RZA as Bobby Digital - Bobby Digital In Stereo (RSD 2023, 2LP Colored Vinyl)

For RSD 2023 Bobby Digital’s origin story is revisited on an exclusive colored vinyl offering.In November of 1998, Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA unleashed his first solo record, and his memorable alter-ego, Bobby Digital. Bobby Digital In Stereo is essentially a soundtrack. A soundtrack to a Blaxploitation/martial arts film that never was - at least outside of the imagination of the artist and the listener - as RZA channels the martial arts superhero (or perhaps anti-hero) inspirations of his youth into his Bobby Digital persona.The recording follows a loose storyline of RZA’s endeavors as Bobby Digital - out to enlighten the people of the projects to the poisons of the hood that surrounded them every day. Production-wise, the release features a different approach from RZA’s work with Wu-Tang – a layered experimental keyboard driven sound instead of dusted sample-heavy beats – a technique RZA called the “Digital Orchestra.”Bobby Digital In Stereo rode to #16 on the Billboard top 200 – peaked at #3 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop albums chart – and went on to RIAA Gold status. Bobby Digital In Stereo is now regarded by manyas the best of RZA’s Bobby Digital projects.

A SideA1. IntroA2. B.O.B.B.Y.A3. Unspoken WordA4. Slow Grind AfricanA5. AirwavesA6. Love JonesB SideB1. N.Y.C. Everything (feat. Method Man)B2. MantisB3. Slow Grind FrenchB4. Holocaust (Silk Worm)B5. TerroristC SideC1. Bobby Did It (Spanish Fly)C2. Hand Writing On The WallC3. Kiss Of A Black WidowC4. Slow Grind ItalianC5. My Lovin' Is DigiD SideD1. Domestic ViolenceD2. Project TalkD3. Lab DrunkD4. Fuck What You ThinkD5. Daily Routine