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Label Universal Music Oy

Released 28.06.1999

Total time 0:46:21

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GZA/Genius - Beneath The Surface

GZA is something of a mad scientist-easily one of hiphop's most intellectual and complex MC's. Here he drops his third solo album, BENEATH THE SURFACE. Filled with guest vocal appearances from his Wu-Tang Clan brothers Ol' Dirty Bastard, Killah Priest, Masta Killa, and RZA, BENEATH THE SURFACE is another classic work of GZA word-art. Look no further than the media-hype wordplay of "Publicity" to see why GZA is in a class by himself.More...

01. Intro   £0.79
02. Amplified Sample   £0.79
03. GZA/Genius / Killah Priest - Beneath The Surface   £0.79
04. Skit #1   £0.79
05. Skit #2   £0.79
06. GZA/Genius / Ol' Dirty Bastard - Crash Your Crew   £0.79
07. Breaker, Breaker   £0.79
08. GZA/Genius / Masta Killa - High Price, Small Reward   £0.79
09. GZA/Genius / Robert F. "Prince Rakeem" Diggs / Dreddy Kruger / Hell Raizah / Royal Fam - Hip Hop Fury   £0.79
10. Skit #3   £0.79
11. GZA/Genius / Killah Priest / Masta Killa / Njeri - 1112   £0.79
12. Skit #4   £0.79
13. GZA/Genius / Joan Davis / Njeri - Victim   £0.79
14. Publicity (Main Version)   £0.79
15. GZA/Genius / Hell Raizah / Killah Priest / Prodical Sun / Trigga - Feel Like An Enemy   £0.79
16. GZA/Genius / Method Man - Stringplay (Like This, Like That)   £0.79
17. Mic Trippin   £0.79
18. GZA/Genius / Royal Fam / The Darkman - Outro (GZA/The Genius/Beneath The Surface)   £0.79
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Reviews

Rap Pages (9/99, pp.172-4)
- "...an album for thinking individuals....GZA is masterful at wordplay, and the accompanying music makes the listening all the more pleasurable..." - Rating: A

CMJ (7/12/99, p.26)
- "...solid fusion of RZA-esque string play and thumping jeep beats provide an equally formidable backdrop for the Genius's ever-heady lyrical chessboxing....SURFACE is a family affair with impressive guest spots....Behold the first true Wu-Banger of 1999."

Alternative Press (10/99, p.92)
- 5 out of 5 - "...the first clear indication...of where the most important act of the hip-hop decade want to take their legions of followers....[RZA's] a master of structure and strategy..."