RZA was the one of the first producers to get noticed with an "alternative" form of hiphop production. The sounds that he created during the early years of the WU were never easily digested in one sitting. His albums demanded repeat listens whether you liked it or not because the first reaction you usually had to a first time listen was "Ok, wait a minute, what just happened" . That was strictly his early years. Now, I believe he has entered the "Any-units-I-sell-is-mainly-on-the-strength-of-the-name" phase of his career. I am one of the naive hiphop hopefuls that always hopes that a legend like this can somehow return to the form that made him who he is, but the rule in hiphop is, once you fall off, its hard to get back on.