Gza Album Beneath The Surface

Beneath the Surface
Beneath the Surface
Studio album by GZA
Released	June 29, 1999
Recorded	August 1998 - March 1999
Genre	Hip hop
Length	46:00
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Arabian Knight, GZA, Inspectah Deck, John the Baptist, Mathematics, RZA
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The album was released on June 29, 1999, by MCA Records.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
RapReviews	7/10
Spin	5/10
Stylus Magazine	B
Stylus Magazine	(mixed)
USA Today

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Gary Eldridge Grice	GZA Arabian Knight	1:16
2.	"Amplified Sample"	Grice	Mathematics	3:31
3.	"Beneath the Surface" (featuring Killah Priest, Res & Santigold)	Grice Walter Reed Shareese Renée Ballard	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)	Grice Russell Tyrone Jones	John the Baptist	3:07
7.	"Breaker, Breaker"	Grice	Arabian Knight	3:38
8.	"High Price, Small Reward" (featuring Masta Killa)	Grice Jamel Irief	Mathematics	1:43
9.	"Hip Hop Fury" (featuring RZA, Hell Razah, Timbo King & Dreddy Kruger)	Grice Robert Fitzgerald Diggs Chron Smith Timothy Drayton James Dockery	Arabian Knight	3:44
10.	"Skit #3"	Grice	GZA	0:47
11.	"1112" (featuring Masta Killa, Killah Priest & Njeri Earth)	Grice Irief Reed Njeri Earth	RZA	4:18
12.	"Skit #4" (featuring Angela Yee)	Grice	GZA	0:45
13.	"Victim" (featuring Joan Davis & Njeri Earth)	Grice Joan Davis Earth	Arabian Knight	4:04
14.	"Publicity"	Grice	Mathematics	2:37
15.	"Feel Like An Enemy" (featuring Hell Razah, Killah Priest, Prodigal Sunn & Trigga)	Grice Smith Reed Lamar Ruff Tundy Smith	Mathematics	3:12
16.	"Stringplay (Like This, Like That)" (featuring Method Man)	Grice Clifford Smith, Jr.	Arabian Knight	3:18
17.	"Mic Trippin"	Grice	Mathematics	2:59
18.	"Outro" (featuring Timbo King & La the Darkman)	Grice Drayton Lason Jackson	Arabian Knight	1:34
Total length:				46:00

Personnel

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	98
US Billboard 200	9
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	84

References

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