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| | Beneath the Surface | | | Music Artist : | | GZA | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Fontana Mca | | Release Date : | | 1999-06-29 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Intro - GZA
2. Amplified Sample - GZA, Killah Priest
3. Beneath the Surface - GZA, Killah Priest
4. Skit #1 - GZA
5. Skit #2 - GZA
6. Crash Your Crew - GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard
7. Breaker, Breaker - GZA
8. High Price, Small Reward - GZA, Masta Killa
9. Hip Hop Fury - GZA, , Dreddy Kruger, RZA,
10. Skit #3 - GZA
11. 1112 - GZA, Killah Priest, Masta Killa,
12. Skit #4 - GZA
13. Victim - Joan Davis, GZA,
14. Publicity - GZA
15. Feel Like an Enemy - GZA, , Killah Priest, , Trigga
16. Stringplay (Like This, Like That) - GZA, Method Man
17. Mic Trippin - GZA
18. Outro - GZA, LA the Darkman,
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 STRAIGHT UP HEAT
Submitted on: 2009-05-21 |
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| FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO START BY ADDRESSING THE FEW BAD REVIEWS I READ FOR THIS ALBUM, SOMEONE SAID THAT THE ONLY GOOD SONG WAS BREAKER BREAKER, WHAT KIND OF ISH IS THAT, BREAKER BREAKER WAS THE SINGLE REALEASED WITH A VIDEO, MEANING IT WAS THE MOST MAINSTREAM HIT ON THE ALBUM, AND WHILE IT WAS A GOOD TRACK, IT WASN'T THE BEST TRACK ON THE ALBUM, AS A MATTER OF FACT THE ENTIRE ALBUM WAS GOOD, WITH EXCEPTION TO MAYBE ONE OR TWO TRACKS, BUT STILL A FIVE STAR EFFORT, QUIT HATIN. TRY AND LISTEN TO THE ALBUM AGAIN, THIS TIME TURN THE VOLUME UP AND JUST LISTEN...TRACKS LIKE HIGH PRICE FOR SMALL REWARD ARE DOPE AS HELL, ONLY 2 MINUTES LONG BUT GZA AND MASTA KILLA DROP SOME ATOMIC HEAT ON A SUPER CHARGED BEAT WITH DEEP BASS. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER TRACK WHERE GZA USES CELEBRITY NAMES FOR THE ENTIRE SONG IN METAPHORS AND STILL MANAGES TO FLOW, NOT ONLY ONE OR TWO BARS EITHER EVERY LINE HE DROPS NAMES AND EVERY VERSE IT GOES ON AND ON. HE IS ONE OF THE SICKEST IN THE GAME AND U GUYS IS HATIN. THOSE WHO GAVE THIS ALBUM 1 STAR I WISH YOU WERE HERE NOW BECAUSE I WOULD LITERALLY WHOOP THAT A$$ WHILE LISTENING TO THIS CD. |
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 still the WU but ....
Submitted on: 2007-08-08 |
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| as far as lyrics are concerned its straight hip hop. its a nice effort by gza but by all means cannot be compared to liquid swards. i really dont understand rza wasnt fully involved as he was with gza's first master piece. really want to know what would have happened if the album would have sounded like if it was the next chapter of siquid swords rather than a whole new book. |
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I like it better than Grandmasters
Submitted on: 2006-08-24 |
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| I'll say that for it, and the one after this but no one likes that one. 3 1/2 stars |
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Os(The) Homem(Man)
Submitted on: 2006-05-03 |
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Peace
Yo the God Gza aka Genuis Zig zag Allah all I can say is superb scientist right here the sounds of his scientific flow can certainly open up the Brain cells of my Black Brothers who don't recgonize ill muzik when they hear it nah sayin
God-One who Posses Knowledge Wisdom understanding and Power which is Man!
Peace |
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GZA - Beneath The Surface
Submitted on: 2005-12-26 |
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After taking a 4 year break, after releasing his by far classic album "Liquid Swords" he comes back in 1999 with this "Beneath The Surface" album. Now a lot of people had negative opinions aimed at this album. I know why. Because of the lack of "RZA" production. I totally agree, only one track "1112" was produced by RZA. He was busy with other sh** at the time and couldnt get in any more beats. But GZA released it and it was good. The production had other producers and they did a great job. Let me break down my opinions on this album.
Lyrics, GZA did definately not lose his touch. 2 years after "Liquid Swords" the album "Wu-Tang Forever" came out in 1997 and he dropped mad knowledge so he still had it cracken. Well this album has great lyrics. GZA still speaks on those real life topics. Every single verse GZA spits is knowledge, lyrically he didnt add up like he did on Liqiud Swords. He was better lyrically on that album, but he sort of matured and kept the lyrics more real. I did think that he could have replaced "TRACKS" instead of those stupid skits that werent needed at all.But GZA definately kept it real lyrically on this album so if you were wondering that, he did.
Production wise, people hate the fact that RZA didnt produce anything except one track on the whole album. Well it sucks, but didnt bother me much because every beat on the album was real. Definately not as grimey like the Liquid Swords album but they were still good. Still had Wu-Affiliated producers knockin off the beats for him. If you like the whole "Wu-Tang" sound of production then this album is for you there. One of the beats I love is "High Price, Small Reward", that beat was f*cken insane! So check it, no RZA production, but still good!
Overall, this album deserves 5/5 stars, just for the fact that GZA didnt weaken lyrically, and the production was still done by "Wu-Tang Affiliated" producers! Every song is good, hands down. Get this.
***SUPPORT GZA AND REAL HIPHOP AND BUY THIS***
My Top 5 Songs
1.High Price, Small Reward
2.Hip Hop Fury
3.Publicity
4.Feel Like An Enemy
5.Victim |
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