The RZA Hits

Infobox Album |
Name = The RZA Hits
Type = Compilation album
Artist = RZA


Released = June 22, 1999
Recorded = 1993-1998
Genre = Hip Hop
Length = 61:22
Label = Razor Sharp/Epic/SME Records
EK 69610 (North America)
492542 (international)
Producer = RZA
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:74j20r1au48i link]
Last album = ""
(1999)
This album = "The RZA Hits"
(1999)
Next album = "Digital Bullet" (2001)

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.

Reception

"Professional reviews":
*Entertainment Weekly (Spring 2000, p.166) - Ranked #9 in EW's "Top 10 albums of the '90s"

*Q (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

Track listing

amples 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 Getting A Little Too Smart" by 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.

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