RZA discography

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RZA discography
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RZA in 2009
Studio albums4
EPs4
Soundtrack albums13
Compilation albums1
Singles11
Collaboration1

The discography of Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA consists of four studio albums, two compilation albums, one instrumental album, four extended plays and five singles.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
US
Rap

[3]
AUS
[4]
Bobby Digital in Stereo 16354
Digital Bullet
  • Released: August 28, 2001 (US) [8]
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
249
Birth of a Prince
  • Released: October 7, 2003 (US) [9]
  • Label: Wu/Sanctuary/BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4920
Digi Snacks
  • Released: June 24, 2008 (US) [10]
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1112910

Collaboration albums

List of collaboration albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[11]
US R&B
[12]
US
Rap

[13]
6 Feet Deep
(with Gravediggaz)
366
The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
(with Gravediggaz)
  • Released: October 14, 1997
  • Label: Gee Street/V2/BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
207
Anything But Words
(as Banks & Steelz)
  • Released: August 26, 2016
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
18611
Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater
(with DJ Scratch)
  • Released: March 4, 2022
  • Label: 36 Chambers/MNRK Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of Compilation/Collaboration albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
The RZA Hits
  • Released: June 22, 1999
  • Label: Razor Sharp/Epic/SME Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
The World According to RZA
  • Released: April 28, 2003
  • Label: Virgin/EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Instrumental albums

List of instrumental albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
The RZA—Instrumental Experience

Soundtracks

List of soundtracks, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Ghost Dog
  • Released: April 11, 2000
  • Label: Razor Sharp/Epic/SME
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack
  • Released: April 13, 2004
  • Label: A Band Apart/Maverick/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Soul Plane
  • Released: 2004
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Blade: Trinity
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Label: New Line
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Protector
  • Released: October 3, 2006
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Blood of a Champion
  • Released: 2006
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Afro Samurai: The Album
  • Released: January 30, 2007
  • Label: E1/Koch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Babylon A.D.
  • Released: October 14, 2008
  • Label: Varèse Sarabande/Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Afro Samurai Resurrection
  • Released: January 27, 2009
  • Label: Wu Music Group;E1/Koch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Man with the Iron Fists
  • Released: October 22, 2012
  • Label: Soul Temple
  • Formats: CD, digital download
31
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details
TitleEP details
Ooh I Love You Rakeem
  • Released: July 1, 1991
  • Label: Tommy Boy/Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
Only One Place to Get It
  • Released: May 14, 2014
  • Label: One of a Kind Studio Sessions
  • Format: Digital download
Bobby Digital and the Pit of Snakes
  • Released: July 22, 2022
  • Label: 36 Chambers/MNRK
  • Format: Vinyl, CD
Bobby Digital in “Digital Potions”
  • Released: November 25, 2022
  • Label: 36 Chambers/MNRK
  • Format: Vinyl

