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6 Feet Deep was the debut album of the New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
-based Horrorcore
Horrorcore

Horrorcore is a music genre of hip hop music described by Entertainment Weekly in 1995 as a "blend of hardcore hip hop and bloodthirsty Heavy metal music"....
 supergroup
Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups." Supergroups tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two....
 Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
. It was released August 9, 1994, by Gee Street Records
Gee Street Records

Gee Street Records was a hip hop record label. Jon Baker formed the label in 1984 in a converted warehouse on Gee Street in London, following a trip to New York City, where he had become enamored with hip hop music and culture....
.

original title of the album was Niggamortis, but was changed to have a better reaction with the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 crowd. However, the record was called by its original title overseas. The Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an version also included the bonus song "Pass the Shovel."

The last question on "360 Questions" is a reference to Tommy Boy Records
Tommy Boy Records

Tommy Boy Entertainment is a record label started in 1981 in music by Tom Silverman. The label is widely recognized for significant contribution to the development of hip hop music, dance music, and electronica....
, to which each band member had been signed at one point.

Grym Reaper's first couple of lines from “Here Comes the Gravediggaz” (You don't pull on Superman's cape/You don't spit into the wind/You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger) are from the song "Don't Mess with Big Jim," originally by Jim Croce
Jim Croce

James Joseph Croce , popularly known as Jim Croce, was an United States singer-songwriter.Croce scored a handful of hit songs in the first of half of the '70s, but died in an airplane crash just as he was beginning to capitalize on his success....
.

album was well received and is considered one of the most influential horrorcore albums ever; it's also notable as a unique collaboration between the two most influential producers on the East Coast at the time, Prince Paul and The RZA.

Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 (10/6/94, p.90) - 3.5 Stars - "[Gravediggaz] evoke the atmosphere of horror movies and ominous effects, they've also been street tested, boasting hard beats and verbal skills."

Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
 (8/19/94, p.62) - "The album doesn't take itself very seriously, but the flustered beats, washed in minor chords, are strangely irresistible--partly because it is all so silly".






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6 Feet Deep was the debut album of the New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
-based Horrorcore
Horrorcore

Horrorcore is a music genre of hip hop music described by Entertainment Weekly in 1995 as a "blend of hardcore hip hop and bloodthirsty Heavy metal music"....
 supergroup
Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups." Supergroups tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two....
 Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
. It was released August 9, 1994, by Gee Street Records
Gee Street Records

Gee Street Records was a hip hop record label. Jon Baker formed the label in 1984 in a converted warehouse on Gee Street in London, following a trip to New York City, where he had become enamored with hip hop music and culture....
.

Album information

The original title of the album was Niggamortis, but was changed to have a better reaction with the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 crowd. However, the record was called by its original title overseas. The Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an version also included the bonus song "Pass the Shovel."

The last question on "360 Questions" is a reference to Tommy Boy Records
Tommy Boy Records

Tommy Boy Entertainment is a record label started in 1981 in music by Tom Silverman. The label is widely recognized for significant contribution to the development of hip hop music, dance music, and electronica....
, to which each band member had been signed at one point.

Grym Reaper's first couple of lines from “Here Comes the Gravediggaz” (You don't pull on Superman's cape/You don't spit into the wind/You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger) are from the song "Don't Mess with Big Jim," originally by Jim Croce
Jim Croce

James Joseph Croce , popularly known as Jim Croce, was an United States singer-songwriter.Croce scored a handful of hit songs in the first of half of the '70s, but died in an airplane crash just as he was beginning to capitalize on his success....
.

Reception

The album was well received and is considered one of the most influential horrorcore albums ever; it's also notable as a unique collaboration between the two most influential producers on the East Coast at the time, Prince Paul and The RZA.

Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 (10/6/94, p.90) - 3.5 Stars - "[Gravediggaz] evoke the atmosphere of horror movies and ominous effects, they've also been street tested, boasting hard beats and verbal skills."

Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
 (8/19/94, p.62) - "The album doesn't take itself very seriously, but the flustered beats, washed in minor chords, are strangely irresistible--partly because it is all so silly". - Rating: B

Q magazine (11/94, p.129) - 3 Stars - "The foursome use death, burial and The Grim Reaper as central themes for a chilling mid-tempo stomp through America's urban problems."

The Source
The Source (magazine)

The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and Hip hop culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection....
 (9/94, pp.91-92) - 3.5 Stars - "No, this isn't the climax of the latest Stephen King flick or Jason, part 17. It's an image created by the Gravediggaz, one of a number of new groups combining rap with horror-movie macabre to create a genre unofficially known as `horror-core'".

NME
NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
 (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #22 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'

NME
NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
 (Magazine) (9/10/94, p.46) - 8 - Excellent - "Gravediggaz feverishly document the low life - graveyard low."

