| Shadowboxin' | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | GZA featuring Method Man |
| Album: | Liquid Swords |
| B-Side: | 4th Chamber |
| Released: | March 28, 1996 |
| Recorded: | 1995 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 3:29 |
| Label: | Geffen |
| Producer: | RZA |
| Chronology: | GZA |
| Prev Title: | Cold World |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Crash Your Crew |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Shadowboxin'" is a song by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member GZA, featuring fellow Wu-Tang member Method Man. It was released, along with "4th Chamber", as the fourth and final single from GZA's second studio album Liquid Swords (1995), on March 28, 1996. The song was produced by RZA.[1]
The song contains dialogue from the film Shaolin vs Lama, and samples "Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness" by Ann Peebles.[2] Method Man raps the first and third verses, while GZA raps the second.[3] According to Method Man, GZA was supposed to rap two verses on the track.[4]
The song received generally positive reviews. XXL wrote that the repetitive chop of the sample "set the stage for Meth and GZA's master lyricism". In an interview with Wax Poetics, GZA praised Method Man's rapping, saying that the song "seemed more like Meth's track".
A-side:
1. Shadowboxin' Featuring Method Man (LP version) 3:31
2. Shadowboxin' Featuring Method Man (Clean) 3:31
3. Shadowboxin' (Instrumental) 3:31
B-side:
1. 4th Chamber Featuring Ghostface Killer, Killah Priest, RZA (LP version) 4:07
2. 4th Chamber Featuring Ghostface Killer, Killah Priest, RZA (Clean) 4:07
3. 4th Chamber (Instrumental) 4:07[5]