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  RZA - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: The Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer, RZA (aka the Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector, and Bobby Steels) was born Robert Diggs; he first surfaced during the early '90s as a member of the rap unit All in Together Now, a group that also featured fellow Wu-Tang members the Genius (aka GZA) and Ol' Dirty Bastard.
In addition to remaining a member of the loose-knit Wu-Tang family and producing many of the group members' solo efforts, RZA also joined the Gravediggaz, helming their 1995 debut 6 Feet Deep; his first full-length solo LP, RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo, followed in 1998.
In 1999, RZA Hits, a compilation of some of the Wu-Tang family's best-known tracks, from both group and solo projects, was released under RZA's name.
musicstore.connect.com /artist/253/RZA/9616493.html   (208 words)

  
  RZA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RZA at The New Yorker festival on September 24, 2005.
RZA (pronounced Rizza), born Robert Diggs, July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American producer, rapper, de facto leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan and actor.
RZA is associated with The Nation of Gods and Earths.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RZA   (2617 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - RZA - 01.07.99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
RZA is the Wu-Tang Clan's swashbuckling abbot: he brought the legendary crew together and created their cutthroat beats.
The record seems like an excuse for RZA to disclose his wet dreams from the safety of an alter ego: when I spoke with him, he refused to take responsibility for Bobby's ignorance.
RZA is my heart." There's no accountability, because Bobby's just RZA's "baser nature." The "real" RZA will come through on his solo debut, out next year.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.07.99/music/rza7.html   (700 words)

  
 RZA
Rolling down a highway somewhere in the Midwest, RZA is between gigs as he describes his latest self-realization.
Whatever the situation, RZA applies his years of experience behind a mixing desk to the task at hand, building on his signature style of stripped but aggressive beats merged with crafty synth, string, guitar and even flute arrangements.
RZA's exacting technique in the studio extends to his overall work ethic, which is picking up yet another head of steam.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_rza/index.html   (605 words)

  
 AllWu.com - All Wu Tang / All Wu Wear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer, the RZA was born in Brooklyn, and sent to live with an uncle in North Carolina when he was 3, after his uncle died shortly thereafter, Rza was came back to Brooklyn where he hooked up with his cousins, Ol' Dirty & The GZA.
RZA is usually associated for his work on all the platinum-selling Wu-Tang albums and his production efforts on albums by Raekwon, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Gravediggaz, Bjork and the "Bulworth" soundtrack.
The history of BOBBY DIGITAL is explained in the film: While RZA is conducting experiments at a laboratory on Wu Mountain, he stumbles upon a formula for self-transformation.
www.allwu.com /allwu/rza.html   (497 words)

  
 CMT.com : RZA : RZA Enjoying All The Scoring He's Been Doing Lately
RZA is fast becoming the Danny Elfman of hip-hop, the go-to guy for anyone who wants a killer soundtrack.
RZA even sat in on some sessions with Elfman himself, when he was working on "Spider-Man 2." "It was a very exciting thing to see him work," he said.
From the time RZA got the call, it took him over six months to start, from writing demos, studying the scenes, showing his work to the director, having to throw it all away and try it again, to eventually recording it with an orchestra.
www.cmt.com /artists/news/1494455/12022004/rza.jhtml   (837 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Music / Rapper RZA Contributes to Tarantino's 'Bill'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
RZA also scored some of the music for the film, which opened Oct. 10 in U.S. theaters and debuted at No. 1 during its opening week.
RZA says, "The first day we got into the nitty gritty of working together, he told me, 'I spent all week listening to Wu-Tang Clan, and I honestly admit I trust you.' I think he wanted me to add the kind of flavor to the soundtrack that people wouldn't expect.
RZA says, "The opportunity to do this soundtrack's music really opened my mind up to a lot of other things.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2003/11/02/rapper_rza_contributes_to_tarantinos_bill   (663 words)

  
 5/26/04: The RZA
The RZA is proof that hip-hop culture has extended its reach to include mainstream Hollywood movies.
It was a natural tie-in for the RZA to work on pictures full of kung-fu action and philosophy.
RZA: My love for kung fu movies is like my love for hip-hop clothes and it's really like, I think, martial arts has been a right arm for me. No, maybe a left arm, cause I give God the right arm.
www.filmscoremonthly.com /articles/2004/26_May---The_RZA.asp   (1001 words)

