The World According to RZA

Infobox Album | Name = The World According to RZA
Type = Album
Artist = RZA


Released = April 28, 2003
Recorded = 2000-2002
Genre = Hip hop
Length =
Label = Virgin/EMI Records
Producer = RZA
Reviews = *RapReviews rating-10|6.5 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2003_05_theworld.html 5/15/2003] | Last album = "Digital Bullet"
(2001)
This album = "The World According to RZA"
(2003)
Next album = "Kill Bill Volume 1 (soundtrack)"
(2003)|

"The World According to RZA" is a compilation album Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA, and features his tracks for emcees from a variety of European countries. The album was never released in the United States

The Making of the album

In an interview with Skruff.com, RZA spoke on the making of this album.

"We flew to seven or eight countries which involved a lot of planes, trains and automobiles. I stayed in lots of studios to record this album. It was almost like a tour but it was a really good experience. I actually recorded the whole record in 36 days. My album was originally called "War" because I’m having a war to break down these barriers people put up against each other. How can you have borders between four countries within a hundred miles, where people are separate and will try to kill each other if you cross this line. All it is about, is a small bunch of men in each of these places controlling the masses of the people. It’s like big gangbanging. For real. I don’t really approve of it because we’re all the human family.

It’s been told by many great prophets throughout history and many great civil rights teachers, people like Ghandi. Even if you look at people like Stalin or Hitler who were terrible in history, their idea was to unify the people as one. Unity is the key. The euro is an example of people trying to unify but they’re only trying to unify through the dollar and not through the heart and that’s another problem. We’re knocking down all barriers and there’s no separation in hip hop, we’re not going to say there’s West Coast or East Coast hip hop, American hip hop or European hip hop, it’s got to be the movement of our generation, one hip hop. I like to say this quote "hip hop: the sound and soul of our generation." That’s my favourite quote."

[http://wuforever.com/index.phpname=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=24&page=1 Skrufff.com interview with RZA]

Track listing

#RZA - "Intro"
#Feven - "Mesmerize"
#Petter - "Det e så jag känner"
#Scandinavian Allstars - "On Tha Ground" (RZA feat. Diaz, Petter & Feven)
#RZA feat. Diaz - "The North Sea"
#RZA - "Saïan Intro"
#RZA feat. Ghostface Killah & Saïan supa crew - "Saïan"
#Bams - "Please, Tends L'oreille"
#Nap - "Warning"
#Passi - "Dedicace"
#RZA feat. IAM - "Seul Face à Lui"
#Xavier Naidoo feat. Deborah Cox - "Souls on Fire"
#Curse - "Ich Weiss (On My Mind)"
#Afrob & Sekou - "Black Star Line-Up"
#RZA feat. Xavier Naidoo - "I've Never Seen ..."
#RZA feat. Blade, Skinnyman & Mr Tibbs - "Boing, Boing"
#Bronz'n'blak - "Make Money, Money"
#Frankie Hi-NRG MC - "Passaporto Per Resistere"
#Fuat, Bektas & Germ - "Uzaktan Gelen Ses"

References