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.

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.