This album was originally released under Cold Chillin’ Records. When asked about this release in an interview, GZA recalled: “I was signed to Cold Chillin’ ’bout five years ago.

GZA (pronounced Jizza), aka The Genius, born Gary Grice August 22, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City is an American rapper. He is most well known as a founding member of the seminal hip-hop group the Wu ...

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