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WU-TANG QUEST 2000! : info rza information
The Wu-Tang Clan's chief producer, the RZA (a.k.a. The
Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector and Bobby Steels) was
born Robert Diggs; he first surfaced during the early 1990s
as a member of the rap unit All in Together Now, a group
which also featured fellow Wu-Tang members the Genius/GZA
and Ol' Dirty Bastard. Following All in Together Now's
dissolution, he signed to Tommy Boy under the name Prince
Rakeem, issuing the 1991 EP Ooh We Love You Rakeem before
joining the Wu-Tang; the group's 1993 debut, Enter the
Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, was one of the most influential
hip-hop records of the era, with RZA's lean, menacing
production work much imitated throughout the rap community
in the years to follow. In addition to remaining a member
of the loose-knit Wu-Tang family and producing many of the
group members' solo efforts, RZA also joined the
Gravediggaz, helming their 1995 debut Six Feet Deep; his
first full-length solo LP, RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo,
followed in 1998. In 1999, Hits, a compilation of some of
the Wu-Tang family's best-known tracks, from both group and
solo projects, was released under the RZA's name. - info
from: wherehousemusic.com
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