Digi Snacks
Encyclopedia
Digi Snacks is the fourth solo studio album
by rapper and producer
RZA
, the third under his Bobby Digital alias. Continuing the story from Digital Bullet
, the album was released, on 24 June 2008 on Koch Records
. The album was originally entitled Digi Snax, but was changed before release.
The album's first single, "You Can't Stop Me Now", features fellow Wu-Tang Clan
rapper Inspectah Deck
; a track by this name featured in reports of early track listings of the group's 8 Diagrams
album. RZA has since released another track, "Drama", featuring Monk of Black Knights and singer Thea van Seijen.
The album also features production
from David Banner
(on "Straight Up the Block", mooted to be the album's second single), from California
producer Panauh Kalayeh, and from King Tech, as well as live instrumentation from Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated funk
/soul
group Stone Mecca. The latter also backed RZA on a June/July tour of the US
, which also featured "surprise appearances by Wu-Tang members and affiliates", to accompany the album's release.
RZA described the album to Billboard.com
as "simply fun hip-hop... a perfect blend of reality, fiction, sci-fi
and martial arts
". The album cover's design was done by Gary Alford, and includes a brief comic within the sleeves.
rapper Inspectah Deck
; a track by this name featured in reports of early track listings of the group's 8 Diagrams
album. The track samples a version of the Barrett Strong
/Norman Whitfield
composition "Message from a Black Man", also previously sampled by Mos Def
on Undeniable in True Magic
, MF DOOM
on the King Geedorah album Take Me to Your Leader
and in the same year, sampled by Nas and producer Salaam Remi
for "You Can't Stop Us Now," from the rapper's Untitled
album.
except where noted.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by rapper and producer
Hip hop production
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...
RZA
RZA
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
, the third under his Bobby Digital alias. Continuing the story from Digital Bullet
Digital Bullet
Digital Bullet is the second solo studio album by the American hip hop artist RZA under his pseudonym Bobby Digital, which was released on August 28, 2001...
, the album was released, on 24 June 2008 on Koch Records
Koch Records
E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal...
. The album was originally entitled Digi Snax, but was changed before release.
The album's first single, "You Can't Stop Me Now", features fellow Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...
rapper Inspectah Deck
Inspectah Deck
Jason Hunter, better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
; a track by this name featured in reports of early track listings of the group's 8 Diagrams
8 Diagrams
8 Diagrams is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released December 11, 2007 on SRC/Universal Motown Records. The album was released three years after the passing of Ol' Dirty Bastard, and six years after the group's previous LP Iron Flag, for which many group members...
album. RZA has since released another track, "Drama", featuring Monk of Black Knights and singer Thea van Seijen.
The album also features production
Hip hop production
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...
from David Banner
David Banner
Lavell Crump , better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer and occasional actor. Banner was born in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Southern University. He started his music career as a member of the rap duo, Crooked Lettaz before going solo in 2000...
(on "Straight Up the Block", mooted to be the album's second single), from California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
producer Panauh Kalayeh, and from King Tech, as well as live instrumentation from Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
group Stone Mecca. The latter also backed RZA on a June/July tour of the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, which also featured "surprise appearances by Wu-Tang members and affiliates", to accompany the album's release.
RZA described the album to Billboard.com
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
as "simply fun hip-hop... a perfect blend of reality, fiction, sci-fi
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
". The album cover's design was done by Gary Alford, and includes a brief comic within the sleeves.
Album background
Album Production
The album's first single, "You Can't Stop Me Now", features fellow Wu-Tang ClanWu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...
rapper Inspectah Deck
Inspectah Deck
Jason Hunter, better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
; a track by this name featured in reports of early track listings of the group's 8 Diagrams
8 Diagrams
8 Diagrams is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released December 11, 2007 on SRC/Universal Motown Records. The album was released three years after the passing of Ol' Dirty Bastard, and six years after the group's previous LP Iron Flag, for which many group members...
album. The track samples a version of the Barrett Strong
Barrett Strong
Barrett Strong is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was the first artist to record a hit for Motown, although he is best remembered for his work as a songwriter, particularly in association with producer Norman Whitfield.-His career:Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry...
