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RZA Album: “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [Japan]”
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [Japan] |
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Release Date:2001-11-20
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
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Label:JVC Japan
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988002395729
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| 1 |
Ghost Dog Theme (W/Dogs and EFX) |
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Opening Theme (Raise Your Sword Instrumental) |
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Flying Birds |
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Samurai Theme |
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Gangsters Theme |
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Dead Birds |
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Fast Shadow (version 1) |
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RZA #7 |
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Funky Theme |
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RZA's Theme |
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Samurai Showdown (Raise Your Sword) |
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Ghost Dog Theme |
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Fast Shadow (version 2) |
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Untitled #8 |
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Untitled #12 (Free Jazz) |
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Wu-World Order (Version 1) |
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Review - :
{^Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [Japanese Version]} is prime {$RZA} unlike the more widely available version of the soundtrack. The beats are stripped down and clean, each with a samurai twinge to them. The album stands alone very well not just as a DJ tool but for good {\hip-hop} instrumentals. The quality of {$RZA}'s beats and the overall flow of the album really make it inexcusable that this version of the soundtrack wasn't more widely available. {$RZA}'s widely praised work on {^Kill Bill, Vol. 1} may be the reason the album is finally being made accessible outside of Japan. It also makes you wonder if post-{#Kill Bill} this would be the official soundtrack to {#Ghost Dog}. All of the instrumentals have the crisp funkiness that fans of {$Wu-Tang} will be familiar with. {$RZA} has always had a cinematic feel to his music, but it's only through the instrumentals that it can fully be appreciated. One of the few vocal tracks on the album, {&"Fast Shadow,"} features {$Wu-Tang Clan} doing a freestyle. The rhymes fit the beat and flow, but the mixing of the song takes away from what would be a standout track on the album. Some of the vocals are distorted, but you can still hear {$Method Man} flow and pause perfectly to the beat. {$RZA} made great music for {#Ghost Dog}, but it is too bad that so few people got to hear it. ~ Matt Whalley, All Music Guide
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