The album's complex composition included dialogue sampled from the film Shogun Assassin. It was released on November 7 by Geffen Records. These guest appearances were followed up in 1995 with GZA's second studio album, Liquid Swords, produced and recorded entirely in the basement studio by RZA, with the participation of all original Clan members. Solo career 1995–1999: Liquid Swords, Beneath the Surface According to Method Man, "we form like Voltron and GZA happens to be the head". This, combined with appearances on other Clan members' albums such as Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. GZA had some high-profile appearances on the group's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993), including a solo track, "Clan in da Front". In 1992, GZA joined the Wu-Tang Clan, a group of nine, formed by his cousin RZA.
At the time he worked as a bicycle messenger. The album's beat selection is similar to the classic boom-bap sound of the early 1990s, while the lyricism subject is the everyday situations of an individual living in the parts of New York. He released his debut album, Words from the Genius (1991), produced mostly by Easy Mo Bee, but after it failed to sell, as the label didn't promote it, and his rocky experience on tour, Grice became fed up and asked to be released from the label. Īfter some years of this, GZA was signed to Cold Chillin' Records as a solo artist under the name The Genius. He left school in the 10th grade, but nurtured his affection for science as he developed his skills as a lyricist. The group, FOI: Force of the Imperial Master, and later All in Together, saw the three rapping and DJing, switching names and performing local shows since they lived in different boroughs, GZA and Ol' Dirty would travel from Brooklyn out to Staten Island to meet up with their cousin RZA, after which the three would travel across New York City and challenge other MCs to battles. At the time he didn't like the sound of his voice. He formed a three-man group with his cousins, Robert Diggs and Russell Jones, who would later be known as RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard. In 1982, Grice dropped out of high school in the tenth grade. Later on, he began to listen to hip hop and R&B, for example by Secret Weapon and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Last Poets, as well as songs by The Isley Brothers, the Commodores, and the O'Jays had a big part in his early life, especially regarding the tone and cadence of speech. In 1974–1976, before moving from Staten Island to Brooklyn, he listened to The Last Poets however, he was attracted by profanity rather than content, and didn't understand the underlying messages until many years later. Early on he developed an interest in writing, studying Mother Goose and nursery rhyme.
He was involved in breakdance, graffiti, and DJing.
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