Beneath the Surface [PA]

Rap Pages: "...an album for thinking individuals....GZA is masterful at wordplay, and the accompanying music makes the listening all the more pleasurable..." - Rating: A

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CD Details

Released: June 28, 1999
Originally Released: 1999
Label: Fontana Mca

Entertainment Reviews:

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..."

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."

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

Tracks:

1.Intro
2.Amplified Sample
3.Beneath the Surface - (featuring Killah Priest / Res)
4.Skit #1
5.Skit #2
6.Crash Your Crew - (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)
7.Breaker, Breaker
8.High Price, Small Reward - (featuring Masta Killa)
9.Hip Hop Fury - (featuring RZA/Hell Raizah / Royal Fam / Dreddy Kruger)
10.Skit #3
11.1112 - (featuring Masta Killa / Killah Priest / Njeri)
12.Skit #4
13.Victim - (featuring Njeri / Joan Davis)
14.Publicity
15.Feel Like an Enemy - (featuring Hell Raizah / Killah Priest / Trigga / Prodigal Sun)
16.Stringplay (Like This, Like That) - (featuring Method Man)
17.Mic Trippin
18.Outro - (featuring LA the Darkman / Royal Fam)