"(Bobby Digital) was bottled up in me and it was stopping my progress, from moving forward, as well as putting me in a contradictory state to all the things I'm going to say on the RZA album," he explained during a recent visit to Toronto. "There is a clear distinction, even in the tone of my voice. RZA sounds pretty sad on some songs."
Preferring to concentrate on Bobby Digital, RZA has revealed little about "The Cure". It supposedly contains more of his groundbreaking Wu-Tang production, along with collaborations with Isaac Hayes and Rage Against The Machine. More defining is that there's singing on the album and what he calls a family vibe. "Yeah, RZA, I'd call it 'mindful.' You would say 'spiritual.' I have a song called 'The 99 Attributes Of Allah'. That song could make you cry. I've got a song called 'Pugilism', which goes into different forms of Chi Kung. It's a fantasy world but it gives you some of the potential power of it," says RZA. "So I go into different principles on that album."
The Cure has some of the deepest lyrics I ever heard in life. Some tracks include: "Mozes" "Knowledge Wisdom Understanding" "99 Attributes Of Allah" and one about RZA being a sperm cell going through violent battles to fertilize the egg. RZA has recorded 2 songs with Bono (U2), 8 with Dido (Dido told RZA she wrote her entire first album listening to 36 Chambers & Cuban Linx), 7 with Issac Hayes, 1 with Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon - Beatles), 11 with Rage Against The Machine, 3 with Bjork. - Cilvaringz
"I have my daughter singing on the first single, `You Are My Sunshine’ -it’s about me being a young black man in America, trying to make a change for himself and his community. Usually when a black man is in that position, throughout the course of history he has always been assassinated or persecuted. In this she’s singing, `Don’t take my father away, don’t take any of our great men representing the cause of equality away.’ I really go into the essence of what a lot of the enlightened men - like Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, J.F.K. - talk about. I have some fun stuff on there, though, like `Pugilism.’ It’s about martial arts -like a razor blade to your ear.” - RZA
RZA, whose original soundtrack album 'RZA as Bobby Digital In Stereo' is released on Monday, has told NME that his next album proper - entitled 'The Cure' and scheduled for release on Gee Street next year - will be "a beautiful album, a grown man piece of work".
Tracks like 'Flowing Down The River Of Life' show the elevated ghetto teacher in RZA, though this higher plane couldn't be accessed until he'd exorcised his sexist superhero side through Bobby Digital's anti-PC battle grooves and Prince-oid sexy grinds.
and Domestic Violence.
wouldn’t even know what to expect lmao