or more interdependent individuals who influence one another through social interaction. According to this definition the Wu Tang Clan would be considered a group. To say that the Wu Tang Clan is a group based on just that definition would be incomplete, the group demonstrates many other characteristics of a group. First off, the group shows a great deal of interaction. Interaction is when group members do things to and with other. To break it down even more interactions can be broken down into tasks or socioemotional. In task interaction the group must interact to accomplish a goal. The Wu Tang C... ... middle of paper ... ...oup reaches it potential. As I stated earlier when the group is together performing as a whole all members reach their potential and so does the group. It's hard to say how the group demonstrates transactive memory. Transactive memory is when group members remember or do things that they fell that the other members of the group will not. The reason I say that its hard to tell if the group demonstrated transactive memory is because I fell that transactive memory is something that you d have to be within the group to fully recognize. I would have to have the much more access to the group to see how transactive memory is demonstrated. I feel that the fact that I don t fully see how transactive memory is being used is a good thing. It shows that the group works very well together, for the fact that they hide each others weaknesses so well that its not evident to a fan.

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