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Beneath The Surface (Parental Advisory),GZA

- Beneath The Surface (Parental Advisory)
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GZA
Released 1999

Amplified Sample
03:31
9,937 plays

1112
04:18
8,128 plays

Crash Your Crew
03:07
7,375 plays

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songs

- 1
- Intro
- 01:16
- 4,248 plays

- 2
- Amplified Sample
- 03:31
- 9,937 plays

- 3
- Beneath The Surface
- 04:29
- 15,018 plays

- 4
- Skit #1
- 00:37
- 3,876 plays

- 5
- Skit #2
- 00:31
- 3,691 plays

- 6
- Crash Your Crew
- 03:07
- 7,375 plays

- 7
- Breaker, Breaker
- 03:38
- 18,649 plays

- 8
- High Price, Small Reward
- 01:43
- 7,300 plays

- 9
- Hip Hop Fury
- 03:46
- 11,924 plays

- 10
- Skit #3
- 00:47
- 3,421 plays

- 11
- 1112
- 04:18
- 8,128 plays

- 12
- Skit #4
- 00:45
- 3,387 plays

- 13
- Victim
- 04:04
- 5,868 plays

- 14
- Publicity
- 02:37
- 10,368 plays

- 15
- Feel Like An Enemy
- 03:12
- 5,417 plays

- 16
- Stringplay (Like This, Like That)
- 03:18
- 6,829 plays

- 17
- Mic Trippin
- 02:59
- 5,898 plays

- 18
- Outro
- 01:32
- 4,554 plays

album review

There were so many Wu-Tang-related projects released during 1998 and 1999 that listeners -- and even fans -- could be forgiven for a bit of apathy regarding the second solo effort by Wu-Tang's Genius/GZA. The collective's trademark detuned strings had gone from de rigueur to downright dated by mid-1999, and except for a well-received RZA solo album earlier in the year, the lead in hip-hop's hype game appeared to have been taken over by Timbaland's brand of future funk. It may not have proved the commercial smash of a proper Wu-Tang LP, but Genius/GZA's Beneath the Surface is a worthy continuation and development of the Wu-Tang Clan conglomeration. The best tracks here, "Amplified Sample" and "Crash Your Crew," are quintessentially Wu-Tang, but with important tweaks to the trademark sound. The crisp, clean production -- by Wu associates Inspectah Deck, Mathematics, and Arabian Priest -- sounds much better than any project that had been recently issued (even RZA's Bobby Digital), and GZA's raps prove he's the most innovative and talented vocalist Wu-Tang had to offer. The only failure (at least in terms of sound) is "Victim," a cloying track with a bit of scratched acoustic guitar and some X Files-styled strings. Other than a few "skits" that disturb the flow, Beneath the Surface is arguably the best thing to come out of the Wu camp since their second proper album, Forever. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide