RZA’s continuing his legacy of pairing Hip Hop and love of martial arts with the release of RZA Presents: Bobby Digital and The Pit of Snakes soundtrack.
Resurrecting his Bobby Digital alter-ego, the eight-song project from the Wu-Tang Clan founder merges Hip Hop, indie rock and soul to highlight the storyline of the graphic novel of the same name, written by Vasilis Lolos, Ryan O’Sullivan and RZA himself. The story follows Bobby Digital as he embraces his id, ego and superego while embarking on a quest to figure out the nature of his reality and himself.
“The character Bobby Digital getting his first official first graphic novel is a long-overdue achievement,” RZA said in a press release. “Growing up as an avid comic reader, it’s an honor to add my creativity to this amazing platform of storytelling. Z2 Comics understands that music artists resonate in the comic book/graphic novel world and this relationship is destined to grow.”
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RZA previously shared “We Push” and “Under The Sun” as singles from the project which includes guest appearances from Stone Mecca, Shot and Moon Diggs.
2022 has been a low-key yet celebratory year for RZA and the Wu. In June, the Clan celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1997 Wu-Tang Forever double disc album with a special edition vinyl including a lyrical booklet, silver-colored 7-inch single of “Triumph” with “Heaterz” as the B-side and reissue of the album’s double cassette in a slipcase.
Stream Bobby Digital and The Pit of Snakes below. The graphic novel of the same name arrives on August 13 via Z2 Comics.
Love RZA since Gravediggaz. The Wu will always be my favourite group in any genre of music. Love him or not he is responsible for one of the most legendary groups. With that said I haven’t really felt his latest stuff. I downloaded this and it doesn’t have that Gravediggaz Pit of Snakes vibe. I can dig the production and evolution in sound and respect an artist’s need to grow but I still always want that hitting grimy sound I grew up with. RZA doesn’t seem to be on that tip for the most part.
Yeah, this album is very “soundtrack.” I understand the man has grown musically, but I was hoping for another “real” Bobby Digital album.
Youth and drugs is a helluva drug
That Rza is never coming back guys. I mean, it’s been 20 years since he was doing HipHop production. I know he thinks he’s a walking Hiphop monument and therefore anything he touches is HipHop, but realistically man his music now sounds like an amateur experimenting in their attic with their first equipment. Even the way he samples now, it makes me wonder sometimes if he even actually did the early Wu stuff, because it sounds like he doesn’t really understand how to sync and chop like he used to. I don’t know man…I’ve always loved Wu, and Rza, but I’m not a Stan and I gotta call it like I see it. There’s something fishy about the way his sound changed in the early 2000s and never came back around. Peace.
I’D SAY RZA LOST IT EVEN EARLIER. SOME TIME AFTER WU-TANG FOREVER. THE W ALBUM WAS COOL THOUGH.
I agree. Although that saturdaynight kung fu theater ep brought me back for a sec. But that wasn’t RZA production, so I guess your point stands
I am a fan of golden age RZA. I dont fuck with Bobby Digital. His ego stops him from seeing that we dont care about that digital shit.
He lost his touch after moving to Cali many years ago. Experimenting with instrument samples that sound too clean doesn’t fit right in wu music. He’s needs to go back into a grungy one room apartment in NY with 90s equipment and stay locked in for a year and make 20 albums