Rolling Stone (10/6/94, p.90) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...[Gravediggaz] evoke the atmosphere of horror movies and ominous effects, they've also been street tested, boasting hard beats and verbal skills..."
Entertainment Weekly (8/19/94, p.62) - "...The album doesn't take itself very seriously, but the flustered beats, washed in minor chords, are strangely irresistible--partly because it is all so silly..." - Rating: B
Q (11/94, p.129) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The foursome use death, burial and The Grim Reaper as central themes for a chilling mid-tempo stomp through America's urban problems..."
The Source (9/94, pp.91-92) - 3.5 Stars - Dope - "...No, this isn't the climax of the latest Stephen King flick or Jason, part 17. It's an image created by the Gravediggaz, one of a number of new groups combining rap with horror-movie macabre to create a genre unofficially known as `horror-core'..."
Rap Pages (11/94, p.26) - 8 - "...The Gravediggaz dug up a lot of skeletons, and they told some grim stories...[now you] be the judge...but don't expect to escape the slaughter."
Urban Latino (10/94, p.52) - "...Gravediggaz - four hip-hop veterans armed with bugged rhyme skills, equally bugged beats and a flair for drama, here to save hip-hop from the blahs..."
NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #22 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
NME (Magazine) (9/10/94, p.46) - 8 - Excellent - "...Gravediggaz feverishly document the low life - graveyard low..."
Gravediggaz: Prince Paul, RZA, Fruitkwan, Poetic.
Additional personnel includes: Don McKenzie, Gerald Whaley, Amier, Tracey Witherspoon, Derrick Lovelace, Eddie Berkeley, Djinji Brown, Hellrazor, Scientific Shabazz, Killah Priest, Wildman Steve, Raquelle Stroud, Ted "The Judge" Gannon, Skiz, Mr. Sime, James Jackson, Michael Preston, Dave Warner, Brother Rich, Ethan Ryman, Tim "Bimos" Wright, King Ice, Mike G, I-Roc, Chino, Joyce, Daddy Krueger, The Fugitives, Donyell O. Thomas, Stephanie Jackson (vocals); Scott "The Moleman" Harding (vocals, bass).
Producers: Prince Paul (tracks 1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14, 16); Gatekeeper (track 6); RNS, RZA (track 9); Mr. Sime (track 12); RZA (track 13); RZA, Gravediggaz (track 15).
Engineers: Scott Harding, Ethan Ryman, Ken Ifell, Prince Paul (tracks 1-16).
Recorded at Paul's Coffee Shop, Long Island, New York; GLC Studios, Firehouse and Platinum Island, New York.
All songs written or co-written by A. Berkeley, R. Diggs, A. Hamilton and P. Huston. Samples include "Givin It Up Is Givin Up" (as performed by Patrice Rushen), "Jagger The Dagger" (as performed by Eugene McDaniels) and "Seven Minutes Of Funk" (as performed by The Whole Darn Family).