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 The RZAAfro Samurai Release Date: 2007 01 30 Label: Koch Records Rating:  |
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. Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Afro Theme | Diggs | :29 |
| 2 | Afro Intro [Instrumental] | Diggs | :50 |
| 3 | Certified Samurai | Drayton, Elliott, Greene | 3:00 |
| 4 | Just a Lil Dude "Who Dat Ovah There" | Fareed, Drayton, Diggs | 3:28 |
| 5 | Afro's Father Fight [Instrumental] | Diggs | 1:23 |
| 6 | Oh | Rabb, Richardson | 4:05 |
| 7 | Walk | Rabb, Richardson | 4:09 |
| 8 | Bazooka Fight, Inst. 1 [Instrumental] | Diggs | :41 |
| 9 | Who Is tha Man | Hudson, Diggs | 2:33 |
| 10 | Ninjaman [Instrumental] | Diggs | 2:08 |
| 11 | Cameo Afro | Grice, Diggs, Elliot, Hardy | 2:52 |
| 12 | Tears of a Samurai [Instrumental] | Diggs | 1:28 |
| 13 | Take Sword, Pt. 1 | Harris, Cuffie | 2:47 |
| 14 | Empty 7 Theme [Instrumental] | Diggs | 3:17 |
| 15 | Baby | Bell, Rabstatt, Baiardi | 3:40 |
| 16 | Take Sword, Pt. 2 | Harris, Cuffie, Biggs | 4:03 |
| 17 | Bazooka Fight, Inst. 2 [Instrumental] | Diggs | :45 |
| 18 | Fury in My Eyes/Revenge | Diggs | 3:56 |
| 19 | Afro Samurai Theme (First Movement) [Instrumental] | Diggs | 1:42 |
| 20 | Afro Samurai Theme (Second Movement) [Instrumental] | Diggs | 1:36 |
| 21 | Insomnia [*] | Love, J-Love [1], Diggs | 3:22 |
| 22 | So Fly [*] | Diggs | 2:55 |
| 23 | We All We Got [*] | Bennett, Rose, Diggs | 1:47 |
| 24 | Glorious Day [*] | Diggs | 3:34 |
| 25 | Series Outro [*][Instrumental] | Diggs | 1:16 |
Other Releases:
| Afro Samurai [Japan Bonus Track] Release Date: 2007 Label: JVC Compact Discs |
| Afro Samurai [Clean] Release Date: 2007 Label: Koch Records |
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