GZA/Genius - Beneath The Surface (1999) FLAC

Tracklist:

[1:17] 01. Gza/Genius - Intro (Album)
[3:31] 02. Gza/Genius - Amplified Sample (Album)
[4:29] 03. Gza/Genius - Beneath The Surface (Album)
[0:37] 04. Gza/Genius - Skit #1 (Album)
[0:31] 05. Gza/Genius - Skit #2 (Album)
[3:08] 06. Gza/Genius - Crash Your Crew (Album)
[3:38] 07. Gza/Genius - Breaker, Breaker (Main Version)
[1:43] 08. Gza/Genius - High Price, Small Reward (Album)
[3:45] 09. Gza/Genius - Hip Hop Fury (Album)
[0:47] 10. Gza/Genius - Skit #3 (Album)
[4:19] 11. Gza/Genius - 1112 (Album)
[0:45] 12. Gza/Genius - Skit #4 (Album)
[4:05] 13. Gza/Genius - Victim (Album)
[2:38] 14. Gza/Genius - Publicity (Main Version)
[3:12] 15. Gza/Genius - Feel Like An Enemy (Album)
[3:18] 16. Gza/Genius - Stringplay (Like This, Like That) (Album)
[2:59] 17. Gza/Genius - Mic Trippin (Album)
[1:32] 18. Royal Fam - Outro (Gza/The Genius/Beneath The Surface) (Album)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
Total length: 00:46:08
Main artist: GZA/Genius
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Geffen
Genre: Rap
© 1999 Geffen Records
℗ 1999 Geffen Records

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 /TiVo


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