  
 RZA-Biography
RZA continued to produce for the Wu-Tang Clan's group and solo albums.
RZA also joined a group called Gravediggaz to release their 1995 debut.
RZA introduced himself to Hollywood after working on the soundtrack for 'Ghost Dog'.Two years later RZA released his latest project 'Birth Of A Prince'.
www.rapraider.com /rza.html   (118 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on RZA As Bobby Digital In Stereo - RZA at Epinions.com
Rza kicks some pretty tight rhymes on this track, with its own inserts of intelligent braggadiocio and clever punchlines.
Rza raps a pretty descriptive and narrative verse about the mentality of the streets of New York, and Method Man comes in with the same idea, only inserting a tiny bit of braggadiocio, in the style of Meth.
Rza as Bobby Digital; In Stereo was a big dissapointment from me. Its not just the change in production, which doesn't bother me too much, but its the fact that the quality of the overall production has detetiorated more and more.
www.epinions.com /content_99960196740   (1404 words)

  
 May 2004 | blackfilm.com | features | interviews | an interview with RZA
RZA sat down with flfilm for a conversation about his burgeoning interest in film work- specifically, his work on Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" volumes 1 and 2- and about the difference between the worlds of hip-hop and Hollywood.
RZA: First of all, "Soul Plane" is a comedy, and therefore it's very different.
RZA: Typical production is limited to me, basically, because all I have to do is focus on two or four bars, and make repetitive music, and maybe a few changes here or there.
www.blackfilm.com /20040514/features/rza.shtml   (1853 words)

  
 RZA Biography at Wu-Tang Corp. - The Official Site of the Wu-Tang Clan
RZA first surfaced in the rap game during the early '90s as a member of the rap group All In Together Now, a group from Staten Island, New York which also contained fellow Wu-Tang members such as GZA/Genius and Ol' Dirty Bastard.
RZA, as a producer, is responsible for many Hip-Hop influential classics such as the group’s 1993 debut Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers, which is considered to be one of the most influential albums in it’s genre.
RZA has never released a true RZA album; however he does have two albums out but under his alter ego named Bobby Digital.
www.wutang-corp.com /artists/wu-artist.php?id=9   (673 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The World According to Rza: Music: Rza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
RZA is back and this time he's brought us MCs from many lands.
RZA is still the sharpest mofo 'with the beats, with the rhymes' and this album is another banger...
the point is that RZA wants to break the language barrier of hiphop and show the growth that hiphop has made, that people all over the world rap and that hiphop music is universal; to spread the music through different regions and languages.
www.amazon.co.uk /World-According-Rza/dp/B00008ZZ43   (1491 words)

  
 RZA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah / Wu-Tang Clan / The RZA / Rzarector Prince Rakeem / Prince Rhakeem / The Rza
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) (as The RZA)....
The World According to RZA (2004) (V) (executive producer)
www.imdb.com /name/nm0753526   (661 words)

  
 RZA Unlocks Wu-Tang's 'Chambers,' Hopes For Tour
February 08, 2005, 4:05 PM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Wu-Tang Clan principal RZA says he always viewed music biographies as a "post-career type of thing," but the offer to detail the guiding philosophies behind the pioneering Staten Island-based hip-hop collective was one he couldn't refuse.
RZA acknowledges that Wu-Tang's larger-than-life cast of characters would seem prime fodder for a film project at some point.
Wu-Tang was able to reassemble for one show in California in July (chronicled on the CD/DVD "Disciples of the 36 Chambers") and another in New Jersey in November that took place the night before Ol' Dirty Bastard collapsed and died in a Manhattan recording studio.
www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000791234   (854 words)

  
 Latino Review
Most people know RZA as the mastermind behind The Wu-Tang Clan.
RZA spent years learning music theory and his efforts have paid off.
RZA: Super challenging, We lost one, I’ll speak open a little bit.
www.latinoreview.com /films_2003/miramax/killbill/rza_interview.html   (806 words)

  
 'Bobby Digital' by RZA on Etherbeat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
RZA, the Wu's über-producer, added to the storm with Bobby Digital in Stereo, the soundtrack for a straight-to-video film directed, produced, and written by RZA under the alter ego Bobby Digital.
Whether he's able to compete with Master P on the cinematic front remains to be seen, but the project surely confirms RZA's mastery of the production studio and of the hip-hop domain in general.
As a plus, RZA has some of the best unknown rappers on his cds; His beats are awesome.
www.etherbeat.com /albuminfo/index.cfm/albumID/624   (398 words)

  
 RZA Speaks on Cuban Linx II - Wu-Tang Corp. - Official Site of the Wu-Tang Clan
RZA promises the fans it will be a real classic, Raekwon is said to be in his most murderous vibe of writing and the songs are coming along lovely.
Although RZA is sceptical about outside producers making the final cut, there are a few that have a good chance of getting on there.
RZA and Dre were in the studio last week together going through a mass amount of beats.
www.wutang-corp.com /forum/showthread.php?t=16532   (943 words)

