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you guys always seem to sleep on rza. gza can get a little dorky for me, but liquid swords is really good.
RZA's solo albums never, ever reach the quality of three things:
1. The hype
2. His production and beats are a million times better then his verses
3. The verses he does when with the group always beat out the shit he does on his solo albums (Enter the 36 Chambers and the first Gravediggaz are prime examples)
And as for GZA being dorky. Sure of course, it's fucking Wu-Tang. Ninjas and comic books. But if you are thinking GZA is nerdier than RZA, go back and check out "Bobby Digital" again
well said. RZA's production on Wu-related albums is fantastic, and in fact, what made 36 Chambers and many other solo Wu albums so incredible was the fact that RZA was such a part of the crew and knew exactly what the rappers wanted to achieve. the sort of producer-artist relationship he has with the wu-tang is hard to find elsewhere in music.
that said, as hate said, his verses aren't as good as dudes like GZA, Ghostface, Raekwon etc.