/Norman Whitfield
Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s...
composition "Message from a Black Man", also previously sampled by Mos Def
Mos Def
Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
on Undeniable in True Magic
True Magic
True Magic, initially set to be titled as Tru3 Magic, is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Mos Def, released December 29, 2006 on Geffen Records in the United States. Following an online leak of the album, it featured limited release, with distribution in only the United States and...
, MF DOOM
Daniel Dumile
Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...
on the King Geedorah album Take Me to Your Leader
Take Me to Your Leader (King Geedorah album)
Take Me to Your Leader is the first full-length album released by Daniel Dumile under the alias 'King Geedorah'. Regarding the album, Dumile says,...
and in the same year, sampled by Nas and producer Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi Gibbs, better known as Salaam Remi, is a hip hop producer and keyboard player, known for his association with Nas, Amy Winehouse, and his reggae-tinged approach to production...
for "You Can't Stop Us Now," from the rapper's Untitled
Untitled (Nas album)
The untitled ninth studio album by American rapper Nas was released by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records on July 15, 2008 in the United States, with earlier dates in some other countries. Its original title—Nigger—was changed due to controversy surrounding the racial epithet...
album.
Track listing
All tracks produced by RZARZA
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
except where noted.
- "Digi Snacks Intro" (featuring Understanding)
- "Long Time Coming" (featuring Danny Keyz) (produced by Panauh Kalayeh, James Desmond, and Danny Keyz)
- "You Can't Stop Me Now" (featuring Inspectah DeckInspectah DeckJason Hunter, better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
) (co-produced by George DrakouliasGeorge DrakouliasGeorge Drakoulias is a Greek-American music producer and A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protege of Rick Rubin....
) - "Straight Up the Block" (produced by David BannerDavid BannerLavell Crump , better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer and occasional actor. Banner was born in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Southern University. He started his music career as a member of the rap duo, Crooked Lettaz before going solo in 2000...
) - "Booby Trap" (featuring Dexter Wiggles)
- "Try Ya Ya Ya" (featuring Monk & Thea Van Seijen (produced by Che Vicious and co-produced by RZA)
- "Good Night" (featuring Rev William Burk, Crisis & Thea Van Seijen)
- "No Regrets"
- "Money Don't Own Me" (featuring Monk & Stone Mecca)
- "Creep" (featuring Black Knights, Northstar, Thea Van Seijen & Dexter Wiggles) (produced by King TechSway & King TechSway & King Tech is an American hip hop group composed of Bay Area rapper Sway and DJ King Tech. Also known as Flynamic Force or Sway & Tech, they are the hosts of the nationally syndicated show, The Wake Up Show...
) - "Drama" (featuring Monk & Thea Van Seijen )
- "Up Again" (featuring John FruscianteJohn FruscianteJohn Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
, Beretta 9Kinetic 9Kinetic 9 or Beretta 9 is a member of the hip-hop group Killarmy, an affiliation of the group Wu-Tang Clan. He is a originally from Steubenville, Ohio. 4th Disciple, another Ohio native & the group producer of Killarmy introduced Kinetic 9 along with ShoGun Assasson to the group...
, Rev William Burk, George ClintonGeorge Clinton (funk musician)George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
& El DeBargeEl DeBargeEldra Patrick "El" DeBarge is an American R&B/pop falsetto singer and was the focal point and lead singer of the family group DeBarge throughout the early to mid-1980s....
) (co-produced by John FruscianteJohn FruscianteJohn Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
) - "Put Your Guns Down" (featuring Star) (produced by The Bad Parts)
- "Love Is Digi/Part II" (featuring Beretta 9, Crisis & Thea Van Seijen)
- "O Day"
- "Don't Be Afraid" (iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
Bonus Track) - "The Wolf" (iTunes Bonus Track)
- Track 4 contains samples from "Dirt off Your ShoulderDirt off Your Shoulder"Dirt off Your Shoulder" is the second single released from Jay-Z's 2003 album The Black Album.In 2004, the song was combined with the Linkin Park single "Lying from You" and released as a single for the mash-up album Collision Course....
" by Jay-ZJay-ZShawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
.