Beneath the Surface (GZA album)
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 29, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | August 1998 – March 1999 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 46:00 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| Wu-Tang Clan solo chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| RapReviews | 7/10[2] |
| Spin | 5/10[3] |
| Stylus Magazine | B[4] |
| Stylus Magazine | (mixed)[5] |
| USA Today | [6] |
Beneath the Surface is the third solo studio album by American hip hop musician and Wu-Tang Clan member GZA. The album was released on June 29, 1999, by MCA Records.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | Gary Eldridge Grice | 1:16 | |
| 2. | "Amplified Sample" | Grice | Mathematics | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Beneath the Surface" (featuring Killah Priest, Res & Santigold) | Inspectah Deck | 4:29 | |
| 4. | "Skit #1(feat. Angela Yee)" | Grice | GZA | 0:37 |
| 5. | "Skit #2" | Grice | GZA | 0:31 |
| 6. | "Crash Your Crew" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard) |
| John the Baptist | 3:07 |
| 7. | "Breaker, Breaker" | Grice | Arabian Knight | 3:38 |
| 8. | "High Price, Small Reward" (featuring Masta Killa) |
| Mathematics | 1:43 |
| 9. | "Hip Hop Fury" (featuring RZA, Hell Razah, Timbo King & Dreddy Kruger) |
| Arabian Knight | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Skit #3" | Grice | GZA | 0:47 |
| 11. | "1112" (featuring Masta Killa, Killah Priest & Njeri Earth) |
| RZA | 4:18 |
| 12. | "Skit #4" (featuring Angela Yee) | Grice | GZA | 0:45 |
| 13. | "Victim" (featuring Joan Davis & Njeri Earth) |
| Arabian Knight | 4:04 |
| 14. | "Publicity" | Grice | Mathematics | 2:37 |
| 15. | "Feel Like An Enemy" (featuring Hell Razah, Killah Priest, Prodigal Sunn & Trigga) |
| Mathematics | 3:12 |
| 16. | "Stringplay (Like This, Like That)" (featuring Method Man) |
| Arabian Knight | 3:18 |
| 17. | "Mic Trippin" | Grice | Mathematics | 2:59 |
| 18. | "Outro" (featuring Timbo King & La the Darkman) |
| Arabian Knight | 1:34 |
| Total length: | 46:00 | |||
Personnel
[edit]- Arabian Knight - Producer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Dragan "Chach" Cacinovic - Engineer
- Tom Coyne - Mastering
- Joan Davis - Performer
- GZA - Producer, Executive Producer
- Inspectah Deck - Producer
- John the Baptist - Producer
- Killah Priest - Vocals
- La the Darkman - Vocals
- Masta Killa - Vocals
- Mathematics - Producer
- Method Man - Vocals
- Hell Razah - Vocals
- Ol' Dirty Bastard - Performer
- RZA - Vocals, Executive Producer
- Trigga - Performer
Charts
[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ John Bush (1999-06-29). "Beneath the Surface - GZA | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ "Genius/GZA :: Beneath the Surface :: Geffen Records". Rapreviews.com. 2002-08-15. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ Salamon, Jeff. Reviews. Spin. September 1999.
- ^ "The GZA - Legend of the Liquid Sword - Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ "GZA - Beneath the Surface - On Second Thought". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ "Google News". 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 123.
- ^ "GZA/Genius Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "GZA/Genius Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
