6 Feet Deep

6 Feet Deep
6 Feet Deep
Studio album by Gravediggaz
Released August 9, 1994
Recorded 1993-1994
Genre Hip hop, horrorcore, hardcore hip hop
Length 52:17 (North America)
55:53 (Europe)
Label Gee Street/Island/PolyGram Records
524 016
Producer Prince Paul, Frukwan, RZA, RNS, Mr. Sime
Gravediggaz chronology
6 Feet Deep
(1994)		 The Hell E.P. with Tricky
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
RapReviews 9.5/10 stars[2]
Robert Christgau (2 star Honorable Mention)(2 star Honorable Mention)[3]

6 Feet Deep is the debut album of the horrorcore supergroup Gravediggaz. It was released August 9, 1994, by Gee Street Records. The album was re-issued in 1997.

Contents

Album information

The original title of the album was Niggamortis, but it was changed to have a better reaction with the American crowd. However, the record was called by its original title overseas. The European version also included the bonus song "Pass the Shovel".[4]

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

Killah Priest and Shabazz the Disciple made their first released appearances on "Graveyard Chamber" and the single "Diary of a Madman". This led to RZA signing them both to his Wu-Tang Records together with their group Sunz of Man. Dreddy Kruger made his recording debut on "Graveyard Chamber" as well.

Three charting singles were released from the album. "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" and "1-800 Suicide" found minor success on the rap charts, while "Diary of a Madman" became the group's only single to make it to the Billboard Hot 100, making it to 82.

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 two of the most influential producers on the East Coast at the time, Prince Paul and the RZA.

Rolling Stone (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 (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 (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 (12/24/94, p. 22) – Ranked #22 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'

NME (Magazine) (9/10/94, p.46) – 8 – Excellent – "Gravediggaz feverishly document the low life – graveyard low.[5]"

In 2009, Fangoria named it as a horrorcore album.[6]

Track listing

# Title Time Producer(s) Performers Samples
1 "Just When You Thought it Was Over (Intro)" 0:10 Prince Paul -
  • "Sad Chicken" by Leroy & The Drivers (1967)
2 "Constant Elevation" 2:30 Prince Paul
3 "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" 3:55 Prince Paul
  • First verse/Fourth verse: The Rzarector
  • Second verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Third verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Outro: The Grym Reaper, The Undertaker
  • "Jagger the Dagger" by Eugene McDaniels (from the 1971 album "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse")
  • "Funk Talk" by Southside Movement (from the 1975 album "Moving South")
  • "Season of the Witch" by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills (from the 1968 album "Super Session")
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1977)
  • skit by Richard Pryor
4 "Defective Trip (Trippin')" 5:04 Prince Paul
  • Intro: The Grym Reaper & The Gatekeeper
  • First verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Second verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Third verse: The Rzarector
  • "Listen to the Melody" by John Ussery (1973)
  • "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by Run-DMC (1986)
  • "Twine Time" by Alvin Cash (1963)
  • "Plug Tunin'" by De La Soul (from the 1989 album "3 Feet High & Rising")
5 "2 Cups of Blood" 1:24 Prince Paul
  • The Rzarector & The Grym Reaper
6 "Blood Brothers" 4:47 Frukwan
  • Intro/First verse/Fifth verse: The Rzarector
  • Second verse/Fourth verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Chorus/third verse: The Grym Reaper
7 "360 Questions" 0:33 Prince Paul -
8 "1-800 Suicide" 4:18 Prince Paul
  • First verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Second verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Third verse: The Rzarector
  • "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
  • "Moshitup" by KRS-One
9 "Pass The Shovel" (Included on the European version only) 3:36 Prince Paul
  • First verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Second verse/4th verse: The Rzarector
  • Third verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Outro: The Rzarector, The Gatekeeper
  • "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James (from the 1975 album "Two")
10 "Diary of a Madman" 4:34 RNS, RZA & Prince Paul
11 "Mommy, What's a Gravedigga?" 1:44 Prince Paul
  • Intro: The Undertaker
  • First verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Second verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Third verse: The Rzarector
  • "Pigs" by Cypress Hill (from the 1991 album "Cypress Hill")
  • "Since We Said Goodbye" by The Counts (from the 1974 album "Funk Pump")
  • "Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up" by Patrice Rushen (from the 1979 album "Pizzazz")
  • "It's A New Day" by Skull Snaps (from the 1973 album "Skull Snaps")
12 "Bang Your Head" 3:24 Prince Paul
  • Chorus/First verse: The Rzarector
  • Second verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Third verse: The Gatekeeper
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1977)
13 "Here Comes the Gravediggaz" 3:44 Mr. Sime
  • Intro/First verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Second verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Chorus/Third verse: The Rzarector
  • "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce (from the 1972 album "You Don't Mess Around With Jim")
14 "Graveyard Chamber" 4:57 RZA
  • First verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Second verse: Dreddy Kruger
  • Third verse/chorus: The Rzarector
  • Fourth verse: Scientific Shabazz
  • Fifth verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Sixth verse: Killah Priest
15 "Death Trap" 2:57 Prince Paul
  • Intro: Masta Ace (uncredited)
  • Chorus/First verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Second verse: The Rzarector
  • Third verse: The Grym Reaper
  • "7 Minutes of Funk" by Tyrone Thomas & the Whole Darn Family (from the 1976 album "Has Arrived")
16 "6 Feet Deep" 4:36 RZA
  • First verse/Sixth verse: The Grym Reaper
  • Second verse: The Gatekeeper
  • Third verse/Fifth verse: The Rzarector
  • Fourth verse: The Undertaker
17 "Rest in Peace (Outro)" 2:01 Prince Paul
  • The Rzarector

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

Album Chart Positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1994 6 Feet Deep #36[7] #6[7]

Singles Chart Positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1994 "Diary of a Madman" #82[8] #57[8] #8[8] #11[8]
"Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" - - #32[8] #27[8]
1995 "1-800 Suicide" - - #46[8] #29[8]

References

  1. ^ Swihart, Stanton (2011 [last update]). "6 Feet Deep - Gravediggaz | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r203147. Retrieved 29 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Bond, John-Michael (2011 [last update]). "Gravediggaz :: 6 Feet Deep :: Gee Street/Island/PolyGram Records". rapreviews.com. http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_6feetdeep.html. Retrieved 29 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: Gravediggaz". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Gravediggaz. Retrieved 29 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Gravediggaz - Niggamortis". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/103388. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Molgaard, Matt (August 12, 2009). "Rapped and Tagged: Horrorcore's Iconic Albums". Fangoria. http://www.fangoria.com/musick/reviews/3552-rapped-and-tagged-horrorcores-iconic-albums.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
  7. ^ a b "Album charts and awards for 6 Feet Deep". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r203147. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Singles charts and awards for 6 Feet Deep". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r203147. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
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The Gatekeeper · The Grym Reaper · The Rzarector · The Undertaker
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Singles
"Diary of a Madman" · "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" · "1-800 Suicide" · "Dangerous Mindz" · "The Night the Earth Cried"
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