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[14]
US R&B
[15]
US Rap
[16]
"Diary of a Madman"
(with Gravediggaz)
199482578 6 Feet Deep
"Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide"
(with Gravediggaz)
32
"1-800 Suicide"
(with Gravediggaz)
199546
"Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance"
(featuring Method Man and Cappadonna)
199660406 High School High OST
"Tragedy"1997 Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)
"Dangerous Mindz"
(with Gravediggaz)
The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
"B.O.B.B.Y." / "Holocaust (Silkworm)"19989238Bobby Digital in Stereo
"La Rhumba"
(featuring Method Man, Killa Sin and Beretta 9)
200198Digital Bullet
"Brooklyn Babies"
"We Pop"
(featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and CCF Division)
2003Birth of a Prince
"You Can't Stop Me Now"
(featuring Inspectah Deck)
2008Digi Snacks
"Gone"
(featuring Kobra Khan, Justin Nozuka and James Black)
2010
"Love and War"
(as Banks & Steelz)
2016 Anything but Words
"Giant"
(as Banks & Steelz)
"Who Needs the World"
(as Banks & Steelz)
2017Non-album singles
"Plug Addicts"
(with Flatbush Zombies) [17]
2021
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
R&B
"So Appalled"
(Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi the Prynce, Swizz Beatz and RZA)
2010114 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Pass the Bone"1994 GZA Words from the Genius (Reedition)
"I Gotcha Back"Fresh (Soundtrack) / Liquid Swords
"Mr. Sandman" Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Streetlife, Carlton Fisk, Blue Raspberry Tical
"No Hook" Shaquille O'Neal, Method Man Shaq-Fu: Da Return
"As Long As You Know"Scientifik, Ed O.G. Criminal
"Where Ya At"1995 Ice Cube, Ice-T, Kam, Mobb Deep, Da Smart, Insane, Shorty, Smooth B, Chuck D, Killah Priest One Million Strong
"Snakes" Ol' Dirty Bastard, Killah Priest, Masta Killa, Buddha Monk Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
"Cuttin' Headz"Ol' Dirty Bastard
"Wu-Gambinos" Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Masta Killa Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
"Liquid Swords"GZA Liquid Swords
"4th Chamber"GZA, Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest
"Killa Hill Niggas" Cypress Hill, U-God Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
"Assassination Day"1996Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Masta Killa Ironman
"After the Smoke Is Clear"Ghostface Killah, The Delfonics, Raekwon
"Marvel"Ghostface Killah
"Who's the Champion"Ghostface Killah, Raekwon The Great White Hype (soundtrack)
"Step Right In" Dog Eat Dog Play Games
"Third World"1997DJ Muggs, GZA Chapter 1: Soul Assassins
"Whatever Happened (The Birth)"1998 AZ Pieces of a Man
"The Chase" Bulworth (soundtrack)
"The End" Ras Kass Rasassination
"And Justice for All" Islord, Killa Sin, P.R. Terrorist, Method Man Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm
"4 Sho Sho"1999 Northstar, Blue Raspberry Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (soundtrack)
"Cakes" Kool G Rap
"Samurai Showdown"
"Hip Hop Fury"GZA, Hell Razah, Timbo King, Dreddy Kruger Beneath the Surface
"Crash Your Crew"GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard
"The Anthem" Sway & King Tech, Tech N9ne, Eminem, Xzibit, Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Jayo Felony, Chino XL, KRS-One This or That
"Belly of the Beast"Sway & King Tech
"Nigga Please"Ol' Dirty Bastard Nigga Please
"'96 Recreation"Cappadonna, Ol' Dirty Bastard Wu-Chronicles
"Nutmeg"2000Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele
"The Grain"
"Stroke of Death"Ghostface Killah, Solomon Childs
"It's Not a Game"American Cream Team, Raekwon Black & White (soundtrack)
"Shaolin/6è Chaudron"ArsenikLe Public Respecte
"He Lives"The Last Emperor Lyricist Lounge 2
"Education"2001Remedy, Children of the World The Genuine Article
"Cousins" Doc Gynéco, Cilvaringz Quality Street
"Code Red"2002RemedyCode Red
"Muslim and a Jew"
"Killa Beez"U-God, Inspectah Deck, Suga Bang Bang The Sting
"Rollin'"Black Knights
"Fam (Members Only)"GZA, Masta Killa Legend of the Liquid Sword
"Bankstaz" Sunz of Man, 12 O'Clock Saviorz Day
"Dangerous Language" Afu-Ra Life Force Radio
"Bebop (live at the Rooftop)"2003Charlie ParkBird Up (Charlie Parker Remix Project) [18]
"Burn Bridges" 9th Prince Granddaddy Flow
"Tribute to the 5th Brother"
"Da Great Siege" Mathematics Love, Hell or Right
"Neckbone"Rockin' Da North, Cilvaringz, Elastinen, Ganz, JoniveliStar Warz
"You Must Be Dreaming" Diaz, Baretta NineVelkommen Hjem Andres
"Can You Deal with That?" I:Cube 3
"What You Niggas Looking at Me 4"2004Black KnightsEvery Night Is a Black Knight
"School"Masta Killa No Said Date
"Old Man"Masta Killa, Ol' Dirty Bastard
"Digi Warfare"Masta Killa, U-God
"Intro"Method Man Tical 0: The Prequel
"A Day in the Life" Handsome Boy Modeling School, AG, The Mars Volta White People
"Fatal" Blade: Trinity (soundtrack)
"Daywalker"Ramin Djawadi
"Head Rush" Pete Rock, GZA Soul Survivor II
"The Sun"2005 Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Slick Rick Put It on the Line
