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Review of The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel

REQUEST MAGAZINE

"...with "Six Feet Deep," they created a new mythology that shocked and amazed as it bounced across ear space. Three years later, Gravediggaz have bounded to the next level; "The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel" is even more serious in tone, commanding the terrifying power usually reserved for cult leaders from the Far East or Deep South. Poetic da Grym Reaper, Frukwan the Gatekeeper, RZA the Rzarector, and Dr. Strange (Prince Paul) come on like spiritual deities surveying the dark spots of the urban landscape before delivering their unique brand of emotional rescue and spiritual salvation, With all their references to science, religion, philosophy, and history, they sound like they've been nurtured by a million years of knowledge and pain... Gravediggaz drop golden jewels to help raise the mentally dead and assist the buoyancy of positive souls across the universe." - REQUEST MAGAZINE

Dr. StrangeFrukwan the GatekeeperGravediggazPoetic da Grym ReaperPrince PaulRZA the Rzarector

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This story circulated on the newsgroup alt.rap and reached the archive on November 26, 1997. It is reproduced as posted — headlines, typos and all. Original source, as credited in the post: REQUEST MAGAZINE.