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Afro Samurai: Original Soundtrack (Parental Advisory),RZA

- Afro Samurai: Original Soundtrack (Parental Advisory)
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RZA
Released 2007

The Walk
04:09
9,875 plays

Afro's Father Fight
01:23
8,817 plays

Insomnia
03:22
8,745 plays

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songs

- 1
- Afro Theme
- 00:29
- 17,688 plays

- 2
- Afro Intro
- 00:50
- 8,691 plays

- 3
- Certified Samurai
- 03:00
- 19,823 plays

- 4
- Just A Lil Dude 'Who Dat Ovah There'
- 03:28
- 16,121 plays

- 5
- Afro's Father Fight
- 01:23
- 8,817 plays

- 6
- Oh
- 04:05
- 8,710 plays

- 7
- The Walk
- 04:09
- 9,875 plays

- 8
- Bazooka Fight Instrumental 1
- 00:41
- 5,796 plays

- 9
- Who Is Tha Man
- 02:33
- 10,016 plays

- 10
- Ninjaman
- 02:08
- 7,385 plays

- 11
- Cameo Afro
- 02:52
- 12,321 plays

- 12
- Tears Of A Samurai
- 01:28
- 6,705 plays

- 13
- Take Sword, Part 1
- 02:47
- 10,163 plays

- 14
- The Empty 7 Theme
- 03:17
- 6,771 plays

- 15
- Baby
- 03:40
- 7,116 plays

- 16
- Take Sword, Part 2
- 04:03
- 6,987 plays

- 17
- Bazooka Fight Instrumental 2
- 00:45
- 4,156 plays

- 18
- Fury In My Eyes/Revenge
- 03:56
- 15,354 plays

- 19
- Afro Samurai Theme (First Movement)
- 01:42
- 6,794 plays

- 20
- Afro Samurai Theme (Second Movement)
- 01:36
- 5,799 plays

- 21
- Insomnia
- 03:22
- 8,745 plays

- 22
- So Fly
- 02:55
- 4,462 plays

- 23
- We All We Got
- 01:47
- 5,233 plays

- 24
- Glorious Day
- 03:34
- 7,344 plays

- 25
- Series Outro
- 01:16
- 5,848 plays

album review

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