Birth of a Prince is the third solo studio album

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 by American

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 hip hop music

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ian RZA

RZA

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, the main producer of the Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan

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. It was released on October 7, 2003. Unlike RZA's other solo albums, Birth of a Prince was not released under the Bobby Digital alias, though RZA refers to himself as Bobby repeatedly and his rhymes are mostly in the Bobby Digital style rather than the pre-1998 style. The album received mixed to positive reviews and one video of the single "We Pop" was also released.

Chart information

The album's performance on various music charts are as follows:

• Billboard Magazine's The Billboard 200: #49
• Billboard Magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #20

Track listing

All tracks produced by the RZA unless otherwise stated

1. "Bob 'n I"
   • Contains a sample from "Feeling Good" by Freda Payne
     Freda Payne
     Freda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...
     
     
   • Producer: Choco
2. "The Grunge"
   • Contains a sample from "Looking Through My Window" by Tom Jones
     Tom Jones (singer)
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3. "We Pop"
   • featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard
     Ol' Dirty Bastard
     Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...
     
      & CCF Division
   • Producer: Megahertz
   • same CD track contains a second unlisted song, "Hood Rats," featuring Erica Bryant
4. "Grits"
   • featuring Allah Real & Masta Killa
     Masta Killa
     Jamel Arief , better known as Masta Killa, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
     
     
   • Contains a sample from "I Forgot to Remember" by Jones & Blumenberg
5. "Fast Cars"
   • featuring Ghostface Killah
     Ghostface Killah
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      & Erica Bryant
   • Producer: True Master
     True Master
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6. "Chi Kung"
   • featuring Cilvaringz
     Cilvaringz
     Tarik Azzougarh, better known as Cilvaringz, is a rapper, manager and hip hop producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan.- Personal :Lives in Marrakech, Morocco...
     
      & Featherz
   • Producer: Barracuda
7. "You'll Never Know"
   • featuring Cilvaringz
     Cilvaringz
     Tarik Azzougarh, better known as Cilvaringz, is a rapper, manager and hip hop producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan.- Personal :Lives in Marrakech, Morocco...
     
     
8. "Drink, Smoke + Fuck"
9. "The Whistle"
   • featuring Prodigal Sunn
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      & Masta Killa
     Masta Killa
     Jamel Arief , better known as Masta Killa, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
     
     
   • Contains a sample of "Daydream" by Bernard Wystraete
10. "The Drop Off"
11. "Wherever I Go"
    • featuring Allah Real & CCF Division
12. "Koto Chotan"
    • featuring Masta Killa
      Masta Killa
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       & Tash Mahogany
13. "A Day to God is 1,000 Years"
    • Producer: Bronze Nazareth
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    • Contains a sample from "Memories of Scirocco" by Chuck Mangione
      Chuck Mangione
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14. "Cherry Range"
    • featuring Xavier Naidoo
      Xavier Naidoo
      Xavier Kurt Naidoo is a German singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actor. Born and raised in Mannheim, Naidoo worked in several jobs in the gastronomy and the musical industry before relocating to the United States in the early 1990s, where he released his first full-length English...
      
      
15. "The Birth"
    • Producer: Bronze Nazareth
      Bronze Nazareth
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    • Contains a sample from "Poverty's Paradise" by The 24-Carat Black
16. "See the Joy"
    • Contains a sample from "Joy" by Nat Dove & The Devils
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Singles and music videos

Singles and videos were made and released for "We Pop" "Grits" and "Chi Kung"