GRAVEDIGGAZ - 6 Feet Deep

Gravediggaz: "Digging graves of the mentally dead and resurrecting their state of unaware-
ness and ignorance." Frukwan describes the meaning of the group's name. Helping give

birth to hip-hop's subgenre of Horrorcore and one of hip-hop's first supergroups,
Gravediggaz were born at a time when all four members were at low points in their careers.
Already one of hip-hop's most legendary producers, Prince Paul was at a crossroads in his
career resulting in experimenting with darker sounding beats. He recruited a young soon to
be legendary producer RZA, who was at a different type of crossroads in his career, not

having the best experiences with various labels and before going on to start the global phe-
nomenon that is The Wu-Tang Clan. Also added were Frukwan, a former member of

Stetsasonic with Paul, and Too Poetic, a young MC navigating his way in the game after
creating underground buzz with his 2 brothers and their short lived group the Brothers Grym
and before his unfortunate death from colon cancer. The four transformed themselves into
The Undertaker (Paul), The RZArector (RZA), The Gatekeeper (Frukwan) and The Grym
Reaper (Too Poetic) to form Gravediggaz. On 6 Feet Deep the group utilize horror-themed
imagery and lyrics combined with black comedy and satire to vent their frustrations with the
hip-hop record industry. Singles "Diary of a Madman," "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide"
and "1-800 Suicide" lead an onslaught of tracks which The Quietus writer David Bennun
described as "a then novel means of addressing black life at street level [and] finding a new

way of getting that message across". Production is mostly handled by Paul with RZA han-
dling a few tracks. Highly regarded and still sought after, this pressing comes in a premium

gatefold jacket with only 2000 of this classic available.

Vinyl release of Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep. Released through HHC and available on 2LP.