It’s been over a year since RZA first announced the auction of a one-of-one album titled Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.
The 31-track double LP produced by RZA and Cilvaringz in Marrakech, Morrocco has been in the works since the late 1990s and has reportedly been sold for over $5 million.
The album comes packaged in a hand-carved nickel silver box designed by British-Moroccan artist Yahya, and comes with a leather-bound book filled with the album’s lyrics, as well as each song’s respective meaning, a gold-leafed certificate of authenticity and a pair of PMC MB2-XBD speakers, worth over $55,000.
Its strict copyright restricts the owner from sharing the music for another 88 years.