Beneath The Surface
by GZA/Genius

Beneath The Surface by GZA/Genius
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 32,135th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (536th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (4,921st)
Award Best albums of all time (32,135th)

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GZA/Genius bestography

Beneath The Surface is ranked 2nd 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 5,412.

GZA/Genius album bestography « Higher ranked (311th)
Liquid Swords
This album (32,135th)
Beneath The Surface
Lower ranked (33,360th) »
Legend Of The Liquid Sword

(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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Overall rank: 32,135th | 1990s rank: 4,921st | 1999 rank: 536th

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73/100 (from 27 votes)
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12/14/2024 16:15 MagicSix  Ratings distribution  90860/100
 
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11/17/2024 16:05 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,06373/100
 
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09/25/2024 21:32 bcc  Ratings distribution  1,13268/100
 
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08/31/2024 04:54 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,08279/100
 
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04/19/2024 11:19 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86975/100

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70/100
From 04/28/2019 11:38 | #235603
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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