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- Date Released: January 30, 2007
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop, Film Soundtracks
- Label: KOCH Records
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The soundtrack to the anime series Afro Samurai is executive produced and, for the most part, also produced by the RZA, the ideal option to apply hip-hop to Japanese animation. The RZA has always been known for his deep admiration of the martial arts, and he knocked his first scoring opportunity -- Ghost Dog, which is best heard on the JVC Japan edition -- out of the park. With credits for Kill Bill and Blade Trinity also under his belt, he smoothly transitions into Afro Samurai, composing a hard-hitting intro, several incidental pieces, and a handful of MC-led tracks, with brief appearances from the likes of Big Daddy Kane, GZA, Talib Kweli, Suga Bang, and himself. On Ghost Dog, he worked a sparse, gritty gracefulness; here, the feel is more epic, sleek, and turbulent, with dialogue (including plenty from Samuel L. Jackson as Afro, the protagonist in search of avenging his father's killers) laid over a generous amount of the score material. A pair of nearly torrid, reverb-heavy slow jams come from R&B duo Stone Mecca, who sound somewhat contemporary while owing much to Michael Henderson's and Prince's steamiest falsetto ballads (and that's no gripe). Another outside R&B cut, produced by M1 and featuring vocalist Maurice, is too pleasant and clean-cut to really fit into the flow of the program. As a bonus, or an enticement for RZA fans who might feel skeptical about a project not wholly reliant on RZA and rhymes, four tracks from a future Bobby Digital album are added.
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| 01. |
Afro Theme |
0:29 |
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| 02. |  |
Afro Intro (Inst.) |
0:50 |
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| 03. | |
Certified Samurai feat. Talib Kweli, Lil Free and Suga Bang |
3:00 |
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| 04. | |
Just a Lil Dude "Who Dat Ovah There" feat. Q-Tip & Free Murder |
3:28 |
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Afro's Father Fight (Inst.) |
1:23 |
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| 06. | |
Oh feat. Stone Mecca |
4:05 |
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| 07. | |
The Walk feat. Stone Mecca |
4:09 |
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| 08. |
Bazooka Fight (Inst.) |
0:41 |
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| 09. | |
Who Is the Man feat. The Reverend William Burk |
2:33 |
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| 10. | |
Ninjaman (Inst.) |
2:08 |
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| 11. | |
Cameo Afro feat. Big Daddy Kane, GZA and Suga Bang |
2:52 |
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| 12. | |
Tears of a Samurai (Inst.) |
1:28 |
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| 13. | |
Take Sword Pt. I feat. 60 Seconds & True Master |
2:47 |
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| 14. | |
The Empty 7 Theme (Inst.) |
3:17 |
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| 15. | |
Baby feat. Maurice |
3:40 |
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| 16. | |
Take Sword Pt. II feat. 60 Seconds & True Master |
4:03 |
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| 17. |
Bazooka Fight (Inst.II) |
0:45 |
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| 18. | |
Fury in My Eyes / Revenge feat. Thea |
3:56 |
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| 19. | |
Afro Samurai Theme (First Movement) (Inst.) |
1:42 |
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| 20. | |
Afro Samurai Theme (Second Movement) (Inst.) |
1:36 |
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| 21. | |
Insomnia feat. Jay Love |
3:22 |
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| 22. | |
So Fly feat. Division |
2:55 |
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| 23. |
We All We Got feat. Black Knights |
1:47 |
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| 24. | |
Glorious Day feat. Dexter Wiggles |
3:34 |
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| 25. | |
Series Outro |
1:16 |
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25 Total Tracks, 61:46 Total Length
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Credits
- RZA - Producer // RZA - Producer // RZA - Engineer // RZA - Engineer // RZA - Executive Producer // RZA - Executive Producer // Paul Grosso - Creative Director // James Rabb - Producer // James Rabb - Engineer // James Rabb - Mixing // M1 - Producer // Takashi Okazaki - Concept // Bob Lanzner - Mastering // J Love - Producer // Samuel L. Jackson - Voices // Mike Baiardi - Engineer // Mike Baiardi - Mixing // Elizabeth Yoon - Art Direction // Elizabeth Yoon - Design // Alyson Abbagnaro - A&R // Marleny Dominguez - Label Manager // Lil Free - Performer // Christian Mariano - Product Manager // Joseph Carlone - Production Coordination // Tamika Layton - Project Coordinator // Sean Rock - Promotions Director // Terminator - Engineer
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