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Liquid Swords 1995

hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, boom bap 55 min 13 tracks Geffen

Liquid Swords is the second solo studio album by the American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member GZA, released on November 7, 1995, by Geffen Records. Recording sessions for the album began midway through 1995 at producer RZA's basement studio in the New York City borough of Staten Island.

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Grave, classical in form, character-led and earnest.

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Metacritic 94/100

AllMusic5/5 ★
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The Guardian4/5 ★
Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
NME9/10
Pitchfork10/10
Q4/5 ★
Record Collector5/5 ★
Rolling Stone3/5 ★
The Source4/5 ★

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Tracks

1Liquid Swords4:31
2Duel of the Iron Mic4:07
3Living in the World Today4:23
4Gold3:57
5Cold World5:31
6Labels2:54
74th Chamber4:37
8Shadowboxin’3:30
9Killah Hills 103045:09
10Investigative Reports3:50
11Swordsman3:21
12I Gotcha Back5:01
13B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)4:30

13 tracks, 55 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Genius/GZA
Label: Geffen
Released: 1995
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: XE

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