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"Diary of a Madman"
Single by Gravediggaz featuring Killah Priest and Scientific Shabazz
from the album 6 Feet Deep
B-side	"Constant Elevation"
Released	June 21, 1994
Recorded	1994[1]
Genre	Horrorcore
Length	4:38
Label	Gee 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.

In an interview with HipHopSite.com, Prince Paul said that the sample looped in the song was produced by RNS.^[2] The story of the song is set in a courtroom,^[3] where a man possessed by evil spirits confesses to a murder and his story behind it, over a loop of haunting vocals.^[3][4]

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

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

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