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1994 single by Gravediggaz featuring Killah Priest and Scientific Shabazz
"Diary of a Madman"
Single by Gravediggaz featuring Killah Priest and Scientific Shabazz
from the album 6 Feet Deep
B-side"Constant Elevation"
ReleasedJune 21, 1994
Recorded1994
GenreHorrorcore
Length4:38
LabelGee Street
Songwriter(s)Gravediggaz
Producer(s)RZA, Prince Paul, RNS
Gravediggaz singles chronology
"Diary of a Madman"
(1994) 		"Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide"
(1994)
Music video
"Diary of a Madman" on YouTube

"Diary of a Madman" is the debut single by the Gravediggaz, released in June 1994 from their debut album, 6 Feet Deep. The song was produced by members RZA (The Rzarector) and Prince Paul (The Undertaker) along with RNS and featured verses from Killah Priest and Scientific Shabazz. "Diary of a Madman" was Gravediggaz' most successful single, peaking at No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, their only single to reach the chart, as well as No. 8 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.

Background and composition

In an interview with HipHopSite.com, Prince Paul said that the sample looped in the song was produced by RNS. The story of the song is set in a courtroom, where a man possessed by evil spirits confesses to a murder and his story behind it, over a loop of haunting vocals.

Track listing

A-side

  1. "Diary of a Madman" (album version) – 4:38
  2. "Diary of a Madman" (album clean version) – 4:37
  3. "Diary of a Madman" (no courtroom) – 4:05

B-side

  1. "Constant Elevation" (album version) – 2:34
  2. "Constant Elevation" (radio clean version) – 2:31
  3. "Constant Elevation" (instrumental) – 2:31
  4. "Diary of a Madman" (instrumental) – 4:38

Charts

Chart Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82
U.S. R&B / Hip-Hop 57
Hot Rap Singles 8
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 11

References

  1. "Exclusive: Prince Paul Breaks Down Gravediggaz "6 Feet Deep" Track-By-Track". Hiphopsite.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. Chris, Pattinson (July 25, 2013). "Exclusive: Prince Paul Breaks Down Gravediggaz "6 Feet Deep" Track-By-Track". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29.
  3. ^ Lavin, Will (2020-10-28). "Horrorcore: these are 10 of the goriest rap songs ever". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03.
  4. Gilchrist, Todd (August 9, 2019). "How Gravediggaz made a gruesome hip-hop masterpiece". EW.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-09.
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