Genius/GZA CD Liquid Swords The Chess Box 2 Disc Set by Get On Down Limited RARE

Description: Excellent set! As you can see, minor wear to cardboard sleeves and back of booklet. Everything else is fantastic and with scratch free discs. From the original website: We are proud to present GZA/Genius Liquid Swords in a two disc deluxeChess Box edition. Housed in a sturdy wrapped hard board two piece box, this edition of Liquid Swords spans across 2 discs. Disc one contains the official album version while disc two contains the full RZA produced instrumentals, available for the first time ever as an official release. Both discs have been completely restored with remastered audio from the original source tapes and have truly never sounded better. As always with any deluxe Get On Down release, we have packaged this album with an array of extras, including; researched, in depth, full color liner notes with contributions from GZA himself, spanning across 20 pages, inner jackets and dust sleeves with memorable vintage artwork from the original release, and even a full wooden minature chess set, which can be played on the chess board printed and contained directly on the inner lining of the box. This is the Liquid Swords that both first time listeners and long-standing fans deserve. In the early to mid nineties and at the peak of his powers as a producer, Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA crafted a distinctive soundtrack at his basement studio in Staten Island. Whether or not he knew it at the time this haunting landscape of dusty samples, sharp snares and menacing urban gloom, would soon become a pillar of hip hop history. These instrumentals, peppered in with frequent interludes of dialogue from the classic samurai flick Shogun Assassin, became the core of the GZAs 1995 sophomore LP Liquid Swords and would eventually be considered by many as each individuals finest work. Cerebral,strategic and precise with his words, GZA crystallizes a range of influences - from chess to kung-fu films to mob flicks and Eastern philosophy - into sharply delivered rhymes. Many would argue there is no greater MC to compliment the RZAs production as well as GZA did on Liquid Swords. The album featured appearances by the entire Wu-Tang Clan, and included the auspicious debut of Killah Priest on B.I.B.L.E. Acknowledged as one of the 100 Best Rap Albums (The Source) and Top 100 Records of the 1990s (Pitchfork.com).

Price: 119.99 USD

Location: Federal Way, Washington

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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

CD Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Type: Box Set

Language: English

Era: 1990s

Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve

Case Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Features: Remastered

Inlay Condition: Excellent (EX)

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Edition: Limited Edition

Producer: Rza

Release Year: 2012

Format: CD

Genre: East Coast Rap & Hip-hop, R&B & Soul

Run Time: 100 min.

Style: East Coast

Record Label: GET On Down

Artist: Gza (Rap), Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rolly Fingers Aka Inspector Deck, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, U-God, Method Man Aka Johnny Blaze, Lucky Hands Aka U-God, Ghost Face Killer Aka Tony Starks, Chef Raekwon Aka Lou Diamonds, Rza, Inspectah Deck, Dreddy Kruger, Method Man, Masta Killer, Killah Priest

Release Title: Liquid Swords [Chess Box]