Genius / GZA

Liquid Swords The Chess Box

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GZA / Genius’ Liquid Swords deluxe 2 disc “Chess Box” edition. 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. Comes in hard board two piece box with an array of extras, including  20 page full color liner note booklet with contributions from GZA himself,  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.

Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA crafted a distinctive soundtrack at his basement studio in Staten Island in the early 90s.These instrumentals, peppered in with frequent interludes of dialogue from the classic samurai flick Shogun Assassin, became the core of the GZA’s 1995 sophomore LP Liquid Swords and would eventually be considered by many as each individual’s 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.