Cannibal Ox: 'We strive every day to do better'

The New York rappers have returned with their first album for 14 years. They explain how they and their city have changed in their absence“A ronin is a samurai who has no allegiance. It’s about freedom, being creatively free to swing our sword in any direction that we feel.” Vast Aire is explaining samurai lore to me via Skype from New York: his and his childhood friend Vordul Mega’s second album as Cannibal Ox is entitled Blade of the Ronin. “When you come to have a sword and master,