"Strawberries & Cream"Mathematics, Allah Real, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah The Problem
"I Love You"TheaDerailed (soundtrack)
"All in Together Now"GZA, DJ Muggs Grandmasters
"Advanced Pawns"GZA, DJ Muggs, Raekwon, Sen Dog
"Biochemical Equation" MF Doom Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture
"Unleash Me"Prodigal Sunn & Christbearer Unleashed (Soundtrack)
"Intro" Sway & King Tech Back 2 Basics
"Deep Space"2006 Lord Jamar The 5% Album
"Iron God Chamber" Masta Killa, U-God, Method Man Made in Brooklyn
"This Thing" La the Darkman, Method ManReturn of the Darkman
"Wu World Order" La the Darkman
"Presidential MC"Method Man, Raekwon 4:21... The Day After
"4:20"Method Man, Streetlife, Carlton Fisk
"In the Name of Allah"2007Cilvaringz, Masta Killa, Killah Priest, Shabazz The Disciple I
"Wu-Tang Martial Expert"Cilvaringz
"The Weeping Tiger"Cilvaringz, Raekwon, Senna
"Afro Theme" Afro Samurai: The Album
"Take Sword Pt. 1"Berretta 9
"Fury in My Eyes/Revenge"Thea Van Seijen
"Now That I'm Free"OutlinesNow That I’m Free / This World
"If I Had a Gun"2008 Brooklyn Zu, MonkChamber #9, Verse 32
"Don't Feel Bad" Styles of Beyond Reseda Beach
"Pencil"GZA, Masta Killa Pro Tools
"Life Is a Movie"GZA
"Heaven" George Clinton George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
"Wrath of the Lamb" Shabazz the Disciple, B9The Becoming of the Disciple
"Blood Thicker Than Mud"2009Reverend William Burk, Sly Stone, Stone Mecca The RZA Presents: Afro Samurai Resurrection OST
"Whar"Kool G Rap, Ghostface Killah, Tash Mahogany
"Brother's Keeper"Reverend William Burk, Infinite
"Take Sword Part III"60 Second Assassin, Leggezin, Crisis, Christbearer, Monk, Tre Irie, Beretta 9, Reverend William Burk
"Number One Samurai"9th Prince
"Way Down" N.A.S.A., John Frusciante, Barbie Hatch The Spirit of Apollo
"Electric Flowers" Nina Persson
"Evil Deeds"Ghostface Killah, Havoc Wu-Tang Chamber Music
"NYC Crack"Thea van Seine
"Intermission"DJ Muggs, B-Real, Planet AsiaIntermission
"Dollaz & Sense" The Black Keys, Pharoahe Monch Blakroc
"Tellin’ Me Things"The Black Keys
"Smoke Like a Fire"2010 Bliss n Eso Running on Air
"One Two, Here's What We Gon' Do"KRS-One, True Master Meta-Historical
"Ghetto Serenade" Tekitha The Prelude
"So Appalled" Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Cyhi the Prynce My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
"Carry It"2011 Travis Barker, Raekwon Give the Drummer Some
"Start the Show"Raekwon, Jimi Kendrix Legendary Weapons
"225 Rounds"U-God, Cappadonna, Bronze Nazareth
"Only the Rugged Survive"
"Robbery (Revelations Remix)"Reverend William Burk
"3 Degrees"M-80, Solomon ChildsTaking Back What's Mine
"Fresh from the Morgue"Bronze NazarethSchool for the Blindman
"Carpet Burns"
"The Fellowship"
"Scot Free"
"American Royalty"2012 Childish Gambino, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Royalty
"Baddest Man Alive"Black Keys The Man with the Iron Fists (soundtrack)
"Just Blowin' in the Wind" Flatbush Zombies
"thewaitaround" [19] thenewno2 thefearofmissingout
"Beez"2013 Kid Cudi Indicud
"Take a Fall for Me" James Blake Overgrown
"Drift"Blake Perlman, Ramin Djawadi Pacific Rim (soundtrack)
Energy Work"Killah PriestThe Psychic World of Walter Reed
"Packets in den Boots"GenetikkD.N.A
"Molasses" [20] Earl Sweatshirt Doris
"Unorthodox" Tony Touch, JD Era, Raekwon, Ghostface KillahThe Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MCs
"CPU"2015 Raury All We Need
"Return of the Savage"Ghostface Killah, Raekwon Twelve Reasons to Die II
"Death's Invitation (Interlude)"Ghostface Killah
"Let the Record Spin (Interlude)"
"Life's a Rebirth"
"Constant Elevation"2016Ras KassIntellectual Property 2
"Puppet Master" KXNG CROOKED, KinG!, The Observer Good vs. Evil
"Numeric"2017Strickrisk=reward
"Let's Begin"2018 Jon Bellion, Roc Marciano, B. Keys, Travis Mendez Glory Sound Prep
"Godbody (Pt. 2)" Joey Purp Quarterthing
"Lead Poisoning" Tom Morello, GZA, HeRobust The Atlas Underground
"Rapapapa" [21] 2019 Rich Brian The Sailor
"Standing on the Frontline"Rev. Willy Burke, Weather ParkThriller (Soundtrack)
"On That Shit Again"Ghostface Killah Of Mics and Men
"Do the Same As My Bother Do"
"Of Mics and Men"Cappadonna, Masta Killa
"Fighting for Equality"2020Ghostface Killah Cut Throat City (soundtrack)
"Porta One"2022 Logic Vinyl Days
“Cruisin’ Through the Universe”2023 College Park
"12 Jewels" Burna Boy I Told Them...

Music Videos (Featured)

SongYearArtistAlbum
No Hook1994Shaquille O'NealShaq-Fu: Da Return
Where Ya At1995numerousOne Million Strong
Liquid SwordsGZALiquid Swords
4th Chamber
Third World1997Soul AssassinsDJ Muggs Presents
Cake1999Kool G RapGhost Dog (soundtrack)
The AnthemSway & King TechThis or That
It's Not a Game2000American Cream TeamBlack & White (soundtrack)
You Must Be Dreaming2003Beretta 9Velkommen Hjem Andres
Old Man2004Masta KillaNo Said Date
Way Down2009N.A.S.A.The Spirit of Apollo
Carry It2010Travis BarkerGive the Drummer Some

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