StyleFilm Music, Original Score, East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap, Stage & Screen, Soundtracks
ArtistOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack
Release TitleGhost Dog: the Way of the Samurai: the Album
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionSony Music/Sony Dadc
Number of Tracks19
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews8 out of 10 - "...In the absence of nu Wu proper, this is really ideal....Stand-out tracks include the top 'Cakes', by Kool G Rap featuring RZA and Wu-Tang's 'Fast Shadow'...", "...Strings, soul, raga and hard-edged, Clan-style beats show why the soundtrack was the true star of director Jim Jarmusch's feature film...", 4 stars out of 5 - "...Yeeah! Nihilistic hip-hop soundtrack, Wu-Tang everywhere, people slicing each other into pink coleslaw with sharp things!...RZA-sharp.", "...Sometimes edgy, sometimes ethereal melange of raps, loops, and attitude, with samurai philosophy tossed in." - Rating: B, Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000"., 4 stars out of 5 - "...A marriage of integrity and uncontrived beauty....RZA reminds listeners of the head-nodding power of his anti-pop hip-hop, of the muted but urgent, hypnotic pull of his artistic handiwork. It's a stellar return to form.", "...RZA's snaky, soulful and unmistakably baroque beats evoke a suitably Asiatic underworld vibe....he finds the perfect screen for his Technocolor textures, making this the ideal musical companion to the film."