  
 Encyclopedia entries starting with RZA
Rıza Maksut İşman was a Turkish athlete (1915 in Istanbul - December 30, 2004 in Izmir).
The first solo album released by American hip-hop artist RZA under the name of his alter-ego Bobby Digital.
This album was meant to be the precursor to a Bobby Digital movie that never came to fruition.
encycl.opentopia.com /R/RZ/RZA   (382 words)

  
 NPR : Rapper, Producer, Composer: The RZA
The RZA's 'The Wu Tang Manual' provides a group history -- as well as a guide to their sometimes arcane lyrics.
Fresh Air from WHYY, March 7, 2005 ·; The RZA is one of the founding members of the kung-fu-meets-hip-hop group the Wu Tang Clan.
The RZA is also known as the Abbot, Bobby Digital, Prince Dynamite and more.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4525189   (174 words)

  
 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai soundtrack - Beats & Instrumentals - The RZA
It's all tunes from Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA that were used in the movie, but didn't end up on the commercial soundtrack release (...yeah, funny that.).
As is to be expected, The RZA delivers a set of superbly crafted beats and loops - many utilising what sound like traditional Japanese percussion.
There's also 3 tunes with rapping from The RZA and also the rest of The Wu-Tang.
www.moviegrooves.com /shop/ghostdogrzalp.htm   (237 words)

  
 MTV News - RZA Eulogizes At ODB's Funeral: 'He Was A Unique Soul'
RZA was powerful and stirring, speaking with grace about his departed cousin and fellow Clan member.
RZA remembered back to when Jones was a young teenager and chose the righteous name of Ason Unique.
Remorsefully, RZA admitted that as Dirty's troubles with various vices grew, he told him, "I'm dying." RZA said he thought Dirty was high, but in fact, his cousin was suffering.
mtv.com /news/articles/1493951/20041119/ol_dirty_bastard.jhtml?...   (1025 words)

  
 MTV News - RZA, Isaac Hayes, Nancy Sinatra Help Tarantino 'Kill Bill'
With their mutual admiration of all things kung fu, Wu-Tang's RZA and Quentin Tarantino were destined to hook up.
RZA contributes the original spoken/rapped piece "Ode to Oren Ishii," in which he lays out the plot of the film.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was working with RZA on the score (see "Metallica's Ulrich Asked To Work With RZA On Tarantino Score"), but his contributions are not expected to appear on the album, according to the spokesperson.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1477821/20030902/rza.jhtml?headlines=true   (926 words)

  
 SonyMusicStore: The RZA Rza Greatest Hits (Explicit)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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The RZA Hits offers living proof of the power, magnitude and influence the RZA and his cohorts have had on hip-hop since they burst from the underground back in 1992.
www.sonymusicstore.com /store/catalog/MerchandiseDetails.jsp?merchId=392&mname=CD   (247 words)

  
 RZA'S Wu-Tang Filmz Appoints Writer/Director Chuck Wilson To Co-Write Bobby Digital Screenplay - Hip Hop News - The ...
Los Angeles, CA - Wu-Tang Filmz owner and CEO RZA of the well-known hip-hop family Wu-Tang Clan, has just tapped writer/director Chuck Wilson to collaborate with him in the creation of his Bobby Digital screenplay.
He currently writing an urban comedy for Scary Movie producer Bo Zenga and his screenplay entitled Rock and Soul is in development, set to star the conscious and talented rapper/actor Mos Def.
RZA is set to executive produce the soundtrack.
www.hiphop-elements.com /article/read/4/5426/1   (420 words)

  
 Mesh Magazine - The Rza; From Shaolin to Hollywood
The RZA, you know him as the shadow behind the spotlighted chaos that often encircles the notorious Wu-Tang.
The DP didn’t know, he’d be like, “RZA c-c-c-come here.” I’m definitely looking forward to doing something great in Hollywood in some capacity.
The RZA’s Kung Fu flick, The Z Chronicles, will be released in December 2004.
www.meshsf.com /issue5/therza.html   (1192 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/rza
RZA is busy working on Raekwon's Only Built for Cuban Links part 2 right now.He will soon provide information for his page.
Rza you are by far the greatest hip-hop producer ever.
wusup RZA, keep choppin heads in 2006, theres so many out there that diserve to be smacked.
www.myspace.com /rza   (741 words)

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