RZA — Thriller [soundtrack]

For the soundtrack of his movie "Thriller", dismissed by critics as bad, RZA dirties the name of "36 Chambers" and presents the soundtrack as a concentrate of new music made by Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna and himself. The production isn't credited, I assume it was done by Bobby Digital, because, on the whole, it's quite generic and lifeless. Steelz makes the opening cut and the last four tracks, the guests of the album are the members of the Wu-Tang Clan Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna, present once each, the close affiliate Young Dirty Bastard, other affiliates such as The Reverend Willy Burke of Achozen and Hue Hef, who in the two thousand and ten made his way into Method Man's mixtape albums, in addition to external guests Weather Park, the great protagonist of the tape with four appearances including a solo cut, Earth, Cory Ironside, Don Prynce, Dontius, Harley and Chauncey Jenkins.

The first track features members of Achozen RZA and Reverend Willy Burke together with Weather Park on an atmospheric rhythm, followed by Weather Park's lead song on an atmospheric second rhythm, with drum midtempo and vibes trap.Young Dirty Bastard brings one of the best flows of the edition in track number three, with Hue Hef performing generic hardcore and Earth's soulful hook. After the Hoodies song, it follows a short mediocre trap section before the Wu-posse "Legendary Love": Boy Jones delivers the hook, Cappadonna and Hue Hef pull hardcore straight, Earth closes with a short hook. In "Lock Your Doors", Ghostface Killah is easily the best performer on the record with an effortless performance, smooth delivery, fluid, hardcore on a shoddy beat, Hue Hef and Harley just not at his level. On track number nine, Young Dirty offers a crazy hook and verse in BZA style, Hue Hef and Weather Park have a tidier rap and leave no impression. There's a generic trap song by Chauncey Jenkins before the closing of RZA, which consists of four average, soulless instrumentals.

Listening short, 44 minutes divided into 14 pieces, bland and irregular, in an album that continuously mixes trap and minimal rap without particular highlights. Good showcase for Weather Park, Hue Hef and Young Dirty Bastard. Not recommended, 3.5/10.