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The RZA Hits

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Released
  
June 22, 1999

Length
  
61:22

Artist
  
RZA

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

Recorded
  
1993-1998

The RZA Hits (1999)
  
Digital Bullet (2001)

Release date
  
22 June 1999

Genre
  
Hip hop music

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Producers
  
RZA, True Master, Ol' Dirty Bastard

Similar
  
RZA albums, Hip hop music albums

The RZA Hits is a compilation produced by The RZA. It contains songs featured on the first Wu-Tang Clan album and its first round of solo albums. All songs, apart from "Brooklyn Zoo", are produced by RZA.

Contents

Reception

  • Entertainment Weekly (Spring 2000, p. 166) - Ranked #9 in EW's "Top 10 albums of the '90s"
  • Q magazine (8/99, p. 134) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...a supremely populist selection...keeping the molten hit count high. If the consistency of these prime-time cuts was sustained, this would probably be the best rap compilation ever rather than merely one of the best."
  • Muzik (8/99, p. 79) - 5 stars (out of 5) - "...singular brilliance....Greatest Hits is as effective an insight into [RZA's] unique Staten Island mayhem as the title suggests."
  • Rap Pages (9/99, p. 182) - "...the perfect reference manual for [RZA's] importance to rap music....a must-listen for anyone who has ever uttered the word 'Hip-Hop'." - Rating: A

    • Samples used

  • "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit" contains samples of "Impeach The President" by The Honey Drippers and "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
  • "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" contains samples of "Hip-Hug-Her" by Booker T. & the MG's, "I Like It" by The Emotions, "Knocks Me Off My Feet" by Stevie Wonder and "Have Your Ass Home by 11:00" by Richard Pryor.
  • "Liquid Swords" contains samples of "Groovin'" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by Willie Mitchell and "That's the Way It Is" by Al Green.
  • "Method Man" contains samples of "Sport" by Lightnin Rod, "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss and "More Bounce To The Ounce" by Zapp. Also contains interpolations of "I'm Just A Bill," originally performed by Schoolhouse Rock, and "Method of Modern Love", originally performed by Hall & Oates.
  • "Incarcerated Scarfaces" contains samples of "Wang Dang Doodle" by Koko Taylor and "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" by The Detroit Emeralds.
  • "Bring the Pain" contains a sample of "Mechanical Man" by Jerry Butler.
  • "Winter Warz" contains a sample of "I Think I'd Do It" by Z. Z. Hill.
  • "All I Need" contains a sample of "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss, and an interpolation of "You're All I Need To Get By," originally performed by Marvin Gaye.
  • "C.R.E.A.M." contains a sample of "As Long As I've Got You" by The Charmells.
  • "All That I Got Is You" contains a sample of "Maybe Tomorrow" by The Jackson 5.
  • "Wu Wear The Garment Renaissance" contains a sample of "Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness" by The Soul Children.

    • Songs

    Narration by the RZA1:04
    Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin to Fuck Wit3:34
    Protect Ya Neck4:51

    References

    The RZA Hits Wikipedia
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