Beneath The Surface
by GZA/Genius
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GZA/Genius bestography
Beneath The Surface is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by GZA/Genius on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by GZA/Genius is Liquid Swords which is ranked number 311 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,320.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Beneath The Surface track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beneath The Surface rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 43 Music Albums of 1999 | 23/43 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  pedro1976 | Hip-Hop WIP | 35/100 | - |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | Best Hip Hop Records 1999 Top 23 | 10/23 | - |
| 2025 | pedro1976 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1999 | 10/25 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 63 Music Albums of 1999 | 57/63 | 1 |
| 2025 | pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - December 2024 | 18/20 | - |
| 2024 | pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - August 2023 | 15/20 | - |
| 2024 | pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - September 2023 | 4/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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Beneath The Surface ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/14/2024 16:15 |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2024 16:05 | cicadelic | 14,126 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2024 21:32 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.
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Beneath The Surface forum mentions
pedro1976 06/29/2026 07:22 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/30/2024 18:05 in What album are you listening to right now?
Lachapelle 04/09/2016 17:37 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayBeneath The Surface comments
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What a let down after the incredible Liquid Swords. Needless 6 tracks of skits and, I rarely declare this about an album, but this one is severely let down by its weak production.
GZA's lyrics are pretty good on this release, but imagine if he was in the studio with RZA, this could've been so much greater.
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