Track listing

#TitleLengthProducer(s)Guest(s)Samples
1"Just When You Thought It Was Over (Intro)"0:10Prince Paul  
2"Constant Elevation"2:30Prince Paul 
  • "Louie" by Allen Toussaint
    Allen Toussaint

    File:AllenToussaintFeb07.jpgAllen Toussaint, , is an United States musician, songwriter and record producer.One of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&B, many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through their numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Brickyard Blues", "Get Out Of My L...
     (from the 1971 album "Toussaint")
3"Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide"3:55Prince PaulKurious
  • "Jagger the Dagger" by Eugene McDaniels (from the 1971 album "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse")
  • "Season of the Witch" by Mike Bloomfield
    Mike Bloomfield

    Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
    , Al Kooper
    Al Kooper

    Al Kooper is an United States songwriter, record producer and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, though he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity....
     and Stephen Stills
    Stephen Stills

    Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash ....
     (from the 1968 album "Super Session")
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1977)
    • 4"Defective Trip (Trippin')"5:04Prince PaulMC Serch
    MC Serch

    MC Serch is an United States hip hop music rapping and former member of 3rd Bass....
    , Biz Markie
    Biz Markie

    Marcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name Biz Markie, is a rapper, disc jockey, and comedian, best known for the single "Just a Friend"....
  • "Twine Time" by Alvin Cash (1963)
  • "Plug Tunin'
    Plug Tunin'

    "Plug Tunin" is the debut single by the influential hip hop trio De La Soul released in 1988.Lyrically, the song is idiosyncratic; "Transistors are never more shown with like / When vocal flow brings it all down in ruin / Due to a clue of a naughty noise called Plug Tunin' ", however, musically it laid the foundations for the sound the...
    " by De La Soul
    De La Soul

    De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
     (from the 1989 album "3 Feet High & Rising")
    • 5"2 Cups of Blood"1:24Prince Paul 
  • "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
    Lafayette Afro Rock Band

    Lafayette Afro Rock Band was a French funk rock band formed in Long Island, New York in 1970. Though almost unknown in their native United States, they are now universally celebrated one of the standout funk bands of the 1970s and admired for their use of break ....
     (from the 1974 album "Voodounon")
    • 6"Blood Brothers"4:47Gatekeeper  
    7"360 Questions"0:33Prince Paul  
    8"1-800-Suicide"4:18Prince Paul 
  • "Sunny" by Booker T. & the MG's (from the 1967 album "Hip-Hug-Her")
  • "One Man Band" by Monk Higgins & the Specialites (from the 1974 album "Dance to the Disco Sax")
  • Excerpt from the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 in film comedy film written and directed by John Hughes . It stars Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones and Jennifer Grey....
    • 9"Pass the Shovel" (Included on the Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    an version only)    		3:36Prince Paul 
  • "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
    Bob James (musician)

    Bob James is a smooth jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist, arranger and Record producer....
     (from the 1975 album "Two")
    • 10"Diary of a Madman"4:34RNS, RZA & Prince PaulKillah Priest
    Killah Priest

    Walter Reed, better known as Killah Priest or simply Priest , is an United States rapping and affiliate of the hip hop culture group Wu-Tang Clan....
    , Scientific Shabazz
  • "Warm And Tender", "No Love (But Your Love)" by Johnny Mathis
    Johnny Mathis

    Johnny Mathis is an United States singer of popular music.One of the last in a long line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the 1960s, Mathis concentrated on romantic jazz and pop standards for the adult contemporary audience through to the 1980s....
    • 11"Mommy, What's a Gravedigga?"1:44Prince Paul 
  • "Since We Said Goodbye" by The Counts (from the 1974 album "Funk Pump")
  • "Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up" by Patrice Rushen
    Patrice Rushen

    Patrice Louise Rushen is a Grammy Award winning American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist....
     (from the 1979 album "Pizzazz")
  • "It's A New Day" by Skull Snaps
    Skull Snaps

    Skull Snaps was a mysterious funk group that released one eponymous album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disappearing. They were in fact the group originally known as The Diplomats who had released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970 with middling success....
     (from the 1973 album "Skull Snaps")
    • 12"Bang Your Head"3:24Prince Paul 
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1977)
    • 13"Here Comes the Gravediggaz"3:44Mr. Sime  
    14"Graveyard Chamber"4:57RZA
    RZA

    Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
    		Dreddy Kruger, Killah Priest
    Killah Priest

    Walter Reed, better known as Killah Priest or simply Priest , is an United States rapping and affiliate of the hip hop culture group Wu-Tang Clan....
    , Scientific Shabazz    		 
    15"Death Trap"4:36Prince PaulMasta Ace
    Masta Ace

    Masta Ace is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony". The single that has earned him the most attention is called "Born to Roll"....
  • "7 Minutes of Funk" by Tyrone Thomas & the Whole Darn Family (from the 1976 album "Has Arrived")
    • 16"6 Feet Deep"4:36RZA  
    17"Rest in Peace (Outro)"2:01Prince Paul 
  • "No Vaseline" by Ice Cube
    Ice Cube

    O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube is an United States of America rapper, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.He began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and Film....


    • Note: The source of the producers is the sleeve jacket to the album.

    Album Chart Positions

    Year Album Chart positions
    Billboard 200
    Billboard 200

    The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
    		 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
    1994 6 Feet Deep #36 #6


    Singles Chart Positions

    Year Song Chart positions
    Billboard Hot 100
    Billboard Hot 100

    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
    		 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
    1994 "Diary of a Madman" #82 #57 #8 #11
    "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" - - #32 #27
    1995 "1-800-Suicide" - - #46 #29